TomVerebesBSc(Arch),BArch,GradDip(Design)AA,RIBAII

curriculumvit

TomVerebeshastwodecadesofexperienceinarchitecturalpractice,educationandresearch.HeisAssociateProfessorof
ArchitectureattheUniversityofHongKong,teachingtheHarvardGSDHKUJointStudio,undergraduatedesignstudioanda
MArchseminar.UntilJanuary2009,TomVerebeswascoDirectorofthepostprofessionalmasterslevelDesignResearch
Lab,attheArchitecturalAssociationinLondon,wherehehadtaughtsince1996. HeistheDirectoroftheAAShanghai
SummerSchool(20072009),tobehostedattheHKUStudyCentreFormerDirectoroftheAAD_Lab(20062007),andformer
AADiplomaUnitMaster.HewasalsoGuest/VisitingProfessoratAkademiederBuildendenKnsteABKStuttgart,among
otherappointments. GraduateofMcGillUniversity(Canada),LoPSiA(France),andattheAAinLondon.
TomistheCreativeDirectorofOCEAN.CN,aHongKongbaseddesignconsultancynetwork,andhecofoundedtheOCEAN
designnetworkin1995,subsequentlydirectingOCEANUKwithinOCEAND.HehasworkedintheofficesofRickMather,
Munkenbeck+Marshall,andStantonWilliamsinLondon,andwasapartnerinIDPHongKongin1994.
RecentexhibitionsincludeVeniceBiennale,BeijingBiennale,SevilleBiennale,Zoomorphic(Victoria&AlbertMuseum,
London),LatentUtopias(Graz,Austria),ExperimentalArchitecture(FRACCollection,Orlans),andArtistsSpace(NewYork).
Recentpublicationsincludeeditingandwritinga368pagemonograph,DRLTEN:ADesignResearchCompendium,along
withnumerousarticlesinissuesofArchitecturalDesignAD,ArchitecturalReview,RIBAJournal,UrbanChina,UrbanFlux,
Archicreation,WorldArchitecture,andbooksincludingDigitalArchitectureNow,DisappearingArchitecture,10x10x2,Next
GenerationArchitecture:Folds,Blobs,andBoxes,andothers.HehaslecturedextensivelyinAsia,Europe,NorthAmerica,
andtheMiddleEast.
Hisresearchfocusesontheparadoxbetweentheevolutionary,adaptivenatureofcities,andtheaugmentationofthe
cultural,social,environmentalandeconomicsustainabilityofcontemporaryarchitecture. Thisapproachtourbanismand
architecturenecessitatesadvancedcomputationalmethodstomanagedynamicinformationrelatedtotheperformanceof
urbanenvironmentsandarchitecturalspaces,andtheprototypingofinnovationsbeyondstandardsandconventions.

Educational&ProfessionalQualifications:
1996
19931995
19921993
19841989

RIBA(PartII)Qualification
GradDip(Design)AA,GraduateDesignProgramme,ArchitecturalAssociation,London
LaboratoryofPrimaryStudiesinArchitecture,LoPSiA,Paris,Briey,France
BSc(Arch), BArch,McGillUniversity,Montreal,Canada

ProfessionalCareerSummary:
2009
20012009
19972009
1995
19951996
1994
1993
19891992

OCEAN.CN:CreativeDirector
oceanD,London,Boston,NewYork;Director
OCEANUK,London:Director
OCEAN;Foundingpartner
StantonWilliamsArchitects,London
IDPHongKong,HongKong:Partner
Munkenbeck+MarshallArchitects,London
RickMatherArchitects,London

TeachingAppointments:
20092012
19972009
2003
20042006
20032005
19961997

AssociateProfessor,HarvardGSDHKUJointStudio,TheUniversityofHongKong
DesignResearchLab,ArchitecturalAssociationAA; CoDirector(20052009)Studio&SeminarCourseMaster
VisitingProfessor,StaatlicheAkademiederBildendenKunsteStuttgart,Germany
GuestProfessor,StaatlicheAkademiederBildendenKunsteStuttgart,Germany
AADiplomaUnitMaster,ArchitecturalAssociationSchoolofArchitecture,Lodnon
DiplomaTutor,TheUniversityofGreenwich,London

