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

Large-Scale 3D Printing with Biomaterials


Large-Scale 3D Printing with Biomaterials


 MAA02 · MaAI02 · MAEBB02 · 2025–26
Large-Scale 3D Printing with Biomaterials explores the potential of robotic additive manufacturing for architectural applications through the use of bio-based and upcycled materials. The workshop focuses on the relationship between material properties, computational design, robotic fabrication, and architectural performance.

Students work with cork-based bio-composites made from recycled cork stoppers, developing parametric systems that connect material behaviour with robotic kinematics, fabrication constraints, and architectural requirements. The workshop follows a File-to-Factory approach, taking projects from computational design and simulation through robotic fabrication and physical prototyping.

The course investigates large-scale additive manufacturing as a means of developing lightweight, efficient, and circular architectural systems, with projects evaluated through criteria including material efficiency, structural stability, lightness, design performance, and fabrication feasibility. 

Hamid Peiro contributed as Faculty, supporting students in computational design, robotic fabrication, digital fabrication workflows, and the development of large-scale 3D-printed prototypes.

Faculty: Ricardo Mayor · Aleyna Gültekin · Hamid Peiro · Sheikh Rizvi Riaz · Pilar Bolumburu
Institution: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

References
IAAC — Large-Scale 3D Printing → View course

Selected Student Projects
SURO+

 suro+ explores the transformation of post-consumer cork stoppers collected from restaurants in Barcelona into modular acoustic panels through large-scale 3D printing. The project combines parametric geometry, acoustic performance, robotic fabrication, and circular material strategies, proposing a material cycle that transforms cork waste into an architectural product and eventually into an ecological substrate.

Students: Melike Sahinler · Josefina Lo Prete · Gökberk Aktaş

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A Temporary Cork Acoustic Barrier for Festivals
This project investigates a temporary acoustic barrier fabricated from recycled cork and bio-based binders. Designed for festival environments, the system combines robotic additive manufacturing with a circular end-of-life strategy, allowing the architectural components to be reused, disassembled, composted, or returned to soil after their use.

Students: Shannon Shahan · Pradyumna Nanekar

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Large Scale 3D Printing with Bio-Based Materials

Large Scale 3D Printing with Bio-Based Materials develops a cork-based acoustic envelope using recycled cork stoppers and a 6-axis robotic arm. The project connects computational geometry with the physical constraints of the material through a File-to-Factory workflow, developing a high-relief surface that combines acoustic performance, structural stability, and material efficiency.

Students: Saad Khan · Binu Priya · Jasper Runge

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