EDUCATION RESEARCH

The research on Education aims to transform the interdisciplinary research findings into communicable, teachable and applicable outcomes for urban design by the development of so called 'Urban Elements’ and the development of Engagement Formats.

The research on Education aims to transform the interdisciplinary research findings such as conducted at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) into communicable, teachable and applicable outcomes for urban design by the development of so called 'Urban Elements’. These can be observed empirically in everyday urban settings in any city, and as such, they can be recorded, studied and discussed. Methods include 'Urban Elements' as pre-design patterns and heuristic devices able to bridge theory, analysis and early inclusion of parametric design at the scales of architecture, urban design and planning.

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AUREL VON RICHTHOFEN

Dr Aurel von Richthofen is a researcher, architect and urban designer. He leads the practice aurelVR that entered numerous international competitions and worked on several private commissions. As senior researcher Aurel leads the Education Research programme at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) in Singapore. His current research investigates cities as dynamic and complex systems with the project 'Semantic Urban Elements'.