I am a researcher whose background extends from urban and building climatology to historical research into building technologies. I have established and am heading the Big Data in Architectural Research Lab, which has the instrumental and computational infrastructure for collecting, processing, and analysing physical, spatial, visual, and semantic data. In my studies, I often take advantage of big digital datasets originating from a variety of sources, since I believe these datasets are essential for answering many of the pressing research questions pertaining to the built environment today.