Prof. dr. ir. arch. Andrew Vande Moere is a Professor in Design Informatics at the Department of Architecture at KU Leuven in Belgium. He conducts design-oriented research to reveal the architectural potential of emerging technologies.
After graduating as an Architectural Engineer from KU Leuven university, he acquired a post-graduate degree from the Information Architecture (previously called CAAD) research group at the Department of Architecture of ETH-Zurich. During his PhD at ETH-Zurich (2004), he developed interactive data visualizations for tele-immersive virtual reality environments. As a Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer at the Design Lab of the The University of Sydney (USyd), he became the Program Coordinator of the Master Degree in Electronic Arts (M.IDEA), focusing on the symbiosis of design and data visualisation, data physicalization, and data art. In 2010, he returned to his alma mater KU Leuven, where he now co-directs the research group Research[x]Design (RxD).
By combining knowledge from design and computer science, his current research contributes to human-computer (HCI), human-robot (HRI), human-building (HBI) and human-AI interaction. By exploiting emerging technological advancements in data science, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), and augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR), his research aims to inform the future development of smart interfaces, spaces, buildings and cities in purposeful yet also aesthetic and ethical ways.
Several of his scientific research innovations have been successfully valorised, among which the university spin-off Citizen Dialog Kit (CDK), the award-winning interactive media architecture installation called MUURmelaar, and the award-winning robotic fabrication technique called “Robotics Serendipity”, among several others.
Professor Andrew Vande Moere is a regular keynote speaker, among which at TEDx KU Leuven. He has been a scientific evaluator at the FWO Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowship board and the KU Leuven Research Council. Next to a broad range of research projects, he is the main PI of the EU Horizon Research and Innovation project SONATA (Situation-aware OrchestratioN of AdapTive Architecture), bringing together a broad European consortium of academic, industry and key stakeholder partners.
