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Research Interests

Environmental strategies in architecture and urban design,climate-responsive design optimization and integration, advanced design methods and building processes,innovative materials, building structure and form

Email

thomas.schroepfer@sutd.edu.sg

Thomas SchroepferProfessor, Co-Director <SUTD-JTC I3 Centre> and Founding

Associate Head of Pillar <ASD>

<Biography>Thomas Schroepfer holds doctoral and Master’s degrees 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 Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) in 2011 where he became Founding Programme Director and Associate Head of Pillar of Architecture and Sustainable Design and currently serves as Co-Director of the SUTD-JTC I3 Centre and Director of SUTD’s award-winning Advanced Architecture Laboratory. He held visiting professorships at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and National University of Singapore. In 2015, he was appointed Member of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ) Future Cities Laboratory Steering and Management Committee.

Dr Schroepfer’s work investigates the increasingly complex relationship between design and technology in architecture. His research and design projects relate to advances in environmental strategies, materials, structure and form, performance and energy, computer simulation and modelling, 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, symposiums and workshops. His work has been exhibited at important international venues, including at the World Architecture Festival, Venice Architecture Biennale and World Congress of Architecture. He is the author of numerous papers and articles on architecture and urbanism. His book publications have been translated into several languages and include Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture (2016), Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability (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 Series Editor of SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology, published

Telephone

+65 6303 6675

Web

https://asd.sutd.edu.sg/people/faculty/thomas- schroepfer

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Figure 01: Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture (2016), cover

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Figure 2: Future Cities Laboratory Dense and Green Building Typologies, research excerpts

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5 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, Berliner Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, Bauwelt, Metropolis, Cubes and Harvard Design Magazine. Most recent projects include The Future of Us Exhibition Pavilion for Singapore’s 50th jubilee (SG50) celebration capstone event.

Dr Schroepfer is the recipient of prestigious awards and recognitions including the German Design Award, World Architecture Festival Award, A’ Design Platinum Award, Architizer A+Award, Singapore Structural Steel Excellence Award, Singapore Design Gold Award, SG Mark Award, Singapore Institute of Architects Award, Gwangju Design Biennale Award, International Union of Architects Award and Asia Education Leadership Award.

<Education>Doctor of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2004Master of Architecture with Distinction, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 2000Diplom-Ingenieur Architektur, Summa Cum Laude, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany, 1995Bachelor of Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, New York, USA, 1995

<Selected Research Projects>Principal Investigator. Dense and Green Building Typologies (Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities Laboratory). Funded by Singapore National Research Foundation.Principal Investigator. Interactive Multi-Objective Optimisation Tools for Parametric Modelling and Environmental Simulation. Funded by SUTD-MIT International Design Centre.Principal Investigator. Prototyping Concrete Sandwich Shells: A New Efficient Structural Typology Relying on Digital Design and Prefabrication. Funded by SUTD-MIT International Design Centre.Principal Investigator. Integrated Tools for Efficient Optimisation of Parametric Design. Funded by SUTD-MIT International Design Centre.Principal Investigator. Future Urban Typologies for Enhancing Liveability in Singapore (Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities The Future of Cities Project). Funded by Singapore National Research Foundation.Principal Investigator. Stone Caldarium: An Architectural Prototype for the Generation of Urban Microclimates. Funded by SUTD-MIT International Design Centre.Principal Investigator. Optimisation Tools for Generative Methods in Ecological Urban Architecture. Funded by SUTD-MIT International Design Centre.Principal Investigator. Climate-Responsive Design Optimisation and Integration in Architecture and Urban Design. Funded by Singapore University of Technology and Design.Principal Investigator. Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture. Funded by Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities.Principal Investigator. Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability. Funded by Harvard University Real Estate Academic Initiative.Principal Investigator. Environmental Adaptation: Architecture Experiments for Singapore’s New Waterfront. Funded by Far East Organization.Principal Investigator. Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality. Funded by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Material ConneXion.Principal Investigator. Transurban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future. Funded by Harvard University Real Estate Academic Initiative.Principal Investigator. Integrating Material Culture in Architectural Education. Funded by Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Principal Investigator.

