About UCL – D&A Lab

Design Computation Lab is a collaboration between faculty members in The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. The lab has partnerships with The Institute for Digital Innovation in the Built Environment and MSc in Strategic Management of Projects in the School of Construction and Project Management in The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL.
CO-FOUNDERS/CO-DIRECTORS
Mollie Claypool – Lecturer in Architecture, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Manuel Jimenez Garcia – Lecturer in Architecture, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Gilles Retsin – Lecturer in Architecture, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
Vicente Soler – Teaching Fellow, Bartlett Manufacturing and Design Exchange (B-Made)
COLLABORATORS
Vidal Fernandez – Visiting Lecturer, Design Realisation (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners)
CROSS-FACULTY PARTNERS
Dr. Claire McAndrew – Senior Research Associate + Director of Research, The Institute for Digital Innovation in the Built Environment, UCL
Dr. Effie Kostantinou – Lecturer in the Management of Projects, The School of Construction + Project Management, UCL
http://designcomputationlab.org/

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In the best Bartlett tradition, our 220 staff and 800 students from 50 countries continue to explore new challenges with a passion for inventiveness, intelligence, effectiveness and wit.
Our staff are at the forefront of international research and teaching. They are responsible for pioneering research and award-winning buildings all over the globe.
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Our vision is to operate as a vital and creative agency in a world in which architecture, as both a method of critical thinking and creative exploration, is valued for its capacity to enhance human experience, understanding, and legacy, and to improve global environmental conditions.
We seek to encourage big questions that address social, cultural and economic challenges; radical questions that approach history, technology and practice with an open and critical mind; and risky questions that provoke a deeply imaginative response through speculative design projects.
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