Professor David TURNBULL FRSA

The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, 7, East 7th Street, New York, NY 10003 email: [email protected]

EDUCATION

University of Bath, UK BSc Architecture distinction (cum laude) BArch (MArch equivalent) first class honors (summa cum laude)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, FRSA – elected 2003 Advisory Board Member, International Youth Fellowship, Innovation Academy, 2015 - Chair, RSA-US Student Design Awards, 2013 - 14 Member of Revenue Task Force, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art, 2011 - 12 Member of the Assessment Panel for the EBAE, European Business Awards for the Environment, 2011 Member of International (UIA) Jury for Brunico Transportation Center Competition, Brunico, Italy, 2000 - 2001 Member of Urban Design Group, UK 1998 - 2000 UK Correspondent for il Progetto, Milan, Italy 1997– 99 President of International Advisory Committee - National Gallery of Slovenia extension, 1996 – 2001 Member of Academy Forum, Royal Academy of Arts, , UK 1996 – 1999

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

The Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, New York, USA, 2005 - present Ellen & Feltman Chair in Architecture, 2008 - 9 Professor 2007 - present Visiting Professor, 2005 – 7 The African University of Science & Technology (AUST); Abuja, Nigeria Visiting Professor of Innovation, 2012 - 13 , Ithaca, New York, USA Visiting Professor, 2015 University of Bath, UK Visiting Professor, 2005 – 2008 Professor of Architecture, 2000 – 2005 Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, New York, USA, 2004-2007 Adjunct Professor in Architecture, 2005 -7 Visiting Professor in Architecture, 2004 , Canada, 2000 CITY TV Visiting Professor in Architecture and Television, 2000 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA Associate Faculty, Metropolitan Research and Design, 2000-1 , New Haven, USA, 1996-1999 Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor in Architecture and Urban Design, 1996 Critic in Architecture, 1997-1999 Architectural Association, London, UK, 1989-1996 Unit Master, 1991—96 Unit Tutor, 1989 – 90

PUBLISHED PATENTS

Deployable Wind Turbine and Battery Unit, US and European Patent filed July 2010, published 2013

Continuously Supplied Water Filtration Banks, US and European Patent filed July 2010, published 2013

Sports Pitch Rainwater Harvesting Systems Suitable for Use in Developing Countries, US and European Patent filed July 2010, published 2013

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

PITCH_Africa – Director, non-profit subsidiary established to implement PITCH_Africa projects, 2011 - ATOPIA_Research: founder and Director of non-profit 501(c)3 research corporation, 2006 - ATOPIA: New York, USA & London, UK, Director (2001 -) (A)topos: architecture < > urbanism, London, UK, Director 1991 - 2001 David Turnbull: Architecture + Design, London, UK 1987- 1991

James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates, London, UK (1985 – 1995) Arup Associates, London, UK (1985) Michael Brawne and Associates, Bath, UK (1984) Buro Happold, Bath & London, UK (1982 – 84)

Selected Projects: ATOPIA_Research

2014-15: WATERBANK CAMPUS, seven new Waterbank buildings for Endana Secondary School, Laikipia, Kenya, selected as a Design of the Year, by Design Museum London (2015) 2012-13: WATERBANK SCHOOL, Uasonyiro Primary School, Laikipia, Kenya, named the ‘Greenest School on Earth’ by USGBC & WGBC, and for the top 100 sustainable projects worldwide by SUSTAINIA (Denmark) 2011- : BREAD-HOUSE, project with Nadezhda Savova for a mobile bakery; funded through ‘The David Gardner ‘69 Magic Project’ and The Council of Humanities, . 2011- : RAINCHUTES, project for ultra low-cost deployable rainwater-harvesting structures. 2011- : BOMA, Laikipia, Kenya, Prototype autonomous house / small institutional building for rural areas with low rainfall. 2011- : The FARM @ AUST, Abuja, Nigeria, project for experimental Farm to serve Chika Village community and the Nelson Mandela Institution’s African University of Science and Technology (AUST), utilizing PITCH_Africa rainwater harvesting and water filtration infrastructures. 2010 : PITCHAfrica (phase 2) project implementation Design documents, ready for construction subject to funding a. Uaso Nyiro Primary School, Laikipia Region, Kenya b. Chika Village / African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Nigeria 2010- : LAKOU, Cite de Soleil, Haiti Prefabricated shade house and community building, a civic space and power center, utilizing PV fabrics. 2010- : PITCH_Africa (proof of concept) Full size prototype constructed in Port of Los Angeles to launch Phase 2. Event funded by the Annenberg Foundation. 2010- : PITCH_Waterbank (see published patents – above) CISTERN 60 x 60 variant, Jacmel, Haiti (funded by the NSF) Developed for application in extreme conditions exemplified by Haiti, in a seismic activity zone subject to Hurricanes. National Science Foundation development grant awarded to ATOPIA Research and Princeton University School of Engineering.

2009- : PITCH_Africa project development projects in development with designated Partner Organizations and Communities

a. Madagascar (2011) – with UNICEF b. South Africa (2010) – with CTAOP (Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project) c. Senegal (2011) – with the Societe Academique des Senegalaise d. Malawi (2009) – with Play Soccer International e. South Sudan (2009) – with the Sudan Development Foundation (SDF).

