ag++studio
A future-led experimental platform where architecture, research, art, education and technology are tested together.
Founded by Professor Amir Ghaffarianhoseini, New Zealand's most-cited professor of architecture.
Professor Amir Ghaffarianhoseini
Professor of Architecture & Urban Transformation at Auckland University of Technology, and among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists.
For more than two decades Amir has led research and academic teams across New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe and Southeast Asia. He advises governments and national research funders in more than eight countries, edits international journals, and founded AG++ studio to take research into design, art, education and technology.
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What AG++ studio does
Architecture and interiors
Building designs, interiors and urban proposals grounded in health, climate and evidence.
Art and objects
Paintings, crafted objects and gallery installations exploring space and perception.
Research consultancy
Expert advice on smart, green and healthy built environments and urban futures.
Curriculum and learning
Curriculum development and subject-matter expertise for universities and professions.
Startup ideas
Early-stage concepts in AI, digital twins and immersive tools for better places.
Exhibitions and talks
Sharing research and design with the public, industry and the world.
Projects
Urban proposals
Proposals for liveable, climate-resilient places, informed by microclimate and digital twin research.Building design
Building designs grounded in health, climate and evidence.Interiors
Interior designs that put the experience of the people inside first.Paintings and installations
Paintings and gallery installations exploring space, perception and the mind.Crafted objects
Crafted objects at the scale of the hand, from material to form.Four questions behind the work
How do buildings affect the people inside them?
Indoor environments, sick building syndrome and neuro-architecture: designing spaces that protect wellbeing and productivity.
Urban microclimateHow can cities stay liveable as the climate changes?
How buildings shape heat, air and energy at street and neighbourhood scale.
Nature-positive designHow can the built environment give back to nature?
Regenerative approaches linking people, buildings and natural systems.
Digital twins and AIHow can we test a city before we build it?
Digital twin and AI-enabled decision-making for councils, designers and developers.
Notes
Chairing GDI2026 in Auckland
The International Conference of Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments returns to Auckland, ahead of GDI2027 in Kuala Lumpur.
From Neuro-Architecture to Neuro-Cities
The first volumes of the Springer Nature collection on how buildings and cities affect the mind begin publishing.
Top 2% again
Listed among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University for another year.