From electronics to architecture

A journey through technology, architecture and visualization.

2016Technical School No. 8013 San José, Rosario

My path didn't start in architecture. It started in electronics.

It all began at the Escuela de Educación Técnica No. 8013 San José, in Rosario, where I trained as an electronics technician. I learned electronics, systems, design, fabrication and problem solving. Above all, I developed a way of thinking: understand how things work, experiment, and find solutions by building them.

Toward the end of that training, in 2016, I saw a 3D printer for the first time. That discovery ended up changing the way I understand design and fabrication.

RepRap2017 · first year of architecture

In my first year of architecture I built my own 3D printer.

It was based on the open source RepRap project. Facundo Senn, a classmate from school, helped by printing the first parts it needed.

That printer was my first real approach to three-dimensional modeling applied to design, experimentation and architectural representation. I started modeling objects, developing prototypes and building scale models for my university projects.

During the pandemic I printed headbands and donated them to hospitals.

**Fig. 1**3D printer with red parts, photo from January 2019.

**Fig. 2**Printed monitor stand with a grid inside its frame, for the Cults contest, 2021. Re-rendered in 2026 from the original model.

**Fig. 3**A printed Eiffel Tower, with all its lattice.

**Fig. 4**A diamond-mesh grille, printed in parts and bolted together.

**Fig. 5**A box printed in black with slots, and a gray part fitted into one.

**Fig. 6**AENEGE keychains printed in two colors.

**Fig. 7**A printed AENEGE keychain on the desk.

**Fig. 8**A bumper with the fog light mounted on a printed part.

**Fig. 9**Paper template of the grille on cardboard.

**Fig. 10**3D model of the honeycomb grille. Re-rendered in 2026 from the original model.

**Fig. 11**The printed grille held in one hand.

**Fig. 12**Red bumper with the printed grilles fitted.

Fig. 13Printing on the Ender 3 V3 SE, February 2025.

Grille mesh in dark gray with coral edges, on black — **Fig. 14**Bumper grille designed for a BMW. 26,000 faces. Scrolling turns it; drag it or use the left and right arrows.

Monitor stand mesh in dark gray with coral edges, on black — **Fig. 15**Monitor stand from the Cults contest folder. 21,000 faces. Scrolling turns it; drag it or use the left and right arrows.

CNC2017–2020 · CNC and laser, with Juan Monaco

With Juan Monaco I built my first CNC machine.

That experience later led us to develop an industrial CNC: I worked mainly on the design and development of the control electronics, and Juan on the mechanical structure. We also developed a laser cutting machine and kept experimenting with other fabrication technologies.

In that period Juan started a venture with Diego Vázquez called Prixel, devoted to digital fabrication. It ran for some years; then they sold the equipment and closed that chapter.

Alongside my architecture studies I took on design, modeling and 3D printing jobs. Those years taught me to connect disciplines that seemed different but had something in common: turning an idea into something tangible.

Prixel ran for some years and closed. Its public profile summed it up as “Mecanización, corte y grabado en madera. Placa entera.” and showed furniture such as stools, a rocking chair and desks. I took part in the machines and appear in that workshop; the venture was theirs.

Prixel's Instagram, the archive of its public account →

**Fig. 16**Agustín in the Prixel workshop.

What came out of Prixel

Prixel · 2021–2022

Furniture and wood parts cut on CNC. The photos are from the account of Prixel, by Juan Monaco and Diego Vázquez.

**Fig. 17**A lamp made of stacked plywood slats, lit. Photo from Prixel's account.

**Fig. 18**A chair made of plywood ribs. Photo from Prixel's account.

**Fig. 19**A full sheet on the CNC bed, already cut. Photo from Prixel's account.

A CNC made of printed parts

R-CNC

I also put together an R-CNC, an open design by MakerFR built from printed parts. I made the structure in melamine and kept modifying parts, like the Z axis and the tool mounts. Today we mill the GGV sonar boards on it.

**Fig. 21**The R-CNC in the workshop, with boards on the bed.

**Fig. 22**Z axis in hand: motor, belt, threaded rod and printed parts.

**Fig. 23**A printed mount to hold a tool, with an adjustment knob.

Boards and circuits

Electronics

Electronics never stayed behind. I try out circuits on a breadboard, measure them and then make the board on the CNC.

**Fig. 24**Board made on the CNC, copper side: the traces and the solder.

**Fig. 25**The board assembled, with its components and cables.

**Fig. 26**A circuit on a breadboard, connected to the measuring leads.

**Fig. 27**A winding on a toroidal core, taped and in hand.

IGC2021–2024 · Instituto de Gestión de Ciudades, Rosario

At the IGC I began to represent territories.

