Rui De Klerk
Lead Computational Designer
Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolRui De Klerk is a Lead Computational Designer and PhD candidate in Design and Computation at the University of Lisbon, bringing 11 years of experience at the intersection of architecture, semantic web technologies, and generative design. He combines academic research on Semantic Design Systems—melding description logics with shape grammar production systems—with hands-on product and front-end development experience from roles at geoFluxus and factorymaker. Rui teaches advanced BIM, parametric design and real-time visualization at Zigurat, and has a strong track record organizing and contributing to linked data and design-computing communities such as LDAC and the W3C Linked Building Data group. His work spans immersive procedural modelling, urban performance research, and sustainability-focused classification efforts, reflecting a rare blend of theoretical rigor and applied tool-building. Notably, he has translated VR-enabled procedural modelling research into practical workflows for industry education and product development.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Research Doctorate, Architecture, Research Doctorate, Architecture at University of LisbonLeibniz Universität Hannover - Fakultät für Architektur und Landschaft
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese
Github Skills (24)
rhino8
linked-data7
grasshopper7
sdk7
rhinocommon6
rest5
architecture5
geometry5
binder4
endpoints4
python3
flask3
cpython3
java3
chain3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
deKlerk/Hops
Mar 2021 - Apr 2021
Grasshopper components as Flask Endpoints using Hops
Contributions:28 commits, 2 PRs, 25 pushes in 20 days
pythongrasshopperflaskendpointshops
deKlerk/FoodChain
Mar 2021 - Mar 2022
Food Chain plugin for Grasshopper
Contributions:2 PRs, 32 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year
grasshopperchainfood-chainfood
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