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Tom Kvan

Honorary
Architecture, Building and Planning
cognition
collaboration
science & technology
technology
engineering
computer science
social sciences
construction & building technology
engineering, civil
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Tom Kvan

 
Division
Architecture, Building and Planning
 
Primary Interest
Digital design
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects from 30 for Tom Kvan.

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THE AUSTRALIAN URBAN RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK FOR THE EDUCATION INVESTMENT FUND (AURIN) 2013

2010 - 2023
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Building Connections: Schools as Community Hubs

This project aims to support school systems and planning authorities enhance engagement between schools and local communities. The key objec..

2019 - 2022
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Building Connections: Schools as Community Hubs

2019 - 2022
Completed
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Building Connections: Schools as Community Hubs

This project aims to support school systems and planning authorities enhance engagement between schools and local communities. The key objec..

2019 - 2022
Completed
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Innovative learning environments and teacher change

This project aims to bridge a gap between the educational potential of innovative learning environment designs, and their actual performance..

2016 - 2020
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Innovative learning environments and teacher change

This project aims to bridge a gap between the educational potential of innovative learning environment designs, and their actual performance..

2016 - 2020
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Innovative learning environments and teacher change

This project aims to bridge a gap between the educational potential of innovative learning environment designs, and their actual performance..

2016 - 2020
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Innovative learning environments and teacher change

This project aims to bridge a gap between the educational potential of innovative learning environment designs, and their actual performance..

2016 - 2020
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Citizen Heritage: Digital and Community-based Histories of Place

This interdisciplinary project investigates the potential for the citizens of local areas to generate new collective interpretations of thei..

2014 - 2018
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Citizen Heritage: Digital and Community-based Histories of Place

This interdisciplinary project investigates the potential for the citizens of local areas to generate new collective interpretations of thei..

2014 - 2018
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Project Types

22

Research Grant

4

Internal Research Grant

4

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

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How green building rating systems affect indoor thermal comfort environments design

Yueer He, Nyuk Hien Wong, Thomas Kvan, Meng Liu, Shanshan Tong

Journal article  |  2022  |  BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

This paper addresses a controversial issue that Green Building Rating Systems (GBRS) may not necessarily improve user experience, ..

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Not What Nature Can Do for the City but What the City Can Do for Nature

J Karakiewicz, J Holquin, T Kvan

Book Chapter  |  2022

When we talk about climate change or resources like energy or water, we discuss new technologies and new designs that will help us..

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Viewing the transition to innovative learning environments through the lens of the burke-litwin model for organizational performance and change

Raechel French, Marian Mahat, Thomas Kvan, Wesley Imms

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL CHANGE

Abstract: Recent history has seen many schools shift from their original purpose of standardization and facts to focus on soft ski..

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Space Are Places in Which We Learn

Thomas Kvan

Book Chapter  |  2021

AbstractWe make and occupy spaces for purposeful activities. Significant investments are made in learning spaces in schools withou..

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Introduction to Part II: Inhabiting

Thomas Kvan, Kenn Fisher

Book Chapter  |  2021

AbstractThis section presents research in inhabiting new learning environments. The topic is introduced, and a brief review is giv..

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Introduction to Part I: Change and Risk

Thomas Kvan, Kenn Fisher

Book Chapter  |  2021

AbstractThis section presents research in managing change and risk inherent in the introduction of new learning environments. The ..

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Teacher Transition Into Innovative Learning Environments A Global Perspective

Wesley Imms, Thomas Kvan

Book  |  2020

This open access book focuses on how the design and use of innovative learning environments can evolve as teaching practices and e..

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Data-Informed Design: A Call for Theory

Thomas Kvan

Journal article  |  2020  |  ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

The future of urban design is implicitly connected with datasets. Thomas Kvan , founding director of AURIN, a national digital inf..

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Hope in Perturbanism

J Karakiewicz, JR Holguin, T Kvan

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  RE: Anthropocene, Design in the Age of Humans - Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2020

© 2020 and published by the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA), Hong Kong. A fundament..

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Digital and hybrid archives A case study of the William

Thomas Kvan, Peter Neish, Naomi Mullumby

Book Chapter  |  2020

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Keyword Analysis

Expanding Knowledge
Architecture
Urban and Regional Planning
Construction Planning
Construction Design
Design
Education Systems
Other Built Environment and Design
Building
Specialist Studies in Education

News

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Designing the urban future of the Galápagos Islands

Justyna Karakiewicz, Tom Kvan, Michael Kirley

The Galápagos Islands are known for their rich, vibrant and unique biodiversity of flora and fauna which inspired Charles Darwin’s evolutio..

November 20, 2017
pursuit Article
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Rethinking an inclusive university campus

Tom Kvan

With technology changing the landscape of higher education, The Conversation is running a series “Re-imagining the Campus” on the future of..

March 11, 2014
conversation Article
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Why the campus is still king in the age of the MOOC

Tom Kvan

With higher education increasingly going online and the recent arrival of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), many have predicted the deat..

June 25, 2013
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2005

FRICS - Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Architecture, Building and Planning

Education

Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

The University of Hong Kong

Doctor of Philosophy

England

Master of Arts

University of Cambridge

Masters Architecture

University of California - Los Angeles

Links

International Linkages

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands