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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of the Built Environment

National University of Singapore

Supervisor: Yu Qian Ang; City Syntax Lab

Research Associate, Department of Architecture

National University of Singapore

Supervisor: Rudi Stouffs; Future Resilient Systems Phase II

Academic Guest, Chair of Sustainable Construction

ETH Zurich

Host Supervisor: Guillaume Habert

PhD Researcher

Singapore ETH Center (SEC), Future Cities Lab (FCL) Global

Supervisor: Rudi Stouffs; Circular Future Cities (CFC) project.

PhD

National University of Singapore

Architecture; Supervisor: Rudi Stouffs

Master of Engineering

Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen)

Architecture; Supervisor: Xiangmin Guo; Tiantian Lo

Bachelor of Architecture

Hebei University of Engineering

Architecture

ACADIA 2023 Student Conference Scholarship

ACADIA

China Scholarship Council (CSC) Doctoral Scholarship (2021–2025)

China Scholarship Council

Doctoral scholarship, 2021–2025

Young CAADRIA Award

CAADRIA

Young Researcher Award

Circular Future Cities — Future Cities Laboratory Global

PhD Researcher, Singapore-ETH Centre (SEC). Funded by the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) under the CREATE programme and ETH Zurich.

• Integrated BIM/GIS, spatial information, and domain knowledge for multiscale digital representation and spatial information modeling of the built environment.
• Investigated the quantification, spatial distribution, flows, and reuse potential of building components and materials to support urban resource circularity and low-carbon decision-making.

Using Physics-Based and AI-Driven Urban Building Energy Modeling (UBEM) for Operational and Embodied Carbon Emissions Estimation in a Seed Region

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA)–National University of Singapore (NUS) collaboration. Project ID: SC-URA-NUS-2025-1.

• Combines physics-based models and AI with BIM/CIM, GIS, satellite imagery, street-view imagery, and multisource spatial information for multimodal sensing and spatial information modeling.
• Investigates the identification and inference of spatial elements, structural systems, and material composition, as well as prediction and scenario analysis of material intensity, operational carbon, and embodied carbon.

Development of a Spatial Intelligence Database and Generative Models for Robotic Simulation Training Environments

Participating Researcher, China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) 2026 R&D programme, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute. Total project funding: RMB 6 million.

• Contributes to a built-environment spatial intelligence database and generative models for robotic simulation training environments.
• Investigates digital representation of multisource spatial information, scene understanding, and scene generation to support environmental perception, spatial cognition, simulation training, and intelligent decision-making for construction robots.

Circular Cities Workshop

Organizer and instructor of the “Circular Cities” workshop at DigitalFUTURES 2024, focusing on explainable material inference and parametric archetype modeling.

Design with Adaptability for Circular Building: A Graph-Informed Generative Framework

eCAADe 2026: Informed Creativity in Architecture and Engineering, Vol. 3

Pei, W., Li, Y., Ang, Y. Q., & Stouffs, R.. Published conference paper; first author. Lübeck, Germany.

A Harmonised Building Material Intensity Database for Uncertainty-Aware Building Stock Analysis

Pei, W., & Ang, Y. Q.. Under review; first author.

Parametric Micro-Archetype Modeling: Towards Simulation-Driven Archetype Development for Urban Building Energy Stock Estimation

Pei, W., Talami, R., Ang, Y. Q., & Stouffs, R.. Under review; first author.

Data-Adaptive Multi-Level Building Material Stock Modeling for Circular Resource Assessment: An Ontology-Based Framework

Resources, Conservation & Recycling

Pei, W., Xiong, S., Cao, Q., Habert, G., & Stouffs, R.. Under review; first and corresponding author.

From lifecycle material tracking to urban-scale material stock modeling: A tool for building material assessment from low-LOD BIM models

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 226, 108659

Pei, W., Wang, X., Yuan, P. F., & Stouffs, R.. First author; CAS journal ranking: Q1, Top journal.

A Graph-Based Prediction Model for Sustainable Urban Renewal: Integrating Graph Convolutional Networks for Concrete Recycling Potential Evaluation

CAAD Futures 2025

He, H., Li, H., Pei, W., Li, S., & Stouffs, R.. Corresponding author.

Parametric archetype: An incremental learning model based on a similarity measure for building material stock aggregation

Automation in Construction, 172, 106064

Pei, W., & Stouffs, R.. First author; CAS journal ranking: Q1, Top journal.

An Ontology-Based Reasoning Framework: Towards Multi-level and Data-efficient Building Material Stock Modelling

Proceedings of the 29th CAADRIA Conference

Pei, W., Xiong, S., Habert, G., & Stouffs, R.. First author.

Techniques and tools for integrating building material stock analysis and life cycle assessment at the urban scale: A systematic literature review

Building and Environment, 262, 111741

Pei, W., Biljecki, F., & Stouffs, R.. First author; CAS journal ranking: Q1, Top journal.

Form Archetypes: A Computational Representation for Generative Urban Design and Regional Embodied Carbon Assessment

Wanyu Pei, Qian Cao, Yang Li, Wong Mun Summ, Rudi Stouffs, Yu Qian Ang*. Conference manuscript in preparation. * Corresponding author: Yu Qian Ang.

Journal and conference reviewer

Academic peer review

Reviewer for Sustainable Cities and Society; Resources, Conservation & Recycling; Communications Sustainability; and Building and Environment. Conference reviewer for CAADRIA 2021.