EXHIBITIONS

20082009

2008

2007

2007

2006

2006

2005

2004

2004

2004

2004

2003

2003

2003

SevilleBiennale
Seville,Spain
CuratedbyMarieAngeBrayer
DRLTENPOINTZERO
ArchitecturalAssociation,London
CuratedbyYusukeObuchi,PatrikSchumacher,TheoSpyropoulos,TomVerebes
ArchitectureAudladesFormes
Marseilles,France
CuratedbyPhilippeMorel
Transcapes: ArtificialNature
UTS,Sydney
CuratedbySteveHatzellis
2ndBeijingBiennaleArchitectureExhibition
WorldArtMuseum,Beijing
CuratedbyXuWeiguo&NeilLeach
Gen[H]omeExhibition
MAK,LosAngeles
CuratedbyOSA

ChangingChinaExhibition
Beijing,Shanghai,Jinan
CuratedbyXuWeiguo

th
9 VeniceBiennaleArchitectureExhibition
Venice,Italy
CuratedbyKurtForster

st
1 BeijingBiennaleArchitectureExhibition
Beijing,China
CuratedbyXuWeiguo&NeilLeach
Interbuild2004
TheBuildingCentre,London
PerformativeArchitecture
UniversityofDelft,TheNetherlands
CuratedbyMaxCohendeLara
DigitalScapes,
Veronafiere,Verona,Italy
CuratedbyVincenzoPavanandChristianR.Pongratz

Zoomorphic
VictoriaandAlbertMuseum,London
CuratedbyHughAlderseyWilliams

SoftwareBoundaries
IsraeliArchitects HouseGallery,TelAviv,Israel
CuratedbyYashaGrobman

2003

2004

200203

2000

2000

1999

1999

1999

1999

1999

199899

199798

1998

1997

1997

FRACCollection
FondRegionaledArchitectureContemporaine,Orleans,France
CuratedbyMarieAngeBrayer

SignandSurface.
ArtistsSpace,NewYork
CuratedbyPeterZellner

LatentUtopias,
LandesmuseumJoanneum,GrazAustria
CuratedbyZahaHadid&PatrikSchumacher
Archilab2000
Orlans,france,MayJune2000
CuratedbyFredericMigayrou&MarieAngeBrayer
WhatWeCallProgress
GasworksGallery,London
MayJune2000
Continuum
CentreforContemporaryArts,Glasgow,November1999
Nordic/BalticTriennial
OCEAN
Tallin,Estonia,September1999
TheKunstAanmoedigingsprijsAmstelveen
OCEANUK
TheSandbergInstitute; TheGerritRietveldInstitute,TheNetherlands
CuratedbyBartLootsmaa&BrettSteele
CitiesontheMove
AAGDG93: TheChangliuGroupingArea
HaywardGallery: SouthbankCentre,London
Kiasma,MuseumofContemporaryArt,Helsinki
Secession,Vienna
CuratedbyHouHanru&HansUlrichObrist
OperationInterface
OCEAN UK+.OCEAN US
UniversitdeQubecMontral[UQAM]: CentredeDesign
SQUARE: FLUID; OCEANUK; OMA
ShopfrontGallery: UniversityofNorthLondon
TwentyYoungArchitects
OCEAN UK
8thWorldTriennialofArchitecture,Sofia,Bulgaria,June1997,Moscow; Rome; MexicoCity
Freezone
OCEAN UK+PeterHasdell+AndersJohansson
URBANISSUEGallery,Berlin
OCEANNet:UrbanSurfaces97
HenieOnstadArtCentre,Oslo,Norway
CriticalProjects: 50YearsofAAProjects

