Prof Dr Thomas SCHROEPFER

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 in 2011 where he became the founding director of the University’s award-winning Advanced Architecture Laboratory. He held visiting professorships at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Professor 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, structure and form, performance and energy, computer simulation and modelling, digital fabrication and building processes. He has lectured extensively on his work that has been exhibited at important international venues, including at the Venice Architecture Biennale and the World Congress of Architecture. 

His book publications have been translated into several languages and include Dense + Green: Innovative Building Types for Sustainable Urban Architecture (Birkhäuser, 2015), Ecological Urban Architecture: Qualitative Approaches to Sustainability (Birkhäuser, 2012) and Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality (Birkhäuser, 2010). In 2011, he was named Author of New and Notable Books on Architecture, Culture and Design by Metropolis Magazine. 

His work has been covered by a variety of media including The New York Times, Channel News Asia, The Straits Times, El Mundo, Berliner Zeitung, Tagesspiegel, Bauwelt, Metropolis and Harvard Design Magazine. Most recent projects include The Future of Us Exhibition Pavilion for Singapore’s 50th Jubilee (SG50) capstone event, Sonic SG, a large-scale installation on the Singapore River and RIBbon, a transformation of Singapore’s Read Bridge.

Awards

• A’ Design Platinum Award 2016 
  
• Singapore Design Gold Award 2016
  
• SG Mark 2016
  
• Singapore Institute of Architects Award 2013
  
• Selected National Participant 14th International Venice Architecture Biennale 2014
  
• Metropolis Magazine Author of New and Notable Books on Architecture, Culture and Design 2011

Exhibition & Conferences

• The Future of Us, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore, 2015-16
  
• Sonic SG, Singapore, 2015
  
• Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building, Boston Society of Architects, USA, 2015
  
• ArtCloud: An Inflatable Modular Exhibition Structure, National Design Centre Singapore, 2015
  
• Skin: A Temporary Screen for the Singapore Institute of Architects Building, Singapore, 2015
  
• Making Sense: Intersecting Lines of Investigation in Design and Technology. National Design Centre Singapore, 2014
  
• Fundamentals, 14th International Venice Architecture Biennale, Italy, 2014
  
• Keepers and Bees, Archifest Singapore, 2014
  
• LUX 2014, Wellington, New Zealand, 2014
  
• d3 Natural Systems, Gallery MC, New York City, USA, 2012
  
• Design 2050, 24th International Union of Architects (UIA) World Congress of Architecture, Toykyo, Japan, 2011

Affiliation

Singapore University of Technology and Design