ACADIA is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 Election for the President of ACADIA, the ACADIA Board of Directors, and the IJAC Editorial Board.
Thank you to all of the candidates for running and to all of our members who voted in the election. We look forward to working with this new group of leaders over the coming year.
IJAC Editorial Board Returning and Newly Elected:
* Dana Cupkova, Carnegie Mellon University
* Armin Mostafavi, Cornell University
* Jane Scott, Newcastle University
* Karla Saldana Ochoa, University of Florida
Woven Breathing Façade reimagines architecture as a living, adaptive organism. Conceived as a self-regulating system, it passively responds to heat, humidity, and rainfall by harnessing the hygroscopic properties of wood. Without electricity or mechanical components, its woven elements expand and contract with atmospheric shifts, opening to ventilate, closing to protect, and continually negotiating with the surrounding climate.
Instead of relying on technological complexity or artificial control, the project draws on the intrinsic intelligence of natural materials. Inspired by traditional basket-weaving techniques, the façade transforms wood’s innate hygroscopic capacity into a responsive textile. Each stitch functions as a pore, tightening or loosening with environmental change, creating a living weave that breathes with its context.
@ysc120@responsiveknit@programmableknitting@opjp@aplworkshop@newcastleuniapl@bienaldearquiteturasp #responsivearchitecture #livingarchitecture
Discover how architecture responds to the challenges of an increasingly overheated planet.
We look forward to seeing you!
Check out the full program on our website: .br
14th BIAsp
Extremes: Architectures for an Overheated Planet
From September 18 to October 19, 2025
Oca Building - Ibirapuera Park
Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, S/n - Gate 2 - Moema, São Paulo - SP
Free admission
Exciting news happening this week!
We are building our Bioknit Prototype #4
A three-metre high architecture composed of fungal mycelium and knitted British wool is growing in Newcastle City Centre, at 55 Westgate Road @newcastle_arts_centre
If you live in Newcastle, take a sneak peak through the window at Westgate Road junction to follow our growing progress.
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The Growing Room structure will be exhibited as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival at the National Museum of Scotland (30th March -14th April) @edscifest@nationalmuseumsscotland
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We will share more updates soon - Stay tuned!
#bioknit #mycelium #knit #britishwool #sustainablearchitecture #biomaterials #bioarchitecture #mycoarchitecture @programmableknitting@opjp@benbridgens@dilannnnozkan@kaiserromy_@armandoodle@living_textiles_lab@newcastleuniapl@newcastleuni@britishwool
We are delighted to announce that The Living Room: Knitting as a Strategy to Redefine the Architectural Possibilities of Mycelium Biofabrication in the Built Environment” by Jane Scott @programmableknitting , Ben Bridgens, Romy Kaiser @kaiserromy , Dilan Ozkan @ozibra , Armand Agraviador @Armanddoodle has been awarded Best Paper Award (Runner up) at the ACADIA 2023 conference. @acadiaorg@living_textiles_lab
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The Best Paper Award recognises the highest achievement of an accepted paper, having the potential for a positive impact on practice, academy, and the broader society. The award highlights the paper as exemplary, showcasing innovative research with substantial contributions to the described field. Beyond demonstrating rigorous methods of research and disciplinary expertise, the paper is also well-written, bringing new insights to the ACADIA community and beyond.
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Find out more: /news/GPZNR9
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Congratulations! #livingtextiles #livingmaterial #biomaterial #mycelium #bioarchitectures #biodesign #computationaldesign
