Associate Professor
M. Hank Haeusler
Director of Computational Design
Research Fields:
Media Architecture
Responsive Environment Design
Smart and Ubiquitous Cities
Optimisation and Decision Support
Associate Professor M. Hank Haeusler Dipl.-Ing. (Fh) / PhD (SIAL/RMIT) is the Discipline Director of the Bachelor of Computational Design. Since December 2017 Haeusler is also a Professor at the Visual Art Innovation Institute at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing due to being internationally recognised as a researcher, educator, entrepreneur, and designer in media architecture, digital technology, computational design, interaction design, and ubiquitous computing.
Under Haeusler’s leadership, the CoDe degree was developed as a nexus of architecture and design with engineering and science all through a profound understanding of computing and computation. The program focuses on applying state of the art thinking in design, architecture and urbanism, engineering and science, together with frontier computational skills and digital fabrication technologies. Commencing in 2015, and unique in Australia, the degree focuses on the design and application of digital technologies for and within the built and urban environment, to address and meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Books
Haeusler MH, 2010, Chromatophoric Architecture, Jovis Publishers, Berlin
Book Chapters
Haeusler MH; tomitsch M, 2017, ‘Introduction’, in Hesphanhol L; Haeusler M; Tomitsch M; Tschreteu G (ed.), Media Architecture Compendium – Digital Placemaking, av edition, Ludwigsburg, pp. 10-11
Haeusler MH, 2017, ‘Media Architecture – Architecture in the Second Machine Age?’, in Hespanhol L; Haeusler M; Tomitsch M; Tscherteu G (ed.), Media Architecture Compendium Digital Placemaking, Avedition Gmbh,Csi, pp. 13-15
Haeusler MH, 2016, ‘Responsive transport environments: System thinking as a method to combine media architecture into a digital ecology to improve public transport’, in Digital Futures and the City of Today New Technologies and Physical Spaces, Intellekt, Bristol, UK, pp. 157-174
Tomitsch M; McArthur I; Haeusler MH; Foth M, 2015, ‘The role of digital screens in urban life: New opportunities for placemaking’, in Citizen’s Right to the Digital City: Urban Interfaces, Activism, and Placemaking, pp. 37-54, 10.1007/978-981-287-919-6_3
Haeusler MH, 2014, ‘Hypersurface ‘, in Chatterjee A (ed.), Surface and Deep Histories Critiques and Practices in Art, Architecture and Design, Cambridge Scholars Pub
Haeusler MH, 2008, ‘Using Models to Develop an LED Stick Component as Part of a Spatial Dynamic Media System’, in Downton P; Mina A; Ostwald M; Burry M (ed.), Homo Faber: Modelling Ideas, Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory, Melbourne Museum and Archadia Press, pp. 120-125
Journal articles
Fabbri A; Dunstan B; Haeusler M, 2018, ‘HRI for the Construction Industry: Challenging Architectural Fabrication towards Collaborative Artisanal Choreographies’, International Journal of Architectural Computing, vol. 16
Haeusler MH; Hespanhol L; Hoggenmueller M, 2018, ‘ParticipationPlus: Documenting a design process of a media architecture installation in the second digital turn era’, Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, vol. 7, pp. 133-149, 10.1108/SASBE-10-2017-0049
Tomitsch M; Haeusler MH, 2015, ‘Infostructures: Towards a Complementary Approach for Solving Urban Challenges through Digital Technologies’, Journal of Urban Technology, vol. 22, pp. 37-53, 10.1080/10630732.2015.1040296
Hank Haeusler M, 2013, ‘Unpacking the full potential of media facades through a fusion with Kinect technology’, International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development, vol. 4, pp. 141-156, 10.1504/IJKBD.2013.054091
Conference Papers
Yu D; Haeusler M; Fabbri A; Simon K, 2018, ‘BiCycle Pathway Generation Through a Weighted Digital Slime Mold Algorithm via Topographical Analysis’, in BiCycle Pathway Generation Through a Weighted Digital Slime Mold Algorithm via Topographical Analysis, Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, presented at Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17 – 19 May 2018
