Speakers
Future Of Cities
Assistant Professor Frederick Peter Ortner
F. Peter Ortner is Assistant Professor and MArch and PhD Coordinator for Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Peter’s research leverages computational techniques to create sustainable architecture and urban design. His current research introduces optimization into the process of design for circularity, augmenting the ability of the architect to contribute to zero-waste, carbon neutral cities. Predicting urban metabolism data for urban design scenarios is another on-going research pursuit. In recent research Peter has applied computational design to challenges of urban resilience and automated mobility. His doctoral research built on insights from critical data studies and computational design to elucidate the changing role of architecture and architect in complex, data-driven urban systems.
Peter received a PhD from EPFL where his doctoral thesis was nominated for the EPFL and City of Lausanne prizes. At EPFL Peter was a collaborator with Media x Design Lab, a cross-disciplinary team of designers and computer scientists. He holds a Master’s in Architecture from Harvard University where he was recipient of the Faculty Design Award, and a Bachelor of Arts cum laude with distinction in architecture from Yale University. Peter has practiced architecture in the United States and Switzerland.
Professor Thomas Schroepfer
Professor Thomas Schroepfer obtained his doctoral degree and master’s degree with distinction from Harvard University. He began his academic career at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design where he was appointed Assistant Professor of Architecture in 2004 and Associate Professor of Architecture in 2008. He was named Full Professor after joining the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) in 2011, where he became the Founding Programme Director and Associate Head of Pillar of Architecture and Sustainable Design and currently serves as the Co-Director of the SUTD-JTC I³ Centre and the Director of the University’s award-winning Advanced Architecture Laboratory. He held visiting professorships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Loughborough University (LU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Since 2015, he is a member of the Core Research Team of the Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities Laboratory and served as a member of its Steering Committee from 2015-2020.
Professor Schroepfer’s work investigates the increasingly complex relationship between design and technology in architecture. His research and design projects relate to advances in environmental sustainability, materials, structure and form, performance and energy, digital fabrication and building processes. He has been recognized as a creative leader in the industry and sought-after as a keynote speaker at international conferences, symposia and workshops. His work has been exhibited at important international venues, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the World Architecture Festival, and the World Congress of Architecture. He is the author of numerous publications on architecture and design. His books have been translated into several languages and include Dense+Green Cities: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem (2020), Dense+Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture (2016), Ecological Urban Architecture (2012) and Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality (2011). In 2011, he was named Author of New and Notable Books on Architecture, Culture and Design by Metropolis Magazine. Since 2014, he is the Series Editor of SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology, published by Springer Nature. His work has been covered by a variety of media including The New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, El Mundo, Tagesspiegel, Bauwelt, Metropolis, and Harvard Design Magazine. Recent projects include the award-winning The Future of Us Pavilion at The Gardens by the Bay Singapore.
Professor Schroepfer is the recipient of prestigious awards and recognitions including the The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies International Architecture Award; the President*s Design Award, Singapore’s highest honour accorded to designers and designs across all disciplines; the German Design Award; and the Asia Education Leadership Award.
Associate Professor Bige Tunçer
Bige Tunçer is an associate professor and Capstone Program Director at the Architecture and Sustainable Design Pillar of Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). At SUTD, she founded the Informed Design Lab. The Lab’s research focuses on data collection, information and knowledge modeling and visualization, for informed architectural and urban design. She leads and participates in various research projects in evidence informed design. Her research has been widely published internationally in books, journals, and conference proceedings.
Ching Tuan Yee
Ching Tuan Yee is Director (Design & Planning Lab) of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), where he leads efforts in the use of data and technology to support planning and urban design. Prior to this role, he led the planning team for Singapore’s East Region from 2016-2021, and was part of the team involved in the planning and urban design of the Marina Bay area from 2002 to 2015. Tuan Yee’s background is in architecture, town & regional planning, and city planning, and he is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and the Royal Town Planning Institute.