2009- : PITCH_USA A variant on the infrastructure developed for Pitch Africa to address Homelessness and Nutritional deficiency using Sport as a Catalyst. Partner organizations include HELP & Street Soccer USA 2008- : RURAL SCHOOL, Sichuan, Project to address the declining rural population and lack of focus on rural development in China, leading to school closures and the proliferation of ‘orphanages’ where children are left while the parents move the city to find work. 2007- : DELTA, Mississippi Delta, USA Project Strategy and Design to leverage brand equity through the joint CSR programs of Target, Cisco, Fed Ex and Home Depot to deliver a place of assembly for community building programs and a ‘just-in-time’ construction resource distribution system for communities affected by economic and ecological catastrophe. 2005- : PITCH_Africa (phase 1) Multi-scaled, rainwater-harvesting, water treatment and community infrastructure that uses sport as catalyst to address issues of water, food scarcity, gender, health and sustainability. 2005- : LOTUS, Sri Lanka Strategic plan and infrastructure design (initiated in the cease-fire period after the Tsunami) that facilitated the technological and economic interaction of all Sri Lankan Universities, North, South, East & West, Tamil & Sinhalese, linking to a national (and international) community and to local communities and the regional hinterland, allowing a new generation of collaborative research and new development initiatives to flourish (see SEUSL below).

Selected Projects: ATOPIA (Architecture, Urban Planning, Design)

2015-16: Kennedy Center (installation), Washington DC, USA 2008-10 : CITE, NYU-Poly, , New York Development and design of new media -‘garage’, ‘kitchen’- lab, public gallery and ICT strategy for new media programming at NYU. 2007-10 : Parkview Green, Beijing China Development strategy, design and development of interior architecture for converting high rise, high density, mixed use building into a ‘Green Building’ Hub for Beijing. 2008 : One Planet Pavilion, London 2012 Olympics Runner up for design for the Sustainability Pavilion at the 2012 Games 2007-08 : The Acorn and the Oak_London 2012 Ecology and technology analysis and post games redeployment strategy for the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) 2007 : D.A.L.I_Beijing A proposal for roof top ecological machines for a multi-use building in Beijing for Parkview International (see Parkview Green above) 2006 : Beyond ZERO, London, UK A proposal for an ecological machine (a smoke-filled room, an Elm Tree with a mouse-eared bat and bark-beetle habitat as a carbon-trading / exchange environment) for The Hayward Gallery, The South Bank Centre, London

2005- : SEUSL (Southeastern University of Sri Lanka) Communications Design, Infrastructure, Logistics and implementation planning for a University that had been destroyed by the Tsunami (Boxing Day 2004), for the Ministry of Education (Sri Lanka), University Grants Commission – Sri Lanka, funded by the British Council. In partnership with Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, Arup (Comms) + Siemens (Roke Manor Research)

Electronic Oasis, Tunis Competition Design for UNESCO stand at the World Summit for Information Society (WSIS)

2004-06 : Powerstation, London, UK Communications Infrastructure design for 38 Acre Battersea Powerstation development for Parkview International

XLA, Los Angeles and Region Strategic planning and schematic design for a new art institution in the Mojave Desert (for ephemeral art). Funded by the Annenberg Foundation.

2001 : Housing for Key Workers, London, Competition design for for Circle 33 Housing Association.

2000 : Joanneumsplatz, Graz West, Competition design for regional and local urban strategy for the redevelopment of Graz West & proposal for a new Fachhochschule for Amt fuer Stadtentwicklung, Graz

1999 : Gosport Marina Communications Center, Portsmouth, UK Scheme design for Marina Operations Center presented as prototype for Camper and Nicholson

Helsinki Music Center and Toolanlahti Park, Helsinki, Finland Competition design for new music facility for the Helsinki Music Center and public park

1998 : Lago Espejo Hotel , Parque Nacional - Nahuel Huapi, Argentina Competition design for hotel and condominium resort for Lago Espejo

1997: TV and Media Center, Brunel University, London UK Scheme design for new teaching facility in roof-space of the existing Lecture Center building.

Boilerhouse Theatre, Brunel University, London UK Schematic design, and construction programming for a new studio theater, and teaching space.

Business Incubator, Virginia, USA Schematic design for a rural business development zone for Craig Builders

Museo Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina Competition design for private museum and urban park for the Comision del Concurso Museo Costantini and Mr. Eduardo Costantini

1996 : Subdivision, Virginia, USA Planning study for Craig Builders for a sub-urban subdivision in Charlottesville, VA.

Walton Heath Golf Club extension, Walton Heath, Surrey, UK Design for new foyer, offices and bar for Walton Heath Golf Club

Urban Strategy for Castle Vale, Birmingham, UK (Europan)

Competition Strategy and prototype design for public housing Department of Arts & Humanities, London, UK Schematic design for a distributed network of new teaching facilities using residual spaces in existing buildings for Brunel University, UK

UniDufour, Faculty of the Arts, University of Geneva, Switzerland Competition design for new teaching facility in existing Lecture Center

1995-96 : Barcelona Port Competition design for Master Plan for Barcelona Port expansion.

Northeast Corridor, USA Strategic development and prototypes for 3 sites along the NE corridor, including; RTE 34i - air rights buildings for biomedical research, New Haven Connecticut GreenPORT - Long Island; water based transportation infrastructure CARGO - David’s Island / New Rochelle, Off Shore Agriculture, New York

National Museum of Korea ,Yongsam Family Park, Seoul, Korea Competition design for museum and park on former site of US Army Golfcourse for the National Museum of Korea.

1994 National Glass Center, Sunderland, UK Competition design for museum of glass manufacturing incorporating facilities for manufacture of glass for the National Glass Center.

1991-93 : Norwich Castle Museum Norwich, UK Strategic plan / scheme design for hybrid - natural history museum and contemporary art gallery for The Trustees of the Tate Gallery (for the Tate in East Anglia).

Mat Building, Zorbau, Germany Scheme design for research and development of bioremediation / land-use policy for Elpro AG.

