BIM architect and system designer who believes in BIM design processes, digital fabrication techniques, computational design methods, and innovative thinking to create smart design solutions. In 2023, I completed my MSc in Building Technology at TU Delft, where my thesis focused on the robotic construction of discrete timber structures designed for circularity, utilizing a reconfigurable connection design.
Revit
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Brazilian, May 1992 depauladalberto@gmail.com +31 6 1373 4077 www.linkedin.com/in/adalbertodepaula www.issuu.com/adalbertodepaula/docs/portfolio
Software
AutoCAD
Rhinoceros
Grasshopper
RoboDK
Python
SketchUp
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
Office
Twinmotion
Enscape
Lumion
Vray
Language
Portuguese
English
Dutch Spanish
Interests
BIM, circularity, automation, computational design, digital fabrication, discrete design, cybernetics, robots, timber, travel, biking, art, and plants.
Sep. 2021
Jul. 2023
Delft University of Technology
Building Technology Track
MSc Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences
Awarded the Justus & Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarship
Nominated to TU Delft Archiprix 2024 preselection exhibition
Nominated to Circularity in the Built Environment Graduation Award 2022-2023
CAAD Futures 2023 organization team
Sustainable Structural Design Forum 2023 talk Delft, Netherlands
Jul. 2019
Mar. 2010
Apr. 2017
May - Dec. 2014
Aug. 2013 May 2014
Mar. - Jul. 2012
Aug. 2023 present
Oct. 2020 Jun. 2021
Aug. 2017 Aug. 2020
Mar. - Nov. 2015
Aug. 2012
May 2013
Jul. 2023
Nov. 2018
Jul. 2017
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Global Summer School 2019 Barcelona, Spain
Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul
Bachelor of Architecture and Urbanism
1st place winner of the competition 027 Projetar.org in 2018
Awarded the Science without Borders Scholarship to study abroad at UNM & UWM
Awarded the ANDIFES Santander Scholarship to study at UFRGS in 2012
Researcher at Algo+ritmo Research Group between 2015-2017
Interstate field trip organization for the faculty in 2015
Volunteer monitor in the discipline of Descriptive Geometry in 2011
Junior Counselor at CREA-JR MS organizing students events between 2010-2011
Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Exchange Program in the Architecture Faculty Milwaukee, WI, United States
University of New Mexico Exchange program in English studies and the Architecture Faculty Albuquerque, NM, United States
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Exchange Program in the Architecture Faculty Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Work Experience
Architect and BIM modeler
Design Erick van Egeraat
Development of architectural designs, their concept-to-technical drawings using Rhinoceros and Revit, renderings using Enscape, and InDesign presentations Rotterdam, Netherlands
Architect ITS Informov
Development of architectural & interior designs, their concept-to-technical drawings using Revit, renderings, and presentations São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Architect Atelier Marko Brajovic
Development of architectural & interior designs, set design, interactive spaces, and their concept-to-technical drawings using Revit, renderings, and presentation São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Architectural Intern 4id Arquitetura e Engenharia Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Architectural Intern Arquitetas Eloísa Vicari e Liana Godoy Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Publications
TU Delft Repository
Discrete Automation: Robotic Construction Workflow for Reconfigurable Timber Housing MSc thesis: https://bit.ly/discrete-automation
SIGraDi 2018
High-Low as Expression of the Brazilian Digital Fabrication Paper: https://bit.ly/SIGraDi2018
V!RUS 14 . Weaving the city
Cosmocria: Interactivity and Experience in Architecture Paper: https://bit.ly/cosmocria
Discrete Automation
Paissandú Housing
Alt(r) Housing
Cosmocria
Tri-Enga Robotic Assembly
Arte Sella Atelier
Reef Bench
50 Bench
Slope Tower
Office
Office
Floating Library Embraer Installation
Farm Labs
Discrete Automation 1
Robotic construction workflow for reconfigurable timber housing
role location category
mentors university year link
Single author
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Master graduation thesis
Serdar Asut and Stijn Brancart
TU Delft
July 2023
https://bit.ly/discrete-automation
The research describes an automated construction workflow for a discretized timber system. The study consists of a generative design model, prototyping, and a building design case. The focus is on the computational design workflow and robotic assembly based on the system’s connection. The workflow is demonstrated on a housing design concept generated from the aggregation rules embedded in the connection design.
