Arash Adel

Director

Dr. Arash Adel is the founder and director of ADR Laboratory. He is an Assistant Professor at the School of Architecture 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 human-robot collaboration, automated building assembly, additive manufacturing, construction robotics, computational design, extended reality, 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 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.” His work has also been recognized with several other international awards, including the Canadian Wood Council’s Wood Design & Building Awards and the Architecture Press Release’s Global Future Design Awards.

Adel’s projects have been widely featured on influential platforms, including ArchDaily, Dezeen, and the World Economic Forum. His research has resulted in numerous peer-reviewed papers published in prestigious international conferences and journals, including Automation in Construction, the International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), and the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). 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.

Contact

arash.adel@princeton.edu