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 cube.ai
ONGOING
RESEARCH (UBC SALA)
COLLABORATOR: Professor Daniel Roehr
LINK: https://blogs.ubc.ca/axonometric/ai-cube/
In addition to a lecture on the historical, technical,
legal, and ethical context of contemporary LLMs, cube.ai comprises three tutorials,
each integrating a new AI workflow with the analysis and design of a case study
landscape:
AI Dialogue for Site Analysis has students engage
in open-ended, multipart dialogues with an LLM chatbot to learn more about the ecological,
urban, and infrastructural systems on their site, as well as possible design
solutions. Students are asked to verify and cite information gained through
this ‘dialogue’ using traditional research methods.
Rapid
Visualization with AI-Image Generators asks students to experiment with AI
image-generation, transforming axonometric hand sketches into compelling
digital drawings.
Digital CUBE for Measured Drawing provides a
context-aware digital platform (Rhino 3D, custom Grasshopper script) for
students to begin translating axonometric sketches into measured CAD drawings.
Together, these tutorials encourage
critical, yet open-ended experimentation with AI, while also reinforcing fundamental site
analysis skills grounded in embodied experience of space.