Bungbrakearti N; Cooper-Wooley B; Odolphi J; Doherty B; Fabbri A; Gardner N; Haeusler M, 2018, ‘HOLOSYNC: A Comparative Study on Mixed Reality and Contemporary Communication Methods in a Building Design Context’, in Fukuda T; Huang W; Janssen P; Crolla K; Alhadidi S (eds.), HOLOSYNC: A Comparative Study on Mixed Reality and Contemporary Communication Methods in a Building Design Context, Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, presented at Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17 – 19 May 2018
Leung E; Asher R; Butler A; Doherty B; Fabbri A; Gardner N; Haeusler M, 2018, ‘Redback BIM: Developing ‘De-Localised’ Open-Source Architecture-Centric Tools’, in Fukuda T; Huang W; Janssen P; Crolla K; Alhadidi S (eds.), Redback BIM: Developing ‘De-Localised’ Open-Source Architecture-Centric Tools, Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, pp. 21-30, presented at Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17 – 19 May 2018
Hawton D; Cooper-Wooley B; Odolphi J; Doherty B; Fabbri A; Gardner N; Haeusler M, 2018, ‘Shared Immersive Environments for Parametric Model Manipulation: Evaluating a Workflow for Parametric Model Manipulation from Within Immersive Virtual Environments’, in Shared Immersive Environments for Parametric Model Manipulation: Evaluating a Workflow for Parametric Model Manipulation from Within Immersive Virtual Environments, Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, presented at Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 17 – 19 May 2018
Khean N; Kim L; Martinez J; Doherty B; Fabbri A; Gardner N; Haeusler M, 2018, ‘The Introspection of Deep Neural Networks Towards Illuminating the Black Box: Training Architects Machine Learning via Grasshopper Definitions’, in The Introspection of Deep Neural Networks Towards Illuminating the Black Box: Training Architects Machine Learning via Grasshopper Definitions, Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, presented at Learning, Adapting and Prototyping – Proceedings of the 23rd CAADRIA Conference, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 17 – 19 May 2018
Araullo R; Haeusler MH, 2017, ‘Asymmetrical double-notch connection system in planar reciprocal frame structures’, in CAADRIA 2017 – 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, pp. 539-548
Haeusler MH; Fabbri A; Yu K; Simon K, 2017, ‘Digital Slime Mold infrastructure generation for Master Planning via topographical analysis.’, in : 3rd Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2017), : 3rd Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2017), Singapore, presented at : 3rd Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2017), Singapore, 09 – 10 October 2017, http://urban-ppd.org/submitpaper/
Haeusler MH; Muehlbauer M; Bohnenberger S; Burry J, 2017, ‘Furniture design using custom-optimised structural nodes’, in CAADRIA 2017 – 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, pp. 841-850
Haeusler MH; Johanson M; Khan N; Asher R; Doherty B, 2017, ‘Humpback – Introducing and Evaluating a GeoJson Constructor Tool for Grasshopper’, in 3rd Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2017), 3rd Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2017), Singapore, presented at 3rd Annual International Conference on Urban Planning and Property Development (UPPD 2017), Singapore, 09 – 10 October 2017
Coorey A; Haeusler MH; Coorey B, 2017, ‘Predictive urban analytics’, in CAADRIA 2017 – 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, pp. 209-218
Sharah L; Escalante E; Fabbri A; Guillot R; Haeusler MH, 2017, ‘Streamlining the modelling to virtual reality process’, in CAADRIA 2017 – 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, pp. 53-62
Johanson M; Khan N; Asher R; Butler A; Haeusler MH, 2017, ‘Urban pinboard’, in CAADRIA 2017 – 22nd International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Protocols, Flows and Glitches, pp. 715-724
Foth M; Tomitsch M; Forlano L; Haeusler MH; Satchell C, 2016, ‘Citizens breaking out of filter bubbles: Urban screens as civic media’, in PerDis 2016 – Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Symposium on Pervasive Displays, pp. 140-147, 10.1145/2914920.2915010
Lee A; Alhadidi S; Haeusler MH, 2016, ‘Developing a workflow for daylight simulation : Daylight requirements simulation in early design stages to address the Green Star ratings within local regulations’, in CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia – Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, pp. 363-372
