Director

Lab Director · Principal Investigator

Yun-Tsui Chang

張芸翠

Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, Feng Chia University
Founder & Director, BEiLM Research Lab

Architect, urban planner, and computational design researcher working at the intersection of building informatics, sustainability, and lifecycle thinking. Trained across architecture (NCKU), urban planning (UCL Bartlett), and civil engineering (NTU), with a decade of practice in green building certification and sustainable design. The lab she founded — BEiLM — investigates how informatics, intelligence, industrialization, and integration transform the way we design, operate, and retire the built environment.

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01 / Research Expertise

Four research areas, one connected practice.

Design Theory & Computational Design

Generative methods, parametric modeling, and the computational logic underlying contemporary architectural design.

Urban Communities & Environmental Planning

Bridging architecture and urbanism — community-scale planning, sustainability frameworks, and the social dimensions of the built environment.

Building Construction & Construction Management

BIM, modular construction, and the project-delivery mechanisms that turn designs into buildings — with circular economy principles woven throughout.

Building Planning & Environmental Control

Building performance, energy modeling, digital twins for facility management, and the long operational life where most environmental impact accumulates.

02 / Education

Four degrees, three disciplines, two countries.

2018 — 2025

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

Taipei, Taiwan

2014 — 2015

M.Sc. in Urban Planning

The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London

London, United Kingdom

2010 — 2012

M.Arch. in Architecture

Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, Taiwan

2006 — 2010

B.Arch. in Architecture

Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University

Tainan, Taiwan

03 / Experience

From practice to research.

2026 — Present

Assistant Professor Current

College of Architecture, Feng Chia University

Taichung, Taiwan

2021 — 2024

Secretary General

Taiwan Sustainable Energy & Environment Professional Association

2016 — 2017

Project Associate Manager (Green Building Certification)

RCI Engineering

2012 — 2013

Researcher

Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University

04 / Selected Highlights

Recent recognition & service.

2026

First-author paper accepted at BDTSC 2026 (Cambridge)

"Ontology- and Knowledge Graph–Enabled BIM for Building Energy Digital Twins: A Review" — 2nd Building Digital Twin Scientific Conference

Conference Paper · Corresponding Author

2026

First-author paper accepted at CAADRIA 2026 (Taiwan)

"Semantic Approaches to Circular Building Practices: A Review of Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies"

Conference Paper · Corresponding Author

2025

First-author paper in Journal of Cleaner Production

"Development and Application of an Enhanced Building Circularity Indicator: A Pilot Study in Taiwan"

Q1 Journal · Corresponding Author

2021 — 2024

Professional Service: Secretary General, TSEA

Three years leading the operations of the Taiwan Sustainable Energy & Environment Professional Association.

05 / Get in Touch

Open to conversations.

Email

yuntchang@fcu.edu.tw

Office

College of Architecture
Feng Chia University
Taichung, Taiwan

Collaborations

Open to research collaborations, industry partnerships, and graduate students working at the intersection of AI, construction, and sustainability.