Overview
Background
Dr Fred Fialho Teixeira is an architect, media artist and senior lecturer at University of Queensland, School of Architecture, Design and Planning. He has been working in the fields of computational architecture and immersive environments for the last 20 years. He has been awarded the Dean's Fellowship from the University of California and Media Arts and Technology Fellowship where he initiated is PhD on innovative biological-based design strategies at the California Nano Systems Institute. Additionally he co-established and developed an international research program on the studies of Perception of Space in Architecture and Culture and the UQ Visualisation Lab with a focus on the used of immersive technologies and extended realities (VR/AR/XR). With over 50 publications on design methods and research in digital design and fabrication, his research focuses on bio-augmented spaces through the experiential traits of immersive media and spatial computing strategies. He's an alumni of the Architectural Association, School of Architecture (AA) and accredited architect by Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and Portuguese Chamber of Architects (OA) and also practiced for high profile offices such as Zaha Hadid Architects. Through his innovative strategies he designed over 30 projects from which he was internationally awarded within biology, art and architectural domains. Presently his research work on spatial computation combines the use of mixed reality and advanced manufacturing to enable the next generation of built environments.
Memberships
Architectural Association, School of Architecture (UK),Royal Institute of British Architects (UK), Chamber of Architects (PT), Australian Smart Communities Association (AU).
Availability
- Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Architecture, Architectural Association, School of Architecture
- Doctor of Philosophy, Istanbul Technical University
- Bachelor (Honours) of Architecture and Urbanism, Universidade Lusiada
Research interests
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Biological Paradigms & Bio-Design
The use of biological strategies into architecture to envision future applications of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology.
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Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
Simulation, Simulacrum, Acoustics, Visualisation.
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Digital Cognition and Perception
Studies on visual and aural user-behaviour on artificial environments (VR/AR)
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Computational Design
Emergent strategies applied to design innovation.
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Digital Fabrication
CNC, Laser Cutting, Robotic Fabrication.
Research impacts
Dr Frederico Fialho Teixeira has been actively involved in international academic and research relations, as a founding element of multiple international collaborative research projects at European level. He launched Media Architectures and Spatial Systems (MASS) international project focuses on researching a systemic strategy between fabrication and immersion by combining robotic and virtual systems in an integrated design approach. In tandem with his research, the POSIAC international European Union research project focused on the perception of space in architecture, which included the use of Augmented Reality allowing certain degrees of agency and interaction with architecture. Presently his expertise ranges between the areas of Computational Architecture and Immersive Environments with a focus in biological design paradigms and let to Chief Investigator in 'The Integrated Bio-economy Project and the Controlled Biosphere' Australian Research Council Linkage grant led by the Institute of Molecular Biosciences. Digital design realm is an integral component of his research and design explorations, which combining biologic and algorithmic design strategies with advanced fabrication in particular robotic manufacturing and additive manufacturing. Additionally, his work on the field of immersive environments and extended realities (VR/AR/XR) through the UQ VisLab seeks to contribute in novel design research methods, where processes of cognition and perception establish an embedded integration with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for new media and architecture.
Works
Search Professor Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira’s works on UQ eSpace
2024
Other Outputs
RoboBlox sustained: SHErobots: ecologies of care
Teixeira, Müge Belek Fialho, Caldwell, Glenda, Donovan, Jared, Fialho, Frederico, Shafiei, Maryam and Sakr, Ahmed (2024). RoboBlox sustained: SHErobots: ecologies of care.
2024
Conference Publication
Exploring rule-based discrete timber design with mortise-tenon joints
Xu, Qianbin, Teixeira, Frederico Fialho and Shafiei, Maryam (2024). Exploring rule-based discrete timber design with mortise-tenon joints. 29th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Singapore, 20-26 April 2024. Hong Kong, China: The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia.
2023
Conference Publication
Why is teamwork so hard to teach well at university?
