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Biography |
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Education:
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Master of Architecture in Urban Design (MAUD) with Distinction
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
‘Social Theory and the City’
ETH ZURICH - SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ZURICH
Master of Architecture (hons.)
Teaching Positions:
Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Department of Planning and Building International at Technical University Darmstadt / Germany
Teaching Fellow and Studio Instructor in Architecture at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Research:
Mega City Research Project, Ho Chi Min City, (Saigon), Vietnam
(Coordinator: BTU Cottbus, Sponsor: Federal Ministry of Research and Education Germany)
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Abstract |
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The Megacity Research Project focuses on the mega-urban region of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) as one of Vietnams regions most affected by climate change. The risks and vulnerabilities are to be assessed and sustainable adaptation measures are to be developed and incorporated into urban decision-making and planning processes. The general aim of the project is to increase the resilience and adaptive capacity of the urban system of HCMC.
Two major topics constitute the project structure: Action Field 1 focuses on environmental research; Action Field 2 is concerned with urban development. Thereby, the project follows an interdisciplinary approach, combining expertise in different fields related to the two overall topics.
Work-page 9 operates on the human scale. The spatial level of the individual building offers enormous potential for achieving sustainable environmental design. The intelligent design and planning decisions can permit a more economical resource use, longer life span of buildings and a reduction of the environmental impact. At the same time, the efficiency of urban structures at the neighbourhood scale is affected directly by the form and design of buildings.
A specification of the requirements for climatic and energy-efficient residential typologies, which is to include the guidelines regarding design principles, building types, construction materials and decentralised technologies for active and passive generation of energy is to be prepared for the housing construction sector of HCMC. Surveys of the specific knowledge, requirements and aspirations of potential target groups in HCMC will ensure demand-driven constructional and technical solutions. Incentive policies, jointly developed with the Housing Bureau of the Ministry of Construction in Hanoi, shall further promote the wider acceptance of energyefficient constructional and technical housing solutions. |
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