Dr Ning Gu is a Professor in Architecture at the University of South Australia. He has researched in the broad areas of Architectural Computing and Design Cognition, including topics such as Computational Design Analysis; Computer-supported Collaborative Design; Interactive and Virtual Environments; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Generative and Parametric Design Systems; Intercultural Design and Communication; and Protocol Studies on designers' behaviour and cognition.
Professor Ning Gu’s scholarly outputs have been documented in over 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research has been supported by competitive grants valued at over 4 million Australian dollars, which include prestigious funding schemes such as the... Read more
About me
Dr Ning Gu is a Professor in Architecture at the University of South Australia. He has researched in the broad areas of Architectural Computing and Design Cognition, including topics such as Computational Design Analysis; Computer-supported Collaborative Design; Interactive and Virtual Environments; Building Information Modelling (BIM); Generative and Parametric Design Systems; Intercultural Design and Communication; and Protocol Studies on designers' behaviour and cognition.
Professor Ning Gu’s scholarly outputs have been documented in over 200 peer-reviewed publications. His research has been supported by competitive grants valued at over 4 million Australian dollars, which include prestigious funding schemes such as the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Projects Grant; ARC Linkage Projects Grant; ARC Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities Grant; Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) Innovation and Development Grant; and Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) Grant.
Professor Gu is a current member of the Australian Research Council’s (ARC) College of Experts. He is an Associate Editor for the international journal Architectural Science Review (ASR, Q1), and has also guest-edited/chaired/reviewed for major international journals/conferences in the field. He was a Visiting Scholar at MIT, Columbia University and Eindhoven University of Technology.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy The University of Sydney
Master of Design Science with Honours (Design Computing) The University of Sydney
Bachelor of Architecture Shenzen University
Current reseach project highlights include:
2022- 2025: Thomas, B.H., Gu, N. (Chief Investigator) and Cunningham, A., Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design, Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (ARC DP) Grant, AUD$455,000.
2018- 2022: London, K. and Gu, N. (Chief Investigator), Rethinking Housing: Network Analysis for Digital Collaboration, Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (ARC DP) Grant, AUD$443,188.
2022- 2025: Barrie, H., Soebarto, V., Faulkner, D., Gu, N. (Chief Investigator), Kroll, D., Crawford-Pope, L. and Di Lernia, N., Determining the Social Value of Extreme, Mixed-use Urban Developments, Partners: Uniting Communities Incorporated and Australian Institute of... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026
Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute Scholarship, Australian Housing & Urban Research Institute, 22/06/2023 - 31/05/2026
Development of an end-user co-design toolkit for sustainable residential retrofits using environmental sensors and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies Project, Various, 01/07/2024 - 31/07/2025
Development of a new consumer-driven building inspection tool using AI and AR technologies, Qubisoft Pty Ltd, 05/09/2024 - 30/03/2025
End-user Social Interactions within the UCity Building for Post-occupancy Evaluation, Uniting Communities, 01/11/2019 - 31/08/2020
Developing pedagogical solutions to linguistic and cultural barriers in design education supporting Asian architecture students, OLT-Grants - Innovation & Development, 01/08/2016 - 31/07/2018
Sharing the language of design: an Australian Korean partnership (AKF00624), Australia-Korea Foundation, 23/01/2017 - 31/12/2017
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Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
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Gu, N & Maher, ML 2014, Designing adaptive virtual worlds, Walter de Gruyter, Germany.
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Gu, N & Maher, ML 2014, Designing adaptive virtual worlds, Walter de Gruyter, Germany.
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Research
Current reseach project highlights include:
2022- 2025: Thomas, B.H., Gu, N. (Chief Investigator) and Cunningham, A., Parametric VR: An Interactive Virtual Reality System for Parametric Design, Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (ARC DP) Grant, AUD$455,000.
2018- 2022: London, K. and Gu, N. (Chief Investigator), Rethinking Housing: Network Analysis for Digital Collaboration, Australian Research Council Discovery Projects (ARC DP) Grant, AUD$443,188.
2022- 2025: Barrie, H., Soebarto, V., Faulkner, D., Gu, N. (Chief Investigator), Kroll, D., Crawford-Pope, L. and Di Lernia, N., Determining the Social Value of Extreme, Mixed-use Urban Developments, Partners: Uniting Communities Incorporated and Australian Institute of Architects, Australian Research Council Linkage Projects (ARC LP) Grant, AUD$287,994.
2023: Craig, H., Arthur, P., Edmonds, P., Gu, N. (Chief Investigator), Smith, R., May, A., Maxwell-Stewart, H., Gibbs, M., Coleborne, C., Ryan, L., Palmer, B., Nichols, J., Barnett, T. and Lamond, J., Time Layered Cultural Map of Australia: Advanced Techniques and Big Data, Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (ARC LIEF) Grant, AUD$472,543.
