'AADRL: A Work in Progress' exhibition on view at Zaha Hadid Architecture Gallery

The AA's Architecture and Urbanism (DRL) programme is currently exhibiting its work at Zaha Hadid Architecture Gallery in London. The exhibition, titled AADRL: A Work in Progress , presents an evolving snapshot of architectural research, experimentation and collaboration developed within the Design Research Lab, featuring work produced through its recent research. Since its founding in 1996, the programme has explored advanced methods in design, computation and manufacturing, positioning architecture as a mode of enquiry capable of responding to the challenges of our time. The exhibition reflects an adaptive and open-ended approach to architecture, developed through a methodology that spans scales from the city to the nanoscale. Central to the work is participation: self-organised, international teams collaborate across disciplines, challenging conventions and expanding the social and material agency of architectural practice. The exhibition reveals architecture as a continuous process: speculative, collective and in constant evolution.

Exhibition team: Theodore Spyropoulos, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Akshay Khumar and Hanjun Kim
Exhibition Dates: 9 February– 8 March 2026
Location: ZHA Gallery, 101 Goswell Road, London EC1V 7EZOpening times: Monday–Friday, 9am–6pm

Image credit:

AADRL Project: Architecture of Co-Intelligence, 2026.

Studio: Theodore Spyropoulos

Tutors: Hanjun Kim, Apostolos Despotidis, Elizabeth Konstantinidou

Team: Kian Jansuwan, Sumanth Sogal, Supreeth Vijayakumar