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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, London, UK 1996 – 1999 ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS The Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, New York, USA, 2005 - present Ellen & Sydney 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 Cornell University, 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 University of Toronto, 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 Yale University, 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, Princeton University. 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, China 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, Brooklyn, 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, Austria 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