Andrzej Zarzycki
Associate Professor, NJ School of Architecture
- andrzej.zarzycki@njit.edu
- 973-596-8588
- 673 Weston Hall (WEST)
Education
M.S.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Architecture And Urbanism; 1994
Master of Architecture; Politechnika Gdanska (Gdansk University of Technology); Architecture; 1992
Visiting / Exchange Student; Academic year 1990-1991, in addition to other education; Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis (The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts); Architecture; 1991
Awards & Honors
2019 Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship, NJIT
2015 CAADRIA 2015: Best Conference Presentation , CAADRIA
2026 Fall Courses
USYS 790A - DISSERTATION RESEARCH
ARCH 483 - ST: AI IN ARCHITECTURE
Past Courses
AD 490: SPECIAL TOPICS
AD 490: ST:
AD 490: ST: DESIGN FOR AUGMENTED REALITY
AD 490: ST: DIGITAL CHARACTER DESIGN
ARCH 163: INTRO TO DESIGN I
ARCH 163: INTRO TO DESIGN I- HONORS
ARCH 226: BUILDING SYSTEMS II
ARCH 229: STRUCTURES I
ARCH 263: ARCHITECTURE STUDIO I
ARCH 395: ARCHITECTURE STUDIO V
ARCH 425: BUILDING SYSTEMS V
ARCH 463: OPTIONS STUDIO I
ARCH 464: OPTION STUDIO II
ARCH 464: OPTIONS STUDIO II
ARCH 483: ST: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
ARCH 500G: ADV ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHICS
ARCH 526: BUILDING SYSTEMS VIII
ARCH 545G: BLDING SYST V STRCT PRIN APPS
ARCH 561: INTEGRATED STUDIO SEMINAR
ARCH 561: SYNTHESIS SEMINAR
ARCH 563: OPTIONS STUDIO III
ARCH 564: INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO
ARCH 583: ST:
ARCH 583: ST: DESIGN STRATEGIES FOR ZERO
ARCH 583: ST: DSGN STRAT FOR NET-ZERO ENERGY/CARBON BLDGS
ARCH 583: ST:DESIGNING FOR SMART FUTURES
ARCH 583: ST:FORM GENERATION TO PERF SIMU
ARCH 595: ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II
ARCH 662: ST: DESIGNING FOR SMART FUTURES
ARCH 662: ST:FORM GENERATION TO PERF STIM
ARCH 689: AI / VR IN ARCHITECTURE
DD 321: INTER/REACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS
DD 363: DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO III
DD 444: 3-DIMENSIONAL CHARACTER DEVEL
DD 464: DIGITAL DESIGN STUDIO III
ID 312: MECHANICS & ELECTRONICS
ID 464: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDIO V
In Progress
Applications of Augmented Reality in Architecture
This research looks into applications of mobile augmented reality into architecture and urban environments. It works within situate design and embedded knowledge framework taking data to geo-location positions.
This research looks into applications of mobile augmented reality into architecture and urban environments. It works within situate design and embedded knowledge framework taking data to geo-location positions.
Emerging generative AI technologies in architecture and digital design
This work responds to the unfolding debate on the use of generative AI tools in art and design. As the conversations and technological frameworks remain in their early stages the paper focuses on emerging possibilities and methodologies rather than on broader claims or conclusions. The discussed methods can serve as an effective entry point for education and curricula developments with practical advice and conceptual framing to contextualize emerging AI tools in a broader artistic culture and legacy. While the discussion on autonomous creativity is a significant part of the future of AI system developments and their relationship with humanity, this paper specifically limits its contribution to human-to-AI interactions as an important step in understanding intentionality, agency, and identity in that newly formed landscape.
This work responds to the unfolding debate on the use of generative AI tools in art and design. As the conversations and technological frameworks remain in their early stages the paper focuses on emerging possibilities and methodologies rather than on broader claims or conclusions. The discussed methods can serve as an effective entry point for education and curricula developments with practical advice and conceptual framing to contextualize emerging AI tools in a broader artistic culture and legacy. While the discussion on autonomous creativity is a significant part of the future of AI system developments and their relationship with humanity, this paper specifically limits its contribution to human-to-AI interactions as an important step in understanding intentionality, agency, and identity in that newly formed landscape.
Smart Buildings and Smart Assemblies
This research investigates how emerging interactive extended reality (XR) technologies are being integrated with smart systems and the IoT in the context of the built environment. Specifically, it investigates the ways to extend this interoperability between AR and IoT into areas of construction, building use, facility management, and post-occupancy evaluation. The synergy between augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has a potential to go beyond mere visualization of captured data and provide active controls of building services in a user-specific context/perspective. These controls together with building environmental data overlays can serve as a building user interface connecting virtual and physical assets as well as users and building construction professionals.
