[Wed. November 21] Architectural Informatics Guest Lecture 22: Shuai Lu
Intelligence-empowered design of high-performance human habitats
Shuai Lu
Date and time: November21(Friday), 2025 17:30~
Venue: Lecture Room 15, Faculty of Engineering Building 1 map
Host: Yasushi Ikeda Architectural Informatics Lab.
Abstract
Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence is profoundly transforming every industry. As a complex system that fuses art and engineering, architecture is likewise undergoing a deep shift from an “experience-driven” to an “intelligence-driven” paradigm. Under the dual imperatives of industrial upgrading and green, low-carbon development, integrating AI with architectural design has become urgent. This lecture focuses on the application of large foundation models in architectural design. It first introduces design exploration based on large language models, showing how intuitive modalities such as natural language enable human–computer interactive design. It then presents pathways for controllable design generation by combining large language models with domain-specific “small models,” including 2D plan generation and 3D form generation. Building on this, we integrate building performance evaluation and energy-saving optimization mechanisms to embed green, low-carbon goals into the design process from the outset through intelligent methods. Finally, we discuss the current technical limitations of this approach and its future potential.
Bio:
Shuai Lu is an associate Professor at Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University. He earned a Bachelor of Architecture and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Tsinghua University. His research focuses on the intersection of architecture and computing, leveraging artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies to realize intelligent design and human-centered interaction. As first or corresponding author, he has published 34 SCI-indexed papers and 5 papers in top computer science conferences. He is the principal investigator for three projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and is a co-principal investigator of one Australian Research Council Discovery Project. He holds honorary/visiting appointments at leading universities including the University of Sydney, National University of Singapore, and Technical University of Munich. He is a Fellow of Advance Higher Education in the UK and an early-career editorial board member of Building Simulation, among other academic service roles.
Admission free, no reservation required.
Lecture will be in English.
Please contact the following address if you would like to watch the seminar online.
Contact: Architectural Informatics Lab. arastoo@arch1.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
