Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang

BS Arch, MS Arch, PhD, FHEA

School of Architecture and Landscape

Lecturer in Sustainable Digital Design

Profile

Prior to joining Sheffield School of Architecture in 2012 I was a PhD researcher and adjunct instructor in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, USA. I also worked in both architecture and technology firms, including SOM and Gehry Technologies, and was invited to give guest lectures and workshops in the US, UK, China and Taiwan.

With a combined background in architecture and computation, I am interested in computational design research of information modelling for sustainable building design and evaluation.

In particular, I investigate algorithmic and parametric modelling workflow for iterative building performance simulation, evaluation and visualisation at both single building and urban scales.

Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ interests

My major research interests lie in investigating architectural geometry construction and information modelling from a parametric and generative perspective. Central to my research is to investigate computational approaches to solving:

  1. Building Information Interoperability for computer-aided sustainable design and evaluation. With sortable topological relational network this work can be applied in areas of building performance simulation, sustainability evaluation, compliance checking and information interoperation from a single building to a city scale.
  2. Complex Architectural Geometry Manifestation through performance-driven optimisation and digital fabrication.

Postgraduate Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Supervision Interests

  • performance-driven design process
  • geometry construction and optimisation
  • cloud-based computing for interactive/real-time building information modelling and visualisation
  • information interoperation for building performance simulation and sustainability evaluation
Publications

Journal articles

  • Yu J, Chang W-S, Zhang R, Dong Y, Huang H & Wang T-H (2024) . Energy and Buildings, 324, 114947-114947. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T-H, Huang Y & Park J (2022) . Buildings, 12(11). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J, Loftness V & Wang T-H (2022) . Buildings, 12(9). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T-H, Chung Y-L, Wang S-Y & Chang W-S (2021) . Composite Structures. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J, Loftness V, Aziz A & Wang T-H (2020) . Building and Environment. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J, Loftness V, Aziz A & Wang T-H (2020) . Building and Environment, 169, 106453-106453. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J, Loftness V, Aziz A & Wang T-H (2019) . Building and Environment. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nguyen BVD, Wang T-H & Peng C (2019) . Architectural Science Review. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Xie W, Wang T-H & Chang W-S (2019) . Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering History and Heritage. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T, Trujillo O, Chang W & Deng B (2017) . International Journal of Architectural Computing, 15(2), 169-182. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T, Krishnamurti R & Shimada K (2014) . Frontiers of Architectural Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ, 3(4), 337-347. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Biswas T, Wang T & Krishnamurti R (2013) From Design to Pre-Certification using Building Information Modeling. Journal of Green Building, 8(1), 151-176. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Krishnamurti R, Biswas T & Wang T (2012) . Communications in Computer and Information Science, 242 COMMUNICAT, 138-155. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J & Wang T-H () . Buildings, 14(11), 3398-3398. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Yu J, Dong Y, Wang T-H, Chang W-S & Park J () . Buildings, 14(8), 2434-2434. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Xu H & Wang T-H () . International Journal of Architectural Computing, 147807712311802-147807712311802. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Espinosa Trujillo O & Wang T-H (2015) , Communications in Computer and Information Science (pp. 272-290). Springer Berlin Heidelberg RIS download Bibtex download
  • Krishnamurti R, Biswas T & Wang T (2012) In Arisona S, Aschwanden G, Halatsch J & Wonka P (Ed.), Digital Urban Modeling and Simulation (pp. 138-155). Springer Berlin Heidelberg RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Nurdiah E, Wang T-H & Chang W-S (2023) . World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2023), 19 June 2023 - 22 June 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nurdiah E, Wang T-H & Chang W-S (2023) . Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Education and Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe) [Volume 1], 20 September 2023 - 22 September 2023. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhao X, Wang TH & Peng C (2022) Automatic Room Type Classification using Machine Learning for Two-Dimensional Residential Building Plans. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 2 (pp 593-600) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Xu H & Wang T-H (2022) . CAADRIA proceedings, 9 April 2022 - 15 April 2022. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ilyas S, Wang X, Li W, Zhang Z, Wang TH & Peng C (2020) Towards an Interactionist Model of Cognizant Architecture A sentient maze built with swarm intelligence. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 2 (pp 201-208) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Aljammaz M, Wang T-H & Peng C (2019) The influence of Saudi Arabian culture on energy use: Improving the time-use schedules in energy simulation for houses in Riyadh. "Hello, Culture!"- CAAD Futures 2019 (pp 536-552), 26 June 2019 - 28 June 2019. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nguyen BVD, Peng C & Wang TH (2019) Koala: Developing a generative house design system with agent-based modelling of social spatial processes. 24th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (CAADRIA) 2019, Vol. 1 (pp 235-244), 15 April 2019 - 18 April 2019. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Aljammaz M, Wang TH & Peng C (2019) Understanding occupant behaviour in Islamic homes to close the gap in building performance simulation: A case study of houses in Riyadh. Building Simulation Conference Proceedings, Vol. 3 (pp 2107-2114) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hamed OS & Wang TH (2019) BIM2PHPP: A new BIM-based tool for passivhaus design with PHPP. Building Simulation Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1 (pp 100-105) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang SY, Sianoudi A, Wang M, Wu H, Wang TH, Zhang Z & Peng C (2019) . Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe, Vol. 1 (pp 703-710) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Nguyen BVD, Watlom T, Peng C & Wang T-H (2018) Prototyping Adaptive Architecture - Balancing Flexibility of Folding Patterns and Adaptability of Micro-Kinetic Movements. Computing for a better tomorrow - Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference - Volume 2, Vol. 2. Lodz, Poland RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu C, Wang T-H, Meagher M & Peng C (2017) Feather-inspired social media data processing for generating developable surfaces: Prototyping an affective architecture Prototyping an affective architecture. ECAADE 2017: SHARING OF COMPUTABLE KNOWLEDGE! (SHOCK!), VOL 1 (pp 181-190) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Huang Y & Wang T (2016) Automatic Calculation Of A New China Glare Index. Proceedings of BSO 2016. Newcastle, UK, 12 September 2016 - 14 September 2016. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Si F & Wang T (2015) Building massing optimisation in early design stage: A performance-driven design based on total sunlight hours evaluation. Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (pp 583-592) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T (2014) Reasoning Spatial Relationships in Building Information Models using Voxels. Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Education and research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (pp 465-471). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 10 September 2014 - 12 September 2014. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T (2013) Tessellating freeform surfaces with boundary-driven analysis. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (pp 873-882) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J, Wang T, Witt A & Loftness V (2013) Data Acquisition and Visualization for IEQ Assessment: A case study of daylight field measurement. PLEA 2013 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T, Park J & Witt A (2013) . International Conference on Cleantech for Smart Cities & Buildings-From Nano to Urban Scale. EPFL-Lausanne, Switzerland, 4 September 2013 - 6 September 2013. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Biswas T, Wang T & Krishnamurti R (2012) Data Sharing for Sustainable Assessments: Using Functional Databases for Interoperating Multiple Building Information Structures. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (pp 193-202). Chennai, India, 25 April 2012 - 28 April 2012. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Biswas T, Krishnamurti R & Wang TH (2009) Framework for sustainable building design. Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (pp 43-52). Yulin, Taiwan RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wang T (2009) Procedural Reconstruction of NURBS Surfaces. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (pp 597-606). Yulin, Taiwan, 22 April 2009. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Biswas T, Wang TH & Krishnamurti R (2008) Integrating sustainable building rating systems with building information models. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ in Asia (pp 193-200) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Abdoul-Wali F, Wang T-H & Peng C () Fault Detection and Localization using IFC: A Case Study of BIM-based Visualisation of BAS-related Faults. CIBSE Technical Symposium 2019, 25 April 2019 - 26 April 2019. RIS download Bibtex download