This research investigates how emerging interactive extended reality (XR) technologies are being integrated with smart systems and the IoT in the context of the built environment. Specifically, it investigates the ways to extend this interoperability between AR and IoT into areas of construction, building use, facility management, and post-occupancy evaluation. The synergy between augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies has a potential to go beyond mere visualization of captured data and provide active controls of building services in a user-specific context/perspective. These controls together with building environmental data overlays can serve as a building user interface connecting virtual and physical assets as well as users and building construction professionals.
Chapter
Andrzej Zarzycki. "Merging Augmented-Reality Interface with Smart Building Controls: Considerations for the Building User Interface." In Ji-Hyun Lee (KAIST), eds., "Cultural Space on Metaverse," pp. 99-116. Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.
Andrzej Zarzycki. "Synergizing smart building technologies with data analytics." In Imdat As and Prithwish Basu, eds., "Routledge Companion for AI in Architecture," 2021.
Andrzej Zarzycki. "Mods, Hacks, Makers: Crowdsourced Culture and Environment." pp. 73-82. KAIST Research Series. Springer, Singapore,, 2018.
Glenn Goldman, Andrzej Zarzycki. "Smart Buildings/Smart(er) Designers: BIM and Creative Design Process." In Karen Kensek and Doug Noble, eds., pp. 1-15. Wiley, 2014.
Conference Paper
"Life-Safety in Buildings through Smart Interactions"
eCAADe, September, 2023.
eCAADe, September, 2023.
Journal Article
Andrzej Zarzycki, Anne-Catrin Schultz, Caryn Brause, Chris Ford, Chad Kraus, Gregory Luhan, Scott Murray, Marci S. Uihlein, Winifred Elysse Newman, Clare Olsen, Jeana Ripple, Julian (Jialiang) Wang. 2021. "Reflections on Five Years of TAD ." Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) published by Taylor & Franics, vol. 2021, no. 5:2, pp. 162.
Andrzej Zarzycki, Anne-Catrin Schultz. 2021. "The Anthropomorphism of “Intelligence” ." Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) published by Taylor & Franics, vol. 2021, no. 5:2, pp. 162.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2021. "Methods: How We Invent and Research." Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) published by Taylor & Franics, vol. 2021, no. 5:1, pp. 128.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2020. "Design Drives." Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) published by Taylor & Franics, vol. 2020, no. 4:2, pp. 128.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2020. "Design Drives." Technology|Architecture + Design, 4:2, , vol. 2020, no. 4:2, pp. 243.
Andrzej Zarzycki, Martina Decker. 2019. "Climate-adaptive buildings: Systems and materials." International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC), vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 166-184.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2018. "Zen of Python: Principle 8." Technology|Architecture + Design, 2:2, , vol. 2018, no. 2:2, pp. 123.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2017. "The Mirror Stage." Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD), vol. 1:2, no. 2017.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2017. "Describe, Explain, and Predict." Technology|Architecture + Design, 2:1 , vol. 2018, no. 2:2, pp. 1.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2017. "Overcoming HTTP404." Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD), vol. 1:1, no. 2017.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2015. "Towards new Mediapolis: networks, identities, and agents." Architectural Science Review, vol. Volume 58, , no. Issue 3, 2015, pp. 221-229.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2014. "Reflections on Computational Design Through Interactions With Materiality and Physical Mock-Ups." Journal of Architectural Education, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 94.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2013. "Integrating Physical and Digital Assemblies." International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC), vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 247-266.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2011. "The Digital Object." Architecture Boston, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 68.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2010. "A Conversation with Mitch Joachim and Andrzej Zarzycki." The Fantastic and the Constructible / Form Z Joint Study Journal, vol. 2008-2010, pp. 72-82.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2010. "Wall to wall: the digital landscape." Architecture Boston, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 28-31.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2009. "Giving our ideas a playground, not a contained shoebox: numerous thoughts on the digital design process and the reasons why it is a creative step forward." Digital Media and the Creative Process, Form Z Joint Study Journal, vol. 16, no. 2007-2008, pp. pp. 63-72.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2008. "Formal Mutations, designing a transformative experience." Digital Intentions, Explorations and Accidents, Form Z Joint Study Journal, vol. 15, no. 2006-2007, pp. 62-67.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2008. "Reconstructing or Inventing the Past: a computer simulation of unbuilt architecture." Digital Intentions, Explorations and Accidents, Form Z Joint Study Journal, vol. 15, no. 2006-2007, pp. 118-121.
Andrzej Zarzycki. 2007. "Light, Materiality and Narrative, Beyond form-making in Architecture." Digital Pedagogies, Form Z Joint Study Journal, vol. 14, no. 2005-2006, pp. 20-26.
