Nicolas Pousa

Nicolas Pousa is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart.

He graduated as an architect from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and holds a postgraduate degree from the Architecture and Technology Program at the University Torcuato Di Tella. In 2025, he earned his M.Sc. in Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH) at the University of Stuttgart with distinction. His thesis, Fib[Earth] Slab: A bioregional design-to-fabrication system for multi-spanning earthen slabs using fiber-reinforced textile formworks, explored innovative approaches to sustainable construction.

Before joining ICD, Nicolas worked across academia and practice. He served as an ad honorem lecturer in the Architectural Design seminar at the University of Buenos Aires under Prof. Jaime Grinberg and as a laboratory assistant at the FabLab of the National University of San Martín (UNSAM), Buenos Aires. Between 2019 and 2023, he co-founded Studio Popp with Nicole Peterle, where he worked as an architect, designing and managing the construction of multiple residential and industrial projects.

In 2023, Nicolas was awarded a DAAD scholarship for postgraduate studies in architecture and moved to Stuttgart to pursue the ITECH program. For his master’s thesis, together with Likhinya Kvs and Jonas Gorges, he investigated how material-aware design and digital prefabrication of fiber-reinforced textile formworks can repurpose locally available soil into material-efficient, adaptable floor slab components.

Currently, Nicolas is part of ICD and IntCDC, where he contributes to the development of a cyber-physical fabrication platform for wood building systems (RP4).