2019- 2021: Craig, H., Verhoeven, D., Arthur, P., May, A., Smith, R., Gu, N. (Chief Investigator), Champion, E., Harvey, M., Haskins, V. and Ryan, L., Time-layered Cultural Map, Australian Research Council Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (ARC LIEF) Grant, AUD$420,000.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
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| Aalto University | FINLAND |
| Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments | AUSTRALIA |
| Avondale University | AUSTRALIA |
| China University of Mining and Technology | CHINA |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | CHINA |
| Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
| Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water | AUSTRALIA |
| Edith Cowan University | AUSTRALIA |
| Eindhoven University of Technology | NETHERLANDS |
| Federal University of Technology | NIGERIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| George Mason University | UNITED STATES |
| Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
| Hanyang University | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH) |
| International University of Sarajevo | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
| Iran University of Science and Technology | IRAN |
| Kyung-hee University | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH) |
| MassBespoke | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
| Namseoul University | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (SOUTH) |
| National Cheng Kung University | TAIWAN |
| Nexus Point Solutions | AUSTRALIA |
| Northeast Forestry University | CHINA |
| Office for Design and Architecture South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| prefabAUS | AUSTRALIA |
| Rangsit University | THAILAND |
| RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
| Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences | IRAN |
| Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
| Tarbiat Modarres University | IRAN |
| Technical University of Denmark | DENMARK |
| Technion Israel Institute of Technology | ISRAEL |
| The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | CHINA |
| Tianjin University | CHINA |
| TOBB University of Economics and Technology | TURKEY |
| Torrens University Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Alberta | CANADA |
| University of Campinas | BRAZIL |
| University of Manchester | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
| University of North Carolina at Charlotte | UNITED STATES |
| University Of Sarajevo | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Technology | IRAQ |
| University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Wolverhampton | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
| Woods Bagot | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Xi'an Jiaotong University | CHINA |
| Yuan Ze University | TAIWAN |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
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ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2022 |
Associate EditorArchitectural Science Review, Taylor & Francis |
2022 |
Journal Special Issue EditorBuildings |
2022 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2021 |
Associate EditorArchitectural Science Review, Taylor & Francis |
2021 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2020 |
Associate EditorArchitectural Science Review, Taylor & Francis |
2020 |
Guest ProfessorTianjin University, China |
2020 |
Journal Special Issue EditorArchitectural Science Review |
2020 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2019 |
Associate EditorArchitectural Science Review, Taylor & Francis |
2019 |
Guest ProfessorTianjin University, China |
2019 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2018 |
Grant AssessorNational Science Centre, Poland |
2018 |
Grant AssessorIrish Research Council, Ireland |
2018 |
Guest ProfessorTianjin University, China |
2018 |
Keynote SpeakerThe 2nd Annual Computational Design Conference, University of New South Wales |
2018 |
SecretaryThe Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia |
2018 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2017 |
SecretaryThe Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia |
2017 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2016 |
SecretaryThe Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia |
2016 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2015 |
Journal Special Issue EditorArchitectural Science Review |
2015 |
Journal Special Issue EditorInternational Journal of Architectural Computing |
2015 |
Keynote SpeakerCultural DNA Workshop, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea |
2015 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2014 |
Board of Directors MemberInternational Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering |
2014 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2013 |
Board of Directors MemberInternational Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering |
2013 |
Keynote SpeakerJoint Conference of Design Quality in a Digital and Integrated Age, State University of Campinas |
2013 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2012 |
Board of Directors MemberInternational Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering |
2012 |
Emerging Research LeaderThe University of Newcastle |
2012 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2011 |
Board of Directors MemberInternational Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering |
2011 |
Journal Special Issue EditorAutomation in Construction |
2011 |
ARC Grants AssessorAustralian Research Council (ARC) |
2010 |
Board of Directors MemberInternational Society for Computing in Civil and Building Engineering |
2010 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
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| A Digital Twin-enabled approach to determining and visualising building performances incorporating social considerations: a case study of U City, a mixed-use vertical housing development | Current |
| Art of Place: Art and Culture as Neighbourhood Placemaking | Current |
| Beyond Algorithm-Driven Design: Enhancing Creativity and Critical Thinking in Interior Architecture Education | Current |
| Design for emotional wellbeing using virtual/mixed reality: Exploring the cross-cultural dynamics that affect the planning, aesthetics and final design layout of living spaces in the homes of multicultural Australians. | Current |
| Design thinking in immersive environments: exploring the impacts of VR on parametric design process | Current |
| Develop a framework to facilitate the adoption of Offsite Construction in the Australian Residential Sector by improving information sharing among the stakeholders | Current |
| Development of Trust-Based Framework to Implement Sharing Economy Practices in the Construction Industry | Current |
| Management of timber's moisture content during storage | Current |
| The influence of virtual realism on cognitive and neurocognitive aspects of design thinking | Current |
| A BIM-enabled approach to designing out construction & demolition waste: how to shift designers' behaviour and provide adequate information during the decision-making process | Completed |
| An approach to planning and designing urban green space to enhance social and ecological sustainability of residential areas | Completed |
| An integrated data-driven approach to assisting computational urban design processes | Completed |
| An investigation of the potential of machine translation and post-editing to advance students' learning of Chinese and English languages in higher education | Completed |
| Design decisions towards minimising construction waste: improving the building design stage decision-making process through enhanced information sharing. | Completed |
| Exploring risks, drivers, and constraints of modular construction in Australasia: leveraging immersive VR technology for safety and efficiency | Completed |
| Integrating immersive technologies with building information modelling (BIM) for improved productivity of building performance | Completed |
| Spatial and spatio-functional patterns: a syntactical study of four typical historic Chinese towns | Completed |
| The impact of urban density and design on social sustainability: measuring spatial configuration of a neighbourhood through a computational approach | Completed |
| Transforming to an age friendly world: models of co-design for creating age-friendly public green spaces in urban neighbourhoods | Completed |
