The Computational Design programme is led by academic staff whose teaching and research span design computation, digital fabrication, data, emerging technology and the built environment.
Staff and research fields.
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Belinda Dunstan
Senior Lecturer
Research fields
- Social robot morphology and appearance design
- Robot movement planning
- Technology ethics
- Urban futures
- Cultural robotics
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Charlotte Firth
Lecturer
Research fields
- Robotic fabrication for architecture and construction
- Architectural and construction 3D printing
- Collaborative robotics and anthropomorphic end-effectors
- Novel construction materials
- Circular economy principles
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Cristina Ramos Jaime
Lecturer
Research fields
- Rationalisation of complex geometries
- Parametric design and digital fabrication
- Lightweight space structures
- Kinetic, deployable and transformable structures
- Emergency shelter systems
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JuHyun Lee
Associate Professor
Research fields
- Architectural computing
- Design cognition
- Mixed-use development planning
- Urban regeneration
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Kate Dunn
Senior Lecturer
Research fields
- Experimental 3D printing
- Digital fabrication and robotics
- Sustainable material development
- Design education
- Design and data visualisation
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K. Daniel Yu
Lecturer · Deputy Director
Research fields
- Advanced computational design workflows
- Architectural and urban planning applications
- Urban infrastructure and environmental optimisation
- Biomimetic design
- AI-integrated architectural and urban design
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Matthias Hank Haeusler
Professor
Research fields
- Computational design
- AI and machine learning in architecture and urban design
- Digital and robotic fabrication
- Virtual, augmented and mixed reality
- Media architecture, IoT and smart cities
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Nicole Gardner
Associate Professor · Director
Research fields
- Design and urban technology history
- Smart-city design and ethics
- Digital transformation in architecture
- Design technology innovation
- Design, learning, labour and gender in architectural practice