Dr. Dingwen ‘Nic’ Bao

Researcher

Nic is a Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University and a practicing ARBV Registered architect with over ten years of industry experience. His research explores design methodologies for establishing a complementary relationship among architecture, computational design, structural engineering, behavioural algorithms, robotic fabrication, and additive manufacturing. Nic completed his PhD in Architecture and Engineering at the Centre for Innovative Structures and Materials (CISM) and Tectonic Formation Lab at RMIT where he gained Bachelor’s degree in architecture. He also holds Master of Architecture from the University of Melbourne. Nic’s research contributes to performance-based generative design and large-scale 3D printing research agendas within the lab.