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.
BIM Unleashed: Powering Smart Cities and Overcoming Urban Challenges
Embark on a journey into the realm of urban innovation with “BIM Unleashed: Powering Smart Cities and Overcoming Urban Challenges.” In this captivating exploration, we delve into the transformative potential of Building Information Modeling (BIM) as it revolutionizes the landscape of smart cities. At the outset, we confront the pressing issues highlighted in our problem … Read more
RE:NEW
Transforming Demolition Waste through Rammed Earth Technique CONTEXT PROPOSAL PROJECT OUTLINE PROCESS OVERVIEW RE-THINKING DEMOLITION RE-USE RE-MANUFACTURING MATERIAL LIFE-CYCLE INTERFACE
SteamPunk
Self Sufficient Buildings: Machine Room Edoardo Lagrasta | Daksh Lakhani | Farah Ali | Victoria Castano Master of Advanced Architecture 01 | Term 02 | 2023-2024 CONCEPT | Steamer We began by deconstructing a common household appliance, a clothing steamer, to understand its mechanics and study the energy it produces. CONCEPT | Preliminary Sketches Our … Read more
Quartz growth
Crystallization. What is it? Crystallization is a process in which a solid material forms from a liquid or gas phase, resulting in the arrangement of atoms or molecules in a highly ordered, three-dimensional structure known as a crystal lattice. This process is driven by changes in temperature, pressure, or the concentration of solute in a … Read more
MonarchaSpectra
CONTEXT Michoacán, Mexico, faces a significant challenge due to consistently high temperatures. The health and well-being of the population are at risk, as prolonged exposure to extreme heat can lead to heat-related illnesses and discomfort. Their high temperatures can affect biodiversity, altering the migration patterns of species, as the monarch butterflies. Every year, millions of … Read more
ASSEMBLED ARCHITECTURE
The coming future will force architects to address the issues/necessities of density and the urgency to create more data-informed spatial configurations, such as assemblages, and embedding sets of specific architectural features. Being able to ‘inform’ large-scale systems, taking advantage of modularity, and defining the metrics toevaluate different spatial alternatives is a crucial ability. Custom Assemblage … Read more
Assembled Architecture
The project aimed to explore self-shading selection method to create assemblages with a filtering method to control the growth by direction patterns. The assemblages were then evaluated with a several criterias related with the accessible outdoor areas. Those criteria were then used to shape those outdoor spaces and the units facades that are facing them. … Read more
The Veil
CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK ELEMENTS OF RESPONSIVENESS ARID LANDSCAPES INSPIRATION – LIGHT | DUST INSPIRATION – WATER CONCEPTUAL PROTOTYPING CORE DESIGN AXONOMETRIC PERSPECTIVE SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE CONDITIONAL MAPPING ELECTRONIC LAYOUT EXECUTION PROCESS VISUALISATION RENDERS
Assembled Architecture
An Effort to Generate Architectures of Assemblies Components Design Custom Assemblage Method Custom Evaluation Criteria Building the Dataset Assemblage Selection Application Testing
AQUALUME
AquaLume efficiently captures humidity and rain using an extruding nylon mesh system. The collected water is then directed through a gutter system into a tank. Here, the system analyzes its quality and displays the results via LEDs.
