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Biography
Camilo Cruz Gambardella is a Research Fellow at the Future Building Lab, Monash University, where he leads research on the integration of AI and digital technologies into design-for-construction workflows. His work focuses on AI not only as a generative medium, but as an enabler of process coordination, data exchange, and decision-making across the
design-to-manufacturing chain — keeping the architect in a central orchestrating role.
Camilo is currently Principal Investigator and supervisor across a range
of projects exploring computational workflow orchestration in the context of modern methods of construction, multi-residential design, and architectural education. He is also developing initiatives to position AI literacy as a core competency within architectural education at department and national level.
Before joining the Future Building Lab, Camilo spent the better part of
a decade researching and teaching computational and generative design at Monash's SensiLab, Melbourne School of Design, and The University of Chile. Prior to that, he worked as a visualisation artist and
architectural designer in Toronto and Santiago.
Camilo holds a degree in Architecture from P. U. Católica (Chile), a
Master of Urban Design from the University of Toronto, and a PhD in
Architecture and Computational Design from The University of Melbourne.
Education/Academic qualification
Architecture, PhD, An exploration of computational approaches to support systematic innovation in architectural design, University of Melbourne
28 Aug 2014 → 28 Aug 2018
Award Date: 24 Dec 2018
Research area keywords
- Architectural design
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Computational Design
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Building 4.0 CRC #116 - MMC Pathways for Youth Housing Delivery
Soltani, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Maxwell, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nicholson, E. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Couper, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Giusti Gestri, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bunster, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Cruz Gambardella, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
18/12/25 → 18/06/27
Project: Research
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#110 Circular design strategies for future-proofing building services
Bunster, V. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Cruz Gambardella, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Maxwell, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Price, B. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Nagarajah, A. (Partner Investigator (PI))
13/08/25 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Reimagining Architectural Practice through AI
Maxwell, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Cruz Gambardella, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Clements, J. (Supervisor) & Stanistreet, T. (Supervisor)
17/02/25 → 1/11/28
Project: Research
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Project #61: Building Productivity—Product, Process, People
Maxwell, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Couper, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bunster, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Khor, L.-A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harper, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cruz Gambardella, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Soltani, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fang, Y. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sohal, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Islam, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Pavez Souper, F. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Sinhala Pathiranage, M. (Associate Investigator (AI))
1/03/24 → 1/03/27
Project: Research
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Project 44 - Generative architectural design engine
Cruz Gambardella, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Phung, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), McCormack, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cai, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Murray, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Weiss, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Patterson, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Huang, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Gribble, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
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PanFlow: Decoupled Motion Control for Panoramic Video Generation
Zhang, C., Liang, H., Chen, D. Y., Wu, Q., Plataniotis, K. N., Gambardella, C. C. & Cai, J., 2026, Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Koenig, S., Jenkins, C. & Taylor, M. E. (eds.). Washington DC USA: Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), p. 12385-12393 9 p. (Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence; vol. 40, no. 15).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Simplified Analysis Augmented Generation (SAAG): A Pattern for Enhancing LLM Performance on Complex Built Environment Problems
Kimm, G., Gambardella, C. C. & Calixto, V., 2026, Humanistic Computation and Intelligence: Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2026. Makki, M., Chen, J., Nik Chien, S.-F., Liu, J., Wang, L. & Wang, S.-Y. (eds.). Hong Kong: The Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Vol. 1. p. 103-112 10 p. (Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia; vol. 1).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Design Quality Housing Assessment Methodology: Supporting Heuristics with Evidence-Based Decision-Making
Zelenko, D., Solin, I., Rollo, J.-P., Soltani, S., Cruz-Gambardella, C. & Maxwell, D. W., 2025, CAAD Futures 2025 – Catalytic Interfaces: Conference Proceedings. Crolla, K., Xue, F. F., Tan, T., Tam, K.-M. M., Guo, H., Goepel, G. & Zhang, H. (eds.). Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, Vol. 1. p. 539-551 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Taming Stable Diffusion for Text to 360° Panorama Image Generation
Zhang, C., Wu, Q., Gambardella, C. C., Huang, X., Phung, D., Ouyang, W. & Cai, J., 2024, Proceedings, 2024 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CVPR 2024. Mortensen, E. (ed.). Piscataway NJ USA: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, p. 6347-6357 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Creative discovery using quality-diversity search
McCormack, J., Gambardella, C. C. & Krol, S. J., 2023, GECCO'23 Companion - Proceedings of the 2023 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion. Paquete, L. (ed.). New York NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 747-750 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Paper › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
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Dean’s Award for Research Excellence – Enterprising Team
Aitchison, M. (Recipient), Khor, L.-A. (Recipient), Murray, S. (Recipient), Maxwell, D. (Recipient), Soltani, S. (Recipient), Dash, J. (Recipient), Neustupny, M. (Recipient), Zanardo, M. (Recipient), Cruz Gambardella, C. (Recipient), Giusti Gestri, L. (Recipient), Rollo, J.-P. (Recipient), Patterson, D. (Recipient), Smillie-Fearn, B. (Recipient), Albrecht, B. (Recipient), Zelenko, D. (Recipient), White, A. (Recipient), Knapp, C. (Recipient), Ngo, B. (Recipient), MacDermott, K. (Recipient), van Wanrooy , R. (Recipient), Paxton, F. (Recipient), Halliday, F. (Recipient), Miller, D. (Recipient), Ford, T. (Recipient), Otto, D. (Recipient) & Nero, R. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean’s Research Team of the Year 2025
Maxwell, D. (Recipient), Bunster, V. (Recipient), Couper, R. (Recipient), Cruz Gambardella, C. (Recipient), Soltani, S. (Recipient), Giusti Gestri, L. (Recipient), Gutierrez Bucheli, L. (Recipient), Munoz Vela, S. (Recipient), Calixto, V. (Recipient), Perera, S. (Recipient), Sinhala Pathiranage, M. (Recipient), Islam, M. (Recipient), Pavez Souper, F. (Recipient) & Zelenko, D. (Recipient), 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Enterprising Research
Giusti Gestri, L. (Recipient), Aitchison, M. (Recipient), Khor, L.-A. (Recipient), Murray, S. (Recipient), Maxwell, D. (Recipient), Soltani, S. (Recipient), Dash, J. (Recipient), Neustupny, M. (Recipient), Zanardo, M. (Recipient), Cruz Gambardella, C. (Recipient), Rollo, J.-P. (Recipient), Patterson, D. (Recipient), Smillie-Fearn, B. (Recipient), Albrecht, B. (Recipient), Zelenko, D. (Recipient), White, A. (Recipient), Knapp, C. (Recipient), Paxton, F. (Recipient), Nero, R. (Recipient) & Jawale Chaudhary, S. (Recipient), 11 Nov 2025
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)