Building Breathable Cities: Bio-Centric Urban Design
FCL Global Director Prof Dr Thomas Schroepfer and Associate Director (Research) Dr Srilalitha Gopalakrishnan will be part of the lecture “Building Breathable Cities,” hosted by the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore.
On February 18, the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore will be hosting the lecture "Building Breathable Cities: Bio-Centric Urban Design." Future Cities Laboratory Global Programme Director (Singapore) Prof Dr Thomas Schroepfer will be moderating the event, with Dr Srilalitha Gopalakrishnan (Dr), Assistant Director (Research) and President of the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects, as a presenter. The event is part of the lecture series "Climate Transformation: Sustainable Societies," supported by the Climate Transformation Programme of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University Singapore.
Singapore, a high-density tropical city, faces urban environmental challenges such as the urban heat island effect and air pollution. As these issues intensify due to rising temperatures and increasing urbanisation, how can urban ecosystems provide solutions that prioritise wellbeing for all?
This lecture will explore how landscape design - such as rewilding and the Rail Corridor - can improve air quality as air pollution intensifies with rising temperatures. For this lecture, we bring together international renowned scientist of air pollution Steve Yim (Associate Professor, Asian School of Environment and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, and Director, Centre for Climate Change and Environmental Health), and Dr. Srilalitha Gopalakrishnan (Associate Director [Research], Future Cities Laboratory Global and President, Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects), to discuss architectural and scientific innovations to enhance green-city livability, focusing on integrated architecture, urban sustainability, and public health.
The session will be moderated by Dr. Thomas Schroepfer (Professor of Architecture and Sustainable Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design and Director, Future Cities Laboratory Global, Singapore-ETH Centre) with a welcome address by Ute Meta Bauer (Professor, School of Art, Design, and Media, Nanyang Technological University and Senior Principal Research Fellow, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore).
The 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 Lecture Series is supported by the Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 3 Grant [MOE-MOET32022-0006] for the Climate Transformation Programme.