Preprints

  • Yu J, Chang W-S, Zhang R, Dong Y, Huang H & Wang T-H (2024) , Elsevier BV. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Park J & Wang T-H (2024) , Elsevier BV. RIS download Bibtex download
Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ group
  • Mohammed H Aljammaz, Closing Gaps in Building Performance Predictions with Culture-Specific Occupancy Behaviours, 2017-present
  • Olivia Espinosa Trujillo, Tension-only Bamboo Structures, 2017-present
  • Omar SA Hamed, Automating BIM for Green Building Evaluation and Certification in Jordan, 2018-present
Grants
  • ARUP Global Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Challenge 2014 (PI: Dr Tsung-Hsien Wang, CI: Prof. Martin Mayfield), ARUP, £20,000, Dec 2014-Jun 2016.
  • Learned Societies Fund for CAADRIA 2013, SSoA, 2013
  • Learned Societies Fund for eCAADe 2014, SSoA, 2014
Teaching activities

My current teaching activities are at Post Graduate Taught level:

  • ARC6811 Parametric Architectural Geometry, Autumn.
  • ARC6812 Building Information Modelling, Management and Analysis, Autumn.
  • ARC6818 Elements of Computational Design I, Autumn.

I co-Lead Studio MAKE (ARC6815 with Dr Chengzhi Peng) and also contribute to the following modules: ARC6816 MSc Dissertation/Thesis Design Project; ARC6990 MSc SAS Advance Project; ARC322 Special Study; ARC556/566 MArch Dissertation

In 2013 and 2014, I coordinated ARC6840 Renewable Energy module for MSc Sustainable Architecture Studies.

Administrative roles:

  • Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator
  • Member of IT and Print Committee
Professional activities and memberships
  • Reviewer, Architectural Science Review, 2014
  • Reviewer, 16th International Conference on Geometry and Graphics (ICGG), 2014
  • Member of SmartGeometry 2012 International Advisory Board, 2012
  • ARM|Additive Robotic Materialization, AGD+Tamkang University, Taiwan, 2013
  • Actuating Geometry in Design [Digital Fabrication], Taipei Tech, Taiwan, 2013
  • Actuating Geometry in Design [Physical Computing], Taipei Tech, Taiwan, 2012
  • [Guest Lecture] Generative Architecture Geometry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 2010
  • [Invited Workshop] Parametric Urban Furniture, Tamkang University, Taiwan, 2009
  • [Invited Workshop] Digital Tectonics : Robotic Fabrication, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, 2009