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Figure 3, 4: The Future of Us Pavilion at Gardens by the Bay Singapore (2015), view from south (top) and screenshot of digital model (bottom)

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7 <Selected Awards and Achievements>Recipient of German Design AwardRecipient of Asia Education Leadership AwardRecipient of World Architecture Festival High CommendationRecipient of A’ Design Platinum AwardRecipient of Architizer A+Award (Special Mention)Recipient of Singapore Structural Steel Excellence AwardInvited exhibitor at Museum of Outstanding Design Como, ItalyRecipient of Singapore Design Gold AwardRecipient of SG Mark AwardSteering and Management Committee Member of Singapore-ETH Centre Future Cities LaboratoryEditor of SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and TechnologyRecipient of Singapore University of Technology and Design Outstanding Education Award for Excellence in Professional ServiceJury Member of Singapore Institute of Architects Design AwardsJury Member of Singapore Green Building AwardsInvited exhibitor at Venice Architecture BiennaleInvited exhibitor at Singapore National Design CentreRecipient of Singapore Institute of Architects AwardVisiting Professor at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMetropolis Magazine Author of New and Notable Books on Architecture, Culture and DesignVisiting Professor at Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologyVisiting Professor at National University of SingaporeRecipient of Gwangju Design Biennale AwardRecipient of International Union of Architects AwardInvited exhibitor at Singapore Institute of Architects, Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority, Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Fundación Metropoli, Tsinghua University, Seoul Space Gallery, Harvard UniversityKeynote speaker at various conferences

<Selected Publications>Schroepfer, Thomas. Forthcoming 2019. Architecture as Urban Ecosystem. Basel: Birkhäuser.Schroepfer, Thomas. Forthcoming 2018. Computational Strategies for Ecological Urban Architecture and Design. Heidelberg: Springer. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2017. “Dense and Green Building Typologies.” In Future Cities Lab Indicia 01, edited by Stephen Cairns and Tunas Devisari. Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers. Schroepfer, Thomas. “Dense and Green Building Typologies.” The Singapore Architect 08/2017. Schroepfer, Thomas. “The Making of ‘The Future of Us’ Pavilion.” The Singapore Architect 04/2016.Schroepfer, Thomas. 2016. Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser. Schroepfer, Thomas. “Design with a Big ‘D’.” The Singapore Architect 01/2015. Schroepfer, Thomas, series ed. 2014-present. SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology. Heidelberg: Springer. Ng, Edmund and Thomas Schroepfer. 2014. “Generative Design Approaches to Tropical Urban Architecture.” In Time Space Existence, edited by Karlyn de Jongh. Venice: La Biennale di Venezia. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2012-2013. “Ecological Urban Architecture: Taking Stock of Green.” Singapore Architect 270-275 (series of six articles). Schroepfer, Thomas. 2013. “Innovative Building Skins for the Tropics: The Singapore New Jurong Church.” In Design 2050: International Union of Architects 24th World Congress of Architecture. Tokyo: UIA.Schroepfer, Thomas. 2012. Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability. Basel: Birkhäuser.

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Figure 5, 6: The Future of Us Pavilion at Gardens by the Bay Singapore (2015), interior views

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9 Schroepfer, Thomas. 2012. “Ecological Urban Architecture.” World Architecture 262.Schroepfer, Thomas. 2011. Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality. Basel: Birkhäuser. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2011. “Particular Matters.” Pidgin 10.Schroepfer, Thomas. 2011. “Bamboo Oblique: An Experimental Pavilion for the Gwangju Design Biennale.” In Input_Output: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments, edited by Rashida Ng and Sneha Patel. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.Schroepfer, Thomas. 2010. “Possible Spaces.” In Stories from Design Schools, edited by Tang Keyang. Beijing: Peking University Press. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2010. “Moving Beyond LEED: Evaluating Architecture on the Urban Scale.” In Ecological Urbanism, edited by Mohsen Mostafavi with Gareth Doherty. Zürich: Lars Müller Publishers. Schroepfer, Thomas, et al. 2010.“Aspirations and Realities of Exemplary EcoCites.” DETAIL Green 02/10. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2009-2011. Selected Research and Design Work. In A View on Harvard GSD, vols. 1-3. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2008-2011. Selected Research, Studio, and Course Work. In GSD Platform, vols. 1-4. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Schroepfer, Thomas, and Christian Werthmann. 2008. “TransUrban.” Harvard Design Magazine 28. Schroepfer, Thomas, et al. 2008.”Emerging Forms of Sustainable Urbanism.” Journal of Green Building Volume 3 Number 2.Schroepfer, Thomas, et al. 2007-2010. TransUrban Case Studies 1-5. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design.Schroepfer, Thomas, and Liat Margolis. 2006. “Integrating Material Culture.” In Journal of Architectural Education Issue 60 Volume 2. Schroepfer, Thomas. 2005. Relational Geographies of Building Practice, 2 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

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Figure 7: selected book publications

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