DensiFlora

The Architectural Association (AA) Emergent Technologies and Design (EmTech) Programme has collaborated with multi-disciplinary design practice, Populous to create a new pavilion titled DensiFlora, which will be open to the public on the southwest corner of Bedford Square.

DensiFlora explores sustainable architecture using rattan canes, integrating computational design and robotic fabrication to address biomaterial construction. By linking generative design, material computation, and prototyping, it advances rattan—a renewable and durable biomaterial—for lightweight, bending-active, and stable enclosures. Through a full-scale prototype, it integrates rattan's mechanical properties with form-finding, simulation methods, and structural analysis. Employing robotic fabrication demonstrates adapting traditional processes to computational design, opening new avenues for biomaterials in large-scale structures and emerging technologies.

EmTech

Programme Directors: Dr. Elif Erdine, Dr. Milad Showkatbakhsh
Founding Director: Dr. Michael Weinstock
Teaching Faculty: Abhinav Chaudhary, Paris Nikitidis, Danae Polyviu, Alvaro Velasco Perez, Felipe Oeyen

EmTech 2023-24: Mais Alrim Mais, Burak Aydin, Sonali Rane, Rutuja Rode, Akansha Pandey, Ashna Negandhi, Mehmet Efe Meraki, Hankai Ye, Rushil Patel, Fabiana Aja, Yixuan Zhang, Chuyu Zhang, Diane Angelica Diaz, Prakhar Patle, Deniz Uluköy, Afaf Shamieh, Sameerah Mohammed Yusuff, Abhijeet Manjunath, Hossein Shahhossein Dastjerdi, Syeda Ali

EmTech 2024-26: Siddhi Hindalkar, Rasika Sarang Savalekar, Ajinkya Randive, Teruyoshi Kaneko, Devashish Sanjay Mohokar, Nikhil Narendiran, Yu Geng, Netra Mundada, Luis Castro Aguilar, Orfeas Rachiotis, Daniel Zambrano, Hui Wang, Zeynep Çolak, Sung Soo Park, Sherine Elabd, Manjiri Kothawale, Shivangi Panchal, Li-Ting Cheng, Baskar Bharathwaj Subramanian, Zhangrui Chen, Ayca Okman, Maria Aranzales Villamil, Mauli Patel

Populous

Populous Digital Team
Experience Studios
Encapture Studios