0:25 Introduction by Rodolphe El-Khoury
4:20 Tom Verebes presentation
On November 13, 2013, Tom Verebes presented a lecture based on his book Masterplanning the Adaptive City: Computational Urbanism in the Twenty-first Century at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.
Tom Verebes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong and his research focuses on computational urbanism. In this lecture, Verebes spoke about the tools and techniques used to keep up with rapid urbanization in the developing world, drawing from the themes explored in his book, Masterplanning the Adaptive City: Computational Urbanism in the Twenty-first Century.
Tom Verebes is Associate Dean (Teaching & Learning) in the Faculty of Architecture and Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong. Formerly Co-Director of the AA Design Research Lab (DRL) at the Architectural Association in London, and former Guest/Visiting Professor at ABK Stuttgart. He is the Director of the AA Shanghai Visiting School, hosted at HKU Shanghai Study Centre. Tom is the founder and Creative Director of OCEAN.CN, a consultancy network of specialist design consultants based in Hong Kong, with links to Beijing, Shanghai, and London. They work on urban and architectural projects in China and across Asia. Tom has written, published, exhibited and lectured extensively in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.
For more information about the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, visit us at http://www.daniels.utoronto.ca
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