Conference Proceeding
"Enhanced Building Services - Smart fixture case studies"
Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2019.
Proceedings of the 24th CAADRIA Conference, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2019.
"Strategies for the Integration of Smart Technologies into Buildings and Construction Assemblies"
Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference , September, 2018.
Proceedings of the 36th eCAADe Conference , September, 2018.
"Augmented realty as virtual design interface"
Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Symposium on Education, November, 2017.
Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Symposium on Education, November, 2017.
"Engaging maker culture with digital prototyping"
Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Symposium on Education, November, 2017.
Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Symposium on Education, November, 2017.
"Mom's tray: real-time dietary monitoring system"
Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics & Interactive Applications, November, 2017.
Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2017 Mobile Graphics & Interactive Applications, November, 2017.
"The Effect of Building Materials on LIDAR Measurements"
ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge! - Proceedings of the 35th eCAADe Conference , September, 2017.
ShoCK! - Sharing Computational Knowledge! - Proceedings of the 35th eCAADe Conference , September, 2017.
"Prototyping Construction Assemblies with Emerging Technologies: An Educational Perspective"
June, 2017.
June, 2017.
"Efficacy of Localization Through Magnets Embedded in Infrastructure"
Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, March, 2017.
Protocols, Flows, and Glitches - Proceedings of the 22nd CAADRIA Conference, March, 2017.
"Enabled Users and Crowdsourced Culture"
ACSA 105 Annual Conference Proceedings, March, 2017.
ACSA 105 Annual Conference Proceedings, March, 2017.
"Integration of Embedded Systems into Building Assemblies"
ACSA 105 Annual Conference Proceedings, March, 2017.
ACSA 105 Annual Conference Proceedings, March, 2017.
"Mods, Hacks, Makers: Crowdsourced Culture and Environment"
2nd CulturalDNA Workshop Proceedings, Ji-Hyun Lee (ed), January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2017.
2nd CulturalDNA Workshop Proceedings, Ji-Hyun Lee (ed), January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2017.
"The Wave of Autonomous Mobility: Architecture Facilitating Indoor Autonomous Navigation"
2016.
2016.
"Augmented Cities: Revealed Narratives"
Crafting Spirituality, Workshop Presentation, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016, December, 2016.
Crafting Spirituality, Workshop Presentation, ACM SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016, December, 2016.
"Adaptive Designs with Distributed Intelligent Systems - Building Design Applications"
Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference, August, 2016.
Herneoja, Aulikki; Toni Österlund and Piia Markkanen (eds.), Complexity & Simplicity - Proceedings of the 34th eCAADe Conference, August, 2016.
"Embedded and Interconnected Buildings: Toward Intelligent Architecture"
ACSA 2016 Annual Conference --Shaping New Knowledges, March, 2016.
ACSA 2016 Annual Conference --Shaping New Knowledges, March, 2016.
"Answering Questions with Questions: A Personal Take on Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem as It Relates to Architecture and Design"
KAIST, November, 2015.
KAIST, November, 2015.
"Augmented Cities: Revealed Histories"
Lodz University of Technology, September, 2015.
Lodz University of Technology, September, 2015.
"Media Landscapes: Agents, Identities, and Connectivity"
Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference, Vienna University of Technology, September, 2015.
Real Time - Proceedings of the 33rd eCAADe Conference, Vienna University of Technology, September, 2015.
"Video Game Narratives: Beyond the Gameplay"
Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference Proceedings, May, 2015.
Emerging Experience in Past, Present and Future of Digital Architecture, the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference Proceedings, May, 2015.
"Augmenting Design Curriculum with Location-Aware Technologies"
EUROGRAPHICS 2015 Conference Proceeding, May, 2015.
EUROGRAPHICS 2015 Conference Proceeding, May, 2015.
"Teaching and Designing for Augmented Reality"
Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, September, 2014.
Fusion - Proceedings of the 32nd eCAADe Conference - Volume 1, September, 2014.
"Designing Resilient Buildings with Emergent Materials"
eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe), September, 2014.
eCAADe (Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe), September, 2014.
"Considering Physicality in Digital Models"
Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe), September, 2013.
Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe (eCAADe), September, 2013.
"EXPLORING ADAPTIVE DESIGNS WITH PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PROTOTYPING"
Building Technology Educators' Society (BTES), July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2013.
Building Technology Educators' Society (BTES), July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2013.
"LEARNING WITH DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL MOCK-UPS USING BIM"
The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), May, 2013.
The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), May, 2013.
"Mediated and Situated Landscapes"
ACSA, March, 2013.
ACSA, March, 2013.
"Component-based Design Approach Using BIM"
Digital Physicality, eCAADe Conference , September, 2012.
Digital Physicality, eCAADe Conference , September, 2012.