Chuang I-Ting
Dr. I-Ting Chuang is a Lecturer at the School of Architecture and Planning of the University of Auckland. She has obtained her B.Arch (1st-degree hon) and M.Des (GSD) degrees from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Harvard University, USA. She practised Architecture and Urban Design in New York and Taiwan before embarking on her academic career focused on architecture design research and studio curriculum. Her research focuses on design informatics in urban geography, emphasizing data analytics and the spatial quality of public spaces. She is particularly interested in applying these academic insights to understanding the complexity of our contemporary urban environment.
Future Of Building
Associate Professor Carlos Banon
Carlos Banon is co-founder of Subarquitectura Architects Spain, Associate Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and co-founder of AirLab @SUTD. He holds an M.Arch. with Extraordinary Distinction. He also held visiting professorships at MIT Massachussetts Institute of Technology and at EPFL, and was invited to lecture by a number of universities, including ETSAM Madrid, UIC Barcelona, KEA Copenhagen and PUPR Puerto Rico. His research projects span from Geometric Exploration for Space Making (GESM), 3D Printing applied to actual building components, Artificial Intelligence applied to high-rise developments, and Affordable Housing prototypes.
He also implements his research and teaching methodologies in Design Studios where he applies Parametric Design, into actual buildings through his architectural practice. He was awarded with the Design of the Year Prize by the London Design Museum, received international recognition with the Golden Medal given by the International Olympic Committee, the Spanish Biennial Prize and the Mies Van der Rohe Prize nomination.
Assistant Professor Michael Budig
Michael Budig is Assistant Professor in Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), director of the REAL Renewable Architecture Lab real.sutd.edu.sg. His research focuses on renewable materials and regenerative architecture driven by computational design and digital fabrication. He seeks for innovations for the decarbonisation, digitalisation and changing demographics in the built environment. As a chair to the Board of Graduate studies, he is coordinating the PhD programme in Architecture and Sustainable Design, and he teaches Design for first year students (Introduction to Design), Design Studios for undergraduate and graduate students, and building technology in the undergraduate course (Architecture Science and Technology).
He was an affiliate faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a senior researcher with ETH Zurich at the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore, where he led a research team on the design of robotic fabricated high-rises and was responsible for the installation of a robotic fabrication laboratory. Prior to the activities in Singapore, he taught and researched with Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, and practised as an architect as principal of Moll Budig Architecture, a multi-disciplinary office on architecture, urbanism and design strategies. Built projects include industrial buildings such as a metal recycling company, soap production and ceramics manufacturing facilities and residential projects.
Professor Thomas Schroepfer
Professor Thomas Schroepfer obtained his doctoral degree and master’s degree with distinction from Harvard University. He began his academic career at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design where he was appointed Assistant Professor of Architecture in 2004 and Associate Professor of Architecture in 2008. He was named Full Professor after joining the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) in 2011, where he became the Founding Programme Director and Associate Head of Pillar of Architecture and Sustainable Design and currently serves as the Co-Director of the SUTD-JTC I³ Centre and the Director of the University’s award-winning Advanced Architecture Laboratory. He held visiting professorships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Loughborough University (LU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). Since 2015, he is a member of the Core Research Team of the Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities Laboratory and served as a member of its Steering Committee from 2015-2020.
Professor Schroepfer’s work investigates the increasingly complex relationship between design and technology in architecture. His research and design projects relate to advances in environmental sustainability, materials, structure and form, performance and energy, digital fabrication and building processes. He has been recognized as a creative leader in the industry and sought-after as a keynote speaker at international conferences, symposia and workshops. His work has been exhibited at important international venues, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the World Architecture Festival, and the World Congress of Architecture. He is the author of numerous publications on architecture and design. His books have been translated into several languages and include Dense+Green Cities: Architecture as Urban Ecosystem (2020), Dense+Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture (2016), Ecological Urban Architecture (2012) and Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality (2011). In 2011, he was named Author of New and Notable Books on Architecture, Culture and Design by Metropolis Magazine. Since 2014, he is the Series Editor of SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology, published by Springer Nature. His work has been covered by a variety of media including The New York Times, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Channel NewsAsia, The Straits Times, El Mundo, Tagesspiegel, Bauwelt, Metropolis, and Harvard Design Magazine. Recent projects include the award-winning The Future of Us Pavilion at The Gardens by the Bay Singapore.