workflow overview
automated
diagram of the robotic construction workflow
design of the bolt and nut with self-alignment feature
The system is designed to align with principles of robotics and circularity, emphasizing modularity, design-for-disassembly, design-for-reuse, and reconfigurability. A combinatorial design workflow is proposed, including the assembly of generic discrete elements into function-based aggregated structures that can be rearranged over time. The result is a generative system that can produce architectural designs.
step by step of the connection assembly
identification of each point of connection for the generation of the aggregation rules by face
connection detail of the bolt crossing the discrete element section
connection detail of the bolt and nut
To prove the concept, three prototypes were made on different scales. One prototype demonstrated the fabricability of components and their connection. The other prototype enabled the testing of the robotic assembly, while another prototype showcased aesthetic qualities and design variations. The prototypes served as evidence that customized structures can be created by aggregating prefabricated discrete elements. The robotic assembly prototype was successfully disassembled and reassembled multiple times. This ability to be taken apart and reused extends the lifespan and carbon storage capacity.
The research concludes that the design of the construction components must be fully integrated into the syntax of the robotic workplace to achieve a successful automated assembly. A smooth transition of materials, modules, and aggregations between the digital and physical domains is allowed by utilizing a consistent design syntax. Thus it is possible to have a workflow that integrates design, fabrication, and assembly.
discretized wood formation of the 1:10 prototype
1:1 connection prototype assembled
Automation
Discrete design
Circularity
2 role location category year link Single author São Paulo, Brazil Student competition Sep. 2018 https://bit.ly/3wO3gHY
Paissandú Housing
1st place winner 027 projetar.org competition
As a result of the existing housing shortage in Brazil, more than 1.2 million families are in a precarious situation just in São Paulo. Therefore, the proposed project intends to not only service the 200 housing units requested for the land of the former Wilton Paes de Almeida Building but also create a design solution that enables deployment in other areas and contexts, as well as flexibility for expansion. Thus, based on the Metabolism, the tower is verticalized from the fitting of cylindrical modules that form the housing units, which in turn shape the geometry of the building. As a living organism in constant mutation, thus, the tower becomes dynamic reflecting the changing movements of people in the building and the city.
Based on the cells, each cylindrical module has a radius of 4m with a floor area of 9.3m² (3x3.1m) and a ceiling height of 2.6m. The remaining areas under the floor and above the ceiling are intended for hydraulic, electrical, and logical infrastructure. The modules are fitted with screws, and once fitted; they result in a free plan for each family to mold according to the need. On the outside, the module is covered with metal sheets for easy production of curvature, and on the inside, the finishes are in the wood, both the walls and the floor, and lining for the lightness and comfort of the material. As well, as imagining the idea reproduced in a program beyond the ground, in case of change, the entire apartment can be removed from the building and relocated to another similar structure or on the ground. This independence between apartments also assists in the acoustic insulation between the units and allows the wind to permeate throughout the building.
housing modules placed in the structure
role location category
co-authors professor university year
Alter . Alternative reality
Hybrid housing system concept design
Concept design, computational designing of the building’s shape and its graphical representation
Delft, Netherlands
Academic work
Alina Wagner, Lotte Kat, Talal Akkaoui
Daniela Martinez, and Julia Gospodinova
Serdar Asut
TU Delft
Nov. 2022
The project proposed an alternative reality for space scarcity in cities, lack of proximity to public transportation, and centralized cities. It also questions the use of land and the static way of building of nowadays. The objectives were creating a network of user mobility and transportation means, creating a dynamic building system that can adapt to the changing world, creating a modular and reusable structure, and creating a user-centered building that embraces adaptability to different needs.
