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Speculative Practice · RMIT APP3 · 2025

VoidCraft

Digital Twin Consultancy Melbourne Urban Simulation VR / AR NVIDIA Omniverse

Urban planning tools are fragmented, static, and disconnected from lived experience. Stakeholder engagement is abstract. Simulation is either prohibitively expensive or technically inaccessible. VoidCraft addresses this gap: a digital twin consultancy that merges BIM, GIS, and urban simulation to produce immersive, interactive models of Greater Melbourne — enabling smarter planning, genuine engagement, and evidence-based decision-making.

The proposition is a simultaneous macro and micro digital twin: a city-scale model of Greater Melbourne combined with project-specific modelling for individual developments. Neither purely a city simulation nor a single-purpose engineering study — both at once. The twin can run traffic flow, wind, sun and shadow, flood resilience, pedestrian movement, and zoning impact scenarios in real time.

Founded by three RMIT M.Arch graduates. Registered in Victoria, May 2025. Technology stack: NVIDIA Omniverse, ArcGIS CityEngine, SimScale, Unreal Engine, Rhino, Revit, Bentley iTwin. Website: voidcraft.io.

Course Architecture Professional Practice 3
Ton Vu · RMIT University
Co-founders Shahriyar Ahmad (Principal Consultant)
Gharaza Kaleem (Urban Strategy)
Nicole Markis (Project Development)
Registered 01 May 2025 · Victoria
Partnership structure
Tech Stack NVIDIA Omniverse · ArcGIS CityEngine · SimScale · Unreal Engine · Rhino · Revit · Bentley iTwin
Year 2025

Services

BIM-to-Digital Twin Conversion $50,000 per project — existing BIM models integrated into live city twin
Environmental + Urban Simulation $30,000 per project — wind, sun, flood, traffic, pedestrian flow
VR/AR Stakeholder Interface $40,000 per project — custom dashboard and immersive walkthrough
Advisory Reports + Metrics $30,000 per project — performance data, scenario comparison, planning submissions
Greater Melbourne digital twin overview
Wind simulation study
VR stakeholder interface

Research: Three Practice Models

The business model was shaped by a close study of three practices operating at the intersection of architecture, technology, and research.

OMA / AMO Research arm as intellectual engine — architecture as a mode of thinking applied beyond buildings
MVRDV / MVRDV NEXT In-house computational innovation embedded in live project delivery, not separated from it
Fologram (Melbourne) Boutique MR fabrication studio — RMIT Activator grant, device-agnostic platform, +/-1mm spatial accuracy
VoidCraft business plan diagram
Tubythm JTI Canteen + Mosque