Critical Practices 2025
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Ceramic Vault
Additive manufacturing with clay reinterprets Roman brickwork of the Maxentius Basilica through computational design and robotic fabrication.
Circular Connections: A Reuse Case Study of the Huber Pavilions
Connecting the end and start of life of reused materials, stakeholders and disciplines in circular construction.
Circular Wood Prototype for Interior Design, using Smart Industry principles
Robotically fabricated wall panels for hospitality interiors, made from leftover wood of manufacturing industries.
Cultural Geometries
Natural stone as a low-carbon structural material, tested at full scale in Guastavino-inspired interlocking vaults.
Demolition Concrete as a new Building Material
Saw-cut elements and flat rubble of discarded concrete reused as a load-bearing building system.
MyxArch
A post-tensioned lightweight shelter of 11 stressed-skin mycelium components made from hemp, flax and beech.
Parametric Modelling Tool for Façade Systems
An early-stage design tool that visualises the environmental impact of façade systems.
Paulownia House
A full-scale test and research station built entirely in fast-growing Paulownia wood and continuously reconfigured.
Rethinking Design for Dis/Re/Assembly in Spatial Panel Systems
A teaching-based prototype from Hong Kong that draws on log construction to rethink design for disassembly.
The Talavera Project / Un Proyecto de Talavera
Robotic 3D printing meets ancestral craft in a collaboration with Mexico’s first certified Talavera workshop.
Unlocking the Potential of Misfit Wood with Modern Digital Tools
A bundled column from wood that does not fit the conventional industry, cut by a robot guided by a depth camera.
UpCycle Prototype
A 25 m² micro-unit of diagonal laminated timber panels from waste wood with all-wood, demountable connections.