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Email

s.colabella@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer, Architectural Technology
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
Education
PhD
University of Naples Federico II
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Naples Federico II
ORCID

0000-0003-2457-4570

Dr Sofia Colabella

Senior Lecturer, Architectural Technology
Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning

32 Scholarly works
4 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Deploying FloaTree: computational design-to-construction workflow of a low-tech tensegrity system
    DOI: 10.1007/s44223-025-00112-4
  • 2025

    Curated Exhibition, Event or Festival

    Song of the Cricket
    DOI: 10.26188/32528220
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    #108 Project Circle Design Phase 1
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    [RE]Maker: FB [RE]dress Fit-Out
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Building Remix Rain Gardens Across Public Infrastructure and on Private Property
  • 2024

    Original Creative Work

    FloaTree Pavilion for the IASS 2024 Design Competition and Exhibition of Innovative Lightweight Structures
  • 2024

    Original Creative Work

    Hypar Up Pavilion for the IASS 2023 Design Competition and Exhibition of Innovative Lightweight Structures
Sofia Colabella

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
Architectural Intelligence 2024 Best Paper Awards Springer Journal Architectural Intelligence
2025
Making the Faculty a Great Place to Work Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning (The University of Melbourne)
2024
First Prize for the Float Tree Pavilion (Competition and Exhibition of Innovative Lightweight Structures 2024) IASS (International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures)
2023
First Prize for the Hypar-Up Pavilion (Competition and Exhibition of Innovative Lightweight Structures 2023) IASS (International Association of Shells and Spatial Structures)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    A collaborative digital ‘treasure hunt’ to build student engagement in architectural technology
    DOI: 10.24135/pjtel.v6i1.182
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Architecture and Design for Industry 4.0
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36922-3
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Resolve Once—Output Many (ROOM): Digital Design and Fabrication at the Service of Social Equity
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-36922-3_22
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Making the Hypar Up pavilion: (in)efficiencies of upcycling surplus timber products
    DOI: 10.1007/s44223-024-00074-z
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    FloaTree: A System for Making Artificial Habitat Structures Informed by AI-Generated Visual Abstractions of Large Old Trees
    DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13622633
  • 2023

    Conference Proceedings

    Acoustic and structural design embedded in design studio pedagogy

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Retrofitting Reimagined: Enabling Circular Economy With a Product-Service System Toolkit

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