Funded Research Projects:

“Enhancing Post-Project Evaluation of NHS Estates with Annotated 3D Interactive Navigation (A3DIN): Jordanthorpe Health Centre Case Study”, Research Stimulation Fund, Faculty of Social Sciences, £1,675, October 2011 – July 2012. PI: Chengzhi Peng; CIs: Michael Phiri (Architecture), Robert Gaizauskas, Mark Hepple (Computer Science), Sarah Barnes and Jenny Owen (ScHARR); RAs: Alison Chang and Leon Derczynski.

“The Augustine House Experiment”, JISC Institutional Innovation Programme - Benefits Realisation Phase 1b, £15,000, Jan 2010 – Nov 2010. PI: Chengzhi Peng; RAs: Darren Roberts and Panagiotis Patlakas.

“A Web-Based Interactive Visualisation Modelling Platform to Effect Participative and Collaborative Planning and Design of Future Learning Spaces”, JISC Institutional Innovation Programme, Call II: Large-Scale Institutional Exemplars, £297,344 (Total Project Cost: £371,679 with Institutional Contribution: £74,335), October 2008 – 31 March 2010. PI: Chengzhi Peng; RAs: Darrent Roberts, Panagiotis Patlakas, Puja Basu, Howard Evens and Leo Care.

“Food Urbanism Initiative”, Swiss National Science Foundation Division IV, National Research Programmes (NRP), 630,000 CHF, Sept 2010 – Aug 2013. PI: Craig Verzone. Project participants: Lucas Bertschinger, Anna Crole-Rees, Michel Dumondel, Therese Haller, Katja Heitkaemper, Rachel Hill, Jeffrey Huang, Bernard Lehmann, Mark Meagher, Trevor Patt.

“Superstudio”, Swiss cooperation project in architecture, Swiss National Science Foundation, 330,000 CHF, 2008 – 2010. PI: Jeffrey Huang. Project Partners: Dieter Dietz, Laurent Stalder, Fabio Gramazio, Mathias Kohler, Pau Sola-Morales. RA's: Guillaume Labelle, Mark Meagher, Nathaniel Zuelzke.

Current PhD Thesis Projects:

Sukaina Almousa, “Temporary architecture: Tracing narrative and the body/mind journey in installation art”, supervisors: Dr Stephen Walker and Dr Mark Meagher.

Amr Fawzy Abdelaziz Elwan, "Supporting climate change conscious urban neighbourhood (re)design through environmental simulation and visualization: An outdoor-indoor coupling approach", funded by the Ministry of Defence, Arab Republic of Egypt, starting January 2010, supervisors: Dr Chengzhi Peng and Dr Hasim Altan.

Maryam Fazel “Time space in animated diagrams - an arrow from spatiotemporality to temporality in diagramming”, supervisors: Dr Mark Meagher and Dr Stephen Walker.

Sushardjanti Felasari, "Enhancing Virtual City with Collective Memory to Support Architectural and Urban Design Learning", funded by the Indonesian Directorate General of Higher Education Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Programme, starting January 2009, supervisor: Dr Chengzhi Peng.

Adam Park, “Performative Mapping of Urban Spaces", funded by the RECITE Scholarship, University of Sheffield, starting Nov 2010, supervisors: Dr Chengzhi Peng and Dr Daniela Romana (Department of Computer Science).

Octavianus Cahyono Priyanto, “User Preferences of Visual Comfort in Higher Education Learning Spaces”, funded by the Indonesian Directorate Development General of Higher Education Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Programme, starting Oct 2011, supervisors: Dr Chengzhi Peng, Prof Steve Fotios.

Yang Yu, "Fusion of Physical and Digital Representations in Architecture: A Mixed Reality Modelling Approach", partially funded by the Fee Waiver Scholarship at the University of Sheffield, starting September 2011, supervisors: Dr Chengzhi Peng and Dr Mark Meagher.