The architectural design was based on the voxelization of the space to create a base to populate the functions needed. A voxel is a mathematical unit in space that later gave place to the pods’ occupation. It has a volume of 6.5x6.5x6m. The starting point was set up at the maximum boundary height according to the structural requirements of having a structure that could handle movements of change. Then some voxel extraction was made to adapt to the site context, such as adapting to catch more sun in the winter and avoid housing occupations in noisy spaces. The vertical circulation was placed according to fire safety distances and from it, the horizontal circulation was generated as starting point of the functions occupation. This placement was generated by generative aggregation rules.
The main objective for the structural design of this project was to determine the maximum height of this hub as well as the optimal cross-section sizes the design a modular structure. The main challenge for this flexible infrastructure system is the fact that it is constantly changing/ moving. For this reason, we compared different loading scenarios of the different functions and took the highest one as well as simplified some functions to limit the loads. In addition, we also calculated the worstcase scenario where each voxel of the hub is filled with a pod.
horizontal circulation pods with gardening place
maximum volume simulation in the context of the Delft Campus station
grid of 6.5x6.5m inside site
of 6.5x6.5x6m - maximum volume
direct sun hours analysis maximum surface for sun in winter
vertical grid of 6m - 10 floors
voxels extraction
direct sun hours analysis in winter noisy source proximity 867.0
pod vertical circulation and people vertical circulation based on 30m fire safety radius
function-placement aggregation within the voxels boundary
volumetric boundary for the function aggregations
people and pod vertical circulation within the boundary for the function aggregations
final geometry placement according to each voxel’s function
voxels
catalog of some pod options to populate the structure
horizontal circulation pod horizontal circulation pod
one-unit green pod
one-unit urban farming pod
office pods
four-unit storage pods
horizontal circulation pod
one-unit green pod
two-unit urban farming pods
one-unit housing pod
two-unit housing pods
four-unit housing pods
flexible structural system scheme
structural steel
(ASTM A36)
Cosmocria 4
Single author
Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Bachelor graduation thesis
Gilfranco Alves
UFMS
April 2017
https://bit.ly/cosmocria
Based on the investigation of the media and technological devices’ influence in contemporary society, the interactive architecture and the human experience in the spaces are connected through the systemic cybernetic gaze. To reflect the diversity and dynamicity of contemporary society, the proposal of the work is an architectural project based on the cybernetic interactivity allied to the urbanity of the democratic public space within the hybrid networks that weave the city. While the interactive space seeks more responsive, sensorial, adaptive, and stimulating environments, the democratic space seeks the diversity of situations, interactions, experiences, and uses from the human dimension in spaces. It is a sensitive public space that reflects people’s needs through interaction. The hybrid character of the project organizes the concepts in both the physical and virtual realms in a connected way with the people of the city creating a collaborative space that does not encourage the role of a protagonist and the audience, but that, in a context of equality, everyone can be protagonists of their own space sensory experience. It is also worth noting that this collaborative space proposed by Cosmocria aims to foster research, do-it-yourself culture, and technological development in Campo Grande.
solar panels embedded in the sunshade system facade which can follow the sun’s path. all energy used in the movement of the sunshade system is collected from the solar panels
interactive hall with a robot above rails changing the space according to the building personality shaped from the human behavior collected by sensors. also, this space was created for the free human expression
The pavement of the public spaces is designed based on the pedestrian path flow which creates a pattern to follow. Also, it sometimes enters the interior spaces connecting with the exterior.
The auditorium is for community events and the offices located in the tower. The foyer of the auditorium mix with an alimentation space which brings life to the surrounding spaces when it is not being used.
5 role location category co-authors professor university year
Tri-Enga Robotic Assembly
Concept design of the element and robot movements design based on XYZ frames
Delft, Netherlands
Academic work
Lotte Kat, Talal Akkaoui, Marialena Toliopoulou
Serdar Asut, and Friso Gouwetor
TU Delft
April 2022
The project is about the design-to-production workflow with industrial robots of a structural design using discrete building elements. The triangular blocks are picked and placed by the robot arm to create a dry-stacked structure. The biggest opponent was gravity itself, so the geometry of the elements followed the particularities needed for the production, such as the gripper and movement placement. Computational design, parametric modeling, and digital fabrication techniques were used in the process.
