4th Annual UNSW Computational Design Conference 2020

The 2020 CoDe conference was held at UNSW Red Centre Gallery on the 4th of December. The conference brought together students, industry partners and researchers to celebrate the graduating cohort's research into computational design for the built environment.

Date: 4 December 2020
Venue: Red Centre Gallery, UNSW
Projects: 28

University of Toronto

Brady Peters

Online Keynote Presentation

Brady Peters is a Canadian designer and researcher who successfully bridges technology and design. He currently holds the position of Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto specialising in architectural acoustics, environmental simulation, and computational design. He was an Associate Partner at Foster + Partners, and a key member of the Specialist Modelling Group (SMG). Peters is a Director of Smartgeometry, an organisation that promotes innovation in computational design.

2020 student research.

01
Contextualising: Sensors, Real-time & Urban Data
Connecting Communities and Data: An interactive spatial decision support tool for social housing stakeholders
Ebony Pritchard · COX Architecture
02
Contextualising: Sensors, Real-time & Urban Data
Evaluating the New Normal: Applying Machine Learning to Evaluate Social Distancing Regulations in Public Spaces
Emily Collins · PULSE Software
03
Contextualising: Sensors, Real-time & Urban Data
Lorikeet: A data driven computational decision support tool for urban greening
Iavor Nikolaev · Mott MacDonald
04
Contextualising: Sensors, Real-time & Urban Data
SIGN-BY-SIGN: Using graph theory to develop a wayfinding decision support tool for architects in early stage design
Danielle Bisazza · COX Architecture
05
Contextualising: Sensors, Real-time & Urban Data
Formed by Wind: Developing an optimisation workflow for apartment building geometry to satisfy pedestrian wind comfort
Monica Ooi · Crone Architects
06
Calibrating I: Spatial Design Decision Support / Optimisation
Balancing sight and sound in office design: A visual and acoustic optimisation workflow for open plan offices
Mingzi (Mindy) Ye · COX Architecture
07
Calibrating I: Spatial Design Decision Support / Optimisation
What's in a view? Analysing View Quality Using 3D Isovist Ray Tracing To Inform Decision Making In A Multi-Story Residential Development
Billy Park · Crone Architects
08
Calibrating I: Spatial Design Decision Support / Optimisation
Spatialising code: Developing a workflow for automating fire sprinkler standards
Vincent Vizzone · CoDe
09
Calibrating I: Spatial Design Decision Support / Optimisation
Developing a multi-object optimisation workflow to support decision making about façade glazing
Kurtis Watts · BIM Consulting
10
Calibrating I: Spatial Design Decision Support / Optimisation
Using multi-agent based simulations for traversal optimisation in hospital environments
James Tan · HDR
11
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Virtual Comfort: Using a gaming environment to communicate thermal comfort experience to support urban design decision making
Timothy Jing · Hassell
12
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
The spatiality of caring: Connecting disability services personnel to care environments through Augmented Reality
Jamie Vincent · HowToo
13
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Improving material performance through topological optimisation in high-rise construction
Nelson Chen · Bates Smart
14
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Developing a decision support tool for minimizing embodied carbon in early design stage façade material selection
Nimat Mistry · Bates Smart
15
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Casing the Joint: Predicting embodied carbon content in novel geometries using case-based reasoning
Zack Heffernan · Bates Smart
16
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Facade System: Sustainable and comfortable architecture by optimizing the Facade
Xiaomin (Nayuki) Guo · CoDe
17
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Building up CLT connection guiding systems and evaluation standards with different material characteristics
Zhiwei (Jacky) Huang · CoDe
18
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Research on the possible technical method that could realise multi-axis CNC milling
Yuqi (Leo) Wu · CoDe
19
Constructing: Virtual / Physical / Material
Mobilising 3D Printing: Exploring a dynamic method to improve the efficiency of 3D clay printing through Grasshopper and a mobile base for five axis 3D printing
Si Jia (Scarlet) Pei · CoDe
20
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Automated floorplan optimisation for bathroom
Koki Izuka · CoDe
21
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Space games: Competition and collaboration in multi-agent reinforcement learning for automated apartment floor plan generation
Levin Chen · HDR
22
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Bathroom automation layout optimization to improve the flexibility of automation layout
Chennan Qi · CoDe
23
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Automating Office Environments HVAC
Rujian (Jay) Chen · CoDe
24
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Applying BIM coordinates for complex building forms and structure
Haotong (Hugh) Bu · CoDe
25
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Rhino-to-Revit as collaboration: Evaluating alternate workflows for Rhino-to-Revit BIM data exchange
Kang Ji · CoDe
26
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Lost in Translation: Achieving semantic consistency of name identity in BIM
Yurong (Blair) Huang · COX Architecture
27
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Understanding semantics: A natural-language-process-based intelligent extraction and classification engine for BIM names
Zengjie (Jonathon) Cao · COX Architecture
28
Calibrating II: Automation / BIM
Light Automation
Calvin Li · CoDe

Thanks to our industry collaborators.

Bates Smart · BIM Consulting · COX Architecture · Crone Architects · Hassell · HDR · HowToo · Mott MacDonald · Pulse Software

4th Annual UNSW Computational Design Conference 2020

Brady Peters

Online Keynote Presentation

2020 student research.

Connecting Communities and Data: An interactive spatial decision support tool for social housing stakeholders

Evaluating the New Normal: Applying Machine Learning to Evaluate Social Distancing Regulations in Public Spaces

Lorikeet: A data driven computational decision support tool for urban greening

SIGN-BY-SIGN: Using graph theory to develop a wayfinding decision support tool for architects in early stage design

Formed by Wind: Developing an optimisation workflow for apartment building geometry to satisfy pedestrian wind comfort

Balancing sight and sound in office design: A visual and acoustic optimisation workflow for open plan offices

What's in a view? Analysing View Quality Using 3D Isovist Ray Tracing To Inform Decision Making In A Multi-Story Residential Development

Spatialising code: Developing a workflow for automating fire sprinkler standards

Developing a multi-object optimisation workflow to support decision making about façade glazing

Using multi-agent based simulations for traversal optimisation in hospital environments

Virtual Comfort: Using a gaming environment to communicate thermal comfort experience to support urban design decision making

The spatiality of caring: Connecting disability services personnel to care environments through Augmented Reality

Improving material performance through topological optimisation in high-rise construction

Developing a decision support tool for minimizing embodied carbon in early design stage façade material selection

Casing the Joint: Predicting embodied carbon content in novel geometries using case-based reasoning

Facade System: Sustainable and comfortable architecture by optimizing the Facade

Building up CLT connection guiding systems and evaluation standards with different material characteristics

Research on the possible technical method that could realise multi-axis CNC milling

Mobilising 3D Printing: Exploring a dynamic method to improve the efficiency of 3D clay printing through Grasshopper and a mobile base for five axis 3D printing

Automated floorplan optimisation for bathroom

Space games: Competition and collaboration in multi-agent reinforcement learning for automated apartment floor plan generation

Bathroom automation layout optimization to improve the flexibility of automation layout

Automating Office Environments HVAC

Applying BIM coordinates for complex building forms and structure

Rhino-to-Revit as collaboration: Evaluating alternate workflows for Rhino-to-Revit BIM data exchange

Lost in Translation: Achieving semantic consistency of name identity in BIM

Understanding semantics: A natural-language-process-based intelligent extraction and classification engine for BIM names

Light Automation

Thanks to our industry collaborators.