Negar Kalantar, Associate Professor at California College of Arts, will be delivering a lecture on the intersection of architecture, science, and engineering at the Computational Design: NEXT 9.0 conference. Negar explores the efficacy of transformable design principles in the creation of adaptable designs, architectural components, and interior spaces that display real-time morphological changes in people and surroundings. Her multidisciplinary research focuses on materials exploration, robotics, and additive manufacturing technologies, as well as using architecture, science, and engineering as venues to investigate the crucial role of design in global concerns and built environments. She is the co-director of the Digital Craft Lab at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco, as well as the co-founder of the transLAB, where she bridges current advances in additive manufacturing technology with large-scale structures. Additionally, she has received several awards, including the Dornfeld Manufacturing Vision Award 2018, a National Science Foundation grant, an Autodesk Technology Center Grant, and an X-Grant from the Texas A&M President’s Excellence Fund for developing sustainable materials for 3-D printed buildings.