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For the critical practice track at the ICSA symposium in 2022 an installation was designed and built with dynamically bent thin glass. The installation served as a prototypical setup to investigate the potential use of thin glass in adaptive building facades.

An investigation into the theory of Material Engagement—proposed by the philosopher Lambros Malafouris at the University of Oxford—led to a rediscovery of sorts of the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht.

In order to promote digital teaching and active learning in our new Bachelor of Science programme in architectural engineering, a Spearhead grant was awarded to introduce mixed reality (XR) in our studio teaching.

The built environment is increasingly reliant on information technology in all the stages of its life cycle. Design is informed by large data sets and conducted with digital design tools. Design documentation in Building Information Models is supporting construction and during the operational phase of buildings artificial intelligence in Building Management Systems optimises the building's performance. This infusion with information technology has led to notions of smart, intelligent and cognitive buildings that adapt to their users' needs and reduce overall energy consumption.

For the exhibition Ove Arup and the philosophy of Total Design an installation was commissioned by Arup to bring to the footlight the work Arup did on the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden.

A lateral investigation spun out from the PhD research was about the feasibility of producing the research prototype in thin glass.

The High Roller in Las Vegas, Nevada, is now the world’s tallest observation wheel. It opened to the public on 31 March 2014.

Smartgeometry is a community of designers, practicioners and researchers–architects, engineers and artists that work at the forefront of digital technology in the built environment. A yearly conference is held where the community meets, works together in workshops, discusses pertinent topics and listens to trendsetters.

As part of the client's team, Arup AT+R provided expertise in order to continue the operation of the Greater Gabbard windfarm in the North Sea. Hugo coordinated the development, testing and implementation of a novel structural health monitoring system that gave near real-time feedback about the performance of the monopile foundations.

When the E-ELT will be completed it will be world’s largest optical telescope with a 39m diameter primary mirror. To protect the telescope during daytime, a dome shaped enclosure was designed that measures 95m in diameter.

With 30,000 m2 of floor area, the new Public Library in Amsterdam (Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam) was the largest public library in Europe when it opened to the public in 2007.

During this research a Smart Adaptable Module (S.A.M) was developed; a modular structural system that is flexible in all possible directions.