ROBERT FERGUSON
I'm a dual-degree MARCLA student studying architecture and landscape architecture at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. I currently hold a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, and a MARCLA Major Entrance Award.
I have 3+ years professional experience as a computational designer with IBI/Arcadis, where I developed advanced parametric models for equitable, sustainable urban systems.
While at school, I work as a graduate teaching and research assistant. Ongoing projects include an AI-integrated site-analysis teaching tool, and a study of spatial justice in urban parks.
I am currently investigating resource circularity and building-integrated agriculture as part of an applied research project led by Perkins&Will.
RESUME/CV
robertiainferguson@gmail.com
604-213-9233
01 UBC CENTRE FOR REGENERATION
Through radical re-use of materials, and integration of local construction and demolition waste streams with on-site urban agriculture, UBC CENTRE FOR REGENERATION sequesters and remediates waste to generate economic and social value.
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2024
02 cube.ai
An AI-integrated pedagogical
framework built around the cube, a sketch-based visual analysis tool developed by Professor Daniel Roehr. cube.ai introduces students to emerging Large
Language Models, their analysis and design applications, and the ethical
and legal questions concerning their use.
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ONGOING
03 SUPERCOMMON!
Conventional housing is unaffordable, antisocial, and alienating. SUPERCOMMON proposes a new form of dense collective living, where ‘common luxury’ is prioritized over private ownership.
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2023
04 BEACHCOMB HOUSE
Simulating, modelling, and testing the insulative performance of foraged eelgrass at 1:30 scale.
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2023
05 TRAENA DESIGN-BUILD
Community-driven design and construction of a changing room and kiosk on the remote Norwegian island of Traena.
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2023
06 15 MINUTE CITY MODEL
A data-driven parametric model that quantifies diverse community
needs, alongside economic and infrastructural imperatives, to envision equitable, sustainable
and vibrant neighbourhoods in North American cities.
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2020-2022