Professor Schroepfer is the recipient of prestigious awards and recognitions including the The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies International Architecture Award; the President*s Design Award, Singapore’s highest honour accorded to designers and designs across all disciplines; the German Design Award; and the Asia Education Leadership Award.
Assistant Professor Kenneth Tracey
Kenneth Tracy is an Assistant Professor in Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Previously Tracy taught at American University of Sharjah, Pratt Institute, Columbia University, the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and at Washington University where in 2009 he established a fabrication research lab.
In 2010 Tracy co-founded Yogiaman Tracy Design, an award winning, experimental firm with projects in Indonesia and the US. Formerly Tracy was a founding partner at Associated Fabrication, a digital millwork shop and consultancy in Brooklyn, NY whose clients include Zaha Hadid Architects, the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Chanel, Vito Acconci and MoMA.
Kenneth’s investigations into materials and processes borrow from production methods used in high-tech industry, artwork and traditional crafts. By sourcing material from outside of typical construction techniques these investigations expand the range of spatial possibilities for architecture. His research manifests in full-scale tests, installations, and buildings, as well as published papers and workshops. Tracy has lectured about his work at Columbia University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Texas at Arlington.
Jonathan Cheng
Jonathan is the Acting Group Director at the Built Environment Research & Innovation Institute (BERII) and the Built Environment Technology Alliance (BETA).
Since starting his career at BCA in 2008, he has been immersed in innovation and technology (I&T), as well as ‘green’ building development where he has been involved in various policies that aim to proliferate productive and sustainable technologies in Singapore’s built environment. In between, he had a two-year stint at the National Research Foundation promoting R&D that drive national initiatives toward greater energy resilience and environmental sustainability for Singapore. In 2016, he became a part of the strategic planning team at BCA that led to the formulation of the next bound of transformation that the built environment sector should take to stay ahead.
A materials engineer by training, having graduated from the Nanyang Technological University in 2007, he pursued a Masters in Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales. Since then, BCA has blessed him with opportunities of exposure and now, he drives I&T efforts at BERII and embarks on building BETA together with leading firms of the built environment.
Laurent Corpataux
Laurent Corpataux is the Head of Singapore-based Haring Timber Technology, part of the Haring Group, an award-winning and leading company in the field of mass timber engineering & construction with 143 years of experience.
He is also an external consultant/advisor to various government agencies for the technical wood and forest products sector in Southeast Asia and published peer-reviewed articles in the field of built environment sector at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
He holds an Engineering honors degree from the Bern University of Applied Sciences and a professional degree in federal carpentry from Switzerland. In 2015, Laurent moved from Switzerland to Indonesia and in 2017, he relocated to Singapore.
Chia Sheng Wei
Sheng Wei is a Computational and Architectural Designer at Type0 Architecture and is involved in projects that range widely in scale. Prior to joining Type0, he was a Senior Research Assistant at SUTD’s Artificial Architecture Lab which explored the synthesis of AI and Architecture.
His thesis research, ‘The Makers Museum’ postulated the possibility of more inclusive architectural design processes with the use of machine learning technologies such as 3D Generative Adversarial Networks; which won Best Thesis at SUTD and the 2021 Arcasia Thesis of the Year Gold Award.
Future Health
Associate Professor Chong Keng Hua
Dr. CHONG Keng Hua is Associate Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), where he coordinates collaboration and social programmes, directs the Social Urban Lab (SOULab), leads the MND-HDB New Urban Kampung Research Programme, and co-leads the Opportunity Lab (O-Lab). He is also a Founding Partner of COLOURS: Collectively Ours, an award-winning design practice specialising in public space and social impact.
