As an architect and building physicist, I pioneer Bio-Intelligent Building Systems—an interdisciplinary approach that harnesses living materials, AI-driven design, biotechnology, vernacular design practices, and building physics to engineer passive, self-regulating structures for extreme climates, from arid deserts and polar outposts to space habitats. I integrate biomimetics, bioclimatic strategies, and time-tested vernacular techniques—drawing on nature’s playbook, from the Saguaro cactus’s water-storage ribs to the Namib Desert beetle’s moisture-harvesting shell—to create adaptive architectures that both cushion against and help mitigate climate change. With deep expertise in mycelium-based composite material bio-fabrication and characterisation, AI-driven design and fabrication, and building systems instrumentation, prototyping, testing, and simulation, I advance active and passive cooling/heating, natural ventilation, and daylight optimisation, pushing the frontiers of sustainable, circular, net-zero building technologies.
