Bio
Dr. Shuva Chowdhury is a trained architect, educator, and researcher seeking innovative ways with advanced technology to leverage dialogues in architectural design processes and productions. He developed and implemented several computational, algorithmic logics in integrating online interfaces for stakeholders' active remote participation. His architectural design works got recommendations from the World Architecture Community and the UN-Women. He founded an architectural design and research lab called Digital Urban Research and Innovation (DURI). He was an aligned researcher in the National Science Challenge -NZ's research project – "Building Better, Homes, Towns and Cities (BBHTC) – Urban Wellbeing." His paper was awarded the best paper award in the 52nd Architectural Science Association Conference, RMIT, Melbourne. He was the lead topic editor of the Impact Journal Frontiers of Virtual Reality on "Metaverse in Co-Virtual City Design." Dr Chowdhury earned his M.Arch degrees from Mackintosh School of Architecture, UK, and UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain, and his B.Arch from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Research Interests
Dr. Chowdhury’s research focuses on enhancing architectural and urban design processes through the use of advanced technologies, including extended reality (XR), architectural intelligence (AI), and digital urbanism. His work investigates remote collaboration in robotic construction, virtual co-design in metaverse environments, and AI-driven participatory urban planning. Current studies include measuring cognitive load and spatial attention of co-designers using eye-tracking in immersive XR platforms, developing lean simulation workflows for robotic construction, and applying generative models to support community-driven urban design decisions. He integrates mixed-method approaches—combining user behavior analysis, machine learning, real-time 3D content generation, and human-computer interaction—to build collaborative design frameworks that improve efficiency, inclusivity, and responsiveness in the built environment.
External URL
https://www.shuvachowdhury.com/
Recent Publications
- Kevin Benton Jr, Nicholas Dewberry, Chandra Jaiswal, Shuva Chowdhury, Issa AlHmoud, Derick Suarez, Kornel Ehmann, Jian Cao, Balakrishna Gokaraju (2024). (Initial framework design of a digital twin mixed-reality-application on human-robot bi-directional collaboration for forming double curvature plate). 41, pp. 1476-1487. Manufacturing Letters.
- Shuva Chowdhury, Marc Schnabel (2024). (Multimodality in Virtual Co-urban Design). (Multimodality in Architecture) pp. 65-78. Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Shuva Chowdhury, Sharmistha Chowdhury, Md Rezve (2024). (Using simulated human comfort matrix to measure urban campus gender-based thermal performances). 10, Frontiers in Built Environment.
- Aniebietabasi Ackley, Michael Donn, Geoff Thomas, Wallace Enegbuma, Shuva Chowdhury (2023). (Use of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Monitors to Assess Ventilation Effectiveness in Schools). (1) 32, pp. 130-144. Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering.
- Shuva Chowdhury, Johan Hanegraaf (2022). (Co-presence in Remote VR Co-design: Using Remote Virtual Collaborative Tool Arkio in Campus Design). (CAADRIA proceedings) 2, pp. 465-474. CAADRIA.
- Shuva Chowdhury (2022). (Design Thinking for Computer-Aided Co-Design in Architecture and Urban Design). (Augmented Reality and Its Application) IntechOpen.
- Shuva Chowdhury, Marc Schnabel (2021). (A Framework for Virtual Co-Urban Design). (5) pp. 30-37. Urbanie & Urbanus - Smart City?.
- Shuva Chowdhury (2020). (Virtual environments as medium for laypeople to communicate and collaborate in urban design). (5) 63, pp. 451–464. Architectural Science Review.
- Marc Schnabel, Shuva Chowdhury (2020). (VR Unmatched - Leveraging Non-experts as Co-Urban Designers). (CAADRIA proceedings) 1, pp. 651-660. CAADRIA.
- Shuva Chowdhury, Marc Schnabel (2019). (Laypeople's Collaborative Immersive Virtual Reality Design Discourse in Neighborhood Design). 6, Frontiers in Robotics and AI.
- Shuva Chowdhury, Marc Schnabel (2018). (An Algorithmic Methodology to Predict Urban Form - An Instrument for Urban Design). (CAADRIA proceedings) 2, pp. 401-410. CAADRIA.
