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Adam Blaney is a Lecturer in Responsive Architecture at Lancaster University's Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA), part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). His research focuses on developing multi-adaptive material systems to create 'living' urban ecosystems that interact with and rejuvenate ecologies. He employs a Research Through Design (RtD) methodology, creating physical/digital prototypes to explore interdisciplinary strategies across architecture, engineering, computer science, and chemistry.
Blaney holds a PhD from Lancaster University for his work on 'tuneable environments,' an interdisciplinary project addressing adaptive design and fabrication. He has secured multiple research grants and published in high-profile venues. His teaching includes leading the Master of Architecture program's design studio, focusing on speculative urban futures and UNESCO heritage sites, while also contributing to technology modules.
Current research themes include material-ecology interactions, multi-adaptive prostheses, and 'living' architectural structures that integrate with carbon cycles. He explores bi-directional communication in materials, circular matter strategies, and co-creation with ecosystems via digital twins. Blaney supervises PhDs in responsive architecture, digital fabrication, and interdisciplinary design-chemistry collaborations.
He is affiliated with research groups like E3:MSI (materials innovation) and initiatives such as 'More-than-Human Future Cities.' His work bridges design, science, and ecology to address sustainability challenges through adaptive material systems and symbiotic urban strategies.
