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ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS LAB

The Architectural Products Lab, located in the School of Architecture at Florida Atlantic University, is a design research lab focused on creating innovative building products through advanced manufacturing, sustainable material practices, and architectural experimentation. The lab relies on additive manufacturing, computational design, and circular material strategies to shape a new generation of architectural artifacts. Research and projects operate across scales from furniture and interior assemblies to full-scale structural prototypes.

Motivated by the belief that architectural products are not passive byproducts but active agents in shaping architectural experience, material culture, and environmental impact, the lab develops prototypes not only as speculative investigations but as potential building components, designed for real-world applications or as drivers for rethinking methods of making. By considering structural performance, formal expression, and a commitment to material ethics, this method broadens how we think about, build, and critique material assemblies.

Through workflows that integrate digital technologies with traditional craft, the lab investigates the expressive and structural potential of a variety of material systems through additive manufacturing. Through collaborative industry partnerships, these processes transform research into usable products and systems, encouraging collaboration between academic design and fabrication practices. In doing so, the lab advances an idea of architecture that is materially intelligent, environmentally receptive, and poetically charged.

The Architectural Products Lab offers students and partners the opportunity to engage in practical experimentation, prototyping, and design research. From the initial ideas to public exhibitions, its work supports a wide range of discussions about the use of materials, the quality of craftsmanship, and the advancement of building technology.