Design Topology Lab is a research platform dedicated to the ontology of space defined by mathematics. Unlike typical parametric methodologies based on fixed linear hierarchical structures, DTL focuses its work on developing and manipulating flexible generative engines which allow computational worlds to be embedded inside one another. DTL also designs; emphasizing that design is computation. The ruled based logics are made explicit, and used as the primary constraint to design within.

Founder, Joseph Choma is a computation based researcher focused on new emerging architectural consequences by means of morphological design machines. As an architect and designer, Joseph has been recognized in numerous design competitions and has been published in magazines and conferences internationally. His work has been exhibited in China, Columbia, England, India, Italy, and in the United States (CA, GA, MA, NV, NY, and PA). Amongst his exhibits includes a solo architecture exhibit at the MIT Museum as part of the 2010 Cambridge Science Festival, the 4th Architectural Biennial Beijing 2010 and the 9th International Beyond Media Festival in Florence.

Joseph is currently an Assistant Professor at Southern Polytechnic State University, where he directs the Digital Fabrication Lab. He graduated with a Master of Science in Architectural Studies, Concentration in Design and Computation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.