Coulter, Beverly, Birkett, Greg, Boden, Marie, Chen, Shaun, Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Fred, Fleming, Melanie, Hickman, Mark and Hope Borchardt, Lilly (2023). Why is teamwork so hard to teach well at university?. 34th Australasian Association For Engineering Education Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 3-6 December 2023.
2023
Book Chapter
Understanding design culture from East to West: a transdisciplinary approach to teaching
Scharoun, Lisa, Fialho Teixeira, Muge Belek, Hills, Danny, Fialho Teixeira, Frederico, Flynn, Daphne and Gudur, Raghavendra (2023). Understanding design culture from East to West: a transdisciplinary approach to teaching. Contemporary design education in Australia: creating transdisciplinary futures. (pp. 84-102) edited by Lisa Scharoun, Philip Crowther, Philip Crowther, Deanna Meth, Dean Brough, Lindy Osborne Burton and Muge Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira. Bristol, United Kingdom: Intellect.
2023
Book Chapter
Understanding design culture from east to west: a transdisciplinary approach to teaching
Scharoun, Lisa, Fialho Teixeira, Müge Belek, Hills, Danny, Teixeira, Frederico Fialho, Flynn, Daphne and Gudur, Raghavendra (2023). Understanding design culture from east to west: a transdisciplinary approach to teaching. Contemporary design education in Australia: creating transdisciplinary futures. (pp. 225-248) edited by Lisa Scharoun, Philip Crowther, Deanna Meth, Dean Brough and Lindy Osborne Burton. Bristol, United Kingdom: Intellect.
2023
Other Outputs
Purpose built: Digital twin of UQ St Lucia campus
Fialho Teixeira, Frederico, Mashaly, Isalm, Shafiei, Maryam and Karlovsek, Jurij (2023). Purpose built: Digital twin of UQ St Lucia campus.
2023
Other Outputs
Purpose built: Remote robotic additive manufacturing
Fialho Teixeira, Frederico and Shafiei, Maryam (2023). Purpose built: Remote robotic additive manufacturing.
2023
Other Outputs
Inherent academic requirements – Architecture programs
Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Frederico (2023). Inherent academic requirements – Architecture programs. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2023
Conference Publication
Structural performance of bio-clay cobot printed blocks
Shafiei, Maryam, Teixeira, Fred Fialho and Zhu, Guanqi (2023). Structural performance of bio-clay cobot printed blocks. 28th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Ahmedabad, India, 18-24 March 2023. Ahmedabad, India: CEPT University. doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2023.2.129
2023
Conference Publication
Frameworks in flexible timber design systems combining mortise-tenon joints and discrete timber blocks
Xu, Qianbin, Fialho Teixeira, Frederico and Shafiei, Maryam (2023). Frameworks in flexible timber design systems combining mortise-tenon joints and discrete timber blocks. 41st Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe 2023), Graz, Austria, 20-22 September 2023. Graz, Austria: Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe. doi: 10.52842/conf.ecaade.2023.1.283
2022
Other Outputs
RoboBlox
Teixeira, Muge Belek Fialho, Shafiei, Maryam, Caldwell, Glenda, Donovan, Jared, Teixeira, Frederico Fialho and Lotfian, Shabnam (2022). RoboBlox. SHErobots, Tool, Toy, Companion. (pp. 74-78) edited by Dagmar Reinhardt, Lian Loke and Deborah Turnbull Tillman. Sydney, Australia: The University of Sydney.
2022
Other Outputs
Workflow for robotic sketching
Shafiei, Maryam and Teixeira, Fred Fialho Leandro Alves (2022). Workflow for robotic sketching. Employing Robots in Architecture Education Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
2022
Other Outputs
Urban Totems: Creative Work for 2022 MoB-Botanica Exhibition
Knox, Kristina, Shafiei, Maryam, Aldakheel, Shaden and Fialho Teixeira, Fred (2022). Urban Totems: Creative Work for 2022 MoB-Botanica Exhibition.
