Our Team

Uwe Rieger
DRH Academic Head and Lab Director of the arc/sec Lab
Uwe is an Associate Professor in the CAI faculty for Design and Design Technology, whose research interests lie in reactive architecture, process oriented spaces, haptic-digital modelling and fabrication, and biomimetic strategies and construction.

Zane Egginton
DRH Technical Team Leader
Zane is the technical lead within the DRH while also being responsible for the digital technologies and staffing across the faculty of creative arts and industries (CAI).
z.egginton@auckland.ac.nz

Manfredo Manfredini
Lab Director of Urban Relational Informatics
Manfredo’s research focuses on the intersections between the historical, critical and projective disciplines of architecture and urbanism.

Mohsen Mohammadzadeh
Lab Director of Smart City and Micro-Mobility Policy Lab
Primary research domains for this Lab include: Industry 4.0, the political economy of smart city, disruptive mobility

Ellie Bahmanteymouri
Lab Director of Political Economy of Digital Platforms
Ellie’s research interest is in the area of economic and political dimensions of the digital economy and their impacts on the land and property markets.

Luke Schwalger
DRH Co-ordinator
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Id
- Revit/Enscape
- Blender/Unity/Vuforia
l.schwalger@auckland.ac.nz

Raphael Angelo Gannaban
Technician
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Pr
- Rhino/SketchUp
- V-Ray/Twinmotion
- Lumion
- Blender/Shaderlight
- CorelDraw/Sony Vegas Pro

Garrard Hobson
AV Technician
Manages audio and visual equipment, and provides techincal support across Architecture, Planning and Design.

Betty Han
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai
- Rhino
- SketchUp
- ArchiCAD

Zoe McKillop
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Lr
- Rhino
- V-Ray/Twinmotion
- ArchiCAD/Revit

Eric Lee
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps
- Rhino
- V-Ray

Nick Rowsby
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id
- Revit

Natsune Suzuki
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 2nd Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Lr/Id/Xd
- Final Cut
- Fusion 360

Katsuki Kurimasa
Teaching Assistant
(Urban Planning)
Software Expertise
- ArcGIS (Pro/Online, (& ArcMap)), AI
- Collecting spatial data (GeoMaps, LINZ Data Service)

Alice Zhou
Teaching Assistant
(Urban Planning 3rd Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Lr
- Microsoft suites
- AutoCad
- ArcGIS(elementary)

Ami Ishibashi
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id
- Revit

Calvin Feng
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 5th Yeaer)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Lr/Pr
- Rhino
- V-Ray

Grace Shen
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 3rd Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps
- Rhino

Nicole Wu
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 5th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id
- Revit

Davis Shybi
Teaching Assistant
(Urban Planning 2nd Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ai/Ps
- GIS – GeoMaps, LINZ Data Service, ArcGIS Pro (elementary)

Jedidiah Solomon
Teaching Assistant
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Pr
- Rhino
- Figma
- Aseprite
- Webflow
- Coding Languages – Python/ Processing/ Java

Kenny Chau
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id
- Rhino
- Blender
- Unity

Dian Wang
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture & Planning 5 Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Lr
- Rhino
- V-Ray

Karmkate Insawad
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 3rd Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id
- Rhino (2D)
- SketchUp/AutoCAD
- Enscape/Twinmotion
- UnrealEngine
- Computer hardware

William Chen
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 5th Year)
Software Expertise
- Rhino/Vray
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Ae/

Shay Klaassen
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 5th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps/Ai/Id/Lr/Pr/Ae
- Rhino/Grasshopper
- V-Ray
- UnrealEngine/Unity
- Vuforia
- Revit

Geonhee Park
Teaching Assistant
(Architecture 4th Year)
Software Expertise
- Adobe Ps
- Rhino
- V-Ray