Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang
BS Arch, MS Arch, PhD, FHEA
School of Architecture and Landscape
Lecturer in Sustainable Digital Design
- Profile
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Prior to joining Sheffield School of Architecture in 2012 I was a PhD researcher and adjunct instructor in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. I also worked in both architecture and technology firms, including SOM and Gehry Technologies, and was invited to give guest lectures and workshops in the US, UK, China and Taiwan.
With a combined background in architecture and computation, I am interested in computational design research of information modelling for sustainable building design and evaluation.
In particular, I investigate algorithmic and parametric modelling workflow for iterative building performance simulation, evaluation and visualisation at both single building and urban scales.
- Research interests
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My major research interests lie in investigating architectural geometry construction and information modelling from a parametric and generative perspective. Central to my research is to investigate computational approaches to solving:
- Building Information Interoperability for computer-aided sustainable design and evaluation. With sortable topological relational network this work can be applied in areas of building performance simulation, sustainability evaluation, compliance checking and information interoperation from a single building to a city scale.
- Complex Architectural Geometry Manifestation through performance-driven optimisation and digital fabrication.
Postgraduate Research Supervision Interests
- performance-driven design process
- geometry construction and optimisation
- cloud-based computing for interactive/real-time building information modelling and visualisation
- information interoperation for building performance simulation and sustainability evaluation
- Publications
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Journal articles
- An integrated urban building energy benchmarking workflow to support urban energy evaluation: a case study of Sheffield UK. Buildings, 14(11). View this article in WRRO
- In-situ U-value measurements of typical building envelopes in a severe cold region of China: U-value variations and energy implications. Energy and Buildings, 324. View this article in WRRO
- U-values for building envelopes of different materials: a review. Buildings, 14(8). View this article in WRRO
- A generative computational workflow to develop actionable renovation strategies for renewable built environments: a case study of Sheffield. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 21(3), 516-535. View this article in WRRO
- Development of daylight glare analysis method using an integrated parametric modelling approach: a comparative study of glare evaluation standards. Buildings, 12(11).
- Examining in situ acoustic conditions for enhanced occupant satisfaction in contemporary offices. Buildings, 12(9).
- Strategies to achieve optimum visual quality for maximum occupant satisfaction : field study findings in office buildings. Building and Environment, 195.
- Glue-laminated bamboo for dowel-type moment-resisting connections. Composite Structures, 267. View this article in WRRO
- Corrigendum to critical factors and thresholds for user satisfaction on air quality in office environments, building and environment 164 (2019) 106310. Building and Environment, 169, 106453-106453.
- Critical factors and thresholds for user satisfaction on air quality in office environments. Building and Environment, 164.
- Static behaviour of two-tiered Dou-Gong system reinforced by super-elastic alloy. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering History and Heritage, 172(4), 164-173. View this article in WRRO
- Integration of agent-based modelling of social-spatial processes in architectural parametric design. Architectural Science Review, 63(2), 119-134. View this article in WRRO
- Encoding bamboo’s nature for freeform structure design. International Journal of Architectural Computing, 15(2), 169-182. View this article in WRRO
- Restructuring surface tessellation with irregular boundary conditions. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 3(4), 337-347.
- From Design to Pre-Certification using Building Information Modeling. Journal of Green Building, 8(1), 151-176.
- Modeling water use for sustainable urban design. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 242 COMMUNICAT, 138-155.
Book chapters
- Parametric Modeling of Bamboo Pole Joints, Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 272-290). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Modeling Water Use for Sustainable Urban Design In Arisona S, Aschwanden G, Halatsch J & Wonka P (Ed.), Digital Urban Modeling and Simulation (pp. 138-155). Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Conference proceedings
- BAMBOO GRIDSHELL: FROM THE MATERIAL TO THE STRUCTURE. World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023) (pp 168-174), 19 June 2023 - 22 June 2023.
- Form Finding and Optimisation of Bamboo Gridshell Structures. eCAADe proceedings, Vol. 1 (pp 579-588), 20 September 2023 - 22 September 2023.
- Automatic room type classification using machine learning for two-dimensional residential building plans. Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 2 (pp 593-600). Ghent, Belgium, 13 September 2022 - 13 September 2022. View this article in WRRO
- An Integrated Parametric Generation and Computational Workflow to Support Sustainable City Planning. CAADRIA proceedings, Vol. 1 (pp 535-544), 9 April 2022 - 15 April 2022.
- Understanding occupant behaviour in Islamic homes to close the gap in building performance simulation: A case study of houses in Riyadh. Proceedings of the 16th IBPSA Conference (pp 2107-2114). Rome, Italy, 2 September 2019 - 2 September 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Towards an Interactionist Model of Cognizant Architecture A sentient maze built with swarm intelligence. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 2 (pp 201-208)
- The influence of Saudi Arabian culture on energy use: Improving the time-use schedules in energy simulation for houses in Riyadh. "Hello, Culture!" - CAAD Futures 2019 (pp 536-552). Daejeon, South Korea, 26 June 2019 - 26 June 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Fault detection and localization using IFC : a case study of BIM-based visualisation of BAS-related faults. CIBSE Technical Symposium 2019. Sheffield, UK, 25 April 2019 - 25 April 2019. View this article in WRRO
- Koala: Developing a generative house design system with agent-based modelling of social spatial processes. 24th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2019, Vol. 1 (pp 235-244), 15 April 2019 - 18 April 2019.
