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Cloud Transparent Pavilion


MAA 2025-2026 by
MAA 2025-2026

Group includes: Nguyen Vu Tue Minh (Chloe) & Eduardo Martinez Toribio //OVERALL DESIGN OBJECTIVE //PRECEDENT: TEMPORARY PARAMETRIC PAVILION //COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SYSTEM USING CRYSTALLON //MATERIAL RESEARCH: GLASS-REINFORCED RECYCLED PET (GR-RPET) //ANALYSIS Total Mass: 191.8 (kg) Natural Vibration Analysis Frequency: 9.45 (Hz) Max Displacement: 0.125 (m) //OPTIMISATION: GOALS & TARGET //OPTIMISATION: RESULTS //OPTIMISATION: LIGHTNESS VS STIFFNESS Baseline: … Read more

LATTICE CONTINUUM


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

Structural Optimization Process This project investigates the structural optimization and fabrication-aware design of a temporary lattice pavilion. The study focuses on the relationship between architectural form, structural performance, and robotic fabrication constraints, with particular attention to displacement control, material efficiency, and buildability. The pavilion occupies an 8 × 8 m footprint with a total height … Read more

Lightweave Pavilion


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

Lightweave pavilion uses a Octa thet lattice structure , where share the idea is to create a spatial experience from a repeated structural module. the structure itself becomes the envelope, and variation in height and density guides circulation. Workflow Workflow – Wind Load Circulation Scheme Structural System Why a twisting surface?● Good load redistribution● Short … Read more

THE ARTHROPOD PAVILLION


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

Design Concept | Horseshoe Crab–Inspired Lattice Structure Inspired by the exoskeleton of horseshoe crabs and the ITECH Research Pavilion 2024, this project explores a biomimetic lattice shell structure supported by discrete legs.A continuous mesh distributes loads efficiently across its surface, transferring forces to the ground through optimized supports.The parametrically generated lattice expresses structural performance, integrating … Read more

Light, Path & Structure: Weaving Sine Waves over Bab al-Luq


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

//DESIGN CONCEPT & EARLY EXPLORATIONS //COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN SYSTEM First Sine Roof Iteration First Column Iteration //FORM FINDING PROCESS AND LESSONS LERANED Second Canopy Columns Iteration Final Sine Roof Iteration The sine roof form was developed through an iterative form-finding process using both sine and inverted sine curves. By culling index points from each curve and … Read more

INTERPOROUS OVERGROWTH


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

Conceptual Framework The Project explores a contemporary dialogue between past and present by enveloping a historic steel truss within a soft, inflated architectural skin. Inspired by the playful curves and buoyancy of balloon art, the installation introduces a layer of translucent, geometric “bubble wrap” forms that gently overgrow the rigid industrial structure beneath. Rather than … Read more

A Computational Interpretation of Cairene Tradition


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

Bab al-Luq Reimagined: Computation, Climate, and Cultural Memory This project approaches the Bab al-Luq Market not as a blank surface for formal experimentation, but as a site layered with climatic intelligence and symbolic meaning. Its proposal is rooted in two elements deeply embedded in Cairene architectural and cultural memory: the malqaf and the lotus flower. … Read more

EGITTO SKIN


MAA 2025-2026 by
MAA 2025-2026

Team member(s):MAHMOUD MOHAMED Modified by  MAHMOUD MOHAMED  on December 12, 2025 SITE AND EXISTING BUILDING Egypt, often reverently hailed as the “Mother of All Lands,” stands as one of the oldest and most influential civilizations in the vast chronicle of human history. Its legacy is not merely a collection of ruins or artifacts; it is a … Read more

Verdant – Bringing Nature to Urban Rooftops


MaCAD 2025-2026 by
MaCAD 2025-2026

Verdant evokes lush greenery and vitality, capturing the essence of this parametric roof redesign that transforms a mundane urban building into an organic canopy. Inspired by the delicate structure of bamboo leaves, the project employs randomly oriented gold-anodized louvres to create a dynamic interplay of light and shadow, mimicking sunlight filtering through foliage. This modern … Read more

Bouncy Bamboo Pavilion Facade


MAEBB 2025-2026 by
MAEBB 2025-2026

For our Advanced Digital Tools term one final project, we were tasked with designing a building facade based on inspiration from pavilion architecture or existing facades, using Grasshopper. Pavilion Inspiration – The Toledo Gridshell The inspiration for our facade is the Toledo Gridshell constructed in a courtyard in the Naples School of Architecture. When researching … Read more

Cano(Pi)


MAA-01 2025-2026 by
MAA-01 2025-2026

A dynamic forest pavilion. Plaça del Pi, Barcelona, Spain Design Concept Form Finding Psuedo Code The script relies on the organic undulation of sine and catenary curves to reflect the organic nature of our inspiration as well as provide a real-life simulation of the suspended fabric forming the canopy reacting to gravitational logic in both … Read more

THE MANUFACTURED VERNACULAR 


MAA-02 2025-2026 by
MAA-02 2025-2026
Image of comparison between a vernacular structure and a modern structure

Turning time-tested vernacular intelligence into scalable, multi-hazard self sufficient building INTRODUCTION See this image above? yes, its comparison between two structures that survived a 6.8 rector scale earthquake in year 2005. The ironic part is , that these vernacular structures hold the carbon friendly intelligence responding towards climate adaptation and structural resistance against earthquakes, yet … Read more

Visual Intelligence 2.0 – MAEBB Exhibition Space


MAEBB 2025-2026 by
MAEBB 2025-2026

The MAEBB Exhibition Space is conceived as a lightweight timber pavilion that gently rises above the existing Valldaura Labs building—a contemporary crown inspired by Herzog & de Meuron, reinterpreted through the ecological logic of locally sourced wood. Resting on a minimal peripheral frame, the structure introduces a luminous and fully reversible addition at the height … Read more