## Breadcrumb 1. [Home](/index%2Ephp/) 2. [Overview](/index%2Ephp/academics) 3. [Faculty Members](/index%2Ephp/academics/explore-faculty) 4. [Nicholas Puckett](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/3998) # Nicholas Puckett ![](https://ultima7-its.ocadu.ca/bios/npuckett/portrait) npuckett@ocadu.ca Faculty Information Associate Professor, Tenured Faculty of Arts & Science Areas of ExpertiseArchitecture Interaction Design installation Physical Computing Material Science BioDigital Architecture Digital Fabrication Robotics Global Centre for Climate Action Nick Puckett is a designer who investigates the potential of experimental environments as laminates of digital, material, biological, and chemical computation. He received his Master of Architecture from the Design Research Lab at the Architectural Association and a Bachelors of Architecture from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is an Associate Professor in the Digital Futures Program, the Co-Director of Social Body Lab, and the Associate Director of the Global Centre for Climate Action at OCAD University. Nick is also the founding Director of Puckett Research & Design (Puckett RanD), a design practice that explores near-future speculative design for the built environment through the creation of new tools and technologies. The work of Puckett Research and Design has been exhibited in venues including the Venice Architecture Biennale, United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), EXPO Milan, ZKM Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, and Hong Kong/Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture. He was previously an architect and software developer at Zaha Hadid Architects and has taught at The Architectural Association, The Royal College of Art, SCI-Arc, The University of Kentucky, The University of Innsbruck, and The University of Westminster. ### Works #### SOFT OBJECTS: Prototyping for Tactile Interpersonal Communication Published: December 31st 2025 [View Article »](https://doi.org/10.1145/3715336.3735440) #### SYMBIONT: Designing Bioinspired Objects for Tactile Interpersonal Communication Published: December 31st 2025 [View Article »](https://doi.org/10.1145/3715668.3735614) #### Context-specific Design Methods and Techniques for Developing Mixed Reality Retail Store Environments 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct) Published: December 31st 2024 [View Article »](http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ismar-adjunct64951.2024.00045) #### Designing Wearable Technology for Opera Published: December 31st 2023 [View Article »](https://doi.org/10.1145/3563657.3596113) #### RUR : A Torrent of Light Responsive Wearables Tapestry Opera + Social Body Lab Published: December 31st 2022 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/rur) #### Air Bubble Sensory System Published: December 31st 2021 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/airbubble) #### Pulse V2 ACADIA 2020 : Distributed Proximities Published: December 31st 2021 [View Article »](https://papers.cumincad.org/cgi-bin/works/paper/acadia20_188p) #### Pulse V2 Published: December 31st 2020 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/pulse2) #### Expiry Dates Published: December 31st 2019 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/expiry-dates) #### Strange Weather Published: December 31st 2017 #### Pulse V1 Published: December 31st 2015 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/pulse1) #### Urban Algae Folly Published: December 31st 2015 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/urban-algae-folly) #### If Material is the New Software, How do I Write It? Paradigms in Computng : Making, Machines, and Models for Design Agency in Architecture Published: October 7th 2014 #### MAI Responsive Broadcast Published: December 31st 2013 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/mai-responsive-broadcast) #### METAfolly Published: December 31st 2013 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/metafolly) #### Designing Intelligence: DIY Robotics for Responsive Environments Inside Smart Geometry Published: October 7th 2013 #### CyberGarden Published: December 31st 2011 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/cybergardening) #### CyberGarden v4 ACADIA 2011: Integration Through Computation Published: October 7th 2011 #### Material Animation : A New Interface to Custom Fabrication FABRICATE: Making Digital Architecture Published: October 7th 2011 #### Xiamen Energy Masterplan Published: December 31st 2010 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/xiamen-energy-masterplan) #### STEMcloud Published: December 31st 2008 [View Article »](https://puckettrand.com/stemcloud-1) ### Education #### MArch **Type:** Design Research Lab Architectural Association Inc #### BArch **Type:** Architecture Savannah College of Art and Design ### Employment #### Associate Professor **Type:** Digital Futures Ontario College of Art and Design #### Core Faculty **Type:** Institute of Sustainable Manufacturing University of Kentucky #### Assistant Professor (dual appointment) **Type:** College of Design / College of Engineering University of Kentucky #### Visiting Faculty **Type:** Architecture Southern California Institute of Architecture #### Visiting Faculty **Type:** Architecture Universität Innsbruck #### Unit Master **Type:** First Year Studio Architectural Association Inc #### Visiting Lecturer **Type:** Architecture University of Westminster #### Visiting Faculty **Type:** Industrial Design Engineering Royal College of Art