Ahrensfelde Triangle, -Brandenburg, Germany Research and development / scheme design for new residential and business zone for Elpro AG, Berlin and parish council of Ahrensfelde with Arup.

Utrechtsebaan Tower, The Hague, Holland Research and development / schematic design for hybrid building spanning urban motorway for Multi Vastgoed with Arup.

1989-92 : Tate Gallery Liverpool, Phase 2, Liverpool, UK Design and construction of Phase 2 including bookshop, studio and education facility, video library and reading room, information and foyer lighting system, interactive video installation (sponsored by The Henry Moore Foundation) for The Trustees of the Tate Gallery.

URBAN RESEARCH PROJECTS

2009 Buffalo Commons plus Taking the 1987 essay Buffalo Commons by Frank and Deborah Popper, that argues that the current use of the drier parts of the Midwestern plains is unsustainable, a detailed analysis was conducted and a graphic document was produced to document urban implications and possibilities.

1999 : Clouds Fieldwork and analysis of new urban morphology represented by Fairfax County, Virginia with a specific focus on telecommunications and e-commerce.

1997 : Minimum Global City Based on an in depth analysis of Singapore and its spatial development since independence, a model city with a population of three million.

1996 : Fast Cities Interpretive Analysis of the ‘accelerated space of advanced capitalism’ as it related to recent urban development, research funded by the Graham Foundation for Advanced studies in the Arts and the Gwangju Biennale, South Korea.

STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANCY (before 1998)

GCHQ Benhall Planning Study, Cheltenham, UK, offices, labs, and residential (with Symonds Group) 1998

Victoria Road East Extension (VREE) Planning Study , UK (with Symonds / NOVO) 1988

Cairo-Suez: New Town, Egypt, a city for 1 million (with Dar el Handasah /Arthur Anderson / Koetter, Kim & Associates, Boston and London 1988

Heron Quay Urban Design Study, London, UK, commercial and docklands (KKA), 1997

Subic Bay Urban Plan, Central Luzon, Philippines, commercial, residential, cultural and tourist destination for Subic-Olangapo, after the US Navy departure & Mt. Pinatubo eruption (with City Formation / KKA) 1996

Canon’s Marsh Urban Design Study, , UK commercial, residential and mixed-use brown-field development, (with KKA) 1992

ATOPIA SMALL WORKS, INSTALLATIONS and EXHIBITION DESIGN

2005- : Disarm Portable internet café, fabricated to fit in a suitcase for Istanbul Biennale

2000-3- : Pfx Gallery Exhibition Design, University of Bath, UK Design of low cost exhibition space

Digital Tectonics – Communications Strategy Web-site & graphic identity for new research program and international conference for University of Bath

Webster House, London, UK Restructuring of an existing 19th century house + garden including structural glass addition to provide home /office and reception rooms for Easyjet CEO

Bigio House, Kent, UK Scheme design to restructure of an existing mid 20th century “COLT” timber frame house

1999-2000 : Gibbs Penthouse, London, UK Scheme design of London Penthouse and offices for owner of Gibb’s Technologies

Julia Set, London, UK Commissioned range of home<>office furniture with 11 variants for owner of Gibb’s Technologies

Nicoll House, London, UK Restructuring of an existing 19th century house + garden scope for defense correspondent for the Financial Times.

Franklin House, London, UK Scheme design to restructure of an existing 19th century house + garden.

1995-99 James Stirling Archive, London, UK Schematic design for the restructuring of 19th century house as study center and archive of JS drawings, models, and furniture / artifacts, for James Stirling Foundation and Lady Mary Stirling.

Franklin Villa, Hvar, Croatia Scheme design of small villa reutilizing shell of existing bunker.

Minimum Global House Theoretical design exploring the interrelationship of soft form and ‘primitive’ materials.

Eidetic Images Exhibition Design, Architectural Association, London.

Feinmann-Wade House, London, UK, Restructuring of existing 19th century house and garden.

Gallery and Studio for Stuart Brisley, London, UK, 1995 Detailed design for restructuring early 20th century ‘hidden’ synagogue in Spitalfields.

1993-95 Constable House London, UK – completed, 1994-5

Soft, Furniture,1993-4 Soft Form furniture design using bamboo and plastic.

1991-92 Set Furniture Furniture system using Plywood and silk-screen images of current political events.

Tate Furniture, Tate Gallery Liverpool Information Desk and Temporary Office Furniture System for The Trustees of the Tate Gallery

Dynamism, Exhibition Design, Tate Gallery Liverpool, UK Futurist and Vorticist Art, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museum

Room Design for One Room House.

1987-88 The Contemporary Cottage - awarded first prize Prototype Live/Work house constructed as part of Ideal Home Exhibition, London (1988)

