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GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS Architecture related ARC Discovery and Linkage Grants  ARC DISCOVERY GRANT, 2009-11 Ethics and aesthetics as criteria for innovation: A design research study of biological art and digital architecture Chief Investigators: Dr Pia Ednie-Brown, RMIT Architecture, Senior Lecturer, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Prof Mark Burry, Innovation Professor, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Dr Andrew Burrow, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Orin Catts, University of Western Australia 2009 : $ 73,000 2010 : $ 37,028 2011 : $ 70,000 Primary RFCD 4104 DESIGN STUDIES Project Summary The project will contribute to the goal of promoting innovation in three areas. First, the project will amplify Australia's individual strengths in biological art and digital architecture by creating a network of artists and designers in which each discipline is stimulated by the concerns and practices of the other. Second, the project will explain innovation in such networks, by identifying activities that lead to innovation. Such an explanation will improve the nation's capacity to promote innovation in targeted fields. Third, the project will test and develop collaboration tools designed to support the activities identified as leading to innovation, as information technology is a primary enabler for operating across such networks. Administering Institution RMIT University   ARC DISCOVERY GRANT, 2009-11 Challenging the inflexibility of the flexible digital model. Chief Investigators: Prof Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Jane Burry, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Prof John Frazer, University of Queensland 2009 : $ 170,000 2010 : $ 165,000 2011 : $ 233,000 Primary RFCD 3101 ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN ENVIRONMENT Administering Institution RMIT University Project Summary Shared digital Building Information Models that link diverse heterogeneous information are beginning to show promising results in reducing the enormous fiscal and environmental cost of clashes, errors and rework caused by design and communication errors in construction. Model flexibility is a crucial factor in enacting the best design decisions at every stage while maintaining current shared information. But there are, as yet, no examples of comprehensive flexible building information modelling in Australia. This research builds on an Australian concentration of world class expertise to create new knowledge to overcome the obstacles. It will directly benefit the quality and cost of the Australian built environment.   ARC LINKAGE GRANT "More than a Roof Overhead - Meeting the Need for a Sustainable Housing System in Remote Indigenous Communities" ARC Linkage Grant, 2008-2010 Chief Investigators: Prof John Fien, Innovation Professor of Sustainability, RMIT Dr Esther Charlesworth, Research Fellow, RMIT School of Architecture and Design. Founding Director: Architects Without Frontiers Prof Wakefield, RMIT Ralph Horne, Director of Centre for Design, RMIT Prof Jon Altman, ANU Prof Michael Christie, CDU Linkage Partners: Department of Housing and Works WA, Territory Housing NT, Indigenous Business Australia, Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation, Centre for Appropriate Technology $230,643  ARC LINKAGE GRANT The spatial ensemble: scaling instrumental resonance and morphology for spatialised performance ARC Linkage Grant, 2008-2010 Linkage Partner Organisations: ELISON Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Art Investigators Lawrence Harvey, Director, Sound Lab, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, School of Architecture + Design, RMIT Assoc Prof David Forrest, RMIT Prof Richard Barrett, Brunel University Summary This project will lead to a series of new cultural experiences for Australian audiences based on extended instrumental research integrated with new sound spatialisation techniques. The project will ensure that industry partner ELISION's contribution to Australian culture for over 20 years via innovative performances, installations, broadcasts and recordings is reinforced by new research with flow on effects to their other relationships and activities. The interim and final outcomes of this partnership will lead to a model for university arts research collaborations that will be tested in international contexts, thus ensuring a wider exposure for Australian cultural research.  ARC LINKAGE GRANT, 2006-08 Procuring Innovative Architecture: using recognised exemplars to inform a government wide model for building a sustainable community of innovative practice Chief Investigators: Prof Leon van Schaik, RMIT Architecture, Innovation Professor of Architecture, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Prof Geoff London, WA State Government Architect Linkage Partners: Department of Housing and Works WA Ashton Raggatt McDougall Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC LINKAGE GRANT, 2006-2008 Delivering Digital Architecture in Australia Chief Investigators: Prof Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Prof. Mike Xie, RMIT School of Engineering Linkage Partner: Arup Sydney Administering Institution RMIT University Project Summary: - architect/engineer collaboration using structural models, with a fresh look at analogue methods, including variations on rapid prototyping, and then comparison with digital models - the development of digital design tools and linkages (analysis/optimisation/representation) for structures and façades - lessons from parallel industries PhD candidate There is one full-time PhD scholarship to participate in this research, with a preferred location of Sydney. ARC DISCOVERY GRANT 2006-08 Acts of electronic negotiation: Overcoming communication barriers to transdisciplinary innovation in design Chief Investigators: Prof Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Assoc. Prof Lin