National Library of Singapore: Four Conversations
I am very honoured to join the National Library Singapore as part of the panel that will discuss ‘How can urban design for public spaces be reinvented against the backdrop of a pandemic and how will it affect the community?’ Read more…
Upcoming Webinar: Creating accessible and inclusive public spaces with/for resilient communities
I am very honoured to share that tomorrow I will participate in the seminar series ‘2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic’.
Nick Stevens and I will be part of the panel and we will present and discuss a project we have been working on.
Urban Planning & Design for the Sustainable Development Goals
Dr Taha Chaiechi and I are delivering a presentation this Thursday (29th August) about the JCU Urban Thinkers Campus and their related topics. Read more…
Presentation recording – The city and the wild
A couple of weeks ago I presented a seminar entitled The city and the wild: Design meets ecosystems.
The recoding is now available here.
The city and the wild: Design meets ecosystems
This Wednesday I will present a seminar on the relationships between cities and natural ecosystems, and how they can coexist. Join us in the Cairns Institute if you are in Cairns. Read more…
Happy Healthy Cities in Tropical Environments
What does it take to be a happy and healthy city under the beautiful sun of tropical places? Read more…
Presentation at the IPWEAQ 2018 Conference
A few weeks ago, on the 19th April, I presented a 3-part project I have been working on at the IPWEAQ 2018 Conference (Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia North Queensland Branch), here in Cairns. Read more…
Coming up next week: Presentation at the 10th International Urban Design Conference
Next week I will be presenting the study ‘Urban Climate Adaptation through Design and Planning: A New Zealand Perspective’ at the International Urban design Conference, which will happen in the Gold Coast here in Queensland. Read more…
The academic job selection
Several months ago I mentioned I was moving to Cairns (Australia) to take up a position as a lecturer in Urban Design, and I promised I’d share my experience here. Read more…
SoLA Symposium and the memories of what I have not seen
The relationship with a post-disaster environment is a strange and powerful one. I arrived in Christchurch on the 15th February 2011, exactly one week before the earthquake that would extensively damage the city and its CBD. Read more…
