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Tom Kvan

Honorary
Architecture, Building and Planning
cognition
collaboration
science & technology
technology
engineering
computer science
engineering, civil
construction & building technology
architecture
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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 by 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

2019 - 2022
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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

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

2019 - 2022
Active
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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
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
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
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
Completed
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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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Projects

Project Types

22

Research Grant

4

Internal Research Grant

4

Research Contracts

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Tom Kvan.

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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 J. Mitchell collection

Thomas Kvan, Peter Neish, Naomi Mullumby

Book Chapter  |  2019

William J. Mitchell was an internationally renowned scholar of urbanism and digital design. The William J. Mitchell archive, held ..

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Editorial

L Ashcroft

Journal article  |  2019  |  International Journal of Architectural Computing

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A quantity-quality-based optimization method for indoor thermal environment design

Yueer He, Meng Liu, Thomas Kvan, Lu Yan

Journal article  |  2019  |  ENERGY

This paper proposes a quantity-quality-based optimization method of indoor thermal environment design that emphasizes entransy and..

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Finding and Using Ambiguity to Search for Innovation Opportunities

Linus Tan, Thomas Kvan

Journal article  |  2018  |  Design Management Journal

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How green building rating systems affect designing green

Yueer He, Thomas Kvan, Meng Liu, Baizhan Li

Journal article  |  2018  |  BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

This research investigates sustainable building design from a new perspective – green design in relation to green building rating ..

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Plug n play: Future prefab for smart green schools

C Newton, S Backhouse, A Aibinu, B Cleveland, RH Crawford, D Holzer, P Soccio, T Kvan

Journal article  |  2018  |  Buildings

While relocatable, prefabricated learning environments have formed an important component of school infrastructure in Australia, p..

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Toward Urban Self-Sufficiency in the Galapagos Islands

J Karakiewicz

Book Chapter  |  2018

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Keyword Analysis

Expanding Knowledge
Architecture
Urban and Regional Planning
Construction Design
Construction Planning
Building
Other Built Environment and Design
Construction Processes
Design
Education Systems

News

Displaying the 3 most recent news articles by Tom Kvan.

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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 evolution..

November 20, 2017
pursuit Article
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Rethinking an inclusive university campus

Tom Kvan

If we want to open up the university campus further to a wider community,we could start with removing the physical barriers to people flows...

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

Tom Kvan

The campus isn't just about delivering lectures in big halls – universities need space to foster learning and innovation. AAP Image/Paul..

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

Affiliate

Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Fellow

Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors

Education

Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

The University of Hong Kong

Doctor of Philosophy

England

Masters Architecture

University of California - Los Angeles

Master of Arts

University of Cambridge

Links

International Linkages

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands