The MaCAD is a unique online programme training a new generation of architects, engineers and designers ready to develop skills into the latest softwares, computational tools, BIM technologies and AI towards innovation for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry.
In this seminar, students will explore various generative systems that underlie natural structures, employing advanced digital design tools. We will investigate diverse aspects such as tissues, shell structures, modular systems, growth simulation, adaptive skins, and optimization workflows.
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INSPIRATION The project is born from the idea of rehabilitation, an inverse concept from Dante’s inferno, where the downward spiraling levels of damnation turn into and ascending stair of redemption. The process of re-insertion into society is understood as a Hero’s Journey towards the top, where the Garden of Eden awaits. Instead of being convicted … Read more
Open-campus behavior correction space that defies the laws of physics while transforming the reality around an inmate based on how they act, giving them an incentive to act in good behaviors to reform. Historically, prisons have been a place for punishment that architecturally have relied on central surveillance configurations and plan configurations which favor central … Read more
