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Keynotes, lectures, papers and conversations on robotic fabrication, automation and circular materials since 2011, in 36 cities, from TEDx stages to the Centre Pompidou, Cooper Union and Harvard GSD.

TEDxGoodenoughCollege — Tomorrow’s Tomorrow · London · 2022When 3D Printing Becomes LargerTEDxChamberí — Indie Soul · Madrid · 2022Una nueva era de la construcción: Plástico
2025
The Business of Encountersinterihotel BCN25BarcelonaPanelOct 2025
The Age of Digital Manufacturing: 3D Printing, Robotics and New Construction Technologies47th Yapı – TurkeybuildIstanbulTalkMay 2025Watch ↗How Nagami Turns Plastic Waste into High-Tech 3D Printed ArchitectureConscious Design Podcast, with Ian PetermanOnlinePodcastJan 2025Listen ↗AI and the Future of 3D PrintingDigitalFUTURESOnlineLecture2025Watch ↗Additive DialoguesZayed UniversityOnlineInterview2025Watch ↗
2024
Encuentro: Manuel Jiménez García / NagamiMadrid Design Festival, Institución Libre de EnseñanzaMadridTalkFeb 2024Event ↗Superyacht Design FestivalBOAT InternationalCortina d’AmpezzoTalkJan 2024Q&A ↗
2023
TheSquare: A Curious Conversation with NagamiCorganOnlineInterview2023Watch ↗
2022
Robots that BuildTU EindhovenEindhovenSymposiumOct 2022Event ↗Architecture in the Age of 3D PrintingRensselaer School of Architecture, EMPACTroy, NYLectureOct 2022Event ↗When 3D Printing Becomes LargerTEDxTEDxGoodenoughCollege — Tomorrow’s TomorrowLondonTEDxJul 2022Watch ↗Una nueva era de la construcción: PlásticoTEDxTEDxChamberí — Indie SoulMadridTEDxJun 2022Watch ↗
2021
NagamiUniversidad NebrijaMadridLectureApr 2021
El diseño como vehículo de una nueva era tecnológicaFAD — Design Beyond TechnologyBarcelona (online)TalkMar 2021Event ↗
2020
Distributed Immediate ManufacturingACADIA — Distributed ProximitiesOnlineLectureOct 2020
Designing for AutomationUniversity of LjubljanaOnlineLectureOct 2020
Operation PPE + Informal FabricationDigitalFUTURES, Tongji UniversityShanghai (online)LectureJul 2020Watch ↗
Digital Fabrication Under COVIDMEAL Live AcademyOnlineDebateJun 2020
Designing for a New WorldAmerican University in Dubai, CRIDOnlineLectureJun 2020
Seven (Six) Short Stories of Computational DesignDigitalFUTURES, Tongji UniversityShanghai (online)LectureJun 2020
AUAR workshop lectureDigitalFUTURES, Tongji UniversityShanghai (online)LectureJun 2020
Brave New WorldOxigena FestivalOnlineLectureApr 2020
Nagami × DCLUniversidad Francisco de VitoriaMadridLectureMar 2020
2019
Automation as a Design ProblemNorman Foster Foundation, Public DebatesMadridSymposiumNov 2019
Design and Architecture in the Age of AutomationAmerican University of SharjahSharjahLectureNov 2019
Nagami + DCLGlobal Grad Show, Dubai Design WeekDubaiLectureNov 2019
NectaryACADIA 2019 — Ubiquity and Autonomy, UT AustinAustinConferenceOct 2019
El hogar, tecnología por vivirViviendas y Vivencias por Vivir, IconnoMadridDebateOct 2019
3D Printing in ConstructionRebuild ExpoMadridKeynoteSep 2019Watch ↗
Tallinn Architecture BiennaleEstonian Academy of ArtsTallinnTalkSep 2019
BuildTech: computación en la construcciónRebuild ExpoMadridSymposiumSep 2019
Invited talkThe Bartlett Summer School, UCLLondonTalkJul 2019
Flexible AutomationExperimental Architecture Biennial, CTUPragueSymposiumJun 2019
Discrete FlexibilityThe Bartlett Discrete Symposium, UCLLondonSymposiumApr 2019
Designing for the Coming Age of AutomationTexas A&M UniversityCollege Station, TXLectureMar 2019
AutomationTU GrazGrazLectureMar 2019
Nagami + DCLMadrid Design Festival, COAMMadridLectureFeb 2019
2018
Nagami + DCLDubai Design Week, Audi Innovation HubDubaiLectureNov 2018
Design for the New Era of TechnologyNodes lecture series, Alserkal Avenue Tech-ArcDubaiLectureNov 2018
Design Computation Lab + NagamiRapid.Tech + FabCon 3D, Messe ErfurtErfurtLectureSep 2018
