People

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.

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.

Jennifer Rong
Teaching Assistant

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).

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

Yan Li
DRH Co-ordinator
Yan received a March(Prof)(Hons) degree from the University of Auckland. She is the coordinator of the Digital Research Hub at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of Auckland.

Dermott McMeel
Lab Director of Design Future’s Lab
His research interests focus on the social, organisational and cultural disruption that technology causes in the built environment. Dermott is currently focused on exploring opportunities presented to the construction sector by blockchain technology.

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.

Jacky Zheng
Teaching Assistant