Research

  • More-Than-Human Urban Design

    Designing cities as shared habitats that support interdependent human and non-human life.

  • Kummargi Gadhaba

    This project uses computational imaging and analysis to amplify the voice of a single tree on behalf of all plant life by examining the marks created by nonhuman beings and Indigenous Australians who harvested bark for practical purposes.

  • Designing for More-than-Humans – Robotic 3D Clay Printing

    A multi-disciplinary design research project, exposing students to the challenges of designing for more-than-human clients

  • Systems Upgrade

    The research is a deep study of material artefacts from design history, using advanced digital design and manufacturing tools, to construct bridges between design history research and contemporary creative practice.

  • Design Technology in Contemporary Practice

    Research associated to this project reflects on how the world’s most renowned architecture practices use technology to support design and delivery of their projects.

  • The Doppelgänger

    Developing digitally manipulated and fabricated artefacts by combining documentation with speculation. Funded by: The UniSA, the SIDA Foundation and the David Roche Foundation Curatorial Research Fellowship.

  • Prosthetic Nests for the Powerful Owl

    This project uses more-than-human and interspecies design approaches to make and test prosthetic habitat-structures for the powerful owl (Ninox strenua).

  • ROOM

    ROOM: Digital design to fabrication in temporary accommodation options for youth homelessness

  • Clay 3D Printing

    Development of clay 3D printing techniques that provide viable fabrication options for the built environment.

  • Indoor Positioning Simulation

    The study grounds the method for determining the dynamic and room-specific occupancy limits to improve well-being in indoor environments.

  • Computing and Design Thinking

    Development and application of computational tools, processes and theories for automation, optimisation and machine learning in architectural design.

  • Micro-Hortus Conclusus

    The research aims of this prototype is an exploration of the capacities for novel fabrication technologies to construct cultivated synthetic micro-ecologies. These synthetic substrate prototypes are intended as components within green roof or wall systems.

  • Right Tree Right Place Right Time

    A visual-functional design approach to select and place trees for optimal shade benefit to commuting pedestrians

  • Digital and data-driven innovation in asset delivery, operations and management

    Digital and Data-Driven Innovation is transforming how built environment assets are designed, delivered, operated, and managed towards better outcomes for end-users.

  • Parametric Adjustable Mould

    PAM is a patented computer numerically controlled (CNC) mould frame designed to produce double curvature concrete panels with a single mould frame.