Invited lecture, IE MAMDRoyal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)LondonLectureJul 2018
Discrete and DigitalThe Cooper UnionNew YorkLectureFeb 2018
Discrete ArchitectureUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghLectureFeb 2018
2017
Design Methods for Automated ManufacturingCritical Practice, ETSAM UPMMadridLectureNov 2017
Flexible Design MethodsNational United UniversityMiaoliKeynoteNov 2017
A Generalised Approach to Non-Layered Fused Filament FabricationACADIA 2017 — Disciplines & Disruption, MITCambridge, MAConferenceOct 2017
Computational Design Methods for Robotic ManufacturingAI Meetup, The BartlettLondonLectureOct 2017
Academic Programme Award of Excellence and Autodesk Emerging Research AwardsACADIA 2017, MITCambridge, MAConferenceOct 2017
Robotic Spatial PrintingeCAADe 2017 — ShoCK, SapienzaRomeConferenceSep 2017
Rese-Arch SymposiumAcademy of Arts, Architecture and DesignPragueSymposiumSep 2017
Computational Methods for Flexible AggregationsAA Visiting School KuwaitKuwait CityLectureAug 2017
Discrete Computational Methods for Additive ManufacturingFabricate 2017, University of StuttgartStuttgartConferenceApr 2017
Imprimer le mondeCentre Pompidou, with Gilles RetsinParisSymposiumMar 2017Watch ↗
2016
Flexible Discreteness: Computational Design Methods for Linear ElementsTxA Emerging Design + TechnologySan AntonioConferenceNov 2016
Discrete Computational Methods for Robotic Additive ManufacturingACADIA 2016 — Posthuman FrontiersAnn ArborConferenceOct 2016
Computational Methods for Discrete Flexible ManufacturingSpace Media Festival, NTUSTTaipeiKeynoteAug 2016
Soft ModellingeCAADe 2016 — Complexity & SimplicityOuluConferenceAug 2016
Soft Computation 2.0Dezact, Shih Chien UniversityTaipeiKeynoteJul 2016
AA Visiting School Madrid presentationRoca Madrid GalleryMadridTalkJul 2016
Design Methods for Robotic ManufacturingMatadero MadridMadridLectureJun 2016
Digital Craft Lab presentationCalifornia College of the Arts, with Andrew Kudless and Jason Kelly JohnsonSan FranciscoLectureJun 2016
Invited presentationSCI-ArcLos AngelesLectureApr 2016
From Continuous to Discrete FabricationAAE 2016 — Research Based Education, The BartlettLondonConferenceApr 2016
2015
Towards a Flexible MereologyUniversity of Buenos Aires, with Mollie Claypool and Gilles RetsinBuenos AiresLectureNov 2015
MadMDesignComputing Lecture Series, The BartlettLondonLectureNov 2015
Design Methods for Large Scale PrintingeCAADe 2015 — Real TimeViennaConferenceSep 2015
emeidiem + OLOClerkenwell Design WeekLondonTalkMay 2015
DeDes programme presentationHarvard GSDCambridge, MALectureApr 2015
Presentation and discussion with Marcelo SpinaSCI-ArcLos AngelesLectureApr 2015
Soft-FibrosityUniversity of Toronto, Daniels Faculty, with Gilles RetsinTorontoLectureMar 2015
2014
Computing, Making, Sensing: A Fresh Take on BeautyIAAC International Lecture Series, with Yael ReisnerBarcelonaLectureNov 2014
Towards the Irreducibility of Architectural MethodologiesENHSA-EAAE — What’s the Matter, ETSAB, with Mollie ClaypoolBarcelonaConferenceSep 2014
Digital Realities and Soft SystemsAA Visiting School Madrid, COAMMadridLectureSep 2014
MadMDesign + Digital MattersAA Visiting School Barcelona, ETSABBarcelonaLectureJul 2014
Common GroundPlexus Lecture Series, The BartlettLondonLectureJul 2014
Coding ArchitecturePaul Davies and PartnersLondonTalkJun 2014
Soft-ModellingClerkenwell Design WeekLondonTalkMay 2014
Digital PlasterResonateBelgradeTalkApr 2014
2013
Digital Realities and Soft SystemsStrelka InstituteMoscowLectureAug 2013
2012
Digital PlasterACADIA 2012 — Synthetic Digital Ecologies, CCASan FranciscoConferenceOct 2012
2011
Digital PlasterRethinking the Human in Technology Driven ArchitectureCreteConferenceAug 2011