Yara Tayoun

Yara Tayoun is an architect and researcher specialising in the digital and technology-driven transition of circular processes in architecture and design. She holds a Master’s in Architecture from ALBA (Beirut, 2016) and a Master’s in Advanced Architecture from IAAC (Barcelona, 2019), with a focus on adaptive reconfigurable structures and metamaterials.

Yara is the co-founder and director of Driven Studio, a startup fostering early-stage applications of computational design and advanced technologies in construction. Before joining IAAC as the coordinator of its Postgraduate Applied Research program in 3D Printing Architecture (3DPA), she managed a team in Paris, co-creating circular resource flows in cities with a focus on wood construction through the European research project Reflow.

She developed her expertise in fabrication and design engineering by bridging traditional craftsmanship and manufacturing technologies at an innovative Wasp hub in Beirut. Yara also extends her collaborative and sustainable design approach to the performing arts, working interactively with filmmakers and dance companies.