Author of Second Beginnings: Senior Living Redefined (Lien Foundation, 2018) and Creative Ageing Cities: Place Design with Older People in Asian Cities (Routledge, 2018), his research on ageing, health and data-driven collaborative design has contributed significantly to the field of social architecture. Through behavioural studies and data analytics, his works raise the urgency of rethinking eldercare typology and advocate for ageing-in-community. His projects SilverCOVE Senior Wellness Centre and TOUCHpoint have won numerous awards at the APAC Eldercare Innovation Awards including the Best Silver Architecture – Community Space (2016) and the Wellness Integration of the Year (2019), and nominated for Singapore President’s Design Award (2020), among other awards and shortlists.
Graduated with PhD in Architecture from National University of Singapore (NUS), Dr. Chong has been a visiting faculty at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Zhejiang University, as well as visiting researcher at TU Delft and Tsinghua University. He was also trained in design thinking at Rotman Business School, Toronto University. Prior to joining SUTD, he has practiced architecture at LOOK Architects, Li Xiaodong Atelier and ARC Studio. He has since been invited to speak at many reputable institutions, including University of Tokyo, Tongji University, ETH Future Cities Lab, RMIT University, Royal College of Art (UK), University of Hong Kong, and CENTRO University (Mexico).
A firm believer in design activism, Dr. Chong has been advocating social architecture and community design in the region. He initiated PARK Day Singapore in 2013 which has since become a nation-wide annual urban design movement, and led several community development projects in Vietnam, Thailand, and China. The strong emphasis in social impact is also evident in his public service. He was appointed member of the Jurong Lake District Steering Committee (2014-2017), Curator for Singapore Pavilion at Seoul Biennale 2017, Curator for Singapore Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2018, and Festival Director for Singapore Archifest 2020.
Dr. Chong’s current research focuses on healthy environment and community development, as he serves as Visiting Senior Academician at Changi General Hospital, Adjunct at MND Centre for Liveable Cities, and member of multiple international organisations including Pacific Rim Community Design Network, and Design for the Common Good Network.
Dr. Jason Lim
Jason is a Lecturer at SUTD and director of TakahashiLim A + D, a design consultancy based in Singapore.
Jason received a doctorate from ETH Zurich, completing his dissertation under the supervision of Professors Matthias Kohler and Fabio Gramazio, and Dr Robert Aish. He also holds a Master of Engineering degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University.
Jason worked previously as a PhD researcher at the Future Cities Lab in the Singapore-ETH centre, and as an architectural designer at BriggsKnowles Architecture + Design in New York City. In addition, Jason has taught at Parsons the New School for Design, Stevens Institute of Technology, and the National University of Singapore.
Assistant Professor Christine Yogiaman
Christine Yogiaman directs Yogiaman Tracy Design (yo_cy), a research and design practice that focus on the utilization of digital techniques along with contextual influences to create culturally embedded, affective work in Indonesia. She previously taught as an Assistant Professor at American University of Sharjah and Washington University in St Louis, where she coordinated and developed Architecture Graduate Core studios curriculum.
Dr. Zheng Kai
Zheng Kai is a Faculty Fellow in the Architecture and Sustainable Design Pillar at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. He obtained his Doctoral and Bachelor’s degree with 2nd Upper Honors from the National University of Singapore. His work investigates how evaporative cooling can be deployed in building design to achieve Thermal Comfort for the Tropics and his interests also lie in how architectural energy systems can work in synergy. Other works also include pandemic resilient architecture and systems to improve Building Wellness and health.
Radha Basu
An international-award-winning former journalist with a passion for ageing issues, Radha Basu has forged a second career in gerontology. For the better part of a decade, she has worked in qualitative research, engagement, and programme development to enable seniors to age with autonomy, dignity, and purpose. Her work at the Tsao Foundation involves fostering collaborations and building a new pillar of work around productive longevity.
