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IASS 2026

IASS 2026

Ming Fang and Sichen Dong will present their research at the IASS 2026 in Torino. Ming will show her Parametric study on the climate–force constraints of folded roof structures in stilted timber dwellings: a case study in southern Yunnan, a project conducted in...

Best Presentation Award

Best Presentation Award

Kwong Lau Hung and Toni Kotnik have received the Best Presentation Award at the CAADRIA 2026 conference at Hsinchu, Taiwan for the paper Root-Inspired Generative Network. The paper was selected amongst 216 research presentations. Congratulations.

Caadria 2026

Caadria 2026

Kwong Lau Hung is presenting his paper Root-Inspired Generative Network at the CAADRIA 2026 conference at Hsinchu, Taiwan. The paper was written in collaboration with Toni Kotnik and is based on his Master thesis Adaptive Network: Computational Integration of Root...

Towards S4 Architecture

Towards S4 Architecture

Toni Kotnik is invited to give a lecture titled Computational Regeneration: Algorithmic Architecture for Ecological Engineering in the framework  of the international seminar at the University of Seville. The seminar Towards S4 Architecture foregrounds a central...