Darcy Zelenko

Darcy Zelenko is a PhD candidate at Monash University where he belongs to the Future Building Initiative, a research lab focussed on conceptualising and implementing a more industrialised approach to building. His PhD research concerns the study of how design can be used to enable a greater uptake of production technology in construction.

Darcy has worked extensively in digital fabrication which has seen him develop expertise in bespoke timber manufacturing. In addition to this Darcy has taught architecture and computational design at multiple universities, with a specific interest in the role that prototyping can play as part of an innovative design process.

PhD Start and End Dates
March 2022 to March 2025

PUBLICATIONS

• October 2025 – Mapping emerging machine learning methodologies in architectural design: A pathway for present integration and future research
• September 2025 – Design Quality Housing Assessment Methodology: supporting heuristics with evidence-based decision-making
• April 2025 – Advancing prototyping pedagogy: a design-build studio approach
• July 2024 – Lean Construction for innovation: a systematic review of IGLC proceedings