solid wood sculpting gripper
structure in the context of TU Delft campus
discrete elements types
section of the discrete element
gripper pick up geometry according to the discrete elements design elements
pre-glued combination
configurations
1:10 model base pick up station
Arte Sella Atelier 6
role location category year
Single author
Borgo Valsugana, Italy
Student competition Feb. 2019
In exploring the world, the perception of a place happens through the individual experience created by interactions with the physical environment. In this way, the basic idea of the project was to bring to the architecture of the areas the experience of making a trail between trees in the mountain. At every step, a new discovery and an input to experience are created. So, like the act of climbing a mountain, in first contact people are invited to explore the roof of the building to create their own playful experience. This surface allows the interaction relationship between geometry and the person’s experience, such as the park’s artwork. In this case, the building invites the adventure of climbing, approaching the treetops, contemplation of the landscape through the creation of new perspectives when used as a grandstand, and meeting in the open sky.
museum entrance in the summer season
section scheme
multifunctional space with natural lighting through the structural roof
restaurant entrance with a triangular roof shape dialoguing to the existing architecture
Reef Bench 7
role location category co-authors
professor university year
Computational designer of the bench’s geometry and its graphical representation
Delft, Netherlands
Academic work
Marta Adamik, Patrycja Raszka, Miltiadis Christodoulakos, Tarique Ali
Henriette Bier
TU Delft
April 2022
The project is the result and findings of research regarding the design of urban furniture in the course 1:1 Architecture
Prototypes. The starting point of the process was an adoption of a Voronoi algorithm in order to parametrically generate a functional and adaptive object that would spatially enrich one of the outdoor spaces at the TU Delft campus. The design was conducted through the use of computational design techniques and implementation of Karamba for testing the structural integrity of the structure and Topos for the optimization of a 1:1 node prototype.
Reef bench in the context
Smoothing 2, final
Initial geometry results
Smoothing 1, too much material lost
connection node generation
50 Bench 8
role location category directors university year link
Design leader at Algo+ritmo Research Group
Campo Grande, Brazil
Project Executed
Gilfranco Alves, Juliana Trujillo, Mayara Dias UFMS
Nov. 2015
https://bit.ly/50bench
Within a small contest developed by the Algo+ritmo group, this idea was chosen to be executed for the Architecture and Urbanism Course of UFMS. Traditionally, the hall of the building is a space for socializing and integration, where activities of rest, waiting, and leisure are developed by the academic community that frequents the place. Exploring geometries and new possibilities of appropriation of a collective space, the parameters of the bench consider several possible uses: from sitting to lying down. Thus, the result comes from the inputs and the form emerges from the needs of users related to space. The bench was manufactured digitally with the use of a CNC Router, which allowed the performance in relation to the speed and the precision of cut necessary for the materialization of the design.
50 bench close look
Slope Tower 9
role location category
professors
university year
Single author
Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Academic work
Alex Nogueira and Juliana Trujillo
UFMS
Feb. 2016
The project was designed to be a place of experience on an urban scale. Based on the Hybridism concept, it is organized in sectors of silence, housing, work, public square, commerce, gastronomic and bohemian. The entire surface of the terrain was used for construction, but this occupation was compensated by returning to the population the ceiling of the volumes, making them public spaces.
The slope of the tower occurs to mark the territory in the scale of the city, and also to follow the great slope of the terrain as if it were implanted perpendicular to the ground. As a result, there is a delay in the incidence of the sun on the west facade.
Except for the south facade, for not having solar incidence during the year, all other facades are lined with metal panels pierced like brise-soleil skin. The dynamicity through the change of the panels ensures the facade is always renewed according to the established uses.
dynamic perforated metal panels as brise-soleil skin
entrance of the pedestrian walkway
square’s shading roof covering the pedestrian walk
section detail with the metal panels opening system through rails
ABB Office 10
role location category
project director senior architect co-designer year link 1 link 2
Architectural designer at ITS Informov Barueri, São Paulo, Brazil
Project Executed
Anna Guanziroli
Clareana Custodio
Renan Merlin
Jun. 2021
https://bit.ly/3T9plrN
https://bit.ly/4a3Q7ZF
The project is about a new workplace that can embrace new technologies and a shared work environment after the covid restrictions. With more people working from home, the project proposed a place that was more of a meeting place than a traditional office. In this way, the concept of the attractor is inserted in architectural design as the main guide. The environments seek to bring people together, with an experience that allows the user’s mobility and spatial flexibility through different uses. The project also incorporates biophilic principles to provide well-being.
library book shelter
cafe counter
The main challenge of this project was to create a place that would receive a new collaborative office model for the company after the covid pandemic. The project thus sought to create meeting places in the middle of the work table areas. As the building is located in the center of Rio de Janeiro with a 360-degree view of several landmarks, it was the intention of the project to bring the iconography of these city spaces into the project as a form of dialogue. Each meeting place has a unique identity, bringing dynamism to the project and bringing a connection with the surrounding city through the view alignment.
IBM Office 11
role location category
project director senior architect year
Architectural designer at ITS Informov
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Project executed
Anna Guanziroli
Clareana Custodio
Feb. 2021
custom stained glass connecting with the view of the central cathedral
office’s floor plan
relaxation space connecting with the view of the Arcos da Lapa
meeting space with reference to Rio’s botanical garden
working table looking to Pão de Açucar mountain
meeting space with reference to Largo da Carioca
Docol Pavilion 12
role location
category
creative director
project director year link
Design leader at Atelier Marko Brajovic
São Paulo, Brazil
Project executed
Marko Brajovic
Bruno Bezerra
Mar. 2018
https://bit.ly/3VcAdYS
floor plan
3D model of the nest house
24 [h]ouse
Humans dwell on the planet through a multi-sensory relationship. The same senses create and interact with social structures, shaping our style of living and relating. Our habitat consequently expresses the complex and dynamic of these relationships and finally, our homes materialize such feelings.
The concept installation Live your House manifests the dwelling of our collective imagination, the intimate place of our being in all material and imaginary forms. The archetypes of our homes and our objects create languages by becoming an interface between our families, our society, and us.
Each house was created from the lifestyles of the Brazilian contemporary generation, creating six vocations and mapping the tables with the six senses. In this sensorial and thematic crossing were born the six Houses: Nomad House, House Nest, Wonderhouse, Gastrohouse, 24 [H]ouse, and Ubiquitous House. Together, the houses make up a small town to explore, travel, feel and dwell.
ubiquitous house with its reflective walls reflecting the clouds projection
the wonderhouse had chromo therapy through embedded LED spotlights
components of construction
role location category
criative director
project director year link
Mamori Floating Library
Design leader at Atelier Marko Brajovic
Mamori Lake, Amazon, Brazil
Architectural design
Marko Brajovic
Bruno Bezerra
Jun. 2019
https://bit.ly/3TiOH6W
Designed for a competition, the Atelier Marko Brajovic won the opportunity to design the experimental children’s library above the Mamori Lake waters.
Furthermore, the lack of case-study best practices in vernacular architecture and upcycling techniques does not give rise to new architectural typologies locally attuned. Thus, the introduction of local materials creates a sustainable and more comfortable shelter in the region.
The Mamori Community Floating Library proposes a process of collaborative construction, creating engagement in the community and the output is an operational library for the Mamori Lake community.
the floating bamboo structure covered with recycled plastic bags and natural fiber tiles
recycled plastic bag panel coconut fiber thermo acoustic insulation
mosquito net
Da Vinci bridge technique
solar panel
floating platform
local wood structure weaved bamboo stripes
GLOBAL CHALLENGES
rely on air conditioning outsourced materials diseases transmission waste management climate
LOCAL CHALLENGES STRA TEGIES
SELF-SUFFICIENT
RESILIENT
renewable resources tropical replicability passive cooling strategies follow nature’s principles to adapt to global climate changes designed to withstand changing local conditions maintaining cultural integrity use local material and knowledge to teach innovation
recycle and upcycle solid waste materials in construction
ARCHITECTURE COMMUNITY EDUCATION
F ULFILLING LIF E
interior view of the mamori library with small child shelves
top view of the mamori library with parked boats
Embraer Installation 14
role location category
creative director
project director
co-coordinator
year
link
Project coordinator at Atelier Marko Brajovic
Guarulhos, Brazil
Project executed
Marko Brajovic and Carmela Rocha
Bruno Bezerra
Daniel Locatelli
Nov. 2018
https://bit.ly/3V9WeHu
floor plan The 4-meter-high dandelions were developed for the occasion of the celebration of the 50-year Embraer historical airplane model Bandeirantes. The complex structure was developed in Grasshopper and crafted by sculpting radially in a solid steel block, and 3D printing the airplane models.
