Courses

I’ve been teaching computational design, optimization, and applied AI for the built environment for over a decade — in university studios, online, and on my YouTube channel, which has grown to 14,000+ subscribers and ~1,000,000 views. This page collects those courses in one place.

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Applied AI, ML & Data Science for AEC

A full crash-course bundle bringing applied artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science to Architecture, Engineering & Construction — from fundamentals to…

Jul 1, 2026

Fundamentals 101: free illustrated guides

Plain-English primers on cities, nature and urban AI. Free to download and print.

Urban Fundamentals

A friendly guide to cities, data and urban AI: 21 short chapters, classic books summarised, glossary and an eight-week plan. PDF, 50 pages.

Urban Landscape

A friendly guide to nature, green cities and urban AI: parks, water, wildlife, streets, modern trends and tools. Prompted by Mahmoud A.; written and illustrated by Claude.…

CityGML Fundamentals

A friendly, no-jargon guide to semantic 3D city models: levels of detail, CityJSON, 3D City Database, CityGML 3.0 and a hands-on first hour. PDF, 17 pages.

Physics-Informed AI

A friendly guide to AI that learns from data and obeys the laws of physics: a real worked example, hands-on checks, glossary, quiz and an eight-week plan. Prompted by…

Cheat sheets

One-page summaries of key ideas. Free to download and print.

World Models

AI that predicts what happens next: the three families, how they are used, key terms, pitfalls and tools for buildings and cities. Prompted by Mahmoud A.; written and…

Benchmarking

Comparing fairly against a fixed reference: building performance benchmarking, the anatomy of a method benchmark, metrics, well-known benchmarks, good practice and pitfalls.…

Course library

Courses I’ve taught over the years — free to watch anytime.

Data Science for Construction, Architecture & Engineering (edX MOOC)

Co-developed and delivered NUS/BUDS Lab MOOC on edX — reaching 43,500+ learners worldwide with 1,830+ verified certificates.

Jan 1, 2021

Computational Design & Optimization

Algorithmic thinking, parametric modelling, and optimization for architects and engineers — taught online and in-class over many years.

Jan 1, 2020