PUBLICATIONS

Making a Case, edited Emily Abruzzo, Gerald Bodziak, Jonathan Solomon, published 306090, 2011 Manifesto: Urban Futures Project, edited by Peter Noever, pub. MAK Center for Art and Architecture, , 2010 Ecocivility: Atopia, Exhibition Catalog, Vertical Gardens, Chupacabra Publications , Exit Art, NY, 2009 PITCH_Africa, Caderno VideoBrasil, 04, edited by Helio Hara, published Associação Cultural Videobrasil and SESC São Paulo, 2009 ATOPIA, Metropolis Changing, Biennale Catalog, Edited by Trevor Davis, Copenhagen International Theatre, published by VIA, 2009 Disarm, in VROOM, ed. Evren Uzer, Otto von Busch and Klas Ruin , published by Room Services, 2007 The In the Midst of Things Manual, exhibition catalog, pub. August Media, London, 2001 Desire - exhibition catalog, URMATS (generic version) pub. FOE156, Munich, 2000 Unquiet Urbanism - exhibition catalog, pub. White Box, New York, 1999 City, Space, Globalization - exhibition catalog, pub. University of Michigan, 1999 Hybrid / Delta (Hague Tower and Barcelona Master plan) - published in Architectural Design: AD 5/6, 1997 XXXX: published in Production and Operativity - special issue of AB: Dessa, Slovenia, 1997 Flatscapes - published in Architectural Design: Anthropology and Architecture, 11/12, 1997 The Eidos of the Times - review by Christine Wertheim of Eidetic Images exhibition ,pub.in AA Files 30, 1996 Jane Harrison, David Turnbull published in AA Files 24, December 1992 The Contemporary Cottage, published Architects Journal, September 1987 The Contemporary Cottage, published Architects Journal, March 1988 A Last Resort , RIBA International Student Competition:, published Architectural Review, July 1986 A Gallery for Hockney and Caro, RIBA International Student Competition: publ. Architectural Review, July 1985 A Gallery for Hockney and Caro, RIBA International Student Competition: published RIBA Journal, July 1985 A Gallery for Hockney and Caro, RIBA International Student Competition: published AA Files 10, 1985 Tomorrow’s Think Tank Today RIBA International Student Competition: publ. Architectural Review, July 1984

ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

“Sustainable Architecture Assemblages” (with Dr. Maria Theodorou) in; Building Sustainable Futures; Edited by Mohamed Dastbaz, Ian Strange & Stephen Selkowitz; publ. Springer 2015 “It’s in the air, tonight” Archipills, Bogota, Colombia 2015 “An Anecdotal Topography” in, OPEN CITY - existential urbanity, Edited by Diane Lewis; publ. Charta, Italy, 2014 “A Conversation” (1994, edited & reformatted) in Buildings and Territories; publ.Birkhauser, 2012 “Building 6E / University of Bath” (Scholars of Architecture,1988, edited & reformatted) in; The Smithsons, An Anthology, Ed. Max Risselada, Delft; publ. Ediciones Polygrafia, Barcelona, Spain, 2011 “To Catch the Rain (so it falls forever)” in Making a Case, published by 306090, New York “A Provocation”: Useless: EXD_11, pub. Experimenta Design, Lisbon, 2011 “ATOPIA with Love”; in Urban Future Manifestos; published by MAK, Los Angeles & Vienna, 2010 “No Plan”, Catalogue Essay in Unplanned, published by Superfront, 2010 “Multiplication” (with Jane Harrison) in Dot.City, ed. Gregor Langenbrick, , Germany, 2004 “Multiplication 2.0”, in Volume 2006 #4, Stichtung Archis, Netherlands, 2006 “An Aesthetics of Calculus” in Digital Tectonics, edited by Neil Leach, David Turnbull & Chris Williams, published John Wiley / Academy, London, 2004 “e-dialogue”, in Global Trajectories, statements for 306090 / 4: published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2003 “Brent_X”, Catalogue essay - published by , , UK, 2002 “Smart Territories”, introductory essay for Publication of Brunico Transportation Center Competition, published Folio / Bolzano, Italy, 2001 “GMCity sm - The Genetically Modified City”, essay in Designing for a Digital World, edited by Neil Leach, published John Wiley / Academy, London, 2001 “Autonomy” - Catalogue essay - published by The National Gallery of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Also available at: www.ng_slo.si/ngeng/exhibit/arh2001/hall/nva1.htm

“Perpetually”, Catalogue essay for Spacious, an Arts Council exhibition curated by Kurt van Bellenghen, published by Battersea Arts Center, 1996 “Soc. culture; Singapore” in, Architecture of Fear, ed. Nan Ellin, published by Princeton Architectural Press , 1996 “Air Rites”, Catalogue essay for Quadratura, published by Commissions East, UK, 1995 “Conversation”, lead essay for monograph on the work of Tony Fretton and the ‘fictional’ city, published by Gustavo Gilli ,Spain - April 1995 “Approaching Death by Definition”, published in Building Design - 18 February, 1994 “There Is No Place Like Home”, published in AA Files 26, Autumn 1993 “Project and Reality: From the Building to the City”, published by 9H publications, June 1990 “Conversation with Kollhof”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 9 August, 1989 “Ancient and Modern”, Architect’s Journal, UK, 5 July, 1989 “Art and Artifice”, Architect’s Journal, UK ,published 21 June, 1989 “A Smaller Splash”, Architect’s Journal, UK ,published 7 June, 1989 “Corridors of Power”, Architect’s Journal, UK published 29 March, 1989 “Community Performance” - Architect’s Journal, UK , published 15 March, 1989 “Hair Care Headquarters”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 1 March, 1989 “Scholars of Architecture”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 30 November, 1988 “Temple of Storms”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 18 October, 1988 “Modest Munich”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 21 September, 1988 “Studies in Evolution”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 27 July, 1988 “Cornering the City”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 15 June, 1988 “Analogous Architecture”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 11 November, 1987 “Swiss Account”, Architect’s Journal, UK, published 12 August, 1987

BOOKS

Digital Tectonics, edited by Turnbull, Williams and Leach, published by John Wiley – Academy Editions, 2004

Games of Architecture, Architectural Design Profile 5/6 (co edited with J Harrison), published by John Wiley / Academy, 1996

