The MAA is a visionary master program with an innovative and open structure, mixing diverse disciplines, shaping professionals capable of producing theoretical & practical solutions towards responsive cities, architecture & technology.
ADAPTIVE ATMOSPHERE LAB
This project explores how light can respond to human emotions through biosignals. The main goal is to design an adaptive architectural space where lighting changes according to the user’s physiological data, such as EEG, ECG, and GSR. Instead of using light only for visibility, this research treats light as an empathic interface between the human … Read more
Inhabiting the Edge
A Model for Connected Stewardship Context The Montseny landscape is shaped by terraced slopes, a system that historically functioned as both agricultural infrastructure and ecological stabilization. These terraces were carefully constructed to retain soil, slow water, and create productive microclimates along steep terrain. Stone walls regulate moisture. Layered planting stabilizes slopes. In this system, humans … Read more
LAGOON RESCUE
Lagoon Rescue is an interactive spatial platform that examines the resilience of coastal lagoon systems under climatic and human-induced pressures by simulating how sediment deficit, storm intensity, salinity intrusion, and wetland degradation drive ecological instability, and how targeted interventions can influence lagoon stability over time. Simulation Interaction The platform functions as a decision-making interface that … Read more
Rethinking Demolition: AI-Assisted Assessment for Sustainable Building Reuse
AI Theory – IAAC | Group Project by Jinesh, Rafik, Chun Chun, and Vimal The construction industry is responsible for a massive chunk of global carbon emissions, material extraction, and waste. But here’s the thing: even as sustainability becomes more important, demolition is still the go-to solution for most projects, often without anyone really asking … Read more
Kipnuk: The Lost Land
Is the concept of utopia fading as we gain more forecasting power yet face even greater uncertainty? CHARACTERS Governor Journalist Fisherman Fish Seller Governor’s P.A Media – FIRST ACT – GOVERNOR IN THE CAR (OVERLOOKING RUINS) (The Governor receives a call.) Governor: Everything is falling into place… right where we want it. We’ll move when it’s … Read more
La Model Prison
From Discipline to Rehabilitatio Project description How the adaptive use of Carceral Architecture can transform systems of confinement into systems of care? Site Analysis
Calle Donceles 47, Departamento 6A
In what ways can homeliness manifest within temporary, automated, and plural domesticities? ______________________________________________ CHARACTERS AlexaAlexaTalaEzgiLucienFranciscoBaba ______________________________________________ – FIRST ACT – ALEXA: Good morning, Ezgi. Listing work schedule. (1) At 09:00 – téléconsultation with Médecins Sans Frontières. At 11:00 – follow-up with patient Carlos in Hospital San Marcos At 19:00 – Zoom meeting with Dr. Frank. … Read more
BEYOND THE CAGE
from Exhibition to Ecosystem How can a zoo transition ethically from captive habitats to an urban ecological network? delete this later ### comments for blog – just copy paste the stuff from the presentation and support the content from the research booklet but not so much Idea of Obsolescence A zoo is a facility where … Read more
Lollapalooza: Between Tracks
In what ways do multi-intelligence design processes unravel the entanglement between authorship, authority and authenticity? CHARACTERS RK WARREN CHRIS SRB KSHITIJA AMANO – FIRST ACT – (It’s late evening, and the concert grounds of Lollapalooza are alive with sound and motion. RK and Warren step through the gates, the air buzzing with anticipation and the … Read more
Let there be Light
What economies of attention do augmented environments trigger? CHARACTERS ÉtienneAshleyAkshayLukasEmily Fig. 1“When the Festival Begins” (2016) – FIRST ACT – (Inside the Saint‑Jean Cathedral, Lyon. Étienne sits in quiet contemplation. Sound tests begin for the Fête des Lumières. Outside, Ashley Summers arrives, phone in hand, preparing to livestream.Darkness falls. The cathedral glows faintly. Étienne rises, … Read more
Not the Same Planet: What planet do we rebuild for?
“Planetarity” is a philosophical concept that examines how the ways we visualize the Earth shape how we interact with it. Coined by Gayatri Spivak in her 2003 book Death of a Discipline, the term challenges us to move away from viewing the Earth as a controllable resource. Instead, Spivak argues that we must think beyond … Read more
