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.
Reassembling matter. Rethinking structures. The construction industry generates billions of tones of construction and demolition waste every year, yet most of this material remains excluded from structural applications due to its irregularity, unpredictability, and incompatibility with conventional building systems. Granulith investigates an alternative approach, asking whether demolition waste can be transformed from a discarded by-product … Read more
a methodology integrating artificial intelligence, geometry, structure, material, and assembly for heritage restoration. Historic buildings around the world are disappearing due to conflict, climate change, material degradation, urbanisation, and limited resources available for conservation. While digital documentation technologies have rapidly evolved over the past decade, restoration itself remains a fragmented process requiring specialists from multiple … Read more
MAA/MRAC Studio Term 3 — 2025/2026 | Robotics for Ecological Building When you think of wool, construction probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But wool has a longer history as a building material than most people realize, and it carries inherent properties that make it genuinely compelling for architecture: moisture regulation, thermal … Read more
A Digital Fabrication Pipeline for Upcycling Reclaimed Timber into Low Rise Vernacular housing The construction industry remains locked in a linear model of consumption that relies on virgin materials, often ignoring the structural potential of irregular reclaimed timber. “Non-standard circularity” challenges this rigidity by proposing a computational workflow that embraces material heterogeneity as a design … Read more
Dynamic Casting of Functionally-Graded Geopolymers Using Urban Excavation Waste Thesis Abstract It is estimated that in the next 15 years, the world will generate over 3 billion tonnes of waste; in the European Union alone, 35% originates from the construction sector due to demolition, excavation, and dredging (“28 Incredible Statistics About Waste Generation,” 2021). These … Read more
Urban Dustprints investigates how spontaneous vegetation reveals hidden ecological conditions within urban voids. Through field observation in La Verneda i La Pau (Barcelona), the research identifies recurring relationships between plant communities, moisture, shade, disturbance, and substrate conditions. These observations are translated into environmental filters, species profiles, and patch-based spatial rules. A computational workflow is developed … Read more
Ecological Renewal of Ghats Website Link: https://aria-final.vercel.app/ Statement “While industrial and sewage pollution receive significant attention in river conservation efforts. Ritual pollution stemming from religious and cultural practices remains largely unaddressed due to its sensitive nature. But it contributes substantially to river degradation and requires culturally respectful solutions.” Sacred Sites Across every continent and culture, rivers … Read more
This thesis explores how biosignals can transform artificial light into an adaptive architectural interface. While light strongly affects human emotions, cognition, and well-being, most lighting systems still rely on manual control and cannot respond to users in real time. The research investigates how EEG, ECG, and GSR data can be used to create dynamic lighting … Read more
From Fragmented Systems to Cybernetic Ecologies Interactive Presentation Link : 260619_T3_Thesis Final CE 260619_T3_Thesis Final CE
