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Ching Splat: An AI Interface for Architectural Image Translation


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Interface Description Ching Splat is an experimental generative AI workflow. The project explores how architectural images can be translated between real photographs, line drawings, watercolor-style illustrations, and presentation renders through a controlled interface. The main design intention is not only to generate attractive images, but to build a practical visual workflow for architecture: keeping the … Read more

Plant Suitability Predictor


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MaCAD 2025-2026
Interior floor plan used as project setup for plant suitability prediction

Tile-based machine-learning workflow for indoor plant suitability prediction Introduction Plant placement in interior spaces is usually treated as an intuitive or aesthetic decision. However, different areas inside the same room can receive very different levels of sun, radiation, useful daylight and humidity. This project proposes a machine-learning workflow to classify interior space into plant suitability … Read more

BioSpatial-Intelligence:


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MaCAD 2025-2026

ML-Driven Plant Placement for Adaptive Architecture BioSpatial Intelligence explores how machine learning can support planting decisions in architectural spaces. The project starts from a simple design question: when we design a building, how can we decide which plants belong to which environmental conditions? Instead of relying only on intuition, we developed a workflow that reads … Read more

FloodPrint


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Objective Traditional flood risk maps take months to produce, are updated only every few years, and are too coarse, they might say a whole district is at risk without telling you which specific street or field will actually be underwater. “We are going to predict whether any given location in Thessaly, Greece is Flood-Prone or … Read more

FLAT DREAM


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MaCAD 2025-2026

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FlatDream is a interface inspired by the book Learning from Las Vegas built on 2 custom-trained LoRA models, fine-tuned on the visual language of the Archigram movement. It connects directly to ComfyUI and LM Studio to generate architectural imagery from text, image references, and multi-input compositions, with outputs that feed into a magazine builder, … Read more

NYC – Urban Land Use


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Can we predict what kind of use does a city grid hosts — Commercial vs. Residential — from its built form, morphology, and proximity to other urban features? “Can we predict the land use of a space based on existing environmental information from official and unofficial sources?” What’s the sweet spot for a Machine Learning … Read more

Augmented Robotic Production Systems for Adaptive and Resilient Architecture


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Abstract Construction is responsible for a substantial share of global material waste and carbon emissions, and one of the reasons is structural: design, fabrication, and assembly are still treated as separate phases with fragmented handoffs between them. This podcast episode explores what changes when those phases are linked into a single, feedback-driven workflow where parametric … Read more

Program Voxels: Interactive Web Based Program Generator


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Program Voxels is a web-based parametric tool that automates building massing studies using cellular automata algorithms. Designed for architects and urban planners, the application intelligently distributes multiple building programmes within a user-defined boundary while respecting complex adjacency relationships. Built with Vue 3, Three.js, and Rhino Compute, the tool bridges visual programming with an intuitive web … Read more

Roof Panelizer – Breaking Free from Planar Constraints in Roof Design


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Roof design has long been constrained by the limitations of traditional BIM applications. While architects envision expressive, non-planar geometries, they often default to repetitive planar forms due to technological barriers. Beyond aesthetics, these planar designs leave critical questions unanswered: How many panels are needed? What custom tile sizes must be fabricated? How do design decisions impact material costs and constructability? Problem Statement Most BIM applications limit roof design to planar forms, creating a significant gap between architectural vision and what’s … Read more

Designing Productive Friction in BIM Collaborative Workflows


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MaCAD 2025-2026

How intentional pauses in digital workflows improve accountability, decision-making, and collaboration in BIM practice. There’s a particular kind of confidence that comes with a smooth workflow. Files transfer without errors, models update on schedule, clash reports run automatically, information moves. That feeling is satisfying. It can also be exactly what should make you pause This … Read more

Web-Based Bitmap Terrain Generator


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MaCAD 2025-2026

In the Cloud-Based Data Management seminar, our final project explored how parametric design tools can move beyond the desktop and become accessible through the web. The course focused on transforming Grasshopper definitions into web-based applications using Rhino.Compute, Vue, and web visualization workflows, with the goal of making computational design more accessible to end users. This … Read more

HB02: Urban Congestion as Catalyst


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Program Team Hyperbuilding 02 proposes a program-integrated transit hub that reorganizes fragmented mobility networks, shortens commute times, and anchors a high-density mixed-use urban core to improve accessibility and urban performance. The design concept for Hyperbuilding 02 begins with a problem: fragmented mobility networks that create inefficiency, congestion, and poor urban accessibility in high-density environments. Rather … Read more

Less Wheels, More Walks


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Team member(s): Hani KarimeModified by Hani Karime on April 12, 2026 Concept Less Wheels, More Walks is a parametric web-based urban simulation tool that explores how shading strategies can shift street space from cars to pedestrians. The idea started from living in Qatar, where the lack of shaded sidewalks discourages walking. Even short distances are often traveled by car. … Read more

Digital Tissue: A Living Map of the Hyperbuilding Cells


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Preliminary Study: Demography as Design Driver In Hyperbuilding 3, our focus was to understand how demographic data can actively inform architectural decisions. We started by analysing the Chilean census portal, which provides detailed information for the entire metropolitan region and specifically for the Providencia district. From this dataset, we looked at age distribution, household composition, … Read more

Beyond the Dashboard: Building Information Modelling as Socio-Technical Governance in Smart Cities


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MaCAD 2025-2026

Introduction The smart city stands at a conceptual crossroads. On one side, we encounter an optimistic narrative: Building Information Modelling (BIM), digital twins, and integrated urban dashboards promise unprecedented visibility into city systems, enabling data-driven governance, resource optimization, and responsive urban management. On the other side, a more sobering reality: these sophisticated technical infrastructures often … Read more

BIM and The Rise of Automated Design Fabrication


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MaCAD 2025-2026
BIM and the rise of automated design fabrication

(BIM) is driving a major shift toward automated design and fabrication by providing precise, data-rich digital models that machines can directly interpret. Automated systems use BIM data to generate toolpaths, robotic motions, and fabrication instructions with minimal human input. This integration accelerates prefabrication, improves accuracy, reduces waste, and supports modular construction. As automation grows, BIM … Read more