- BIM2PHPP: A new BIM-based tool for passivhaus design with PHPP. Building Simulation Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1 (pp 100-105)
- Prototyping Adaptive Architecture Balancing Flexibility of Folding Patterns and Adaptability of Micro-Kinetic Movements. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 2 (pp 391-400)
- Feather-inspired social media data processing for generating developable surfaces: Prototyping an affective architecture Prototyping an affective architecture. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 1 (pp 181-190)
- Automatic Calculation Of A New China Glare Index. Proceedings of the 3rd IBPSA-England Conference. Newcastle, UK, 12 September 2016 - 12 September 2016. View this article in WRRO
- Building massing optimisation in early design stage: A performance-driven design based on total sunlight hours evaluation. Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (pp 583-592)
- Reasoning Spatial Relationships in Building Information Models using Voxels. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (pp 465-471). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 10 September 2014 - 10 September 2014. View this article in WRRO
- Tessellating freeform surfaces with boundary-driven analysis. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (pp 873-882)
- Data Acquisition and Visualization for IEQ Assessment: A case study of daylight field measurement. Proceedings of PLEA 13. Munich, Germany, 10 September 2013 - 10 September 2013. View this article in WRRO
- Integrated Indoor Environmental Quality Assessment Methods for Occupant Comfort and Productivity. International Conference on Cleantech for Smart Cities & Buildings-From Nano to Urban Scale. EPFL-Lausanne, Switzerland, 4 September 2013 - 6 September 2013.
- Data Sharing for Sustainable Assessments: Using Functional Databases for Interoperating Multiple Building Information Structures. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (pp 193-202). Chennai, India, 25 April 2012 - 28 April 2012.
- Framework for sustainable building design. Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (pp 43-52). Yulin, Taiwan
- Procedural Reconstruction of NURBS Surfaces. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (pp 597-606). Yulin, Taiwan, 22 April 2009.
- Integrating sustainable building rating systems with building information models. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (pp 193-200)
- Singing Cans Prototyping an experimental wind instrument through parametric design integrated with field experiments. Blucher Design Proceedings (pp 703-710), 11 September 2019 - 13 September 2019.
Preprints
- An integrated urban building energy benchmarking workflow to support urban energy evaluation: a case study of Sheffield UK. Buildings, 14(11). View this article in WRRO
- Research group
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- Mohammed H Aljammaz, Closing Gaps in Building Performance Predictions with Culture-Specific Occupancy Behaviours, 2017-present
- Olivia Espinosa Trujillo, Tension-only Bamboo Structures, 2017-present
- Omar SA Hamed, Automating BIM for Green Building Evaluation and Certification in Jordan, 2018-present
- Grants
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- ARUP Global Research Challenge 2014 (PI: Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang, CI: Prof. Martin Mayfield), ARUP, £20,000, Dec 2014-Jun 2016.
- Learned Societies Fund for CAADRIA 2013, SSoA, 2013
- Learned Societies Fund for eCAADe 2014, SSoA, 2014
- Teaching activities
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My current teaching activities are at Post Graduate Taught level:
- ARC6811 Parametric Architectural Geometry, Autumn.
- ARC6812 Building Information Modelling, Management and Analysis, Autumn.
- ARC6818 Elements of Computational Design I, Autumn.
I co-Lead Studio MAKE (ARC6815 with Dr Chengzhi Peng) and also contribute to the following modules: ARC6816 MSc Dissertation/Thesis Design Project; ARC6990 MSc SAS Advance Project; ARC322 Special Study; ARC556/566 MArch Dissertation
In 2013 and 2014, I coordinated ARC6840 Renewable Energy module for MSc Sustainable Architecture Studies.
Administrative roles:
- Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator
- Member of IT and Print Committee
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Reviewer, Architectural Science Review, 2014
- Reviewer, 16th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG), 2014
- Member of SmartGeometry 2012 International Advisory Board, 2012
- ARM|Additive Robotic Materialization, AGD+Tamkang University, Taiwan, 2013
- Actuating Geometry in Design [Digital Fabrication], Taipei Tech, Taiwan, 2013
- Actuating Geometry in Design [Physical Computing], Taipei Tech, Taiwan, 2012
- [Guest Lecture] Generative Architecture Geometry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 2010
- [Invited Workshop] Parametric Urban Furniture, Tamkang University, Taiwan, 2009
- [Invited Workshop] Digital Tectonics : Robotic Fabrication, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 2009