The Force by Yaseen Bhatti

The Force by Yaseen Bhatti is a computational design architecture project about adaptive systems and speculative habitation.

The interesting part is not only the space setting. It is the design method: rules, automation and system logic are used to test how typologies might be arranged in a changing four-dimensional environment.

Project overview

Yaseen completed Part II with distinction at Manchester School of Architecture. The Force was completed with Michael O’Reilly, Jingsi Sun and Yingying Zhou, and was awarded the Steacy-Greenaway Prize for the Outstanding MArch Academic Portfolio.

Set in the asteroid belt, the project proposes an adaptive aggregated system. Primitive AI solvers and complex rules help determine how typologies are arranged, making the project as much about process as it is about final form.

How the computational design idea works

• The project begins with rules, not a fixed building object.
• Typologies are arranged through a responsive system.
• The asteroid-belt setting pushes the work beyond normal site assumptions.
• Automation is used as a design tool rather than a visual gimmick.
• The portfolio value comes from explaining the logic clearly.

Why this matters in a portfolio

Computational design can impress quickly and confuse just as quickly. A strong portfolio has to explain the human or spatial purpose behind the method: what the system tests, what decisions it supports, and why the outcome matters.

Architecture Social view

Stephen’s recruiter view is that computational design candidates are easier to understand when they can explain the judgement behind the system. Practices need to see the thinking, not only the software confidence.

Next step

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