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Research

Arup has spent more than 70 years at the forefront of the built environment. Research continues to play a central role in how we think, work and grow.

Arup has spent more than 70 years at the forefront of the built environment. Research continues to play a central role in how we think, work and grow.

Research

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What is research at Arup?

Research is the creation and sharing of knowledge inspired by the work we do and the challenges we overcome. It is the use of targeted thinking, analysis and experimentation to strengthen the firm and keep us moving forward.

The use of research is a key element of the Arup ethos and contributes to many of the unique projects that we are involved in.

Featured project

Centaur Pod – buildings that reshape themselves

The natural environment is constantly changing - so how do we prevent our built environment remaining static?
The ‘Centaur Pod’ prototype seeks to challenge this. The result of a Research project between Arup and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, it’s an origami inspired meeting room that can expand and contract in response to its surroundings and how it is being used.

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Featured project

Centaur Pod – buildings that reshape themselves

The natural environment is constantly changing - so how do we prevent our built environment remaining static?
The ‘Centaur Pod’ prototype seeks to challenge this. The result of a Research project between Arup and the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, it’s an origami inspired meeting room that can expand and contract in response to its surroundings and how it is being used.

Learn more about our work

From ideas to innovations

We recognise too, that for clients today long-term value has an evolving and complex nature. Our work must often connect a project’s structural design to the positive social and environmental outcomes it will produce. Rigorous and creative research helps us to bind these elements together for our clients and partners in the public and private sector.

Our remit is wide, tackling everything from city masterplanning and transport strategy, to circular economy initiatives and innovative responses to climate change.

Our research methodologies include breadth and depth and combine design exploration, use inspired research combined with rigorous scientific methods.

Our annual Global Research Challenge explores some of the world’s most intricate challenges, ranging from emerging digital design and engineering processes to designing within the limits of the earth’s planetary boundaries.

Explore our research

Our research covers a vast range of topics and areas of expertise and is carried out in collaboration with internal researchers, partners and clients around the world.

Project

Smart Cities District Information Modelling and Management for Energy Reduction

Big data and visualisation tools represent a key tool in the fight against climate change. Arup developed a model to present real-time energy consumption and production, analytics and visualisations via a web application that incorporated 3D models and interactive client applications.

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To find out more about our varied research work, visit our dedicated website research.arup.com

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Our research team provides a wealth of experience from across the built environment and deliver some of our most innovative work.

Sasha Chenoweth
Ricky Tsui
Jan Wurm
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