Rizal AR; Doherty B; Haeusler MH, 2016, ‘Enabeling low cost human presence tracking : Using commodity hardware to monitor human presence in workplaces’, in CAADRIA 2016, 21st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia – Living Systems and Micro-Utopias: Towards Continuous Designing, pp. 45-54
Foth M; Tomitsch M; Satchell C; Haeusler MH, 2015, ‘From users to citizens: Some thoughts on designing for polity and civics’, in OzCHI 2015: Being Human – Conference Proceedings, pp. 623-633, 10.1145/2838739.2838769
Joseph D; Kim A; Butler A; Hank Haeusler M, 2015, ‘Optimisation for sport stadium designs: Advantages for shifting from macro level to micro level viewing optimisation in stadium design’, in CAADRIA 2015 – 20th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia: Emerging Experiences in the Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, pp. 573-582
Nguyen DD; Haeusler MH, 2014, ‘Exploring immersive digital environments’, in Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture – Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2014, pp. 87-96
Gu N; Watanabe S; Erhan H; Haeusler MH; Huang W; Sosa R, 2014, ‘Foreword’, in Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture – Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2014
Haeusler MH; Gardner N; Mahar B, 2014, ‘Interchanging: Responsive transport infrastructures for twenty-first century urban digital culture’, in Interchanging: Responsive transport infrastructures for twenty-first century urban digital culture, Proceedings of the 7th International Urban Design Conference: Designing Productive Cities – 2014, Adelaide, Australia, presented at Proceedings of the 7th International Urban Design Conference: Designing Productive Cities – 2014, Adelaide, Australia, 01 – 03 September 2014
Haeusler MH; Nguyen D; Goldsack M, 2014, ‘Ruled surface media facades’, in Rethinking Comprehensive Design: Speculative Counterculture – Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2014, pp. 689-698
Nguyen DD; Haeusler MH, 2013, ‘Assimilating interactive technology into architectural design’, in Open Systems – Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2013, pp. 365-373, http://cumincad.architexturez.net/doc/oai-cumincadworks.id-caadria2013_033
Haeusler MH, 2011, ‘ – from computational to computing environments’, in Leclercq P; Heylighen A; Martin G (eds.), Proceedings of the 14th CAAD Futures Conference, 14th CAAD Futures Conference, Liege, Belgium, presented at 14th CAAD Futures Conference, Liege, Belgium, 04 – 08 July 2011
Haeusler MH; Tomitsch M; Gardner N; Barker T, 2011, ‘Infostructures – Embedding Media Facades in Public Transport’, in CHI2011 Computer Human Interaction Conference 2011, CHI2011 Computer Human Interaction Conference 2011, Vancover, presented at CHI2011 Computer Human Interaction Conference 2011, Vancover, 07 – 12 May 2011
Barker T; Gardner N; Haeusler MH; Tomitsch M, 2011, ‘Last train to trancentral: From infrastructure to ‘info’structure – A case study of embedding digital technology into existing public transport infrastructures’, in Circuit Bending, Breaking and Mending – Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2011, pp. 335-344
Haeusler MH; Barker T, 2010, ‘Achieving a designed customer experience across multiple delivery platforms: A Telco Perspective’, in Nalbant G; Kara T (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on New Media and Interactivity, 2nd International Conference on New Media and Interactivity, Istanbul, Turkey, presented at 2nd International Conference on New Media and Interactivity, Istanbul, Turkey, 28 – 30 April 2010
Haeusler MH; Barker T; Beilharz K, 2010, ‘Interactive Polymedia Pixel and Protocol for Collaborative creative content generation on urban digital media displays’, in Nalbant M; Kara T (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on New Media and Interactivity, Marmara University Istanbul, 2nd International Conference on New Media and Interactivity, Marmara University Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, presented at 2nd International Conference on New Media and Interactivity, Marmara University Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey, 28 – 30 April 2010
Barker T; Haeusler MH, 2010, ‘Urban digital media: Facilitating the intersection between science, the arts and culture in the arena of technology and building’, in New Frontiers – Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Asia, CAADRIA 2010, pp. 457-466
