CONCEPT “From a static facade to a living envelope.” This statement helps us address the notion of our project. Most facades are designed for one moment and then frozen, while the sun crosses them all day. The project asks what happens if the geometry itself keeps moving with the light. Instead of a single screen … Read more
BREATHING PARTITION Breathing Partition – “Stomata” tells the story of an interior wall that learns to breathe. Interior walls are usually static: they separate rooms but ignore the air on either side. Our aim was to develop a partition that responds to its environment, allowing air to move when needed and remaining still when it … Read more
Meeting rooms are designed for productivity, but they rarely respond to the changing needs of the people using them. Poor indoor air quality can reduce comfort and concentration, while the same workspace often lacks the flexibility to transition into a more relaxed social environment after working hours. To address this challenge, our project, Key Balance, … Read more
The idea What if a workspace could respond to the people around it? FOCUS is a responsive workspace designed to create a balance between openness, privacy, and concentration. The project explores how a physical environment can adapt to human presence through simple interactions between people and technology. The panels move depending on the movement of … Read more
Concept Portable d[r]oom is a wearable helmet that turns the passive habit of doom scrolling into a physical condition. Drawing on Walter Pichler’s TV Helmet (Portable Living Room) from 1967, which isolated its wearer inside a television shell and anticipated today’s tech-induced detachment, the project addresses the stillness on which modern media addiction depends. An … Read more
Abstract Formopt-AI is a graph neural network (GNN)-based workflow intended to fast-track the iteration process of design to adhere to environmental and context response considerations. The program system explored in this research generates residential buildings through parametric options to later optimize intended factors to a specific target. The explored workflow starts with a Grasshopper script … Read more
Toward an AI-Native Framework for Constraint-Orchestrated Data Center Architecture Developed through the working prototype OREXON SYSTEMS. · Nouhaila ELMALOULI · Master in AI for Architecture & Business Innovation (MAAI02), IAAC · 2025/2026 · Advisor: Dr. Wassim Jabi Data centers are the physical substrate of artificial intelligence. Every model we train and every query we run … Read more
Introduction Finding the right home isn’t just about square meters or the number of bedrooms. A floor plan that works beautifully for one household can be completely unsuitable for another. Parents with young children, remote workers, retirees, or pet owners all experience the same space differently. Yet today’s search tools still rely on simple filters … Read more
A Hybrid Robotic-Human System for Adaptive Woven-Earthen Construction Abstract Woven Earth reinterprets traditional willow weaving and earth construction as a digitally informed architectural system. Drawing from vernacular techniques such as wattle and daub, the project develops a hybrid construction method combining woven willow, variable-thickness cavities, and robotic fabrication. Infill strategies layer light earth and straw … Read more
Building Sensi, a sensory copilot for architectural floor plans. In architecture, we model everything. Structure, cost, energy, code compliance. Layer after layer of analysis that makes a building accountable before it’s built. But one thing was missing from the stack: how the space will actually feel. Not feel as in emotion. Feel as in the … Read more
Infrastructure doesn’t just move people. It shapes who they are, where they go, and what kinds of lives are possible. At the northern edge of Barcelona — at the junction of Nou Barris, Sant Andreu, and Santa Coloma de Gramenet — Avinguda Meridiana does all three. It connects the city to its northern territories efficiently. … Read more
Every design decision has a structure. For the AI studio seminar, we built PermanenceOS , a structural intelligence platform that helps architects understand the consequences of early design decisions, before they get expensive to change. The Core Problem In early design, structural decisions get locked in fast and by the time the engineer is brought … Read more
Abstract Banana Matters transforms discarded banana pseudostem biomass into carbon-sequestering architectural panels through material research, bio-based binders, and digital fabrication. The project addresses the untapped potential of nearly 525 million tonnes of annual banana waste by developing lightweight, low-carbon composites with acoustic and structural applications. Through iterative material experimentation, heat-press manufacturing, and mechanical and physical … Read more
Applying CLIP vector embeddings to defensibly evaluate the architectural value of heritage-listed buildings Project Summary Project Presentation
Introduction When we imagine a corridor in a typical apartment building, we picture a purely functional passageway — a space designed for movement, not for meeting. These circulation zones are often long, narrow, and socially inert. Yet they structure much of our daily experience of housing, shaping how residents encounter one another. Cohousing projects show … Read more
