Alicia Nahmad is an architect with a passion for robotics and digital fabrication. As a research-based practising architect, for the last 12 years, she has been engaged with the digitization of building trades and adapting advanced digital design and robotic fabrication methods to incorporate the wisdom and craft of traditional building cultures. Her projects include the construction of award-winning ‘Knit-Candela’ and diverse collaborations with practice and academic institutions such as ZHA CODE , Block research group at ETH, IAAC, ODICO,  and more. She holds a PhD from Cardiff University and a MArch from the AADRL. Alicia has developed workflows for human-robot collaboration in the design and construction process that engage with local communities using advanced technologies. Alicia’s work expands across a number of scales, from architectural pavilions to robotic installations and furniture. As an academic and an entrepreneur, Alicia is the founder of The Circular Factory (CF), and MITollbox. Alicia works as an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary SAPL. She also co-directs the Laboratory for Integrative Design. Before joining SAPL, she worked as studio master at the AADRL for 5 years. Previously, Alicia worked developing digital tools for practices like Populous and Zaha Hadid Architects. Her work has been published in numerous conferences and journals an she has lectured internationally on related topics.