Overview
Background
Dr Dan Luo is a designer and architectural researcher with a strong foundation in computer science. She earned a PhD in Architecture from Tsinghua University (2019), Master of Architecture from Columbia University (2014), and an MSc in Computer and Information Technology at the University of Pennsylvania(2023).
Dr Luo’s scholarship centers on digital design and robotic construction. After practicing at the pioneering firm UNStudio, she has focused on integrating advanced fabrication technologies with design build workflows to envision the future of automated construction. Her work has been published in leading journals and conference proceedings, and the robotic systems she developed have been deployed on active building sites.
Dr Luo is also a key researcher within the ARC Advance Timber Hub, Blue Economy CRC, Sustainable Built Environment National Research Centre, and Transport Academic Partnership Project, leading projects with public agencies and academic partners. Her extensive collaborations span international networks of partners. Her projects have been exhibited at the Milan Triennial, the Architecture Center New York, and the China Millennium Monument. From 2014 to 2019, she served as Director of International Collaboration for the China Building Centre, where she curated international design competitions and educational programs for universities, developers, and government agencies.
Availability
- Dr Dan Luo is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Architecture), University of Hong Kong
- Masters (Coursework) of Architecture, Columbia University in the City of New York
- Doctor of Philosophy, Tsinghua University
- Masters (Coursework) of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Pennsylvania
Research interests
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Artificial Intellegence and Material Computation
Developing smart material system with AI and computer vision
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Robotic Fabrication
Application of robotic automation for mass customization and adaptive construction.
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Urban Data Analysis
Develop data analytic method for informing urban development strategy
Research impacts
Workshops
2020 CAADRIA pre-conference workshop - Machine vision and smart material processing
2018 Tsinghua Architecture Summer School Parametric Design Workshop - AI enhanced robotic 3D printing
2017 DADA international conference - Swarm Nest 5.0
2016 Milan Triennale X - Swarm Nest interactive installation
2016 Tsinghua Architecture Summer School Parametric Design Workshop - Human Centric Digital Farication
2015 Tsinghua Architecture Summer School Parametric Design Workshop - Metatool
Curation and Exhibition Design
10/2016 The Brick Trumpet, Beijing Design Week 2016
08/2016 Swarm Nest 1.0, Milan Triennale 2016
05/2016 Quasicrystal flower vest, ROBOTIC FUTURE Exhibition of Shanghai Biennale 2016
05/2015 New York – Beijing – New York Chinese Contemporary Architecture Exhibition, AIA Center for Architecture, New York, Exhibition Design
09/2014 Exhibition designer CBC Contemporary Chinese Architecture and Beyond Architecture, China Millennium Monument, Beijing, Exhibition Design
12/2007 Populated Furniture, Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-city Biennale 2008
Works
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2022
Conference Publication
Sensing the City: Leveraging geotagged social media posts and street view imagery to model urban streetscapes using deep neural networks
Aman, Jayedi, Matisziw, Timothy C., Kim, Jong Bum and Luo, Dan (2022). Sensing the City: Leveraging geotagged social media posts and street view imagery to model urban streetscapes using deep neural networks. 27th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 9 – 15 April 2022. Hong Kong: Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. doi: 10.52842/conf.caadria.2022.1.595
2022
Other Outputs
Weaving Tectonics - structural performance-based carbon fibre weaving installations
Luo, Dan, Bao, Dingwen and Xin, Zhuoyang (2022). Weaving Tectonics - structural performance-based carbon fibre weaving installations . Melbourne, Australia: NGV Melbourne Design Week 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Associations between street-view perceptions and housing prices: subjective vs. objective measures using computer vision and machine learning techniques
Xu, Xiang, Qiu, Waishan, Li, Wenjing, Liu, Xun, Zhang, Ziye, Li, Xiaojiang and Luo, Dan (2022). Associations between street-view perceptions and housing prices: subjective vs. objective measures using computer vision and machine learning techniques. Remote Sensing, 14 (4) 891, 891. doi: 10.3390/rs14040891
2022
Conference Publication
Quantifying Association Between Street-Level Urban Features and Crime Distribution Around Manhattan Subway Entrances
Su, Nanxi, Qiu, Waishan, Li, Wenjing and Luo, Dan (2022). Quantifying Association Between Street-Level Urban Features and Crime Distribution Around Manhattan Subway Entrances. 18th International Conference of Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28–30 November 2022. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22064-7_18
2022
Book Chapter
Process and evaluation of automated robotic fabrication system for in-situ structure confinement
Kumar, B. Bala Murali, Hsueh, Yun Chung, Xin, Zhuoyang and Luo, Dan (2022). Process and evaluation of automated robotic fabrication system for in-situ structure confinement. Proceedings of the 2021 DigitalFUTURES: the 3rd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2021). (pp. 368-379) edited by Philip F. Yuan, Hua Chai, Chao Yan and Neil Leach. Singapore, Singapore: Springer . doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-5983-6_34
2022
Conference Publication
The Coherence and Divergence Between the Objective and Subjective Measurement of Street Perceptions for Shanghai
Song, Qiwei, Li, Meikang, Qiu, Waishan, Li, Wenjing and Luo, Dan (2022). The Coherence and Divergence Between the Objective and Subjective Measurement of Street Perceptions for Shanghai. 18th International Conference of Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28–30 November 2022. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22064-7_19
2021
Journal Article
Additive fabrication of large-scale customizable formwork using robotic fiber-reinforced polymer winding
Ou, Ya, Bao, Ding-Wen, Zhu, Guan-Qi and Luo, Dan (2021). Additive fabrication of large-scale customizable formwork using robotic fiber-reinforced polymer winding. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 9 (2), 109-121. doi: 10.1089/3dp.2020.0358
2021
Journal Article
Adaptable Method for Dynamic Planning of 3D Spatial Wireframes Extrusion with Neural Networks and Robotic Automation
Luo, Dan and Xu, Weiguo (2021). Adaptable Method for Dynamic Planning of 3D Spatial Wireframes Extrusion with Neural Networks and Robotic Automation. 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing, 9 (4), 1-13. doi: 10.1089/3dp.2020.0176
2021
Conference Publication
Real-time defect recognition and optimized decision making for structural timber jointing
Luo, Dan, Gattas, Joseph M. and Tan, Poah Shiun Shawn (2021). Real-time defect recognition and optimized decision making for structural timber jointing. 2nd International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2020), Shanghai, China, July 5, 2020. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-33-4400-6_4
2021
Book Chapter
From factory to site — designing for industrial robots used in on-site construction
Luo, Dan and Yu, Lei (2021). From factory to site — designing for industrial robots used in on-site construction. Automating cities: design, construction, operation and future impact. (pp. 87-109) edited by Brydon T. Wang and C. M. Wang. Singapore: Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-8670-5_4
2021
Conference Publication
Robotic weaving of customizable frp formworks for large-scale optimized structure
Guanqizhu, , Ou, Ya, Bao, Dingwen and Luo, Dan (2021). Robotic weaving of customizable frp formworks for large-scale optimized structure. 26th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2021, Hong Kong, China, 29 March-1 April 2021. Hong Kong, China: The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA).
