Alicia Nahmad Vazquez at Hi-DARS Talk Series
This Hi-DARS talk is part of the ARCH 5604 M.Arch graduate studio and welcomes all TTU students, along with individual online participants from other institutions or independent practitioners.
We are excited to welcome Alicia Nahmad, PhD, Founder and CEO of The Circular Factory, to our upcoming Hi-DARS talk. Her work explores the intersection of robotics, digital fabrication, and material practice, with a focus on technologies that augment human craft rather than replace it. Through projects spanning architectural pavilions, robotic installations, and full-scale construction systems, Nahmad Vazquez bridges traditional building cultures with advanced fabrication methods, creating context-specific and resilient modes of making architecture.
February 13th, 2026, 02:00 pm CST | 01:00 pm MST
Location: Gallery, @ttuhcoa building, Texas Tech University | Zoom: https://lnkd.in/gj2HKgPx
Alicia Nahmad Vazquez is an architectural designer, researcher, and entrepreneur whose work has been exhibited twice at the Venice Biennale and recognized internationally, including the award-winning Knit Candela project. As Founder and CEO of Circular Factory—a distributed robotic timber micro-factory platform—and creator of Tierra Zen, a line of digitally fabricated curved-timber cabins, she integrates design, fabrication, and local skills into holistic living environments. Alicia serves as Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, co-directs the Laboratory for Integrative Design, and is a Visiting Professor at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. She holds a PhD and M.Arch degrees from Cardiff University, Architectural Association School of Architecture.
