Lab
The Future Cities Laboratory for Design and Machine Learning (LDML) is a cross-disciplinary design research group dedicated to research with tangible social impact. The practice-led research in the Lab focuses on design analysis, design processes, and design value. It explores the impact of machine learning, data-driven and evidence-based design, regulatory frameworks and policy, and lived experience and cultural expectations on spatial design.
The LDML is part of the School of Architecture at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. A specialist and research-intensive postgraduate institution, the RCA is the world’s number one university for art and design (2021 QS World University Subject Rankings).
The LDML was established in 2018 with the generous support of the Prosit Philosophiae Foundation.
Staff
Prof Sam Jacoby
Director
Dr Adrian Lahoud
Director
Lucia Alonso
Research Associate*
Wojciech Mazan
Research Associate*
Dr Robin Roussel
Postdoctoral Research Associate*
Dr Seyithan Özer
Postdoctoral Research Associate*
Małgorzata Starzyńska
Research Associate*
Former Staff
Dr Jingru (Cyan) Cheng (Postdoctoral Research Associate)*
Dean Black (Research Associate)*
Anna Voersel (Research Associate)*
David Kim (Research Fellow)*
U-Sun I Hu (Research Associate)*
* Post funded by the Prosit Philosophiae Foundation
PhDs
Seyithan Ozer, ‘Interior Complex: Design Standardisation in London’s Housing’ (2021).
Supervisors: Prof Sam Jacoby and Dr Alasdair Jones (LSE)
Yakim Milev, ‘Integrated Architectural and Structural Design of Modular and Adaptive Stadia’.
Supervisors: Prof Sam Jacoby, Dr Alessandro Margnelli (AKT II) and Dr Dragos Naicu (AKT II)
Partners & Collaborators
AKT II
Archilyse
XCYDE
Dr Alvaro Arancibia
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Computer Science Research Centre
Funders
Prosit Philosophiae Foundation
Research Investment Fund
Contact
Laboratory for Design and Machine Learning | Royal College of Art | Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU
Tel: +44 (0)20 7590 4281
Email: architecture-research@rca.ac.uk