Both workshops share a common underlying philosophy: to incorporate advanced tools in computational design and robotics not as ends in themselves or as automatic substitutes for the architectural project, but as instruments capable of expanding, optimizing, and more precisely materializing design and construction processes. From this perspective, computational design enables work with parameters, algorithms, and information systems to generate and evaluate complex solutions according to criteria such as structural stability, material efficiency, or energy performance. Robotics, in turn, introduces students to the languages, tools, and workflows required to translate these digital definitions into concrete construction operations, such as cutting, manipulating, assembling, or placing components. In line with BAI’s philosophy, both approaches are integrated under a shared premise: that technique follows the project, not the other way around, placing technological innovation at the service of a more rigorous, critical, and materially aware architecture.

KEY INFORMATION

Date and location:

Computational Design Workshop: May 12–15, 2026, School of Architecture of the University of Navarra (ETSA – UNAV)

Applied Robotics Workshop: June 22–26, 2026, Arrosadia Campus, Public University of Navarra (UPNA)

Limited number of places:

Limited number of places:

Open to final-year undergraduate and Master’s students in Architecture and/or Engineering, young architects or engineers who have already graduated, and students or recent graduates from higher-level vocational training programs (Levels D and E) related to the subject.

Free registration. The workshop is fully funded and carries no tuition fee.

Registration deadline: April 30. ACCESS THE REGISTRATION FORM 

Workshop instructors:

Jesús Medina and Panayiotis Papacharalambous, experts in digital fabrication and applied robotics from ETH Zurich