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
2013
Conference Publication
Nurbulations: Gastrulation and Modeling Systems of Control in Generative Art
Fialho Teixeira, F. and Belek, M. (2013). Nurbulations: Gastrulation and Modeling Systems of Control in Generative Art. Algode, Tokyo, Japan, November 2012.
2012
Journal Article
Emosphera: an autopoeisis synesthetic space
Fialho Teixeira, Frederico and Belek, Muge (2012). Emosphera: an autopoeisis synesthetic space. Technoetic Arts, 9 (2-3), 121-128. doi: 10.1386/tear.9.2-3.121_1
2012
Other Outputs
Reactive Acoustics Manta Project
Belanger, Zackery, Bernal, Guillermo, Ameres, Eric, Edwards, Seth, Fomina, Olia, Fialho, Frederico, Hambleton, Daniel, Marsvik, Christoffer, Puyol, Ana Garcia, Toulkeridou, Varvara, Schneiderman, Ben, Goldfarb, Sarah and Wisniewski, James (2012). Reactive Acoustics Manta Project.
2012
Conference Publication
Emosphera: Towards an Autopoeisis Synesthetic Space
Fialho, F. and Belek, M. (2012). Emosphera: Towards an Autopoeisis Synesthetic Space. Technoetic Telos, Greece, May 2012.
2011
Journal Article
Evolutionary total artwork: biology, media and space
Fialho Teixeira, Frederico and Belek, Muge (2011). Evolutionary total artwork: biology, media and space. International Journal of the Arts in Society, 6 (1), 87-98.
2011
Conference Publication
Evolutionary Total Artwork
Fialho, F. and Belek, M. (2011). Evolutionary Total Artwork. International Conference for Arts in Society, Berlin, Germany, May 2011.
2009
Journal Article
Infotransportadores biologicos para arquitecturas ubiquas
Fialho, F. and Belek, M. (2009). Infotransportadores biologicos para arquitecturas ubiquas. Nada (13), 74-95.
2007
Conference Publication
A novel approach in building acoustics: trans-active acoustical architecture
Fialho, F. and Belek, M. (2007). A novel approach in building acoustics: trans-active acoustical architecture. Internoise 2007: Global Approaches to Noise Control, Istanbul, Turkey, 28-31 August 2007.
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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
Novel biomimetic approach based on the main venation of the dragonfly wing for lightweight cantilever design and additive laminated manufacturing
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing Sustainability in Construction: Environmentally Adaptive Modular Earth-Based Facade Design with Digital Fabrication and Realtime Customization
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Mehrnoosh Mirzaei, Dr Dan Luo
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Doctor Philosophy
UQIDAR00398: Historical Context, Contemporary Practices, and Future Frameworks for Institutional Campus Design: A Comparative Study with Indian and Australian Technical Institutes on Liveability, Sustainability, and Imageability
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Manu P. Sobti
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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
Designing Digital Technologies for Grassroots Sustainable Practices in Eco-Villages
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
Contact Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira directly for media enquiries about:
- Acoustics
- Augmented Reality
- BioDesign
- Computational Design
- Digital Fabrication
- Multimodal Design
- Synthetic Biology
- Virtual Reality
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