"Urban Games: Inhabiting Real and Virtual Cities"
Digital Physicality, eCAADe Conference , September, 2012.
Digital Physicality, eCAADe Conference , September, 2012.
"Urban Games: Convergence of Physical and Virtual"
1-ICAUD Conference, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2012.
1-ICAUD Conference, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2012.
"Media facades and mobile devices; new urban identity"
University of Hartford, ACSA/University of Hartford / October 2010, March, 2012.
University of Hartford, ACSA/University of Hartford / October 2010, March, 2012.
"Parametric BIM as a generative design tool"
Digital Aptitudes, ACSA 100 Conference , March, 2012.
Digital Aptitudes, ACSA 100 Conference , March, 2012.
"Mediated Lives"
eCAADe 2011, University of Ljubljana, September, 2011.
eCAADe 2011, University of Ljubljana, September, 2011.
"EXPLORING PARAMETRIC BIM AS A CONCEPTUAL TOOL FOR DESIGN AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY TEACHING"
Building Technology Educators Society (BTES), August, 2011.
Building Technology Educators Society (BTES), August, 2011.
"Form-making without form making "
Parametricism: SPC, ACADIA Regional /University of Nebraska, March, 2011.
Parametricism: SPC, ACADIA Regional /University of Nebraska, March, 2011.
"Unusual encounters: the use of special effects tools as design generators"
ACSA Annual Conference, March, 2011.
ACSA Annual Conference, March, 2011.
"Feeling before knowing: form-making with the use of digital simulations."
University of Oklahoma, November, 2010.
University of Oklahoma, November, 2010.
"BIM as design exploration tool in architecture"
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Wentworth Institute of Technology, May, 2010.
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Wentworth Institute of Technology, May, 2010.
"First year experience for digital-native students"
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Wentworth Institute of Technology, May, 2010.
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Wentworth Institute of Technology, May, 2010.
"Form-making with special effect simulation"
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Wentworth Institute of Technology, May, 2010.
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Wentworth Institute of Technology, May, 2010.
"Designing Curriculum for Digital-native Architecture Students"
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Lafayette College, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education), Lafayette College, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
"Exploring Parametric BIM as a Conceptual Tool for Design and Building Technology Teaching"
The Society for Modeling & Simulation International, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
The Society for Modeling & Simulation International, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
"Intuitive Structures: Applications of Dynamic Simulations in Early Design Stage"
The Society for Modeling & Simulation International, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
The Society for Modeling & Simulation International, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2010.
"Dynamics-based tools: an unusual path to design integration"
ACM Siggraph 2009 Asia Proceedings, December, 2009.
ACM Siggraph 2009 Asia Proceedings, December, 2009.
"What would Surrealists do if they had computers? Digital explorations, accidents and unexpected consequences"
ACSA/Savannah College of Art and Design, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2009.
ACSA/Savannah College of Art and Design, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2009.
"Expressive and Efficient Structures: digital simulations with physically-based dynamics tools"
BTES 2009 Proceedings.
BTES 2009 Proceedings.
"Digital Simulations of Architectural Structures with the use of physically based dynamics"
Proceedings, Annual ASEE Conference, June, 2009.
Proceedings, Annual ASEE Conference, June, 2009.
"Creative Error and Spontaneous Form Emergence"
[architecture] in the age of [digital] reproduction; Regional ACSA Conference, University of Illinois, Champaign, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2008.
[architecture] in the age of [digital] reproduction; Regional ACSA Conference, University of Illinois, Champaign, October (4th Quarter/Autumn), 2008.
"Formal Mutations; Variation, Constraint, Selection"
Nexus Architecture and Mathematics Conference/ NAAM, June, 2008.
Nexus Architecture and Mathematics Conference/ NAAM, June, 2008.
Technical Report
"Digital Media in Architecture and Interior Design - Curriculum Framework: A Report for the SIGGRAPH Education Committee"
ACM/SIGGRAPH - Education Committee, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2010.
ACM/SIGGRAPH - Education Committee, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2010.
Working Paper
"Form-making in architecture: performance and simulation based design approach"
ACM Siggraph 2009 Asia Proceedings-Posters, December, 2009.
ACM Siggraph 2009 Asia Proceedings-Posters, December, 2009.
Other
"Formal Mutations: Pursuing Unintended Consequences"
ACM Siggraph 2009 Asia Proceedings, December, 2009.
ACM Siggraph 2009 Asia Proceedings, December, 2009.
Professional
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA)
Committee Member, 2020
Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) journal
Editor, Associate Editor, 2020
Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) journal
Editorial Review Board Member, 2015
Higher Education Advisory Team, American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Board of Advisors of a Company, 2018
Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) journal
Editor, Senior Editor, 2016