Computational Design

sydney city skyline at night

Computational design can identify greater efficiencies across the built environment, enabling us to create more sustainable cities.

Illustration of Luyten 3D Printer on the Moon

A team from UNSW wants to use Luyten 3D printing technology to build a house on the Moon. 

Dongdaemun Design Plaza

Computational design is not ‘wacky’ form-finding. It’s about finding design solutions for some of the biggest challenges of our time.

Working remotely can be difficult for architects because the industry largely relies on desktop software to model designs. Credit: Shutterstock

With COVID-19 forcing many industries online, a tool co-created by a UNSW Associate Professor makes this move easier for architects and designers. 

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Rooms that learn human behaviour and change shape in response are the vision of UNSW Built Environment and the engineering firm behind the Sydney Opera House.

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A cluster of synthetic trees that responds to the weather by pulsing colourful light will take over part of Sydney Harbour during VIVID.