[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.
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
MAA02 · MRAC02 · MAEBB02 · MACT02 · 2025–26
Robotic Fabrication explores the intersection of traditional craft and advanced robotic processes through Trencadís, the Catalan technique of creating mosaics from broken ceramic fragments. The course investigates how traditional material practices can be translated into computational design and robotic fabrication workflows.
Students work with physical ceramic fragments, combining 3D scanning, computational geometry, sensing, and robotic control to develop new approaches to mosaic design and assembly. Scanned tile geometries are processed into digital datasets and translated into fabrication strategies for a UR10 robotic arm, connecting physical material, computational rules, and automated assembly.
The course explores how craft knowledge can be reinterpreted through parametric design and robotic fabrication, moving from manual experimentation and material analysis to computationally generated patterns and robotic assembly.
Hamid Peiro contributed as Faculty, supporting students in computational design, sensing and reconstruction workflows, robotic control, and the development of robotic fabrication systems.
Faculty: Huanyu Li · Hamid Peiro · Nestor Beguin Faculty Assistants: Aleksandra Kraeva · Prottay Roy Chowdhury Institution: Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)
Woven Tiles explores robotic Trencadís through a pick-and-place system that combines scanned ceramic fragments with computational rules inspired by traditional weaving. The project uses Grasshopper to classify and organize irregular tiles according to their geometry and color, generating patterned compositions through a looping algorithm that selects and places fragments without repetition.
The resulting system translates the logic of weaving into a computational and robotic fabrication process, producing a one-square-metre tiling system from irregular ceramic pieces.
Students: Cristina Castro · Hugo Alejandro Parra Fuentes · Queenie Fan · Shannon Shahan
ENTROPIA investigates the relationship between disorder and emergent order through robotic assembly of irregular ceramic fragments. The project explores how broken and unpredictable pieces can be organized through computational and robotic processes to generate structured mosaic compositions.
The project connects the inherent irregularity of Trencadís with computational fabrication, using robotic assembly to transform fragmented ceramic pieces into a controlled architectural pattern.
Stellar Evolution explores the robotic fabrication of irregular timber elements through a computational workflow that responds to the inherent variation of reclaimed material. The project investigates how individual timber pieces can be digitally processed and assembled to generate a larger architectural system, connecting material irregularity with computational design and robotic fabrication.
The project explores a workflow in which material-specific information informs the design and fabrication process, demonstrating how robotic systems can enable customized assembly from non-standard timber components.
Students: Sakshi Adwani,
Atticus Cummings, Valentyna Lubska and Francisco Ferrer