Barker T; Haeusler MH; Maguire F; McDermott J, 2009, ‘Investigating political and demographic factors in crowd based interfaces’, in Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group – Design: Open 24/7, OZCHI ’09, pp. 413-416, 10.1145/1738826.1738912
Haeusler MH, 2009, ‘Modulations of voxel surfaces through emotional expressions to generate a feedback loop between private mood and public image’, in 2009 TAIWAN CAADRIA: Between Man and Machine – Integration, Intuition, Intelligence – Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, pp. 173-182
Haeusler MH; Logere R, 2009, ‘Transdisciplinary Research Strategies: Investigating the Transition of Peer2Peer Relational Systems from Digital to Real-Time Environments’, in Nardelli E; Vincent C (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th SIGraDi Conference, 13th SIGraDi Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, presented at 13th SIGraDi Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 16 – 18 November 2009
Haeusler MH, 2009, ‘Transition in spatial authorship – Towards a pluralistic modulation of space when designing in a voxel matrix’, in Nardelli E; Vincent C (eds.), Proceedings of the 13th SIGraDi Conference, 13th SIGraDi Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, presented at 13th SIGraDi Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 16 – 18 November 2009
Haeusler MH, 2007, ‘Spatial Dynamic Media Systems’, in Kieferle J; Ehlers K (eds.), 25th eCAADE conference, 25th eCAADe conference, Frankfurt, presented at 25th eCAADe conference, Frankfurt, 26 – 29 September 2007
Reports
Tomitsch M; Haeusler MH; Hespanol L; McArthur I; Murphie A; Foth M; Miller B, 2015, Enabling Audience Participation and Collective Content Generation Through Urban Media as a Diagnostic Method in Urban Planning, Sydney University, Sydney, Australia, http://sydney.edu.au/halloran/resources/urban-media-report_lowres.pdf
Curatorial Outputs
Haeusler MH, 2013, Esemplastic (Sydney Architecture Festival), exhibited at: Grasshopper Bar, Temperance Lane Sydney, 01 – 10 November 2013, http://www.sydneyarchitecturefestival.org/event-reviews-2013/esemplastic-moulding-parts-into-one.html
Haeusler MH, 2012, Media Facade Exhibition at Customs House Sydney (ISEA 2013 Sydney), exhibited at: Customs House, Sydney, 22 May – 01 July 2012, http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/media-facade-exhibition-2013-sydney/
Haeusler MH; Tomitsch M, 2012, Media Facade Summit 2013 Hong Kong, exhibited at: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/mfs13hk/
Conference Presentations
Haeusler MH, 2015, ‘Media Facades Quo Vadis? – Future direction of media facades in smart city networks’, in BIT’s 2nd Annual International Conference of Emerging Industry 2015 (ICEI-2015), BIT’s 2nd Annual International Conference of Emerging Industry 2015 (ICEI-2015), Shenzhen, presented at BIT’s 2nd Annual International Conference of Emerging Industry 2015 (ICEI-2015), Shenzhen, 18 – 20 April 2015, http://www.bitcongress.com/icei2015/
Haeusler MH, 2009, ‘Media Facades – From 2D to 3D and beyond’, in Media Facades – From 2D to 3D and beyond, Annual Conference of Society of Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) 2009, San Diego, presented at Annual Conference of Society of Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD) 2009, San Diego, 28 – 30 May 2009
Haeusler MH, 2008, ‘Chromatophoric Architecture’, in Chromatophoric Architecture, Medien Fassaden Festival Berlin, Berlin, presented at Medien Fassaden Festival Berlin, Berlin, 17 – 18 October 2008
Recorded / Rendered Creative Works
Haeusler MH; Hespanhol L, 2016, Participation Plus, Vivid Lights 2016, Circular Quay, Sydney, Published: 25 May 2016, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://www.dielight.com/portfolio/participation/
Haeusler MH; Rosenberg E; Araullo R; Knapp C; Nelson J, 2015, ArcLight, VIVID 2015, Sydney, Editor(s): Jones I, Published: 22 May 2015, Recorded / Rendered Creative Works, http://www.vividsydney.com/event/light/arclight
Creative Works (non-textual)
Haeusler MH; Rosenberg E; Araullo R, 2014, ArcLight, VIVID Festival 2014, Sydney, Australia, 23 May – 09 June 2014
Haeusler MH, 2012, Polymedia Pixel, Media Architecture Biennale 2012, Aarhus, Denmark, 15 – 17 November 2012, at http://mab12.mediaarchitecture.org/
Edited Books
Hespanhol L; Haeusler MH; Tomitsch M; Tscherteu G, 2017, Media Architecture Compendium – Digital Placemaking, av edition, Ludwigsburg, https://www.avedition.de/en/media-architecture-compendium.html