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

Picoplanktonics — Canada Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2025

Project: Picoplanktonics
Exhibition: 19th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
Location: Canada Pavilion, Venice, Italy
Year: 2025

Project Credits

Research and Development: ETH Zurich — Andrea Shin Ling, Yo-Cheng Jerry Lee, Nijat Mahamaliyev, Hamid Peiro, Dalia Dranseike, Yifan Cui, Pok Yin Victor Leung, Barrak Darweesh

Team: Living Room Collective — Andrea Shin Ling, Vincent Hui, Nicholas Hoban, Clayton Lee

References

Canada Council for the Arts — Picoplanktonics

Picoplanktonics — Official Project Website

Picoplanktonics


Picoplanktonics explores the potential of living materials as a new approach to architectural construction. The project investigates how biological systems can be integrated with computational design, robotic fabrication, and material research to create new forms of living architecture.



The project focuses on Synechococcus PCC 7002, a photosynthetic cyanobacterium, which is incorporated into a mineral-based structural system through robotic 3D printing. The resulting structures create an interface between biological processes and architectural fabrication, allowing the material to actively interact with its environment.











Presented at the Canada Pavilion during the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, the project formed a living installation that required controlled environmental conditions, including light, moisture, and warmth, to maintain the activity of the cyanobacteria.


Contribution

As part of the ETH Zurich Research and Development team, Hamid Peiro contributed to the computational design and digital fabrication development of the project. His work focused on connecting computational workflows with robotic fabrication processes and the physical production of the project components.

The project brought together expertise in computational design, robotics, fabrication, biology, and material research to explore alternative approaches to architectural construction based on living and regenerative systems.