People
217Javier Argota
Member
Yang Bai
Alumni
Joshua Bard
Core Faculty • Associate Professor, Associate Head of Design Research
Ardavan Bidgoli
Alumni
Solomon Bisker
Alumni
Eric Brockmeyer
Faculty
Rehan Butt
Alumni
Daragh Byrne
Core Faculty • Associate Teaching Professor
Yuchen Cao
Alumni
Sheen Cao
Alumni
Ozguc Bertug Capunaman
Member
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Core Faculty • Associate Professor, Director of CodeLab
Projects
5Diderot's Database
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Robotic Finishing of Hardset Materials
Keith Evan Green
Deep Time Architectural Data
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Rethinking Automation in Construction (ReAC)
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Experimental Archaeologies of CAD
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Publications
96A Multi-scalar and Multi-modal Approach to Architectural Heritage Documentation: An Interactive Digital Representation of the St. Nicholas Chapel
Isaac Martinotti, David Troetschel, Felicia Luo, Michael Hasey, Daniel Cardoso Llach
A Minimal Making Grammar for 3-D Structures
Sohyun Jin, Daniel Cardoso Llach
Critical Computational Relations in Design, Architecture and the Built Environment
Yana Boeva (Editor), Vernelle A. A. Noel (Editor)
Design, material, and structural aspects of friction-based spatial structures: the case of a “minimal making grammar”
Sohyun Jin, Daniel Cardoso Llach
The Mississippi Colossus
Daniel Cardoso Llach
A mindful body approach to creating architecture: movement, models and spatial experiences
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Computer-Aided Design in the United States, 1949–1984: Designing in a Closed World
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Repairing Code, Craft, and Computation
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Robot in the loop: a human-centered approach to contextualizing AI and robotics in construction
Yuning Wu, Emek Erdolu, Jiaying Wei, Daniel Cardoso Llach
Situated Computations: An interview with Vernelle A. A. Noel
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Software Models Design
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Special issue: SIGraDi critical appropriations
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Theses
122A Co-Creative Drawing Robot for Freehand Sketching and Analogical Thinking in Early-Stage Design Ideation
Hengyue Zhao • Advisor: Joshua Bard, Daniel Cardoso Llach
An Interpreter Layer for AEC: Cross-Modal Alignment, Schema Mapping, and Compliance
Hui Yen Chia • Advisor: Joshua Bard, Daniel Cardoso Llach
Breathing Intelligence: Morphological Computation in Inflatable Swarm Systems
Sheen Cao • Advisor: Daragh Byrne, Paul Pangaro
Bridging the Explainability Gap in Vibe Coding:From Black-Box Generation to Cognitive Support for Design Iteration
Mathilda Chen • Advisor: Daniel Cardoso Llach
Context-Sensitive Proactive Robot: Empirical Insights and Computational Adaptation
Ziru Wei • Advisor: Omar Khan, Alexandra Ion, Jimmy Wei-Chun Cheng
Designing an Explainable agent for Generative Design Workflows with Physics based Reasoning
Karthick Raja Bangaru Giridharan • Advisor: Daragh Byrne, Daniel Cardoso Llach, Michael Hasey
Designing with Latent Space: A Semantic Canvas and Agent to Broaden Exploration and Clarify Intent in Early Stage Footwear Design
Tianle Chen • Advisor: Daragh Byrne, Daniel Cardoso Llach
From Instructional Judgment to Learner Understanding: The Role of 3D Movement Reconstruction in Remote Tai Chi Teaching and Learning
Yiqi Cheng • Advisor: Vernelle A. A. Noel, Daragh Byrne
Groveling Alone Together: Readings of CAPTCHA Across Scales
Leslie Liu • Advisor: Daragh Byrne, Daniel Cardoso Llach, Golan Levin
Interpretive Alignment in Asynchronous Collaborative Design: Toward a Cognitive Mediator for Early-Stage Design Work
Xiang Chen • Advisor: Vernelle A. A. Noel, Daniel Cardoso Llach
Playful computation: Encounters with ephemeral surfaces.
Carla Flores Trávez • Advisor: Joshua Bard, Daragh Byrne, Golan Levin
Semantic Compilation for Iterative Design : Bridging Natural Language design explorations and Construction-Aware Modeling
Andi Yao • Advisor: Joshua Bard
Labs
6Architectural Robotics Lab
Keith Evan Green
Design and Computation Research Group (DCRG)
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Laboratory for Cybernetics (Lab4C)
Paul Pangaro
Regenerative Structures Lab (RSL)
Eddy Sykes
Situated Computation Lab (SitCodeLab)
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Why Lab
Dana Cupkova
Courses
5Situated Computation and Culture
Vernelle A. A. Noel
Computational Design Studio
Daniel Cardoso Llach
Introduction to Computational Design
Daragh Byrne
Robotic Fabrication: Methods and Systems
Joshua Bard
Salvaged Futures: Speculative Design Through eWaste
Vernelle A. A. Noel