Dr Muge Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
Müge Belek Fialho Teixeira is a creative maker and transdisciplinary designer, specialised in advanced manufacturing, digital fabrication, and parametric design. In her career, she has worked with prominent architectural firms such as Zaha Hadid Architects, taught in several institutions including Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and AA Visiting Schools, published articles in peer reviewed journals, gave interviews, and presented in many international conferences, biennales, and exhibitions. She has also been awarded in multiple competitions and events on the use of novel digital technologies in design.
Currently, she is a Design Lead at ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Hub) and a Senior Lecturer in QUT Faculty of Engineering, Interior Architecture. She was a Chief Investigator and a post-doctoral researcher at QUT in Design Robotics Project funded by IMCRC (Innovative Manufacturing Corporate Research Centre), that partnered with RMIT and UAP. She holds a BSc. in Architecture, a MSc. on “Collaborative Design Studio Environments” from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), and a MArch from Architectural Association School of Architecture Design Research Laboratory (AADRL). She holds a PhD focused on Trans-Architectural Design Paradigm, during which she studied for two years with Marcos Novak in University of California Santa Barbara, Translab. She is also the cofounder of [f]FLAT, an environment to research and develop design and media art works.
Her main research interests are in the areas of Transdisciplinary Design Research, Phenomenology of Perception, Multimodal Spaces and Pancomputational Design Strategies. She is interested in creating an understanding of our world out of our natural attitude through sensory experiences of space that are created using computational and digital strategies. She constantly looks for ways to expand the body of knowledge through transdisciplinary studies/thinking in design through making. Her understanding on the “world of making” is based on constant experimentation and pushing the boundaries of current discourses through rigorous applied research.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Keywords
Digital fabrication and manufacturing, Transdisciplinary Design Research, Phenomenology of Perception, Multimodal Spaces, Pancomputational Design Strategies, Parametric Design, Design Robotics
Research field
Architecture, Other Built Environment and Design
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD Architectural Design (Istanbul Technical University)
- MArch (Architecture and Urbanism) (Other)
- MSc (Architectural Design) (Istanbul Technical University)
Professional memberships and associations
- CAADRIA 2021-
- WIT-Women in Technology 2020-
- Shape to Fabrication 2017-
- ArchED | Association of Architectural Education 2004-
- eCaaDe Education in Computer Aided Design Europe 2004-
- The London Goodenough Trust 2003-
- Architectural Association School of Architecture 2002-
- TMMOB Mimarlar Odası (Turkish Chamber of Architecture) 2000-
Teaching
Current Teaching: - DTB101 Interior Studio: Interiority - DTB211 Materials, Products and Processes
Previous Teaching Experience:
Workshops
Robotic Morphologies, QUT Design Robotics, QUT, 1 Day, 30 July 2018. Creative Approach to Sensitive Contexts, Amberplatform, ITU, Arkitera, [f]FLAT, 6 days, 12-18 October 2015 IMIAD (International Master of Interior Architectural Design) Istanbul 2013 Workshop, ITU, ECA, SUPSI, Hft- Stuttgart, Lahti, 14 days, 1-14 September 2013 AA Istanbul Visiting School ‘Vertical Interventions’, AA & ITU, 8 days, 04-12 April 2013 AA Istanbul Visiting School ‘Connected Tower’, AA & ITU, 6 days, 24-30 March 2012 AA Istanbul Visiting School ‘Crafted Tower’, AA & ITU, 8 days, 16-24 April 2011 Installations: Proximities Disembodied, ITU, 7 days, 2006 Urban Ateliers ‘Inside-outside life cycle’, ITU, 7 days, 2005 Virtual Dynamics, METU, 2 days, 2004 Time and Space Dynamics, ITU, 3 days, 2003
Graduate Units
Design Research Selective [UQ] Institutions and Ideologies Design Studio [UQ] IMIAD Interior Design Studio I-II [ITU-IMIAD] Architectural Design in Cultural Context [ITU- IMIAD] Multimedia Design [ITU- TBT] Architectural Design III [ITU-MTZ] Computer Applications in Architecture [ITU-MTZ] Methodologies and Techniques in Architectural Design [ITU- IMIAD]
Undergraduate Units
Interior Design I [QUT] Interior Design IV [QUT] Introduction to Interior Architecture [ITU- KHAS] Architectural Design Studio & Representation Tech. [ITU] Basic Design & Visual Arts [ITU] Perspective [ITU] Architectural Design Studio III [ITU] Interior Design Studio I- II – III - IV [ITU- BILGI- KHAS] Environmental Psychology [ITU] Furniture Design [ITU] Architectural Design Studio & Representation Tech. [ITU] Visual Representation in Interior Design [ITU] Advanced Representation Techniques in Interior Design [ITU] Digital Representation Techniques in Interior Design [ITU] Methodologies and Techniques in Architectural Design [ITU]
Experience
Participation in Architectural Design Competitions 2012 – ITU Ayazağa Complex Urban Master Plan Competition, İstanbul. 2010 – Izmir Opera House National Competition, İzmir 2009 – ThyssenKrupp Elevator Architecture Award Tall Emblem Structure in Za’abeel Park, Dubai 2005 – Istanbul Naval Museum National Competition, Istanbul 2004 – Gaziosmanpasa Urban Design National Competition, Istanbul 2003 – Library International Competition, Japan 2003 – Highline International Competition, USA -
Exhibitions / Multi-Media Shows
2019 “RoboBLOX”, Brisbane Art Design (BAD2019), Museum of Brisbane, 2019.
