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From furniture to city. From the intimate to the infinite.

Open source tools, academic papers, and computational experiments. From furniture joints (1:5) to urban masterplans (1:5000).

◉ Research

01 Detail 1:5

02 Room 1:20

03 Unit 1:50

04 Building 1:100

05 Complex 1:500

06 District 1:1000

07 City 1:5000

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FEATURED RESEARCH

Research Papers & Case Studies

01 07 - CITY

Urban Metabolism: Fractal Patterns in Global Cities

A two-decade comparative analysis of resource flows, spatial entropy, and self-similar growth patterns across 12 world cities. Mapping how Tokyo, Istanbul, Copenhagen, and London metabolize energy, data, and people at scale.

Urban SystemsFractal AnalysisPolicy Design

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02 01-03 - DETAIL→UNIT

Adaptive Domesticity: The Cultural DNA of Living Spaces

Machine learning models trained on 340+ housing typologies from 12 cultures, revealing how domestic rituals shape spatial layout from furniture joinery to apartment organization.

Machine LearningCultural ProxemicsHousing

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03 04 - BUILDING

Generative Facades: Performance-Driven Envelopes

Evolutionary algorithms optimizing building envelopes for climate responsiveness. Self-shading parametric geometries achieving 40% solar gain reduction while maximizing daylight and views.

Climate DesignParametricOptimization

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04 04 - BUILDING

AI Form Finding: Biological Precedents in Architecture

Exploring the frontier where generative adversarial networks and diffusion models produce structurally novel forms inspired by biological morphogenesis, from coral growth to bone topology.

Generative AIBiomimicryMorphogenesis

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05 05 - COMPLEX

Emergent Complexes: Swarm-Driven Site Design

Multi-agent swarm systems orchestrating building placement, orientation, and massing at complex scale. 2,500+ autonomous agents negotiate site constraints to discover high-fitness spatial configurations.

Swarm IntelligenceAgent-BasedEmergence

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06 03 - APARTMENT

Spatial Computing: From Point Clouds to Digital Twins

High-fidelity spatial capture pipelines combining LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, and VR/AR interfaces. Transforming physical environments into millimeter-accurate digital twins for design collaboration.

LiDARDigital TwinXR Interface

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07 06 - NEIGHBORHOOD

Garden City Revisited: Topographic Utopias

Reinterpreting Howard's radial garden city model through computational topography and ecological corridors. How historic urban ideals evolve when confronted with terrain, climate data, and contemporary density.

Urban TheoryEcologyMorphology

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08 06 - NEIGHBORHOOD

Computational Urbanism: Algorithmic District Design

Multi-objective evolutionary optimization (NSGA-II) applied to district-scale masterplanning. Balancing pedestrian flow, solar access, density, and green space across 47 simultaneous design variables.

NSGA-IIMasterplanningMulti-Objective

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Open Source & Tools

Research outputs that became products. Grasshopper plugins, Python libraries, and computational tools for architects.

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Falcon AI (Fraktal-MCP)

AI copilot for Grasshopper — chat with Claude to generate geometry and scripts.

Sierpinski.js

Recursive fractal generation library for web canvas.

Fraktal-Utils

Common geometric utility functions for computational design.

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