RESEARCH AREAS

OCEAN NORTH undertakes research by design in the intersection between architecture, industrial design, biology and computational sciences. The principal researchers have backgrounds in architecture, urban and landscape design, industrial design, interior design, furniture design, agricultural science and music.

The research of OCEAN NORTH interleaves the following areas:
• Heterogeneous Space Arrangements & Social Formations
• Performance-oriented Design
• Biological Paradigm for Design, Bionic and Biomimetic Design
• Design and Sustainability / Integral Design Methods
• Advanced Environmental Performance – Urban to Object Scale
• Digital Morphogenesis
• Advanced CAD / CAE / CAM
• Fabrication and Assembly Logics, Methods, Techniques and Technologies