Computation and Construction in Architecture (CoCoA)
Leading the way in architectural innovation
CoCoA produces forward-looking investigations and applied research to synthesize innovative solutions and novel frameworks through diverse areas and broad applications in architectural technology.
Our research leverage environmental, cultural, and historical wisdom with the state-of-the-art inventions across scales and disciplines to identify significant changes and leading sectors that influence how society lives and develop suitable technological advancement as a catalyst agent toward a more sustainable and adaptive future.
The lab generates collaborative platform across research groups and external partnerships with expertise ranging from advanced construction and manufacturing, building and energy, computational design and modeling, mixed reality and digital media, supported with extensive knowledge of design, engineering, and industry practice.
Our research areas
- Building Performance & Sustainability | Dr Arianna Brambilla
- Timber Buiding and Façade Technologies | Dr Eugenia Gasparri
- Mixed-Reality and Digital Artifacts | Dr Anastasia Globa
- EthnoComputation & Computational Making | Dr Rizal Muslimin
- Architectural Robotics | Associate Professor Dagmar Reinhardt
- Future Past Construction | Dr Paolo Stracchi