Later I joined the Instituto de Gestión de Ciudades (IGC) in Rosario. I got in through Lucía González, my sister and also an architect: when she decided to move abroad, she brought me in.

I worked with geographic information tools, especially QGIS, on projects surveying and analyzing informal settlements, and on projects for municipalities such as Concepción del Uruguay and Cipolletti.

The work was to interpret territorial information, organize data and turn surveys into graphics people could understand. Producing infographics and graphic material was an important part of this stage, which coincided with my last years at university.

It widened my view of architecture and the city: I came to see the importance of representing buildings, and also territories, urban relationships and complex realities.

**Fig. 28**Lucía González working at the IGC studio.

**Fig. 29**Hand-drawn lines over the plan of Pérez, at the IGC.

**Fig. 30**Concepción del Uruguay: surveyed heritage buildings, in coral, within the urban edge. Redrawn in 2026 from the original QGIS layers.

**Fig. 31**Cipolletti: dispersed urbanization in the productive surroundings, in coral. Redrawn in 2026 from the original QGIS layers.

Construction documents

2021–2023

At the IGC I also produced many construction documents in AutoCAD, under the name Estudios Asociados: plans, sections, work details and volume studies for architecture projects. I also worked on infrastructure design.

**Fig. 32**Plaza de la Estación, general plan, 2023. Redrawn on black in 2026 from the original construction document.

**Fig. 33**Plaza J. J. Pérez, construction sheet, 2022. Redrawn on black in 2026 from the original construction document.

**Fig. 34**Plaza Servellera, foundations, 2021. Redrawn on black in 2026 from the original construction document.

**Fig. 35**Educational Complex 3188, plan, 2023. Redrawn on black in 2026 from the original construction document.

**Fig. 36**Educational Complex 3188, detail, 2023. Redrawn on black in 2026 from the original construction document.

**Fig. 37**CLR, administration and residence, general plan, 2023. Redrawn on black in 2026 from the original construction document.

Photogrammetry

2022–2023

I also used photogrammetry for surveys, including with a drone: from many photographs to rectified façades, orthomosaics and models in Metashape. Part of that work was a survey of the industrial heritage of Pérez at the FAPyD, with Ignacio Brambilla. Other tests I did with my friend Bruno Kloster: camera on a tripod, lights and a JBL speaker on a table. At Bar Berlin, the drone photographs let us put together a very good façade survey. These models can be opened and turned: click on one to load it.

**Fig. 38**Bruno Kloster setting up a photogrammetry shot.

**Fig. 39**A JBL speaker on its base, photogrammetry test.

**Fig. 40**The JBL speaker, photographed on black.

**Fig. 41**Orthomosaic of the IGC studio façade.

**Fig. 42**Orthomosaic of a façade, assembled from photographs. Background removed.

**Fig. 43**Relief of a façade moulding, from the photogrammetric model. Background removed.

**Fig. 44**3D reconstruction of the same façade, rendered at night.

**Fig. 45**Rectified façade of the transformer station in Pérez, with Ignacio Brambilla, FAPyD.

**Fig. 46**Rectified façade of the Gorton offices in Pérez, with Ignacio Brambilla, FAPyD.

**Fig. 47**Bar Berlin, Rosario: photogrammetric model made in Metashape.

**Fig. 49**Offices of the Gorton Complex, Pérez.

**Fig. 50**Entrance to the Gorton Complex offices, Pérez.

**Fig. 51**Transformer station of the Gorton Complex, Pérez.

**Fig. 52**A street electrical utility box, made in RealityCapture.

All my models on Sketchfab →

AENEGEsince 2024 · with Nicolás Gogenola

When I finished university I left the IGC to work full time in architectural visualization.

Together with Nicolás Gogenola we began to develop AENEGE, a studio specialized in architectural visualization.

I went deeper into 3ds Max, Corona Renderer and Unreal Engine, and into the tools and methods of the visualization industry. We started working with architecture studios, developing three-dimensional models, photorealistic images and visual experiences to communicate architectural proposals.

AENEGE became the place where everything I knew came together: the technical precision of electronics, the constructive logic of digital fabrication and the spatial sensitivity of my architecture degree.

**Fig. 53**The day I graduated as an architect.

Staircase mesh in dark gray with coral edges, on black — **Fig. 54**A staircase modeled at AENEGE, without textures. 2,552 faces. Scrolling turns it; drag it or use the left and right arrows.

All selected work →

aenege.com →

NowAENEGE, GGV, TheUrbanSci

The electronics never left.

I keep developing AENEGE, on architectural visualization projects for studios and international clients. In recent years I have worked on architecture, urbanism and interiors, producing images and 3D models that aim to convey the form of a project along with its atmosphere, materiality, lighting and scale.