Earlier, she oversaw in-depth publications commissioned by another reputable philanthropic organization highlighting best practices/progress made and challenges of senior-care; and authored a 130-page study on nursing homes, which were all well regarded by policymakers, academics, and sector leaders, and mentioned in Parliament and other policy forums. Aside from numerous journalism awards, she has also won an award for promoting gender rights and equality.
Jerry Ong
Jerry is a Senior Vice President with CPG Consultants. He is an advocate of Regenerative Design and has a strong interest in Green and Sustainable design solutions. Focusing on Healthcare typology as the vehicle to create an Architecture for Wellness, Jerry believes that architecture should be integrated with nature seamlessly to drive sustainability and provide a holistic environment for its occupants.
Jerry leads a team to develop masterplan and design proposals for local and international projects. His portfolio includes Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, the National Center for Infectious Diseases, the upcoming Eastern Integrated Health Campus in Singapore and the International Medical University Hospital in Kuala Lumpur.
Sofia Foo
Sofia graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Architecture and Sustainable Design) and Masters of Architecture from the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
She is currently a Research Associate for the Social Urban Lab (SoUL) at SUTD. Her research interest lies in investigating the relationship between people, the built environment, and physical health. She has led two research projects that examine these overlaps, primarily the Urban Acupuncture and the Community Behavioural Needs Assessment study. She is also passionate about building community resilience through collaborative design, to develop lively public spaces.
Natasha Yeo
Natasha is an SUTD alumni, having completed her B.Sc( Arch) and M.Arch a few years back. She is currently a senior research Assistant for the Social Urban Lab (SOUL) under Professor Chong Keng Hua. In her research work, Natasha has experience working closely with Singaporean resident communities, empowering and activating residents to co-create neighborhood public spaces that enable effective place-making and place-keeping.
Climate Change
Assistant Professor Eva Castro
Eva Castro is a professor of practice at AS+D – SUTD, Singapore, where she currently is the coordinator of core studio 2 and co-leads the advanced option studio on landscape urbanism.
She has been the director of the Landscape Urbanism Unit at Tsinghua University in Beijing and a visiting professor at the Architectural Association in London, where she taught – as a diploma unit master and the director of the Landscape Urbanism Master program since 2003. She has also held positions as visiting professor at HKU, Hong Kong and as honorary professor at X’ian University of Architecture and Technology.
Castro is co-founder of form_axioms lab, a territorial agency for academic research purposes operating from within SUTD, Singapore.
As a practitioner, Castro is cofounder of Plasma Studio and GroundLab. She has been recognized with several awards including the Next Generation Architects Award, the Young Architect of the Year Award and the Contract World Award. Her work is published and exhibited worldwide, including Archilab’s ‘Naturalising Architecture’ and various solo exhibitions and art installations -at the DAZ (Deutsches Architectural Museun) in Germany and the Architectural Association in London. Plasma studio and GroundLab were the lead designers for the International Horticultural Fair in Xi’an, China a 37ha landscape with a wide range of buildings opened in 2011.
David Erdman
David Erdman is the chairperson of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture in Brooklyn, NY where he oversees four graduate programs, over two hundred students and has been spearheading various projects surrounding climate change with the institute including the procurement of an annual research and exhibition space on Governors Island in the New York Harbor and collaborations with the Center for Architecture and Trust for Governors Island.
Erdman was a co-founding partner of the design collaborative servo where he designed and completed numerous large scale prefabricated installation projects exhibited in museums in North America and Europe. Erdman co-founded davidclovers (now plusClover) where from 2006-2016 he designed and completed over twenty built projects that integrate prefabricated components with standard construction ranging in scale from single family homes to towers to a permanent installation on one of the busiest train platforms in the world.
Erdman was awarded the prestigious Rome Prize in 2008-2009 and both firms received numerous awards in addition to having work exhibited and collected in museums in North America, Europe and Asia.
