Hamid Peiro


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Selected Exhibitions & Collaborations

[2025]    Canadian Pavilion — Venice Biennale 2025                              Full-scale robotic fabrication research in architecture and construction

Computational Design and Digital Fabrication


 [2024]    Multi-Criteria Design & Optimization:
                  Living photosynthetic bio-cementation processes                            
 [2024]    Caschlatsch 
                   Advanced voxel-based nesting strategies.     [2024]    BeyondLayers 
                   Non-planar hollow-core 3D printing methods
 [2024]    Sequencing in Printing
                   PETG extrusion for lightweight, sustainable structures.
           
 [2016]    Urban Open-Space Pavilion 
                   Pavilion designed for dynamic public engagement.                          
 [2015]    ComStruct
                   Exploring computational strategies in construction.

Teaching & Academic Practice


[2025–26]     Advanced Materials in Architecture — Thesis Advising
                       Thesis advising and research development in advanced materials and architectural applications
[2025–26]     Large-Scale 3D Printing with Biomaterials — Workshop
                       Large-scale robotic 3D printing with biomaterials and additive manufacturing
[2025–26]     Robotic Fabrication — Mosaic Workshop
                       Robotic fabrication and automated assembly through a hands-on mosaic workshop
[2025–26]     Hardware I                           Physical computing, digital fabrication, and interactive systems
[2025–26]     Hardware II
                       Computer vision, robotics, and AI-driven fabrication systems
[2025–26]     Human-in-the-Loop Interactive Systems
                        Human-in-the-loop interactive systems and robotic fabrication

Architecture

 [2020]   Office-520
                 Modern office design.
 [2019]   Labiran
                  Creative architectural refurbishment project.

 [2019]   IranBurger
                  Fast-food restaurant design.

Competition


[2021]    Red Ornament (Jewelry)
                  Intricate ornament design.
[2019]    Mozambique Preschool
                  Sustainable educational spaces.
[2017]    Philips Light
                  Shape-shifting lighting systems.
[2017]    Ghavam
                  Architectural proposal.
[2016]    Triumph Pavilion Infusion
                   Pavilion design for urban open spaces.
[2016]    Evolo Furniture
                  Modular and functional furniture design.

Arduino Projects


[2016]    DIOD
An interactive lighting installation using Kinect to 
map topologies and project levels with a projector.
[2016]    Weti
A responsive environmental system using Arduino and
a moisture sensor to monitor the clay’s hydration levels.

Tools & Software Development

[2026]    Rhino Illustrator Bridge (RIB)
                 A Rhino 8 plugin for connecting Rhino geometry and Adobe Illustrator workflows

Authors: Hamid Peiro

 Link to RIB on Food4Rhino
[2021]    JAVID: A Grasshopper Plugin for Image ProcessingAn image-processing plugin for Grasshopper that generates artistic two-dimensional graphical images from bitmap files.

Authors: Mahdiyar Esmailbeigi, Fatemeh Zarei, Ghazaleh Elyasi, Maedeh Fallah Kish, Hadiseh Arbabpour, Amin Aminkhani, Hossein Kamyab, S. Hossein Mousavi, Fereidoun Pourtavakoli, Hamid Peiro, Taha Sabaghian

Link to JAVID on Food4Rhino
[2021]    IAC: A Grasshopper Plugin for Mathematics and GeometryA Grasshopper plugin featuring components for mathematics and geometry, designed to enhance data processing speed and address missing functionalities in Grasshopper workflows.

Authors: Mahdiyar Esmailbeigi, Parisa Afshari, Ghazaleh Elyasi, Maedeh Fallah, Mohammad Mehdi Jalali, Atena Meshkat, Laleh Moradi, Hamid Peiro, Ali Sa’adati, Helia Zakeri, Fatemeh Zarei

Link to IAC on Food4Rhino


ABOUT
2025 Hamid Peiro                                          
hamid.peiro@iaac.net

Advanced Materials in Architecture


Advanced Materials in Architecture

MAA02 · MAEBB02 · 2025–26
Advanced Materials in Architecture explores materiality as an active and generative component of architectural design. The course investigates how material properties, fabrication processes, and computational methods can inform the development of new architectural systems and spatial applications.

Through hands-on material experimentation, students move from physical prototyping and material research toward computational design and digital fabrication workflows. The course focuses on bio-based and sustainable materials, responsive material systems, fabrication processes, and the development of scalable architectural prototypes.

Hamid Peiro contributed as faculty and thesis advisor, supporting students in the development of material-driven research, computational workflows, and digital fabrication strategies.

Faculty: Ricardo Mayor · Hamid Peiro ,Areti Markopoulou · Marcos Cruz
Institution: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

References
IAAC — Advanced Materials in Architecture → View course

Selected Student Projects
Bedrock

 Bedrock investigates how structural performance and surface finish can be integrated within a single prefabricated slab system. The project uses waste-derived aggregates distributed according to stress-driven geometry, combining material optimization, structural performance, and surface expression through a digitally fabricated component.

The research explores ribbed stress-line geometries and controlled aggregate distribution to reduce material use and embodied carbon, supported by computational analysis and digital fabrication.

Students: Hugo Alejandro Parra Fuentes · Cristina Castro

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Casting the In-Between

Casting the In-Between explores how urban excavation waste can be transformed into functionally graded architectural components through robotic dynamic casting. The project uses alkali-activated excavation material and a continuously reconfigurable fabric formwork to control both geometry and material distribution.

A robotic fabrication system enables the formwork to dynamically change during casting, allowing heterogeneous waste materials to be transformed into freeform, modular elements while reducing reliance on conventional extrusion-based fabrication. 

Students: Queenie Fan · Josefina Lo Prete

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GranuLith

GranuLith investigates how construction and demolition waste can be transformed from discarded material into a reversible structural resource. Drawing on granular jamming, force-chain behaviour, and material intelligence, the project explores how irregular waste aggregates can achieve structural stability through confinement, friction, compression, and selective binding.

The research develops a low-carbon construction approach in which irregularity becomes a structural asset, exploring how material, force, and fabrication can work together to create reusable and reversible architectural systems.

Student: Shubham Benare

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