I have also had the chance to collaborate with other studios, among them ARK, an experience that let me keep learning and face new ways of working.

I am still involved in parallel electronics and research projects, such as GGV, an experimental sonar platform developed with former technical-school classmates. I have also explored new forms of urban representation, such as TheUrbanSci.

Today I still work as an architect: design, construction documents in AutoCAD and infrastructure design, alongside modeling, visualization and real-time 3D environments. I want to keep growing and collaborate with architecture studios and international teams, on the design as well as the images.

I don't see electronics, digital fabrication and architecture as separate stages. They complement each other, and they still define the way I work.

The path, with dates

2016
End of the electronics technical degree at school N.º 8013 San José, Rosario. First time in front of a 3D printer.
2017
First year of architecture. I build my own RepRap printer and start making models for the faculty.
2017–2020
First CNC with Juan Monaco, then an industrial CNC and a laser cutter. I do the control electronics; my firmware folders hold GRBL 1.1h, GRBL for RAMPS and Marlin.
Pandemic
I print headbands and donate them to hospitals.
Apr 2021
The STL files of the BMW bumper grille, in four parts.
2021–2024
Instituto de Gestión de Ciudades, Rosario: QGIS, surveys of informal neighborhoods, work for Concepción del Uruguay and Cipolletti, infographics and construction documents.
2023
Bar Berlin: façade survey with a drone and photogrammetry.
2023
Photogrammetry for surveys. Last degree submissions at the FAPyD.
2024
I leave the IGC. With Nicolás Gogenola we start AENEGE; its first indexed project is from March. GGV starts on the side.
Aug 2026
TheUrbanSci starts. On August 24, first live capture of the GGV sonar.
Sep 2026
One year of sun over Santiago, in Unreal Engine, delivered on the 25th. On the 28th the catamaran starts.
Oct 2026
Quito, the second city of the series. The P3Steel prints again on the 22nd.

Education

Electronics technician	School N.º 8013 San José, Rosario	Until 2016
Architecture	FAPyD, Universidad Nacional de Rosario	From 2017; last submissions in 2023

Tools, and where each one was used

3ds Max	Modeling at AENEGE	532 .max files in the AENEGE folders
Corona Renderer	Images at AENEGE	Exports for Corona in the models folders
Unreal Engine	AENEGE, and TheUrbanSci in 5.7	199 project and level files in the AENEGE folders
Rhino	Workshop parts and IGC	24 .3dm in the 3D folder, 9 at the IGC
AutoCAD	Construction documents and infrastructure at the IGC, plans at AENEGE	.dwg files in both folders
QGIS	IGC, TheUrbanSci and roof digitization	26 projects in the IGC folder
Agisoft Metashape, RealityCapture	Photogrammetric surveys	Metashape captures in the photogrammetry folder
Illustrator	Infographics at the IGC, graphics at AENEGE	43 .ai files in those folders
Photoshop	Image finishing	.psd files at the IGC and AENEGE
Premiere Pro	Animation at AENEGE	169 project files
ComfyUI	Experiment on one of our renders	See Experiments
Blender	Fabrication renders of GGV, G-code previews	Scripts in the catamaran and workshop folders
Marlin, GRBL	Control of printers and CNC machines	Marlin-I3-R, GRBL 1.1h, GRBL Mega, GRBL for RAMPS; Marlin 2.1 on the P3Steel
Arduino	Electronics of the workshop years	28 .ino sketches in the 3D folder
KiCad, Vectric Aspire, Mach3	Sonar boards, milled on the R-CNC	Flow written in the workshop notes
PrusaSlicer, Cura	Printing and design G-code	Profiles in the workshop, exercises in the Cura folder
Python	TheUrbanSci, roof digitization, GGV tests	Scripts in each project

In figures

Years since the first printer	10	From 2016 to 2026
Projects on this site	71	42 from AENEGE, 16 from the IGC, 13 personal and academic
Images on this site	829	Counted when the site is built
Numbered project folders at AENEGE	48	Not all are shown here
Machines named in the files	7	RepRap, CNC, industrial CNC, laser, P3Steel, R-CNC, Ender 3 V3 SE

What I take from it

I do not see electronics, digital fabrication and architecture as separate stages. They complement each other and keep defining the way I work.

What interests me most is the intersection between architecture and technology: precise models, scenes built in 3D, materials and light, and images that communicate an architectural idea with depth and character.

Looking back through the files, one habit repeats: build the tool, measure, write down what failed. The sonar log, the workshop log and the captions of the maps are all written the same way.

From building machines to building three-dimensional worlds.

That, in essence, is the path that brought me here.

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