portfolio

This portfolio comprises a selection of projects showcasing my work across research, tech, design, and community engagement.

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ur-scape

FCL's open-source planning support tool enabling data-driven participatory planning.

Future Cities Laboratory Global2023-present

ur-scape studio

An online learning platform with video-based courses on geospatial data management and ur-scape.

Future Cities Laboratory Global2023-present

Young Urbanists of Southeast Asia (YUSEA)

A pan-Southeast Asian network of young people interested in Southeast Asian urbanism.

Young Urbanists of Southeast Asia (YUSEA)2023

Spatial Intelligence with Local LLMs using an MCP Server

A prototype for a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that controls a map using small on-device LLMs.

Singapore-ETH Centre2025

Towards data-driven planning in Rajasthan

A project with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to build capacity for data-driven integrated planning in Rajasthan state, India.

Future Cities Laboratory Global2023-2025

Participate with Data

A data-driven participatory planning initiative led by FCL Global and Participate in Design.

Future Cities Laboratory Global2024

URBANovation

A podcast and knowledge platform exploring innovative responses to Asian urban challenges.

Young Urbanists of Southeast Asia2023-present

butterfl.ai

Interactive exhibit demonstrating AI's environmental and productivity trade-offs through tool-enabled agentic workflows.

Future Cities Laboratory GlobalFebruary 2026

Global Approaches to Urban Intelligence

Joint international lecture series exploring emerging methodologies in urban AI.

Harvard Urban AI and Future Cities Laboratory GlobalApril 2026

Joshua Vargas Website

A custom-built portfolio website showcasing design, development, and research capabilities.

Joshua VARGAS2026

Future Cities Symposium & Exhibition 2025

Communications & creative direction for one of Singapore’s largest urban science symposia.

Future Cities Laboratory Global2025

Jojosphere

React + Vite app for drawing simple UV-space shapes, mapping them onto a sphere, and exporting as SVG.

Joshua VARGAS2025

URBANovation Jakarta

A youth engagement event bringing together Indonesia’s emerging urban leaders.

Young Urbanists of Southeast Asia2025

SEC Day 2024 Future Cities Exhibition

Projection mapping, fabrication, and exhibition design for a research symposium.

Future Cities Laboratory Global2024

With AI, we should rethink our economic development model

An op-ed for Rappler written in March 2023 predicting that agentic AI models will have negative impacts on the resilience of a BPO-driven Philippine economy.

Rappler2023

Filipino City, American Time Documentary Film

A short documentary film about night-shift BPO workers in Cebu City.

Yale-NUS College2023

Boa-levard

A shapeshifting street concept inspired by the fidget snake toy.

Non-Architecture Competition2022

CeBUS – an integrated transport model for Cebu, Philippines

A policy memo and pitch for an integrated transport model in Cebu, Philippines, proposing an adapted Service Contracting model.

Yale-NUS College2022

HelpBangkok

A prototype LINE chatbot connecting Bangkok residents to social protection programmes.

Urban Studies Lab2022

SG Neighbourhood Recommendation

A data-driven tool helping prospective homebuyers identify suitable subzones in Singapore.

Yale-NUS College2022

自主軟件 (Software as Self-Determination)

Interactive exhibition on Chinese technological sovereignty, developed entirely with Chinese software.

Yale-NUS College2022

Horseshoe Garden

A design intervention for the historic Tiong Bahru Horseshoe Block.

Yale-NUS College2021

To Make Global South Children See Cities through SimCity

Global Undergraduate Awards-winning paper analysing the implications of SimCity’s influence on global south children.

Yale-NUS College2021