2022
Conference Publication
Creating opera utilising augmented reality and virtual reality technologies
Rose, Taana, Klein, Eve and Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Fred (2022). Creating opera utilising augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. EuroXR 2022, Stuttgart, Germany, 14-16 September 2022. Finland: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. doi: 10.32040/2242-122X.2022.T408
2020
Conference Publication
Role of interactive space in social relationships through actor-network theory
Teixeira, Frederico Fialho, Boychenko, Kristina, Kuzovkova, Tatiana and Boychenko, Irena (2020). Role of interactive space in social relationships through actor-network theory. 2020 International Conference on Engineering Management of Communication and Technology (EMCTECH), Vienna, Austria, 20-22 October 2020. Vienna, Austria: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EMCTECH49634.2020.9261525
2020
Journal Article
The one and the multiple
Fialho Teixeira, Frederico and Fialho Teixeira, Müge Belek (2020). The one and the multiple. IDEA Journal, 17 (01), 221-236. doi: 10.37113/ij.v17i01.357
2019
Other Outputs
Brisbane Art Design - Roboblox
Frederico Fialho Teixeira, Muge Belek Fialho Teixeira, Jared Donovan, Glenda Caldwell and Alan Burden (2019). Brisbane Art Design - Roboblox .
2018
Other Outputs
The one and the multiples
Teixeira, Frederico Fialho and Teixeira, Muge Fialho Leandro Alves (2018). The one and the multiples. Brisbane, Australia: State Library of Queensland.
2018
Other Outputs
Robotic Morphologies
Teixeira, Muge Fialho Leandro Alves, Teixeira, Frederico Fialho, Donovan, Jared, Caldwell, Glenda and Burden, Alan (2018). Robotic Morphologies.
2018
Conference Publication
Media Architecture and Spatial Systems: Mediated Realities in Architecture
Fialho Teixeira, Frederico (2018). Media Architecture and Spatial Systems: Mediated Realities in Architecture. Annual Design Review, Sydney, NSW Australia, 27-28 September 2018. Sydney, NSW Australia: University of Sydney.
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Extended Reality for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (XR+AEC)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Dhaval Vyas
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Doctor Philosophy
From nature to fabrication: dragonfly wings inspired design principles for lightweight composite spatial structure
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Architecture in reconfiguration with computing: Prefabricated timber discrete building components
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joe Gattas
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Doctor Philosophy
Designing mixed reality to foster making practices in low socioeconomic status communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Paola Leardini, Dr Dhaval Vyas
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Doctor Philosophy
MAPPING THE ONTOLOGICAL STRUCTURES OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Manu P. Sobti
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Doctor Philosophy
Square Transformations: Reading Frank Lloyd Wright's plan in the Australian House of the 1950s and 1960s
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke, Associate Professor Antony Moulis
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Doctor Philosophy
Designing mixed reality to foster making practices in low socioeconomic status communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Paola Leardini, Dr Dhaval Vyas
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Agency of Interactive Space in Shaping Users' Behaviour and Perception through Actor-Network Theory
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stephen Viller
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Beyond the Void: Tracing Situated Knowledges in Mining Landscapes of the Anthropocene
Joint Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Erskine
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Square Transformations: Reading Frank Lloyd Wright's plan in the Australian House of the 1950s and 1960s
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Timothy O'Rourke, Dr Deborah van der Plaat, Associate Professor Antony Moulis
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Creating opera utilising augmented reality and virtual reality technologies
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Eve Klein
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Returning to Reality: a portfolio and reflective exegesis exploring the creation of interactive musical compositions within physical and virtual immersive environments
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Eve Klein
Media
Enquiries
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- Acoustics
- Augmented Reality
- BioDesign
- Computational Design
- Digital Fabrication
- Multimodal Design
- Synthetic Biology
- Virtual Reality
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