milling a metal solid block
drilling the equidistant holes in the sphere
role location category
creative director
project director
co-designer year
BAT Experimental Farm Labs
Architectural designer at ITS Informov Mafra, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Architectural competition
Anna Guanziroli
Lívia Gimenez
Renan Merlin Mar. 2021
The main premises of spatiality were to respect the terrain, open the building to the landscape, and frame views to enhance the connection with the surroundings. The modular structure as an architectural design creates a fluid space connecting the three blocks. The concept of occupation of the building also follows in accordance with the local climate and the existing topography. The creation of three blocks connected with the roof creates new flows and meeting opportunities.
administrative block interior design
roof inclination opening to the landscape
Lustica Housing 16
role location category
creative director
project director year link
Design leader at Atelier Marko Brajovic
Lustica, Montenegro
Architectural design
Marko Brajovic
Bruno Bezerra
Dec. 2019
https://bit.ly/3RbT1Vf
The connection with nature is a sublime moment of infinite contemplation and at the same time interaction with your inner world. The will is composed of 30 houses distributed organically through the landscape generating an interconnected neighborhood with panoramic views of each unit while maintaining the privacy of the spaces. The prefabricated steel structure lives in harmony with local materials for a cozy and outrageous look. Walking through the villa, the productive landscape design share fruits, herbs, and vegetation plantation that bring smells and shades.
sun path analysis and process of shape origin
The master plan organization as well as the typology of the houses were designed based on:
1. The sun path that supports the land plot to avoid shading within and between the houses.
2. The traditional terracing distribution through the sloped land minimizes the intervention on the original topography.
3. The Mediterranean patio typology maximizes the sun incidence in the house, creating private areas, and a 270-degree panoramic view.
4. The urbanism is based on organic distribution following the natural topography as house orientation, distribution, accesses, privacy control, and functional program.
total area: 40.520m2
30 house: 6.200m2 beach club: 973m2
living room of the houses
relation between nature and the houses
Madada Lodge 17
role
location
category
creative director
project director year link
Design leader at Atelier Marko Brajovic
Negro River, Amazon, Brazil
Architectural design
Marko Brajovic
Bruno Bezerra
Aug. 2020
https://bit.ly/4a4Kr1A
The Madada Lodge project proposes immersion in the forest. The “seed” architectures that make up the Madada complex are organized spontaneously where each space is built according to the morphological opportunities of the land and the local vegetation. The volumes gain a vertical typology to overcome the tall vegetation of the interior of the continent and are organized horizontally when implemented close to the margins. The structures, in turn, mimic an order of ribs and membranes that, in addition to bringing lightness, create large open spaces.
The Collective House connects and articulates the flow of the entire complex, distributing the program to visitors and service staff. The materials used are certified wood from the region. It is used for dry internal structure and sealing. Metal structures for fittings, reinforcement, and for protection. Handcrafted panels of various natural fibers for finishes, and finally high tension PVC tarpaulins for external seals.
implantation bird view
interior ceiling of the collective house
horizontal house front view
The Vertical House is implanted in the more continental region, with higher vegetation. The typology organizes the program on three floors, emphasizing the vertical perspective, discovering the flora and fauna of the Amazon.
The Horizontal House is placed on the banks closest to the river, with lower frontal vegetation. The typology organizes the entire program in the same space, emphasizing the horizontal perspective of the stunning panoramic landscape of the Negro river, to the maximum extent of the human field of vision.