LECTURES, PANELS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

University of Virginia, Waterbanks & Rain-Paths, Charlottesville, VA - public lecture, 2016 Mississippi State University, Soup-Stones or Golden Eggs, Starkville, Mississippi - public lecture, 2015 Syracuse University NYC program; Six Images, Six Questions (for the future of design) - lecture 2015 Cooper Union Institute for Sustainable Design; Waterbanks in ‘Teaching toward Sustainability’ - panel 2015 International Youth Fellowship World Camp, NYC - keynote lecture, 2015 TEDxCooperUnion, dESIGN with a little ‘d’, lecture hosted by The Cooper Union, NYC, 2012 Princeton University, Weird Red Things, lecture hosted by CAUI_Center for Architecture, Urbanism & Infrastructure_ Princeton School of Architecture, 2012 UCLA with Princeton University & the Regional Plan Association, LA Watershed, hosted by UCLA, 2012 Princeton University, Collective Motion, hosted by SEADS with Engineers without Borders & UNICEF, 2011 City University of New York, Graduate Center, No Thing unto Itself Symposium in the Speculative Realism series, public lecture and discussion, 2011 White Box / Phaidon, NY, PITCH_AFRICA @ Sustainable Work Lab; public lecture and panel discussion at New York, USA, 2011 Yale University, School of Architecture, NO IDEAS at James Stirling Symposium, public lecture and panel discussion, 2010 NYU / Drawing Center, The Camping Stool & the Cosmic City at Xenakis, Symposium, 2009

Byzantine Museum / SARCHA, Athens, Greece, STONE SOUP at Negotiating the Un-built; Space & Democracy Conference, 2008 Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy Forum, Towards a New Ruralism at JUCCCE Beijing, panel discussion, 2008 Victoria and Albert Museum, SHORT STORIES at UNESCO / RIBA Conference: ‘Sustaining Identity’, International Dialogues: Architecture & Climate Change, lecture and panel discussion, 2008 Cooper Union, Irwin Chanin School of Architecture, AGENCY, debate with Marjetica Potrc and Raumlabor, 2007 NYU - Polytechnic University, NY, ATOPIA @ Really Useful Media Conference, 2006 Val Alen Institute, NY, The Good Life Roundtable, public event, 2006 Columbia University GSAPP, New York, ARCHITECTURE’S SUICIDE - public lecture, 2007 Columbia University GSAPP, New York, STONE SOUP - public lecture, 2007 Metropolis Biennale, Copenhagen Denmark, METROPOLIS IN CRISIS, public lecture and conference, 2007 Columbia University GSAPP, New York, DIGITAL TECTONICS - panel discussion with Kenneth Frampton et al. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, the SHIFT - panel discussion with William J. Mitchell, Branko Koleravic, Chris Williams, 2004 Columbia University GSAPP, New York, USA, ARCHITECTURE AFTER POWERPOINT - panel discussion with Reinhold Martin, Laura Kurgan, Keller Easterling, Mark Tribe, Galia Solomonoff University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, GEOMETRY & MATTER - panel discussion with Cecil Balmond, Lee Smolin, Manuel De Landa, Jesse Reiser, Alberto Perez-Gomez, 2004 T.U.Graz, Austria, LIMITS, public lecture, 2003 Victoria and Albert Museum, Evolution Style Lounge, London, ZOOMORPHIC: New Animal Architecture – panel discussion with Tom Dyckhoff (The Times, London_Architecture Critic), and Tom Verebes, OCEAN_D, in association with the RIBA, 2003 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, An INFORMAL Event - panel discussion, 2003 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, WORMHOLES - public lecture, 2002 Architecture Foundation, London, RELATION SPACE at Spatial Strategies Event, 2001 University of Bath, UK, SPAGHETTI WESTERNS – public lecture, 2001 University of Central England, UK SPAGHETTI WESTERNS – public lecture, 2001 T.U.Graz, Austria, SPAGHETTI WESTERNS – public lecture, 2001 Royal Society for the Arts, London, STRESS FOR LONDON: Informatics vs Ecology? - public lecture at ‘Planning a Greener London’ 2000 Urban Land Institute (ULI) European Conference, THE GENETICALLY MODIFIED CITY, at London Future as a Global City Conference, 2020 Session, 2000 T.U.Graz, Austria,STORIES, Diagrams, Mathematics, Plans of Action , 2000 : University of London, Goldsmiths College, UK, STORIES, Diagrams, Mathematics, Plans of Action , 2000 : University of Toronto, Canada, WAITING, public lecture at Urban Designs Symposium, 2000 University of Central England, Birmingham, UK, CLOUDS: public lecture, 2000 Van der Velde Institute, Antwerp, Belgium, CLOUDS: public lecture, 2000 University of Toronto, Canada, CLOUDS: public lecture, 1999 Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) London, ATOPIAS, public lecture at Breeding Ideas with Form (architecture and the new technocrats) Symposium, 19999 T.U.Ghent, Belgium: PROCEDURE<>AGENCY<>TERRAIN , Workshop and public lecture, 1999 Yale University, FAQ – public lecture introduction for “REALocalisation” lecture series, 1997 University of Illinois, Chicago, SOFT CITIES 2:COLOSSUS – Public lecture at Landscape Urbanism Conference, 1997 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, FAST CITIES, public lecture, 1997 Yale University, School of Architecture, LATER, public lecture, 1996 Architectural Association, London, WORLDWIDE WEB(S) – public lecture - 1996 Galeria DESSA, Ljubljana, Slovenia, PERPETUALLY, public lecture, 1996 Tate Gallery, London, POWERHOUSES, public lecture University of Bath, DKNYCK14U: The Architecture of Fear, public lecture, 1995 Byam Shaw School of Art, UK, GAMES OF ARCHITECTURE, public lecture and workshop, 1996 ACSA Technology Conference, Arizona, EATING OUR WORDS, public lecture Leeds University, UK, CODES AND CONVENTIONS, public lecture and MFA Workshop, 1993

