Matias del Campo
Title: Associate Professor;
Director, M.S. Architecture, Computational Technologies (MS.ACT)
Department: Architecture
Campus: New York City
Area(s) of Expertise: Architecture Design, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Design, History Theory
Education Credentials: Ph.D.
Joined New York Tech: 2024
Matias del Campo is an architect, designer, and theorist, currently serving as director of the MS ACT program (Architecture, Computational Technology) and as associate professor at New York Institute of Technology. He co-founded SPAN in Vienna in 2003 with Sandra Manninger, establishing a practice renowned for its integration of contemporary technologies in architectural production. SPAN's award-winning designs are shaped by the intersection of computational methodologies and philosophical interrogations, a conceptual framework they describe as "design ecology." del Campo's innovative contributions have been recognized through prestigious awards, including the Accelerate@CERN fellowship and the AIA Studio Prize. His pioneering work in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in architecture design has yielded multiple accolades, including the ACADIA Innovative Research Award of Excellence. His work is part of the permanent collections of notable institutions such as the FRAC Orleans, the MAK in Vienna, the Luciano Benetton Collection in Treviso, the Pinakothek Munich, the Albertina, and multiple private collections. He has authored several books on AI and architecture such as "Neural Architecture" (ORO), "Diffusions" (Wiley), "Machine Hallucinations" (Wiley) and "Artificial Intelligence and Architecture" (Wiley).
Recent Projects and Research
- Tectonics of the Latent Space (ACADIA 2024)
- MM (ModelMine) (CVPR, Poster)
Selected Publications
- Diffusions in Architecture (Wiley 2024).
- AD Artificial Intelligence and Architecture (Volume 94, Issue 3, Wiley 2024).
- Synthetic Realities: New Frontiers in AI-driven Design, Fabrication and Materiality – Chapter: "Blindly Navigating the Latent Space" (Spurbuch, Germany, 2024).
- The Routledge Companion to Smart Design Thinking in Architecture and Urbanism for a Sustainable, Living Planet – Chapter: "AI and the Morphology of the City" (Routledge, 2024).
- The AI Reader – Chapter: "Posthuman Design in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" (Uni Campania, 2024).
Honors and Awards
- ACADIA Innovative Research Award of Excellence 2024
Courses Taught at New York Tech
- Studio MS-ACT
- Studio MS-Health and Design