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.
Bio-Receptive | Interfaces
Bio-Receptive Interfaces is a performative multi-material clay-based system for indoor environments, integrating hydrogel vascularity to host an ecosystem of cryptogams and vascular plants. Fusing biological intelligence with embedded sensors and AI, it sustains a prolonged hydration cycle, purifies air, sequesters carbon, and reintroduces ecological presence into synthetic indoor worlds—transforming sealed spaces into living, responsive, multi-species … Read more
From Waste to Venus
Upcycled Timber Retrofit Strategies for aClimate-Conscious Transformation of the VenusBuilding. Context Why Retrofitting MattersBuildings account for nearly 30% of global carbon emissions, with most of today’s housing stock expected to remain in use beyond 2050. In this context, the built environment becomes both a challenge and an opportunity for climate action. Retrofitting allows us to … Read more
SKYLOFT
MODULAR PODS VERTICAL EXTENSIONS To address urgent urban housing needs, this thesis explores modular rooftop pods using Digital Twins, CNC fabrication, kerfing, and timber joinery—enabling precise, low-waste, minimum tool required for assembling and sustainable expansion of aging urban buildings through scalable and prefabricated Modular systems Why Vertical extension required ? What’s the purpose of the … Read more
EcoNodes
EcoNodes is an AI-driven urban planning platform designed to identify and prioritize the city’s most heat-stressed and impervious junctions for strategic green interventions. By combining satellite imagery, street view segmentation, and environmental datasets, EcoNodes highlights the urban nodes that lack vegetation, suffer from poor air flow, or trap excessive heat. The tool empowers planners to … Read more
CONTEXEPT
Contexept is a Context-to-Conceptualization framework integrating Generative AI and Additive Manufacturing to produce facades for specified architectural contexts in upscaled construction scenarios Architecture at the Edge of InnovationTechnological Breakthroughs that Reconfigured Design PossibilitiesTime// Architectural Style//Technology //Architecture has never been static it continuously absorbs and reflects the technologies of its time. From Industrial Revolution, prefabrication and … Read more
Go With The Flow
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Natural Ventilated Systems primarily located within the United States The Problem within Context: Sears Catalogue from 1930s to 1950s United States. The American Dream is a phrase that has taken meaning in the ownership of a home with a white picket fence. The phrase was popularized in the 1930s after WWI … Read more
TÀN 58
TÀN 58 is a seven-story student housing project located in Poblenou, an industrial district of Barcelona. The building’s form and orientation were shaped through computational studies that optimized daylight access and solar radiation across the site. This analysis led to the introduction of two central atriums, which act as vertical heat sources and organizational cores—spaces … Read more
Venus- 3-D Printed Bio-composite.
VENUS is a 3D printable bio-composite made from clay and mycelium. It merges natural building materials with bio-based growth to create modular, biodegradable, and regenerative architectural components. Design The voids in the geometry enhance ventilation, critical for mycelium growth. Simultaneously, the organic content in the bricks regulates mycelium-colonized surfaces, particularly in shaded and moist environments. … Read more
BEASTIE: How 1m² of Care Can Change a City
When we think of biodiversity restoration, we often imagine vast forests or national parks. But what if it could begin on a balcony? A window ledge? A planter box? This question shaped my thesis project, BEASTIE – the Biodiversity Engagement and Action Simulator for Thriving Inclusive Ecosystems. It is a data-driven simulator that helps citizens, … Read more
Urban Matrix
Abstract Our project, addresses the need for Productive Justice for Self-Sufficiency in Mesquita, a municipality in Rio de Janeiro marked by socio-economic challenges such as food insecurity, water scarcity, infrastructure deficiencies, and a strong dependence on government subsidies. Our strategy transforms residual urban spaces-abandoned plots, unused corners, canal edges-into a Productive Web of interconnected hubs … Read more
