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We facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration to push the boundaries of computational techniques, contributing to the evolution of a more resilient and environmentally conscious built environment.

Working at the intersection of computation, architecture, and urbanism, we explore the ways algorithmic design thinking can enhance efficiency, innovation, and environmental responsibility. We prioritise collaboration and a commitment to a forward-thinking research agenda; interrogating the application of cutting-edge digital technologies to architectural and urban design and driving advancements in computational methodologies.

Areas of focus include digital form-finding, generative design methods, and digital fabrication, as well as artificial intelligence, machine learning, spatial analysis, graph theory, and topological analysis of architectural and urban environments.

Projects

Analytical Modelling and Machine Learning for Sustainable Construction in the Built Environment

Creating innovative computational tools to create a more sustainable built environment.

A state-of-the-art Epidemic Indoors Intervention Simulator

Developing an indoor epidemic simulator to inform and mitigate future epidemic outbreaks.

Eco-Mosques as Catalysts for Ecological Transitions in Kuwait University Campuses

EMACET engages key stakeholders with implementing actions consisting of energy-efficient retrofitting and ablution water recycling in Kuwait University mosques.

Other projects include:

  • Enhancing the representation of architectural space in 3d modelling environments (02/09/2016 - 20/12/2019)
  • Computing craft: Towards manufacturing of cob structures using robotically controlled 3D printing (02/01/2018 - 01/07/2019)

Lead researcher

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Professor Wassim Jabi

Chair in Computational Methods in Architecture

Telephone
+44 29208 75981
Email
JabiW@cardiff.ac.uk

Academic staff

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Professor Wassim Jabi

Chair in Computational Methods in Architecture

Telephone
+44 29208 75981
Email
JabiW@cardiff.ac.uk
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Rawan Jafar

Research assistant

Email
JafarR@cardiff.ac.uk
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Dr Simon Lannon

Senior Research Fellow

Telephone
+44 29208 74437
Email
Lannon@cardiff.ac.uk
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Professor Andrew Roberts

Professor, Deputy Head of School

Telephone
+44 29208 74602
Email
RobertsAS@cardiff.ac.uk
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Erfan Zamanigoldeh

Lecturer Computational Methods in Architecture

Email
ZamanigoldehE@cardiff.ac.uk

Postgraduate students

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Rawan Jafar

Research assistant

Email
JafarR@cardiff.ac.uk
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Mr Benjamin Okenwa

Research student

Email
OkenwaCB@cardiff.ac.uk

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Research that matters

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