2018 “The One and the multiples”, Home: A Suburban Obsession, SLQ (State Library of Queensland)
2018 Robotic Morphologies, 4th Istanbul Design Biennale
2017 Practice in a Box, Creative Practice Research Symposium Exhibition of project Bond University
2014 1+1= 3 Systems of Didactic Communication Exhibition of project Istanbul Modern Art Museum
2012 ITU Ayazağa Yerleşkesi Mastır Planı Kentsel Tasarım Yarışması Exhibition of project
2011 An exhibition on Architecture Exhibition of project “Emosphera” ALAN Istanbul 2- 24 Sep.
2010 Future Places Exhibition of project “Biophotonic Avatar” Porto 7-19 October
2008 Istanbul Naval Museum National Competition Exhibition of project Istanbul Naval Museum
2005 II. Architectural Biennale of Rotterdam Exhibition of project Rotterdam
2005 Gaziosmanpasa Urban Design National Competition Exhibition of project ITU
2004 Kent Atelyeleri [Urban Workshops] Exhibition ITU
2004 AA Communications Exhibition ‘Collapsing Soundscape’ with David Ward Exhibition of Arch. Sound Installation AA
2003 AA End Of Year Exhibition Exhibition of project AA
2002- 03 Latent Utopias Exhibition of project Graz
2002 Archilab Exhibition of project Orleans
2002 4 exhibitions in AA exhibition gallery
Publications
- Belek Fialho Teixeira, M., Pham, K., Caldwell, G., Seevinck, J., Swann, L., Rittenbruch, M., Kelly, N., Santo, Y., Garcia Hansen, V. & Volz, K. (2021). A user-centred focus on augmented reality and virtual reality in AEC: Opportunities and barriers identified by industry professionals. PROJECTIONS: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) 2021, Volume 2, 273–283. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209596
- Belek Fialho Teixeira, M. & Teixeira, F. (2020). The one and the multiple. IDEA Journal, 17(1), 221–236. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205689
- Wagdy, A. & Belek Fialho Teixeira, M. (2020). RoboBlox: Robotic manufactured blocks driven by daylighting performance. PLEA 2020 - Planning Post Carbon Cities: Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Volume 3, 3, 1798–1803. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204664
- Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M., Fialho Teixeira, F., Donovan, J., Caldwell, G. & Burden, A. (2019). RoboBlox [Visual Art Work]. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/225601
- Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M., Caldwell, G., Donovan, J. & Volz, K. (2018). UAP (Urban Art Projects): Transgressions between making, craft, and technology for architects and artists. Proceedings of the 1st Annual Design Research Conference (ADR18), 309–319. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121506
- Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M., Fialho Teixeira, F., Donovan, J., Caldwell, G., Burden, A. & Wagdy Mohamed Ibrahim, A. (2018). Robotic Morphologies. Presented at: Robotic Morphologies. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121768
- Fialho Teixeira, F. & Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M. (2014). On other natural spaces. Perception of space in architecture and culture: Sensory living, 55–69. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121523
- Fialho Teixeira, F. & Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M. (2012). Emosphera: An autopoeisis synaesthetic space. Technoetic Arts, 9(2 - 3), 121–128. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121525
- Fialho Teixeira, F. & Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M. (2011). Evolutionary total artwork: Biology, media and space. The International Journal of the Arts in Society, 6(1), 87–98. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121521
- Fialho Teixeira, F. & Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, M. (2011). Nurbulations: Gastrulation and modeling systems of control in generative art. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Algorithmic Design for Architecture and Urban Design, ALGODE Tokyo 2011, 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121519
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Muge, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Reviewer for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- A|Z ITU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture is an OPEN ACCESS Journal. A|Z is a refereed journal and is published as three issues in a year in English. A|Z is open to the articles and book reviews about design, planning, research, education, technology, history and art. (Q2 ranking in Scimago)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Sağlar Onay, N. (Manager); Garip, B; Belek Fialho Teixeira, M.; Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, F. (Researcher); Tolunay Berber, C. ve Berber A. "A User-Centered Model Research Towards A Flexible Interior Spatial Design For Mass Housing Units: Urban Renewal Housing", Tübitak 1001 Project, 114K279, 2014-2017. (180,000 AUD)
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- "Relais Culture Europe"- Trotte, F. (Coordinator), Belek Fialho Teixeira, M. (contributed to proposal stage as CI) "Trans-Making Art/culture/economy to democratize society. Research in placemaking for alternative narratives"", MSCA-RISE-2016 - Research and Innovation Staff Exchange, 734855, January 2017- November 2020. (EUR 1 858 500) EUR 175.000 of which is allocated to ITU.The project is now being conducted by Erkök, M. (ITU team coordinator), Gunay, Z., Kaya, Ç., Demir, Y., Haşlakoğlu, O., Örnek, M.A. (Chief Investigators).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Robotic Additive Manufacturing Using Eco-friendly materials 'Towards Sustainable Robotic Architecture'
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan, Professor Glenda Caldwell - Robotically Fabricated Bio-Inspired Lightweight Structure
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan - Augmented Fabrication: An Australian Industry 4.0 Augmented Reality (AR) Framework
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glenda Caldwell, Professor Markus Rittenbruch - Nonplanar path planning and control for robotic additive manufacturing
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jonathan Roberts - Interactive robotic design-fabrication process with augmented reality: Human-robotic collaboration process in creative design exploration
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan, Professor Markus Rittenbruch - A design-led approach to support robot-based rehabilitation of hand grasp function at home
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Marianella Chamorro-Koc, Professor Glenda Caldwell