MOLD Design Lab

04 / Research

Learning through
the questions we ask.

Architectural inquiry at the intersection of emerging tools, early-stage decisions and shared learning.

Current / Applied workflow

SCAN → MODEL

Reality Capture → Existing BIM. How can rapid reality capture of an existing building become a reliable, decision-ready BIM model?

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Latest research note

Research Note · Present

ICAAD 2026: Oral Presentation Accepted

An abstract on AI-assisted architectural design, meaning and responsibility through Yûnus Emre has been accepted for oral presentation at ICAAD 2026.

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01 / Early-stage design

Data Centres & Early-Stage Design

Making early decisions testable, comparable and capable of learning from operational evidence.

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02 / Design judgement

AI, Meaning & Architectural Judgement

İdrak → Niyet → İnşa. Exploring the distance between a generated option and a responsible architectural decision.

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03 / Education

Make. Discuss. Learn.

Education is part of the lab’s remit. We are interested in teaching formats and workshops that make relationships between architecture, AI and design methods accessible through practical exploration.

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Research / Collaborations

University & research relationships.

Research grows through conversations and shared work. We distinguish the relationship with a person from a formal relationship with their institution.

Professor Savas Konur — Aston University

Research conversation / prospective PhD supervision route.

Academic discussions around artificial intelligence, computational modelling and the development of a data-centre / early-stage design research direction.

Prof. Dr. İlham Enveroğlu — Selçuk University

Research collaboration — academic work around a separate research / paper stream.

Art, design, architecture, AI and the İdrak–İnşa research line.

Research conversation
Exploratory academic discussion, supervision discussion or research exchange.
Research collaboration
A defined joint study, workshop, paper, pilot or project.
Institutional partner
A formal institutional relationship. No such partnership is claimed for the relationships above.

Ideas grow through conversation.

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