The Lab

Projects from the lab

Six fields, one lab. LAIA's projects turn research into systems, buildings and products: from mapping where land and towns can grow, to the timber modules, robots and digital assets that build them.

Smart Geoanalysis

In the digital age, data is everywhere, spread across the web. By 2050, the world will have 50,000 Zettabytes, a thousand times more than in 2020. To make the most of this vast data opportunity, users need effective frameworks.

Urban Analytics

Designing workflows to extract maximum value from data for specific urban-related strategies.

Plot Finder

Quantitative land valuation tool designed to democratize and automate the land valuation process.

EV Top Spots

Automating the optimal placement of electric vehicle (EV) chargers across multiple cities for the automotive industry.

Smart Warehouse

Coming Soon
Strategically positioning warehouses to automate a last-mile delivery network in the city of Barcelona.

Dark Storage

Coming Soon
Identifying the optimal locations for dark storage units across various cities worldwide for the last-mile logistics industry.

Flood Analytics

Coming Soon
Scalable riverine flood risk models using scripting and automation tools.

FloodLink

See the next flood before it happens. Preventive Flood Alerts powered by the FloodLink Engine.
Measuring the supply of real estate available in the market.

Risk Engines

Designing workflows that inform public and private entities to prevent natural disasters and improve their decision making.

Smart Regional

Country wide quantitative analysis workflows to extract maximum value for territorial planning.

Smart Regional - Spain

Locating rural territories in Spain at most risk of continuous depopulation and with opportunity of recovery.

Smart Regional - Alcañiz

Recovery package for rural areas with railway connectivity. This includes reactivating infrastructures and adding new ones.
Masterplan focused on natural cycles, productivity, and identity, incorporating a blend of tradition and modern technology.

Lower Dream State, Baja California

Study of development patterns, construction methods, and resiliency strategies to comprehend the effects of urban and tourism-related growth.

Digitization of Incremental Settlements

Use of drones and photogrammetry to improve living standards and construction safety in incremental settlements.

Sinking Cities

Coming Soon
Counteracting the effects of underground water extraction in cities worldwide that contribute to land compaction.

Drone Analytics

Quick surveying methods and workflow development to support decision-making for urban stakeholders.

Water Resilience

There will be 2.03 billion people living in coastal cities by 2050,  this is 1.6 billion currently urbanized plus 0.43 billion newborns urbanized. This without taking into account other water bodies than the sea.

Landboxes

Coastal systems and master-plans designed to protect shorelines from the effects of climate change.

Landboxes System

Modular, water-based infrastructure for land reclamation that reduces social pressure and ecological impacts.

Landboxes - New York Harbor

Masterplan near the Gowanus Flats, in between Redhook and Industry city, using Landboxes as the land reclamation system.

Landboxes - The Offshore Towers

Use of Landboxes to expand Manhattan, protect it against future storms, bringing new green spaces, and infrastructure.
Use of Landboxes as a platform for launching rockets for space exploration, offering flexibility in the location of the launch pad.

Symbiotic Infrastructures

Bridge existing and planned infrastructures with design to solve urban and environmental challenges.

North-South viaduct, Manila

Using the North-South Railway Project, viaduct and bridge, to improve flooding resiliency of surrounding urban areas.

Sovereignty on Stilts, Colombia

Construction and infrastructural study of stilt communities at the shorelines of the Tropical Belt.

Erosion Urbanism, Kiribati

Alternative urban planning to grow the atoll islands of Kiribati, which are threatened by current climate pressures.

Factors of Coastal Urban Growth

Explore the forces shaping coastal urbanization, such as population growth, migrations, productivity, and city sprawl.

Mumbai´s Urban Growth

Study of one the cities which has historically benefited the most from land reclamation.

Ocean Carbon Absorption Index (OCAI)

Index designed to visualize the nations that contribute the most to the global carbon offset through their oceans.

Global Shoreline Research

Study of coastal areas, its environmental conditions, geographical features, ecological significance, human impacts, and management strategies.

Last-Mile Logistics

The demand for online delivery is projected to cause a 30% increase in urban traffic by 2030. Further challenges associated to operating packages in outdoor environments, brings opportunities to innovate with emerging technologies.

