Dr. Arash Adel
Director
Dr. Arash Adel is the founder and director of ARG. He is an assistant professor at the School of Architecture and an associated faculty of the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. Prior to joining Princeton University in 2023, Adel was an assistant professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan. Adel received his Doctorate in Architecture from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and his Master’s in Architecture from Harvard University.
Adel’s research interests include construction robotics, human-robot collaboration, automated building assembly, additive manufacturing, computational design, and STEM education. He is particularly known for his work with novel integrative computational design methods coupled with robotic assembly techniques for manufacturing nonstandard timber buildings and structures. His experience includes numerous widely-published projects such as the DFAB HOUSE located in Dubendorf, Switzerland, and, more recently, the Robotically Fabricated Structure (RFS) timber pavilion sited at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Adel’s research has been supported by several competitive grants. In 2021, an interdisciplinary research team, including Adel, was awarded a $1.58M National Science Foundation (NSF) grant from the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier program (totaling $2M including subawards). This project, "Collaborative Research: Partnering Workers with Interactive Robot Assistants to Usher Transformation in Future Construction Work," envisions the potential of intelligent human-robot teams to increase productivity and streamline construction processes by taking advantage of robot capabilities, such as their precision for performing construction tasks and their ability to execute nonstandard assembly procedures.
Adel is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) New Researcher Award. This award recognizes Adel’s leading-edge research, which the award committee remarked "promises to shape one or more aspects of architectural research and practice." He has lectured extensively, and his work has been exhibited at various galleries, institutions, and events, including the Liberty Research Annex at the University of Michigan, the Museum of Arts at Washington State University, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Adel’s research interests include construction robotics, human-robot collaboration, automated building assembly, additive manufacturing, computational design, and STEM education. He is particularly known for his work with novel integrative computational design methods coupled with robotic assembly techniques for manufacturing nonstandard timber buildings and structures. His experience includes numerous widely-published projects such as the DFAB HOUSE located in Dubendorf, Switzerland, and, more recently, the Robotically Fabricated Structure (RFS) timber pavilion sited at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Adel’s research has been supported by several competitive grants. In 2021, an interdisciplinary research team, including Adel, was awarded a $1.58M National Science Foundation (NSF) grant from the Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier program (totaling $2M including subawards). This project, "Collaborative Research: Partnering Workers with Interactive Robot Assistants to Usher Transformation in Future Construction Work," envisions the potential of intelligent human-robot teams to increase productivity and streamline construction processes by taking advantage of robot capabilities, such as their precision for performing construction tasks and their ability to execute nonstandard assembly procedures.
Adel is the 2023 recipient of the prestigious Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) New Researcher Award. This award recognizes Adel’s leading-edge research, which the award committee remarked "promises to shape one or more aspects of architectural research and practice." He has lectured extensively, and his work has been exhibited at various galleries, institutions, and events, including the Liberty Research Annex at the University of Michigan, the Museum of Arts at Washington State University, and the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
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