Completed PhD Thesis Projects:

Renato Cesar Ferreira de Souza, "A Place-Theoretical Framework for the of IT in Urban Spaces", September 2004 – August 2008, through funded by Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), Brazil, successful completion (Supervisor: Dr Chengzhi Peng).

Nadia Mounajjed, "Relational Interfacings: Body, Memory and Architecture in the Digital Age", funded by the University Project Studentships, University of Sheffield, September 2003 – August 2007, successful completion (Supervisors: Dr Chengzhi Peng & Dr Stephen Walker).

Augustine House Experiment (AHE) Project:

AHE Project Final Report

AHE Website

weCAMP-uCampus Projec:

weCAMP-uCampus Project Final Report

weCAMP-uCampus Website (where the uCampus app can be downloaded)

Peng C (2011) “uCampus: Can an open source 3D interactive virtual campus modelling platform support institutional learning and innovation?”, International Journal of Architectural Computing, Volume 09, Issue 03, pp. 303-324.

Peng C (2010) “Developing a Web-Based 3D Visualisation Modelling Platform to Support Innovative Planning and Design of Learning Spaces: A Case Study of the University of Sheffield Campus”, 10th International Conference on Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning, to be held in Eindhoven, July 19–22 2010.

Peng C (2009) “Visualising Future Learning Spaces in Context: the Sheffield Experiment”, in Proceedings of EDULEARN09, the International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 6-8 July, 2009.

Performative Mapping of Urban Spaces:

RECITE Website

RECITE One Website created and maintained by Adam Park

Supporting climate change conscious urban neighbourhood (re)design environmental simulation and visualization: An outdoor-indoor coupling approach:

Elwan A and Peng C (2011) “Towards a unifying visualization modelling platform for supporting climate change conscious urban neighbourhood design, in Proceedings of World Renewable Energy Congress, Linkoping, Sweden, May 2011.

Enhancing Virtual City with Collective Memory to Support Architectural and Urban Design Learning:

Collective Memory Enhanced Virtual City (CREATI), Virtual Yogykarta created and maintained by Sushardjanti Felasari.

Felasari S and Peng C (2010) “Enhancing a Virtual City with Collective Memory: A Pilot Study of Jalan Malioboro in Yogyakarta”, in the Proceedings of the 28th eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe) Conference - Future Cities, 15-18 September 2010, ETH Zurich Switzerland.

Dynamic Ornament:

Meagher, M, van der Maas, D, Abegg, C and Huang, J (2009) “Dynamic ornament: The design of responsive surfaces in architecture”, in the Proceedings of the ACSA Southeast Regional Meeting, Savannah GA.

Van Der Maas, D, Meagher, M, Abegg, C and Huang, J (2009) “Thermochromic information surfaces: Interactive visualization for architectural environments”, in the Proceedings of the 27th eCAADe Conference, Istanbul.

Meagher, M, Van Der Maas, D, Abegg, C and Huang, J (2009) “Dynamic ornament: Climatically responsive surfaces in architecture”, in the Proceedings of CAAD Futures ’09, Montreal.

SSoA Theory Forum 2011 – Digital and Material Communities. Theory Forum is an annual event at SSoA, focusing each year on a topic of contemporary relevance for architectural theory and practice. The 2011 Forum considered digital modes of design, communication, and expression, and their relation to the material production of architecture. Speakers included Phil Ayres, CITA (Center for Information Technology and Architecture Copenhagen); Enrico Costanza, University of Southampton; Lucy Holme, Aedas R&D; Jeffrey Huang, Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne; Julien Nembrini, Universität der Künste, Berlin; and Katie Lloyd Thomas, Newcastle University.

Introduction to Computational Design and Advanced Computational Design. This pair of modules (ARC6848 & ARC6849) is offered in the Graduate School as an introduction to code-based design techniques in architecture. The first semester focuses on the use of code in the architectural design process, while the second semester provides students with a conceptual and practical introduction to the design uses of digital data.