Tonight we had the pleasure of hosting Mette Ramsgaard Thompsen. During the lecture she elaborated the design and research practice developed at CITA. CITA uses a practice based research methods focussed on the conceptualisation, design and realisation of working prototypes and full scale demonstrators. CITAs work has a strong cross-disciplinary focus consolidates new collaborations with interdisciplinary partners from the fields of engineering, design, robotics and material science. We are proud to announce that this year IAAC and CITA will be collaborating in the development of the Research Studio in the Masters in Advanced Architecture investigating Digital Materials and Intelligent Constructions.