LML Systems

Dedicated underground infrastructure for the delivery of goods and services, bringing new opportunities to individuals and businesses.

LML Systems - Barcelona Masterplan

Solutions for automated delivery, storage, and logistics in the Eixample neighborhood of Barcelona.

LML Systems - NYC Offshore Towers

Last mile logistics infrastructure in Manhattan through land reclamation. Offshore hub for last mile logistics operations.

Automated Indoor Farming

Indoor farming solutions with dedicated units and specialized automated systems using robots.
Furniture-like element for the integration of the last-mile logistics industry in habitable spaces.

Automated Systems

Changes in sustainability requirements, a shortage of skilled labor, the emergence of new materials, and increasing digitalization are reshaping the construction industry. For innovators and disruptors, there is approximately a $280 billion annual profit pool.

Fabrication Systems

(AFS) leverages the power of machines, to make fabrication workflows that are more efficient, cost-effective, and secure.

Y-Chair

Designed to be adaptable, space efficient, and playful. It leverages robotics to create complex structures with precision, and without compromising design.

Argyle Beams

Designed to improve the load-carrying capacity of reinforced concrete beams in construction.

Human-Robot Construction

Workflow to provide remote access for on site excavation and landscaping with a systematic set of rules.

Urban Tools

Design of workflows and algorithms to increase the productivity of urban planning and bring value to decision makers.
Creation of algorithms to bring a data driven urban planning and speed up its process.

Digitization of Incremental Settlements

Use of drones and photogrammetry to improve living standards and construction safety in incremental settlements.

WanDL

Coming Soon
Housing complex using modular parts for rapid fabrication and assembly to increase the efficiency of construction processes.

Construction Systems

Modular systems designed to adapt the construction industry to the rapidly growing global population in the 21st century.

Design

Innovation in the built and virtual realms, mixing ecology and technology to create specific designs and global systems. We provide socioeconomic opportunities for inhabitants while promoting the use of biodiversity as infrastructure.

Brand Design

Helping brands acquire their vision and represent the identity that aligns with their values.

Makan Caleido

Lebanese restaurant at the intersection of modern and traditional lifestyles. Located at Torre Caleido, Madrid.

Mediterranean Glamping

Eco-glamping and agro-tourism in Málaga, Spain: timber cabins among olive groves and fruit trees.

United Rooms

Coming Soon
School adapted to the 21st-century with holistic values of innovation, collaboration, and integration.

The Offshore Towers

Use of Landboxes to expand Manhattan, protect it against future storms, bringing new green spaces, and infrastructure.

Private Campus

An office campus designed to blend in with its surroundings using camouflage.

Corporate Design

Transforming corporate spaces through the redefinition of workspaces and crafting their visions.

Housing

Designing housing systems that integrate the latest technology at every stage of the process.

Private Housing

Housing complex designed to foster team building among individuals under the same company's vision.

WanDL

Coming Soon
Housing complex using modular parts for rapid fabrication and assembly to increase the efficiency of construction processes.

Digital Assets

Extracting the potential of blockchain in data management and systems organization to help companies adapt to the digital transformation era. In 2021 the total digital asset space reached a 2.28% of the global GDP.

Renewable Energy Mining

Using Proof of Work for the discovery and extraction of new renewable energy sources.

Digital Assets for a Renewable Economy

Bring an economic incentive layer to regions with unexploited renewable resources with the digital asset industry.

The Mining Valley

Masterplan in selected region of an innovation hub based on a renewable energy economy.
Analysis of renewable energy sources to distribute settlements based on a clean energy economy.

Metaverse Tools

Development of tools to automate the creation of 3D assets, and their blockchain registration as NFTs.

SOLIDS

The first generative architecture NFT project enabling utility in the metaverse.

Hatchine

Coming Soon
Autonomous 3D asset creator and decentralized application running on the cloud.

NFT-GPT

Coming Soon
Bringing large language models into workflows for a variety of metaverse applications.

Territories in Development

TiD is a decentralized funding platform using blockchain to promote sustainable progress and inclusiveness in developing countries.

Tokenization of Assets

Blockchain integration in workflows for both, real world and digital assets. Helping entities organize more efficiently.