2020
Journal Article
The smart robot crafting approach to computing materials
Luo, Dan, Chen, Dechen, Wang, Jingsong, Zhu, Guanqi and Xu, Weiguo (2020). The smart robot crafting approach to computing materials. Construction Robotics, 4 (3-4), 239-249. doi: 10.1007/s41693-020-00040-x
2020
Conference Publication
Pattern Recognition and Prediction of Bending-active Thin Sheets via Artificial Neural Networks
Zhou, Xinjie, Wang, Xiang, Luo, Dan and Yuan, Philip (2020). Pattern Recognition and Prediction of Bending-active Thin Sheets via Artificial Neural Networks. IASS 2020/21 Surrey Symposium: Active bending, Barcelona, Spain, 23-27 August 2020. Madrid, Spain: International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS).
2019
Conference Publication
Automatic brick masonry system and its application in on-site construction
Xu, Weiguo, Luo, Dan and Gao, Yuan (2019). Automatic brick masonry system and its application in on-site construction. 24th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Intelligent and Informed, CAADRIA 2019, Wellington, New Zealand, 15-18 April 2019. Hong Kong: Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA).
2019
Conference Publication
Re-perceive 3D printing with Artificial Intelligence
Chen, Dechen, Luo, Dan, Xu, Weiguo, Luo, Chen, Yan, Xia, Shen, Liren and Wang, Tianjun (2019). Re-perceive 3D printing with Artificial Intelligence. Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe and XXIII Iberoamerican Society of Digital Graphics, Joint Conference, Porto, Portugal, 11-13 September 2019. São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Blucher. doi: 10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_034
2019
Book Chapter
Dynamic robotic slip-form casting and eco-friendly building façade design
Yu, Lei, Luo, Dan and Xu, Weiguo (2019). Dynamic robotic slip-form casting and eco-friendly building façade design. Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018. (pp. 422-433) edited by Jan Willmann, Philippe Block, Marco Hutter, Kendra Byrne and Tim Schork. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-92294-2_32
2018
Journal Article
Mesh optimisation for spatial wireframe robotic 3D printing
Yu, Lei and Luo, Dan (2018). Mesh optimisation for spatial wireframe robotic 3D printing. International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing, 7 (2/3), 169-185. doi: 10.1504/IJRAPIDM.2018.092904
2018
Conference Publication
Kinetair: Interactive stairs with multiple functions
Liu, Jie, Ma, Hongtao, Tang, Ning, Xu, Weiguo and Luo, Dan (2018). Kinetair: Interactive stairs with multiple functions. Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018. Hong Kong: The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA).
2018
Conference Publication
Robotic automatic generation of performance model for non-uniform linear material via deep learning
Luo, Dan, Wang, Jinsong and Xu, Weiguo (2018). Robotic automatic generation of performance model for non-uniform linear material via deep learning. CAADRIA 2018 - 23rd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Learning, Prototyping and Adapting, Beijing, China, 17-19 May 2018. Hong Kong: Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA).
2018
Conference Publication
Applied automatic machine learning process for material computation
Luo, Dan, Wang, Jingsong and Xu, Weiguo (2018). Applied automatic machine learning process for material computation. International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Lodz, Poland, 17-21 September 2018. Lodz, Poland: eCAADe and Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology.
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Dan Luo is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Connecting mega-events through micromobility: A data-driven visual design methodology via AI-generated street scenery
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Silvia Micheli, Professor Ali Cheshmehzangi
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Doctor Philosophy
Robotic FRP fabrication for large scale customizable structure
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joe Gattas, Dr Michael Heitzmann
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing environmentally responsive facades by self-assembly timber modules
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joe Gattas
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Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing Sustainability in Construction: Environmentally Adaptive Modular Earth-Based Facade Design with Digital Fabrication and Realtime Customization
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Fred Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Dr Mehrnoosh Mirzaei
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Master Philosophy
Data-Driven Urban Evaluation of Australian cities through the lens of Micromobility
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Silvia Micheli
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Doctor Philosophy
Mobility Culture and Micro-scale Living Patterns: Re-conceptualization of Land Use and Movement Patterns in Australian Cities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Silvia Micheli
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Doctor Philosophy
An Integrated Approach to Design and Construction of Waste Wood
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Joe Gattas
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