Associate Professor
Muge Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Architecture & Built Environment
Biography
A/Prof Müge Belek Fialho Teixeira is a creative maker and transdisciplinary designer. She believes we can tackle the challenges of climate change with technology enabled innovative, and aesthetic design solutions. As a leader and award-winning researcher in interior design discipline, Muge’s approach is technology-driven transdisciplinary design thinking and making, utilizing computational design and advanced manufacturing technologies. Her inter/nationally recognized practice-led research is the future of interior design in a technology embedded and enabled sustainable world. Her key research achievements to date, informed and strengthened by inter/national collaboration and in partnership with industry and end-users include adoption of advanced manufacturing for SMEs, experimental investigation of digital fabrication and circular materials using collaborative robots, and AR VR integration in Architecture, and built environment by creating digital twins for fabrication processes.
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, has multiple publications in peer reviewed books and journals, has given interviews, presented in many international conferences such as eCAADe and CAADRIA. Her work has been exhibited in international biennales such as Rotterdam and Istanbul, and multiple exhibitions such as SHErobots. Awarded in multiple competitions and events such as WIT (Women in Technology) on the use of novel digital technologies in creative and sustainable practices in architectural design, Müge has been part of research teams with fundings from ARC, European Union, Building 4.0 CRC, IMCRC (Innovative Manufacturing Corporate Research Centre), and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
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.
Currently, she is the founder and co-lead of QUT Construction and Architectural Robotics Lab, Design Lead at ARM Hub (Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Hub), chief investigator and program co-lead in Australian Cobotics Centre, chief investigator in QUT Centre for Environment and Society and an Associate Professor in the QUT Faculty of Engineering, School of Architecture and Built Environment Interior Design. She is also the cofounder of [f]FLAT, an environment to research and develop design and media art works.
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
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, Interior Design
Research field
Design, Architecture, Building
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
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:
ABB232 Interior Studio: Interiority,
ABB335 Materials, Products and Processes,
QUT010 People with Robots
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]
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
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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
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I am currently accepting research students for Honours, Masters and PhD study.
You can browse existing student topics offered by QUT or propose your own topic.
Current supervisions
- Climate Informed Masonry: From Digital Design to Human-Robot Collaborative Masonry Construction
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glenda Caldwell, Dr Tatheer Zahra, Adjunct Professor Tim Schork - Enhancing Human Decision Making in Human-Robot Collaboration: The Role of Extended Reality
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glenda Caldwell, Professor Markus Rittenbruch, Dr Alan Burden - Integrated Living Systems: Parametric Design and 3D Printing for Self-Sustaining Indoor Plant Ecosystems
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Zhanying Zhang, Dr Julia Bally - From Generative Geometry to Robotic Assembly: A Fabrication-Aware Data Framework for AI-Driven Generative Architecture
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jared Donovan, Adjunct Professor Tim Schork - Development of sustainable 3D printed concrete structure by incorporation of waste binders, nanomaterials and reinforcements
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Hafizah Binti Ramli, Dr Sabrina Fawzia - Understanding Human Factors That Shape Human-Robot Collaboration
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Glenda Caldwell, Dr Alan Burden
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Additive Manufacturing Using Waste Materials "Towards Sustainable Architecture" (2026)
- Augmented Reality (AR)-enabled Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) System for Creative Architectural Design-Fabrication Process (2025)
- DIATOMA: A Robotically Fabricated Biomimetic Lightweight Pavilion (2025)
- Augmented Fabrication: An Australian Industry 4.0 Augmented Reality (AR) Framework (2024)
- Affordances in Collaborative Robotic Production for Artisan Crafts and Hybrid Design (2022)
- Digitally Crafted Community Futures: A Distributed Approach to Remedial Craft for Community Empowerment (2021)
- Curating Place: Public Art and City Identity (2020)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.