In addition to Pratt where Erdman is an Associate Professor, he held Adjunct and Assistant Professorships at UCLA and HKU (respectively) in addition to visiting professorships at various universities including Yale, UC Berkeley and Rice University. He is the author of Introducing (AR+D 2021), co-author of Future Real (Yale SoA 2018), editor of Pratt Sessions Volumes 1 and 2 (ORO 2018, 2020) and his essays have been published in numerous journals internationally. His work has been cited in numerous books on architecture design and fabrication, journals and newspapers including the New York and Los Angeles Times. Eighteen of the projects he completed with davidclovers are extensively documented in Amass (Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers 2021), a book conceived and developed collaboratively with his former partner Clover Lee.
Erdman is currently working on several books and a series of collaborative design research projects with government organizations in New York City, Singapore and Hong Kong.
Lee Cheh Hsien
Cheh Hsien is responsible for strategic planning for Sentosa Development Corporation. This includes driving island-wide efforts towards Sustainable Sentosa- a long term plan to ensure that the island transforms into a sustainable destination where our guests leave with great experiences, without leaving behind a carbon footprint. With a career spanning both the public and private sector, he is passionate about building great teams and believes that this is the only way to solving the world’s most challenging problems. One of his greatest joys is to experience new communities and cultures with his family of five, and one of his greatest privileges is to contribute in creating and sharing the Sentosa experience with the world.
Benedict Tan
Benedict Tan is a recent graduate from ASD currently working as a researcher at the Artificial Architecture Lab. His interest lies in how emerging thoughts towards, and forms of intelligence, coupled with human perception, can offer new modes of governance of/for the planet. As a designer, he is interested in speculative futures, where architecture imbue these ideas to go beyond existing just as a medium, instead becoming an active agent for sustainability.
Artificial Intelligence and Architecture
Assistant Professor Immanuel Koh
Immanuel Koh is an Assistant Professor in both the pillars of Architecture & Sustainable Design (ASD) and Design & Artificial Intelligence (DAI) at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). He directs Artificial-Architecture — an interdisciplinary research laboratory that focuses on the design and development of deep learning models for artificial creativity, generative architecture, predictive urbanism and defence intelligence, with funded projects from industry, academia and government. At ASD & DAI, he teaches courses on the history, theory and practice of artificial intelligence for critical thinking (Artificial & Architectural Intelligence in Design), creative design (Creative Machine Learning) and industry application (Spatial Design Studio).
Prior to joining SUTD, he was based at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, doing transdisciplinary research work between the School of Computer Sciences and the Institute of Architecture. His doctoral studies, which was nominated for the EPFL Best Thesis Prize and the Lopez-Loreta Prize, interrogated the formal basis of machine-learnable architecture by formulating a new design theory called Architectural Sampling. He is the author of the book Artificial & Architectural Intelligence in Design (2020) — a first to reflect on the epistemological implications of AI on architecture, and vice versa.
Since graduating from the Architectural Association (AA) London, Immanuel has taught at the AA, Royal College of Art (London), Tsinghua (Beijing), Strelka (Moscow), Die Angewandte (Vienna), DIA (Bauhaus Dessau), Harvard GSD, UCL Bartlett, GAFA (Guangzhou), HIT (Harbin), Makerspace Academy (Bangalore) and many others. His design work has been exhibited internationally, such as at NeurIPS’ AI & Art Gallery, Venice Architecture Biennale, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, Shanghai’s 3D Printing Museum and Taipei’s Tittot Glass Art Museum; and published widely, such as in Architectural Design (AD), Design Computing & Cognition, CAAD Futures and DigitalFUTURES. Immanuel has also practiced as an architect at Zaha Hadid Architects (London), as a programmer at ARUP with Relational Urbanism (London), and as a creative coder at Convergeo (Lausanne) and anOtherArchitect (Berlin). He is the co-founder of the international avant-garde collective Neural Architecture Group (NAG), co-curator of the global AIArchitects.org and Singapore’s Art & AI Festival.
Arif Khan
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