University of Texas Arlington, USA, CASTING A COLD EYE ON REALITY, public lecture, 1992 University of Bath, UK, NATURAL HISTORIES 2, public lecture, 1990 Sheffield University, UK, RECENT WORK, public lecture, 1990 Texas A +M University, USA, NATURAL HISTORIES l, public lecture 1989 University College London, Bartlett School of Architecture, WALLS, FLOORS and CEILINGS: Kahn and Aalto, public lecture, 1988 University of Bath, UK, NEW MUSEUMS, public lecture, 1986

PUBLIC BROADCASTS ON TV, NEWS and RADIO

Pitch Africa Television Coverage:

Los Angeles Times, July 9 2010, interview with LA Times Architectural Critic, Christopher Hawthorne

Reuters, Los Angeles, July 8, 2010, David Turnbull and Jane Harrison interview with Reuters Phil Furey

KTLA, Los Angeles, July 8, 2010 - David Turnbull and Jane Harrison interview with correspondent Jesse Gary, televised on KTLA News KABC, Los Angeles, July 9 2010

KCBS-CBS Los Angeles, July 9 2010, reported by Julie Sharp, televised: CBS 2 News

KCAL-IND Los Angeles, July 8, 2010, televised on KCAL 9 News

KTTV- FOX | KCOP-My13, Los Angeles, July 8, 2010, televised on FOX 11 Morning News

Seusl: Sri Lanka Rupavahini (TV) Corporation (State Television). Colombo, Sri Lanka, televised SEUSL Presentation to President Chandrika Kumaratunga, Cabinet members, the future President Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Ministry of Education, The University Grants Commission (Sri Lanka) and The British Council – Sri Lanka, November 2005

Architecture and Fear: ABC National Radio (Australia) Arts Today, broadcast – David Turnbull in discussion with Nan Ellin and Colin Blakeley, produced by Rhiannon Brown, 1999 (2000 - transcript of interview on ABC website)

WEB DISSEMINATION (PITCH_Africa)

Selected Video Postings: How PITCH_Africa Works -- Video-Sketch Explanation at Port of Los Angeles Media Event, Posted by the Port of Los Angeles The Annenberg Foundation's PITCH-Africa Live Demonstration Event at Port of Los Angeles Via Satellite, Actress Charlize Theron Talks About PITCH_Africa, Posted by the Port of Los Angeles PITCH_ Africa Annenberg Foundation, ATOPIA, posted by Futboleros Sport Court California and PITCH_Africa, posted by Sport Court

Broad Range of Web Postings internationally in the categories of Business, Philanthropy, Sport, Culture, Style and Design, Social Media, Architecture, Fashion, Activism, Environment, Building Industry, International Development & Science including:

Forbes, Euro Investor, Finanz Nachrichten, Goliath, PBS, Fox News, NBC, India Times, Reuters, USA Today, LA Times Culture Monster, LACMA, LA Magazine, Fast Company, Push Institute, Curbed, Hello Cotton, Inhabitat, Treehugger, Blisstree, Trend Hunter, Word of Mouth, Umbrella

of Design, World Architect, Global Architecture Guide, , e-architect, e-Oculus, Eat Soccer, Big Soccer, FC Earth Soccer Culture, Epic Freak, Diddyblog, Post-Karmic Stream, Hip-hop elements, Idealize, Design Football, Change-makers social media, Be the Change, Young Entrepreneur Support Network, Change Revolution, Earth Times, Future Blog, Environment Guru, Eco- Structure, Mother Nature Net, Green Plus, Heart Matters, Water Environment Federation, Water First International, Tap It, Black Africa, Science 2.0…

EXHIBITIONS

“Waterbank Campus” in ‘Designs of the Year’ - Design Museum, London 2015-16 “PITCHAfrica” in OfficeUS, the US Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 2014 “Vertical Gardens”, part of Exit Art Social Environmental Aesthetics Program directed by Papo Colo Exit Art, New York, 2009 AIA, San Francisco, California, 2010 “Ecocivility” (in collaboration with The Harrison Studio) Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, 2009 “The Good Life” - Van Alen Institute, New York, USA, 2006 “Istanbul Fragmented: VROOM”, Istanbul Biennale, - Turkey, 2005 “Site Out of Mind” University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, 2004 “Tomorrow” University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Art, Philadelphia, USA, 2002 “Space Invaders” New British Architecture, Experimenta Biennale, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001 Architecture Museum, Tallin, Estonia 2001 Czech Architecture Foundation, Prague, 2002 San Paulo, Brazil, 2002 TN Probe, Tokyo, Japan, 2003 Los Angeles, USA, 2003 “Desire” FOE 156, Munich, Germany, 1999 “In the midst of things” Bourneville, Birmingham, UK, 1999 “Un-quiet Urbanism” - White Box Gallery, New York, USA, 1999 “Architecture: Intimate Space The House for the 21st Century,” Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York, 1998 “City, Space + Globalization” University of Michigan, 1998 “Unmapping the Earth: Space/Fire” - Gwangju Biennale, Korea, 1997 “Eidetic Images” Architectural Association, London, 1995 “Jeunes Architectes” Salon Internationale d’Architecture, Parc de la Villette, , 1990 “The Contemporary Cottage: Drawings and Models” Huntingdon Architectural Center, Bath, 1988

CURATED SYMPOSIA AND LECTURE SERIES

Symposium Chair, The Future of Design, RSA-US & Grimshaw Architects, New York, USA 2014 participants: Mitchell Joaquim, Anne Guiney & Andrew Revkin sponsors: Grimshaw Architects NY

Conference co-organizer (with Nina Tandon), TEDX Cooper Union, ‘Found in translation’, NYC, USA 2012 participants: including Nina Tandon, Kim Holleman, Janna Levin, the Oakes twins, Sangu Iyer