Padgham, RMIT School of Computer Science and Information Technology Prof Mike Xie, RMIT School of Engineering Andrew Burrow, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design 2006 : $150,000 2007 : $145,000 2008 : $140,000 Primary RFCD 4104 DESIGN STUDIES APD Mr Andrew Burrow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Administering Institution RMIT University Project Summary Improved collaboration between the diverse contributors to design in the construction industry is urgently needed to reduce waste, streamline production and improve performance. It is also a key to better and more advanced design. The quality of human to human interaction in computer mediated environments is critical to the occurrence of innovation between design disciplines. This project will create a pool of highly qualified personnel in this area in Australia, including participating designers introduced to novel empowering approaches to network communication. It will develop and apply knowledge from other disciplines to developing tools for the design community.  ARC DISCOVERY GRANT 2006-08 Teimu (The Garden of Dreams): aural and aesthetic attributes of Japanese gardens as models for spatial environments Chief Investigators: Lawrence Harvey, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Assoc. Prof Peter Downton, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Dr G Missingham, University of Melbourne A Selenitsch, University of Melbourne Dr Michael Fowler, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design 2006 : $125,036 2007 : $80,558 2008 : $93,027 Primary RFCD 4104 DESIGN STUDIES APD Dr Michael Fowler, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Administering Institution RMIT University Teimu (The Garden of Dreams) SIAL project page Project Summary Traditional Japanese garden design has greatly influenced both 20C Western landscape designers and composers of Western art music. By investigating the aural and aesthetic attributes of five renowned Japanese gardens, RMIT and University of Melbourne researchers will seek out spatial sound designs that could enhance sound quality in urban environments and provide a pioneering approach to architectural modeling and the built environment. This project has long term cross disciplinary implications. The results and methods contained in this project may assist in innovative sound design for new media applications, better listening environments in urban areas, unique approaches for data modeling, and a catalyst for future design strategies.  LARGE ARC LINKAGE GRANT, 2005-2007 Embedded Research within Architectural Practice: Technology Transfer through Embedded Research within Architectural Practice - the creation of an Australian practice-based architectural research and development network Chief Investigators: Prof Mark Burry - Innovation Professor, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Andrew Maher - Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Linkage Partners: Arup Melbourne | Black Koslof Knott | McGauran Giannini Soon | Terroir Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC DISCOVERY PROJECT, 2005-07 Spatial Knowledge and the Built Environment: The Design Implications of Making, Processing and Digitally Prototyping Architectural Models Chief Investigators: Prof Mark Burry - Innovation Professor, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Assoc Prof Peter Downton - School Research Director, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Assoc Prof Andrea Mina - Assoc Professor of Interior Design, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Prof Michael Ostwald - School of Architecture, Head, University of Newcastle Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC DISCOVERY GRANT Prototype n-Dimensional Presentation Environments Chief Investigator: Prof. Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Gregory More, Research Associate, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC LINKAGE GRANT, 2003-05 Ageing of Aquarius: Retirement Housing for Baby Boomers Chief Investigators: Assoc Prof Shane Murray - RMIT Architecture, Assoc Professor of Urban and Architectural Design, Urban Architecture Laboratory (UAL), RMIT School of Architecture + Design Assoc Prof Peter Downton - School Research Director, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Prof Mike Berry - Professor of Urban Planning, RMIT School of Social Science and Planning Linkage Partners: Mirvac Group (Mirvac HPA) Cash Research Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC DISCOVERY GRANT Ontology-based Design Collaboration Chief Investigators: Jane Burry, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Andrew Burrow, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Robert Amor, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC DISCOVERY GRANT Presenting Wikiscapes Chief Investigators: Andrew Burrow, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Gregory More, Research Associate, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC DISCOVERY GRANT 2003-05 Sharing Complex Systems information by challenging the orthodoxies of linear presentation Chief Investigators: Prof Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Lin Padgham, RMIT School of Computer Science and Information Technology Administering Institution RMIT University  ARC DISCOVERY GRANTS Temple Sagrada Familia Research: Investigation into Antonio Gaudi's final design models New into Old: Flexible 3D computer modelling to aid heritage building restoration, recycling and extension The Rose Window in the West Transept The Collonade and Gable of the West Transept Chief Investigator: Mark Burry, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Jane Burry, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Andrew Maher, Research Fellow, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, RMIT School of Architecture + Design Administering Institution RMIT University Sagrada Familia research website + | ||||||||
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