Research



Upcycled Dome Structures: Incorporating Reused Concrete Rubble through Digital Fabrication

Yangzhi Li, Xiheng Yan, Shuaizhong Wang,
30 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2025: The living past as a source of innovation. México City, México

A Computational Framework Designed for the Reuse of Concrete Framing
Hanbing Zhao & Shuaizhong Wang
30 Jun 2025, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings of the IASS Annual Symposium 2025: The living past as a source of innovation. México City, México

A digital approach integrating robotics for sustainable restoration of a historic structure in Hong Kong
Yangzhi Li, Xiheng Yan, Shuaizhong Wang, and Adam Fingrut
June 2025,  Structures and Architecture (pp.1193-1200)

Rethinking concrete reuse workflow in Hong Kong: A comparative study with Swiss models
Hanbing Zhao, Shuaizhong Wang
June 2025, Structures and Architecture (pp.42-50)

Cultural values in structural reuse: A design workflow for modern spolia
Shuaizhong Wang, Hanbing Zhao, Yuanlong Zhu, Hiroyuki Shinohara
June 2025, Structures and Architecture (pp.505-512)

Digital Framework for Generative Design of Reused Concrete Structure Rubbles
Yangzhi Li, Yalan Mei, Xiheng Yan, Shuaizhong Wang, and Adam Fingrut
10 May - 23 November, 2025, CAADRIA2025 Symposium: Architectural Informatics At: Tokyo, Japan

Twin Structures: Circular design for reusable structures
Mei Yalan, Shuaizhong Wang
Mar 2025, CAADRIA2025 Symposium: Architectural Informatics At: Tokyo, Japan

Form Follows Availability: Research on the Design Method of Architectural Structure Reuse Assisted by Computational Graphic Statics
Shen Yuchi, Shuaizhong Wang
Feb 2025, World Architecture

Revitalizing the Waste: Brick Recycling Driven by Robotics and Digital Technology
Yangzhi Li, Shuaizhong Wang
Oct 2024,  Time+Architecture 2024/4

Structural "Spolia": Design-Oriented Strategies for Structural Components Reuse
Hanbing Zhao, Shuaizhong Wang
Oct 2024, Time+Architecture 2024/4

Structural design pedagogy under the embodied perception: an equilibrium-based approach for architecture students
Shuaizhong Wang 
Aug 2024,  IASS 2024 Symposium At: Zurich, Switzerland

Analogue structure: structural analogies in the context of evolving body concept
Shuaizhong Wang
Jul 2023, Architectural Research Quarterly 27(1):37 - 48 

The Art of Structural Relation: Kazuo Shinohara’s ‘Strong Structures’ Design Thinking
Shuaizhong Wang, Toni Kotnik
Feb 2023, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

The Canopy: A Lightweight Spatial Installation Informed by Graphic Statics
Shuaizhong Wang, Federico Bertagna, Patrick Ole Ohlbrock, Davide Tanadini
Jul 2022, Buildings

Experiencing structure: Structural design as the making of a spatial artistic expression
Ruiqi  Zhang, Shuaizhong Wang
July 2022, Structures and Architecture A Viable Urban Perspective? (pp.1161-1168)

The Artistic Representation of Structural Rationality: An Abstract Perspective of Force Flow
Ting Cao, Shuaizhong Wang
Apr 2022, Architectural Journal

Structure Follows Perception. Reflections on Structural Design Based on Embodied Perception
Shuaizhong Wang, Yichun Liu, Ting Cao
Apr 2022, Architectural Journal

Redefining Structural Art: A Neuroaesthetics Perspective on the Art of Structural Design
Shuaizhong Wang, Toni Kotnik, Joseph Schwartz
Mar 2022,  Architecture Structures and Construction 2(2)

Polysemy of Structure: Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter's Perception-oriented Structural Thinking
Shuaizhong Wang, Chang Lei
Jan 2022,  Time+Architecture 2022/1

Equilibrium as the common ground: Introducing embodied perception into structural design with graphic statics
Shuaizhong Wang, Toni Kotnik, Joseph Schwartz, Ting Cao
January 2022, Frontiers of Architectural Research 11(03):574-589

Embodied structural ambivalence: a neurophysiological perspective on structural expression
Shuaizhong Wang, Toni Kotnik
Jul 2021,  Proceedings of the International Symposium on Conceptual Design of Structures

Concepts, Methods and Practices - Reflections on "Strong Structures" in Architectural Design
Ting Cao, Shuaizhong Wang
Jun 2021,

Beyond Mechanics: Teaching Explorations of Architectural Design Based on the Concept of “Strong Structures”
Yinan Zhou, Ting Cao, Tao Shou, Shuaizhong Wang
Jul 2021, Architectural Journal

“Strong Structures”: The Structural Re-enchantment
Shuaizhong Wang, Ting Cao
Jun 2021

Graphic Statics:An Operative Approach Towards Strong Structures
Toni Kotnik, Shuaizhong Wang
Jun 2021, The Architect



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