Where Science + Design Overlap

Soft Boundaries is a multidisciplinary design firm and research lab investigating areas where design concepts overlap with sciences such as Biology, Biochemistry, Robotics, and Differential Geometry.

 

Practicing at the confluence of art, architecture, science, and building technology, we collaborate with clients to create buildings and environments in dialogue with culture and place.

Who We Are

We are a group of architects, designers, biologists, biochemists, and nanoroboticists. At the heart of everything we do is science. It drives the designs we create and the discoveries we make.

Our Philosophy

Architecture as a discipline has always kept a tight connection with the development of the sciences, and throughout history, it was influenced by discoveries of new materials and technologies.

In the forming of their environment, humans react to dynamic relations in culture, society, and economy by intervening in art, design, and science. Soft Boundaries studio deals with the conception and implementation of these interventions by integrating scientific concepts in the design solutions that go beyond each field boundaries.

Our Process

We engage our clients through our comparative method, in which alternative design solutions are considered and evaluated. We work together as a single team to cultivate the ultimate benefit from the firm’s broad base of cross-disciplinary expertise.

News

Updates, publications, awards, fellowships, and press releases

McCarty Holsaple McCarty Professorship

McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects and Interior Designers (MHM) established Maged Guerguis as their inaugurally endowed professor. Vice president…

Summer Undergraduate Research Internship

2020 UTK Undergraduate Research

This summer, Nicholas Van Son was awarded the Summer Undergraduate Research Internship (SURI) fund for his research in…

2020 3D Pioneers Challenge

2020 3D Pioneers Challenge

Guerguis’ submission on a 3D-printed, one-size-fits-all, protective face shield for healthcare workers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic…

2020 H. Patrick Lawson Teaching Award

2020 H. Patrick Lawson Teaching Award

Maged Guerguis received the 2020 H. Patrick Lawson Faculty Teaching Award for the second consecutive year. Guerguis was…