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Sono-Textures: Exploration in Pattern Legibility from Sound
Generated Toolpaths in Additive Clay 3D Printing


Sono-Textures is an audio-processing technique that maps audio frequencies to toolpaths for 3D printing. Lower frequencies begin at the bottom of the print and ascend toward higher frequencies at the top of the print. A column of points on the print represents a moment in time in the audio recording beginning at the start of the print. Time is read around the circumference of the clay artifact.




Harvard University Graduate School of Design

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American University of Sharjah 

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American University of Sharjah 

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AA Visiting School Dubai 

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Saad Boujane 

Saad is a Moroccan architect, urban designer, and researcher. He received his Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction from Harvard University, where he was awarded the 2023 Urban Design Thesis Prize, as well as a Bachelor in Architecture with Distinction from the American University of Sharjah, where he was the recipient of the Sheikh Khalifa Scholarship.

Saad's professional work aims to address architecture, urbanism and landscape architecture as inextricably bounded components crucial to shaping our built environment. His exploration delves into the intricacies of emerging typomorphological and ecological challenges associated with urbanization, particularly in the North African and Middle Eastern Ecumene.  

His work has been published and exhibited at Harvard University, Sharjah’s 1971 Design Space, Dubai’s Art Jameel and Alserkal Avenue, Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the RIBA, Architizer, the Venice Architecture Biennale, and the Norman Foster Foundation in Madrid.

Saad is currently Adjunct Professor at the American University of Sharjah and Architect and Urban Designer at Gensler. Most recently, Saad has taught architecture and urban design studios at Harvard GSD.

Courses taught: 
- ARC 202 - Architectural Design Studio II (Spring 2025)
- ARC474: Issues in Contemporary Urbanism: Placemaking & Assemblages (Fall 2024)
- DES 112: Descriptive Drawing for Architects (Spring 2024) 

Areas of Research: Urban Design, History and Theory of Urban Form and Design, Housing and Collective Living, Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Middle East and North Africa.

Awards & Recognitions: 

- Gensler Design Excellence Award - Representing Asia Pacific and the Middle East (2024)
- Urban Design Thesis Prize, Harvard University (2023) 
- Finalist: Award for Academic Excellence in Urban Design, Harvard University (2022 & 2023)
- Finalist: Druker Traveling Fellowship, Harvard University (2023)
- Norman Foster Foundation Scholarship (2022)
- Finalist: ULI Hines Competition , Harvard University (2022) 
- Moshe Safdie Fellowship Fund, Harvard University (2021-2023)
- RIBA President’s Medal Part 2, American University of Sharjah (2019)
- RSP Drawing Award, American University of Sharjah (2019) 
- Sheikh Khalifa Scholarship, American University of Sharjah (2018)
- Maroun A. Semaan Scholarship, American University of Sharjah (2017) 
- Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence (2015-2019) 


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