Intelligent buildings

The concept of intelligent building normally refers to domotics and inmotics. Here, we focus on a different aspect:  main architectural components.

We are applying concepts borrowed from biological systems, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (Evolutionary Algorithms, Evolutionary Robotics, Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic) to the purpose of desining intelligent structures, architectural components that are equipped with robotized architectural elements with the capability of changing their morphology or geometrical configuration. We aim at providing such robotized elements with suitable controllers, not hardcoded at design time, but rather instructed on how to behave properly, according to user-defined evaluation criteria

In collaboration with architect Pablo Gil-Cornaro (GilBartolome ADW studio), from the Architectural point of view, our work focuses on complex dynamic systems that can go beyond an action-reaction working scheme, and that follow a user centred behaviour instead.

Artificial life in Architecture

Learning is a new concept in architcture that come into play when

we see buildings as intelligent robotic systems. Considering the  building as an intelligent robotic system opens a new way of interaction between Architecture, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence which we believe is full of potential both from the point of view of research and impact in people's lives.

Some selected works are shown below.