Curated Lecture Series, LUX - The Cooper Union, NYC, USA, 2008 participants: Claude Engle, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Linnaea Tillett, Philippe Rahm sponsors: The Ellen & Sydney Feltman Fund, The Architectural League of New York

Symposium Chair, 4D-SPACE – ICA, London, UK, 2003, participants: NEUTRAL, Ron Arad, SERVO / Marcelyn Gow, ARCHIS / Ole Bouman sponsors: EYESTORM, onedotzero

Symposium Curator, Performative Effects - University of Bath, UK, 2003, participants: Peter St.John (Caruso St.John), Neil Leach, Indy Johar (research 00), David Hebblethwaite (BLOC), Taina Rikala sponsor: FCBDA, London

Conference Organizer and Chair Digital Tectonics - University of Bath, UK, 2002 issue: Digital tools, implications and case studies in design and production participants: Manuel de Landa, Greg Lynn, Bernard Cache, Mark Burry, Kristina Shea, Cecil Balmond, sponsors: RIBA - Future Studies, ARUP, Happold Trust

Lecture Series Curator, Incongruent Ecologies, University of Bath, UK , 2002 issue: landscape practices / contemporary attitudes to environmental sustainability participants: GrossMAX, BLOC, AA_DRL, Grant Associates, ATOPIA sponsor: FCBDA, London

Conference Chair, E-Futures : Designing for a Digital World, RIBA, London, UK, 2001 participants: W. Mitchell, Douglas Rushkoff, Hani Rashid, Lars Spuybroek, SERVO, dECOi, AMO/OMA, AA-DRL sponsor: RIBA Future Studies, London

Symposium Curator and Exhibition Organiser, Big Soft Orange, Yale University, USA, 1998 Issue: new strategies for housing provision - case study: The Leidsche Rijn - Holland participants: Crimson, NL, MAX, One Architecture, Michael Speaks sponsor: Dutch Consulate, NYC

Lecture Series Curator, REALocalisation - Yale University, USA,1997 issue: redefining the local in relation to the emergent condition of the contemporary city - bringing together contributions from the areas of psychoanalysis, cybernetics, performance art, urbanism and architecture. participants: incl. Alluquere Rosanne Stone, Amy Landesberg & Lisa Quatrale / Liquid Incorporated, Jose Antonio Acebillo, Parveen Adams, Eric Owen Moss, Bernard Cache. James Corner, Ben van Berkel (UN Studio), Cecil Balmond

Conference Curator, Fast Cities, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK, 1996 issue: the accelerated space of advanced capitalism / South China participants: including - Richard Kirby (Geography / Civic Design - Liverpool University), Herbert Giradet (Ecologist / Broadcaster, London), Dick Lee (Economist, University of London), Rem Koolhaas ( Pearl River Delta Research)

Event Moderator, 1964 -84 : James Stirling at Yale, Yale University, USA, 1996 issue: Revisiting Stirling Studio student work carried out over 20 years at Yale participants: Marion Weiss, Robert Livesey, Robert Kahn, Fred Koetter

Exhibition Curator and Event Moderator, Eidetic Images, Architectural Association, London, UK, 1995 issue: debate on issues of the Eidetic Images Exhibition participants: including William Forsythe, Raoul Bunschoten, Mark Goulthorpe, Jane Harrison, Christine Wertheim, Alison Mark, Gordana Koralija, Alejandro Zaera-Polo,

Symposium Curator, No(w)here - Architectural Association, London, UK, 1994 issue: status of the architectural competitions in the UK

Symposium Curator and Chair, Foyers - Architectural Association, London, UK, 1994

issue: housing for young homeless people in UK participants: Nasrine Seraji, Robert Mull, Adam Caruso.

Lecture Series Curator, HouseWork 2 - Architectural Association, London, UK, 1994 issue: state of the architectural discipline in Britain – Part 2 participants: Bob Maxwell & Thomas Muirhead on work of Team X, A & P. Smithson and James Stirling

Lecture Series Curator and Symposium Chair, Retrospectives 1- The Grunt Group, Architectural Association, London, UK, 1994 issue: refocus attention on british architecture from the 1970’s participants: Ed Jones, Jeremy Dixon, Chris Cross and Mike Gold.

Symposium Curator and Chair, I have heard the key turn..... Architectural Association, London, 1994 issue: environmental access - critique of the competition for the Attenborough Center for Disability and the Arts. Symposium Curator (a)topos – Architectural Association, London, UK, 1994 issue: event on the europan competition participants: Studio 333, Jeremy Till, Donald Bates, Peter Davidson, May Hom with discussion by David Turnbull, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Jeffrey Kipnis

Lecture Series Curator and Symposium Chair, HouseWork 1, Architectural Association, London, UK, 1993 issue: state of the architectural discipline in Britain participants: David Turnbull, Adam Caruso and Peter St.John, , Florian Beigel, Tony Fretton, Eric Parry

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

The Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

Undergraduate Design Studios 3rd Year Coordinator and Supervisor (2011) Thesis Supervisor and Coordinator (2006-2015)

Undergraduate Seminars: Advanced Topics

Architecture as Social Media

Site & Sustainability:

3xE: architecture at the intersection of economics, ecology & electronics

The Feltman Seminar: Art, Architecture and Engineering, interdisciplinary Seminar on Light.

Graduate Proseminar (Fall Semester) Introduction to Advanced Architectural Thinking for incoming Graduate Class.

