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CoDe Conference 2025: Material World

The CoDe Conference 2025 presents and celebrates Graduation Research Projects by the final-year UNSW Bachelor of Design in Computational Design students, who continue to lead innovation in design technology for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. The 2025 graduation research projects address a diverse and advanced range of topics including generative AI workflows for architectural design, procedural modelling for urban environments, kinetic façade systems for environmental responsiveness, and more.

Date
Friday 22 August 2025, 9:30am – 6:00pm+
Venue
HDR
Projects
21

Swinburne University / Arch Manu CI

Dr Mehrnoush Latifi Khorasgani

Keynote Presentation

Dr Mehrnoush Latifi Khorasgani is a researcher working at the intersection of computational design, digital fabrication, and material science, with a focus on advancing manufacturing processes for architecture.

2025 student research.

  1. 01

    BVN

    The Office Reimagined: Optimising Office Space Utilisation Through Data-Driven Socio-Spatial Insights

    Daniella Cotterell

  2. 02

    HDR

    Procedural Urbanism: Typologically-Informed Procedural Building Generation Workflow for Urban Design

    Daniel Cao

  3. 03

    Mott MacDonald

    Mind the Gap: A Computational Design Tool for Automating Floor-Plan Analysis for Comfort

    Emily Tan

  4. 04

    Graduation research

    A Computational Design Workflow for a Solar Responsive Dynamic Façade System

    Hoi Hung Zhong

  5. 05

    Graduation research

    Sliced for Solid Ground: Computationally Layered PLA Formworks for Freeform Rammed Earth

    Julian Kasch

  6. 06

    Bates Smart

    Follow The User: Computationally Designing a Human-Centred Adaptable Kinetic Facade

    Jhazmin Verbo

  7. 07

    UNSW Estate Management

    Validating Space Syntax: A Web-based Visualisation of DepthmapX Spatial Analysis of an Australian University Campus

    Nicolas Pan

  8. 08

    Arup / UNSW DFL

    Designing for Demoulding: Parametric Moulds that Know When to Let Go

    Louis Sabri

  9. 09

    Graduation research

    A Computational Design Workflow for Optimising E-Commerce Multi Product Packaging to Reduce Material Waste and Environmental Impact

    Sidney Mendez

  10. 10

    Graduation research

    Optimising Building Facades: A Computational Design Workflow for a Climate-Responsive Dynamic Façade System

    Shaojie (Davy) Dai

  11. 11

    Arup

    Weather Where it Matters: Machine Learning for Site-Specific Urban Microclimate Analysis in the AEC Industry

    Soo Ha Shin

  12. 12

    Arch Manu

    Fabrication-aware Design: Developing a Computational Design Workflow for Nodal Structure Topology Optimisation for Lightweight Architectural Systems

    Changshuo Li

  13. 13

    Aurecon

    Feedback in Motion: Integrating Strand7 API with Grasshopper for Real-Time Structural Design Feedback

    Mingyue (Angel) Wang

  14. 14

    Graduation research

    User-Controlled Modular Kinetic Façade for Solar Adaptation Using Parametric Simulation Tools

    Qian-Ye (Sally) Leung

  15. 15

    Graduation research

    Interactive Mapping of Rental Priorities: A People-Centred Web Tool for Informed Housing Decisions

    Weijia Li

  16. 16

    Systems Reef / UNSW DFL

    Straying From the Path: Non-continuous paths for multipart simultaneous 3D printing

    Jayden Tran

  17. 17

    Mott MacDonald

    Emission Impossible: A Geospatial Routing Tool for Low-Carbon Material Specification in Early-Stage Design

    Stephanie Duong

  18. 18

    Graduation research

    Computational (Grasshopper) workflow: exploring the feasibility and performance of motorised kinetic facades for enhancing environmental responsiveness within urban contexts

    Tristan Luong

  19. 19

    BVN

    Optimising the Urban Visualisation Pipeline: Integrating Late-Stage Diffusion Models for Rapid Fidelity-Preserving Renders

    William Boge

  20. 20

    Graduation research

    Im/possible Printing: A Design-to-Fabrication Workflow to Democratise Access to Non-Planar 3D Slicing and Printing

    William Li

  21. 21

    Graduation research

    Materials Matter: A Computational Design Workflow to Integrate Recycled Plastic in a Kinetic Façade System

    Zahraa Tanana

Thanks to our industry collaborators.

Aurecon · Arch Manu · Arup · Bates Smart · BVN · HDR · Mott MacDonald · Systems Reef · Tilt · UNSW DFL · UNSW Estate Management