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We are thrilled to announce the Pioneering Biomaterials Exhibition is opening TODAY from 5-7pm!!! Find us at the Novack ...
01/22/2025

We are thrilled to announce the Pioneering Biomaterials Exhibition is opening TODAY from 5-7pm!!!

Find us at the Novack Gallery, California College of the Arts (CCA), San Francisco. The exhibition will run from 22 January – 14 February 2025.

📍 Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the future of material design and sustainability!

Organized by:
Architectural Ecologies Lab | Digital Craft Lab | Autodesk Research

As part of the Pioneering Biomaterials Symposium, this exhibition highlights groundbreaking work from leading labs, industries, and academic institutions at the forefront of biomaterial innovation and application.
Explore visionary projects by industry experts and emerging academic researchers showcasing the transformative potential of biomaterials for a sustainable future.

Proud to show off work from the AEL in the lab open house last Saturday with a hands on demonstration of some biomateria...
10/28/2024

Proud to show off work from the AEL in the lab open house last Saturday with a hands on demonstration of some biomaterial recipes. Thanks to Lab assistants Kira Finigan and Dawn Lorence for leading the workshop.

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AEL’s float lab was recently relocated to Clipper Cove in Yerba Buena Island and featured on ABC7 news. The project will...
10/26/2024

AEL’s float lab was recently relocated to Clipper Cove in Yerba Buena Island and featured on ABC7 news. The project will be used to test marine settlement, collect data and be integrated with the adjacent Treasure Island Sailing Club’s STEM education programs. The project was designed in 2017 by Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones and launched in the Port of Oakland in 2019.

Calling for submissions to our Pioneering Biomaterials Digital Exhibition! This online gallery will accompany our in-per...
10/16/2024

Calling for submissions to our Pioneering Biomaterials Digital Exhibition! This online gallery will accompany our in-person Exhibition and Symposium, coming to CCA this January 2025. Please share any exciting work you are doing with biomaterials by December 6th, 2024, the submission form is linked in our bio!

We are excited to announce the Pioneering Biomaterials Exhibition and Symposium coming to CCA this January 2025! Join us...
10/16/2024

We are excited to announce the Pioneering Biomaterials Exhibition and Symposium coming to CCA this January 2025! Join us January 21st at the kickoff of our exhibition, featuring amazing biomaterial innovations from labs around the world. Don’t forget to register for the Symposium, February 13th-14th, where the worlds of Academia and Industry converge through talks with the keynote speakers, Jenny Sabin and David Benjamin, and an array of expert panelists. All links are in our bio!

AEL is excited to announce that the project ‘Shell we dance?’ led by professors Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones of AEL, an...
06/16/2024

AEL is excited to announce that the project ‘Shell we dance?’ led by professors Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones of AEL, and Negar Kalantar of DCL and co-taught by Dyche Mullins (UCSF) was awarded the Outstanding Science award at the Biodesign Challenge in New York City. The project was a collaboration between CCA’s architecture division and UCSF’s microbiology department. CCA students Negar Hosseini, Miti Chetan Mehta, Jesus Guillermo Macias Franco and Kianoush Hamedi worked with UCSF students Claire Kokontis, Alex Hong, and Camille Moore on the project which created biomaterials out of shellfish and eggshell waste. This design developed a modular system and complimentary adhesive and achieved increased strength to the components through the use of living bacteria. The team was assisted and advised from advanced mathematic professors Alain Goriely (Oxford University) and Gábor Domokos (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) material scientist Anastasia H. Muliana (Texas A&M University) and Ali Farajmandi (graduate of CCA’s MAAD program).

Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones of AEL, and Negar Kalantar of DCL will be accompanying their cross collaborative team from...
06/10/2024

Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones of AEL, and Negar Kalantar of DCL will be accompanying their cross collaborative team from CCA’s architecture division and UCSF’s microbiology department. CCA students Negar Hosseini, Miti Chetan Mehta, Jesus Guillermo Macias Franco and Kianoush Hamedi worked with UCSF students Claire Kokontis, Alex Hong, and Camille Moore on the entry “Shell we dance?”. The project created biomaterial out of shellfish and eggshell waste. Taught with Professor from UCSF (Dyche Mullins), the team was assisted and advised from advanced mathematic professors Alain Goriely (Oxford University) and Gábor Domokos (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) and Ali Farajmandi (graduate of CCA’s MAAD program).

Please join us Friday May 24th at 4:00pm at 600 16th St. In San Francisco, in Beyers Auditorium in Genentech Hall, for t...
05/23/2024

Please join us Friday May 24th at 4:00pm at 600 16th St. In San Francisco, in Beyers Auditorium in Genentech Hall, for the presentation of a collaborative project by CCA’s Architectural Division and UCSF’s microbiology department looking at ongoing experiments in the intersection of biomaterials, digital design and architecture.


We are so excited to announce our participation in the 10th anniversary of the SF Urban Film Fest: Rooted Resurgence! Th...
04/14/2024

We are so excited to announce our participation in the 10th anniversary of the SF Urban Film Fest: Rooted Resurgence! There will be 7 days of amazing film screenings, community discussions, and celebrations!

This Wednesday, 04/17, CCA’s Architectural Ecologies Lab will have our work displayed alongside the screening of the hybrid-genre film, “Holding Back the Tide.” A panel discussion including our very own Margaret Ikeda will follow the showing!

This year’s festival aims to spark conversation about San Francisco’s burgeoning resurgence with an emphasis on community and equity, highlighting folks who constantly rework and regenerate social and physical infrastructure with possibility and positivity.

Information regarding tickets and registration is available on the San Francisco Urban Film Festival’s 2024 website.

We are still thinking about these innovative biomaterial creations from our CCA students on display at our 2024 Biodesig...
04/11/2024

We are still thinking about these innovative biomaterial creations from our CCA students on display at our 2024 Biodesign Symposium!

It is research such as this that helps to interrogate the materials of design to improve their embodied energy, environmental performance, and overall life cycle efficiency from cradle to grave. These biomaterials inscribe methods of fabrication and assembly which suggest new ways of coexistence with natural systems, considerations of natural processes, and forms of care. Amazing work to all students involved in this exhibition!!

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Here are some shots from our Spring 2024 Biomaterials Symposium & Pop Up Exhibition! On display here are experimental pr...
04/09/2024

Here are some shots from our Spring 2024 Biomaterials Symposium & Pop Up Exhibition! On display here are experimental prototypes for biomaterials from various classes at CCA.

This event is all about bringing together architects, designers, and researchers to discuss the use of biomaterials in contemporary architecture and design. Thanks to our wonderful guests — , , Elizabeth Bond, and Zahra Jajarmikhayat — as well as our current biodesign teams from CCA and UCSF, we left feeling energized and hopeful about the potential of biomaterials in combatting the climate obstacles of today.

We cannot wait to see how this event continues to grow and inspire change, catch us in 2025 with continued biodesign innovation!

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A final peek into our Constructed Ecologies biomaterial presentations + some material close-ups. Congratulations on a gr...
12/18/2023

A final peek into our Constructed Ecologies biomaterial presentations + some material close-ups. Congratulations on a great semester!

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