Graduate Thesis Research (Spring Semester) Guided research in preparation for Design Thesis

Committee

Curriculum Committee for Humanities & Social Sciences, School of Architecture representative (2008-16)

Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

Graduate Advanced Design Studios: GORGEOUS, investigating the architecture of ‘Green Philanthropy’ DIAMONDS, investigating the architecture of WEALTH EVERYTHING, the relational architecture of everything with an IP address AUTONOMY, implications of global desertification

Core Graduate Studios (Housing): PROTOTYPES, housing on the NE Corridor, NJ QNS, examining the future of housing in Jamaica, Flushing, NY BAD, examining the future of housing in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY MORE (of everything), The Far West, examining the future of housing in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC

Graduate Seminar Architectural Culture: from Theory to Research 1990 > examining the scope of research culture as it has developed in architecture over the past decade and as it evolves to address new conditions.

University of Bath (UK)

Undergraduate Studio AIRPORT: strategies for the future of Bristol International Airport

CANAL PLUS: A reassessment of ‘Rurality’ focused on territories defined by the Canal system of the UK and Europe

M4 E>W corridor: A 3 year project investigating the emergence of new typologies in ex-urban / post urban Britain; Year 01: Swindon, Year 02: Parkway (Bristol), Year 03: Reading – Green Park

Tutor: Urban design project addressing the implications of European funding for urban renewal in the core area of the Oporto. Portugal.

University of Pennsylvania

Advanced Graduate Studio: 1100 MARKET, an examination of the impact of a large Casino on Center City, Philadelphia exploring opportunities for hybridity and complexity on relation to form and program.

MUSEUM, a provocation – by focussing on the theme: Duration, it will give shape to a new art institution and an experimental architecture. It aims to reformulate the typology of the Museum, to dismantle the residual, but excessively resilient notion of the Museum as Palace, to explore a renewed interest in the Museum as Machine, and set out new possibilities for the Museum as Organism.

DOW JONES +; disaster recovery accommodation for the publishers of the Wall Street Journal (sponsored by Dow Jones Inc.)

Graduate Seminar Research in Architecture (1990 -)

examining the scope of research culture as it has developed in architecture over the past decade and as it evolves to address new conditions.

the SHIFT Thinking through the paradigm shift in the architectural discipline generally associate with the development of digital design procedures and the emergence of innovative modes of thinking associated with non-linearity.

Architecture at the Intersection of Economics, Ecology and Electronics addressing the implications for architecture of the intersecting trajectories of Economics - specifically globalization, and post-1970’s market liberalization. Ecological questions - customarily at odds with development and the effects of globalization, and Electronics - transformation of communication media, working practices and life styles, including the proliferation of electronically mediated techniques for understanding environmental processes, for design and construction, and emerging patterns of concentration and dispersal in relation to urban morphology.

University of Toronto

Advanced Graduate Studio CITY<>TV: exploring the impact of telecommunications and television on the City of Toronto in the present and the “near future” using scenario planning techniques.

Yale University

Advanced Graduate Studio (Post Professional (M Arch ll) RTE 34i scenario planning for the city of New Haven addressing a general tendency of population reduction combined with emerging patterns of capital distribution which support the potential development of a “peri - university cloud” of R+D businesses.

HUB The studio continued the trajectory of design research developed at the Architectural Association, focusing on the future of Ljubljana, Slovenia, recently independent (1992) and emerging as a European Network City in a miniature nation-state (3 million pop.). Strategic plans were proposed to accelerate the development of Ljubljana’s HUB status.

COLOSSUS A reassessment of New Haven’s architectural and infrastructural legacy from 1955 onwards, the construction of the periphery in the center, opening up new possibilities for a symbiotic architecture and urbanism

Core Graduate Studios ORCHARD 444, Cultural Center, New Haven DMCA, the Digital Media Center for the Arts, Yale University CABARET / TEACHERS INSTITUTE HYBRID BUILDING, New Haven CT

Graduate Seminar The Contemporary City: CLOUDS 0.1 Fieldwork in Fairfax Co. VA, and the ongoing development of geospatial research techniques using remote sensing, GIS and WWW resources.

The Contemporary City: MEGACITIES 20/20

Research into the behavior of the largest cities in the world using remote sensing techniques, GIS and WWW resources, organized according to the schema surface<>network<>loop.

The Contemporary City: Yesterday’s Nightmares - Tomorrow’s Daydreams: Urbanism since the Charter of Athens, a survey of the literature.

Committee Participation Campus Planning Committee: Architecture Representative on joint Law School, Architecture School, Urban Planning Committee to develop approach to University development.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York, NY

Undergraduate Studio GRAVITY Extension to the National Gallery of Ljubljana, Slovenia; the project engaged with issues related to the building of heavy structures for light media and the instrumental involvement of digital media in their formation.

Architectural Association, London, UK (1989-6)

A series of thematic explorations of the emergent condition of the Global City using London as a laboratory - confronting the reconfiguration of inner city districts as thematically intensified zones, the impact of demographic “bubbles”, and the collapse of centre - periphery distinctions.

Advanced Studios (Diploma Unit 12) FLATSCAPES : Brent Cross

Undergraduate Studios (Intermediate Unit 7) Euston (93 - 94) Smithfield (92 - 93) Kilburn (91 - 92)

Unit Tutor (Diploma Unit 7) Studio project investigating the implications of Tourism in the UK with particular reference to the proposals for the Tate Gallery - St.Ives

University of Texas, Arlington, USA

Visiting Graduate Studio (with Jane Harrison) EATING OUR WORDS Analysis of morphologies of suburban strip morphologies culminating in the design of a restaurant for a strip-mall.

Texas A&M University, USA

Visiting Graduate Studio NATURAL HISTORIES Using Max Ernst’s 1926 publication ‘Une Histoire Naturelle’, and the Boyle Family’s project ‘Journey to the Surface of the Earth’ as a starting point, a close-up study of campus was made.