1997

1997

1996

1996

1996

1993

1992

AAGDGChangliuGroupingAreaproject,19934
RoyalInstituteofBritishArchitects,ExhibitionHall,London
LasipalatsiSquare
UIAH,Helsinki,Finland
FinnishInstitute,London
L'espaceALien: OCEANUK
Ecoled'architecturedeGrenoble,France
StrategicUrbanismforEuropeanTransition: TheNewNorthSouthCorridor
OCEANUK
TechnicalUniversity,Budapest,Hungary
OCEANNet:UrbanSurfaces96
ArchitecturalAssociationSchoolofArchitecture
London
TheCreativeCityConference: OCEAN.U.K.
UIAH,Helsinki
AplicationetImplication
LoPSiA,withDonaldBates
CentreContemporaind'art,LeMagazin,Grenoble,France
BrieyIntervention
WithJeffreyKipnis&PhillipJohnson
United'habitation,Briey,France

PUBLICATIONS

2009

2009

2008

ArchitecturalDesignAD
DigitalCitiesissue,GuestEditedbyneilLeach
ExperimentsinAssociativeUrbanism,articlebyTomVerebes
UrbanChina
January2009,GuestEditedbynevilleMars
Endurance&Obsolescence,articlebyTomVerebes

2008

2008

AADRLDocuments2:DRLTEN,ADesignResearchCompendium,AAPublications,London
BookCoordination/Editing,Textandeditedtexts,TomVerebes
EpilogueTexts:YusukeObuchi,PatrikSchumacher,TheodoreSpyropoulos,TomVerebes
Essaysby:CarolineBos,MarkBury,ChristopherHight,SanfordKwinter,JesseReiser,BrettSteele
InterviewsbyTomVerebeswith:AndrewBenjamin,MarkCousins,ZahaHadid,JeffreyKipnis
RIBAJournal
June2008issue
ParametricDesignandGlobalisation,articlebyTomVerebes
UrbanFlux
GuestEditedbyViviYingHe
ArticlebyTomVerebes;transcriptionofconferenceorganizedbyTomVerebes

2008

2008

2008

2007

2006

2005

ArchitectsJournal
AADRL,WhatPlanetareTheyOn?,articleby
Archicreation,09/2008,Beijing
GuestEditedbyYanchuanLiu
TextbyTomVerebes,DRLprojects
DigitalArchitectureNow,AGlobalSurveyofEmergingTalent
NeilSpiller(ed.),Thames&Hudson,Lodnon
oceanDprojectsfeatured

eda03,Info(rm)architecture:TheperformativeArchitectureoftheDigitalAge,issue
MaurizioMeossi(guested.)
ArchitecturalComputation:Reasonsand/orExperiments,articlebyTomVerebes

AD:CollectiveIntelligenceissue
ChrisPerry,ChrisHight(eds)
AssociativePracticesintheManagementofComplexity,articlebyTomVerebes

2006

2005

2005

2004

2004

2004

2003

2003

2003

2003

CorporateFields:OfficeProjectsbytheAADesignResearchLab
EditedbyBrettSteele
EssaysbyAndrewBenjamin,MarkCousins,ChristopherHight,MohsenMostafavi,
PatrikSchumacher,BrettSteele,TomVerebes
ArchitecturalAssociationPublications,London
WorldArchitecture,issueguesteditedbyYanGao
A10: ArticlebyJorrinTenHave,withinterviewofTomVerebes
DisappearingArchitecture: FromRealtoVirtualtoQuantum
EditedbyGeorgFlachbart
HousePlus
Thames&Hudson,London
EditedbyPhyllisRichardson

10x10_2
SectionEditedbyZahaHadid
ArchitecturalRecord:DigitalArchitecture
EditedbyAndrewBenjamin
NextGenerationArchitecture:Folds,Blobs,andBoxes
SFMOMA
EditedbyJosephRosa

BuildingDesign:
OCEANUKFeature
Zoomorphic,
VictoriaandAlbertMuseum,London
CuartedbyHughAlderseyWilliams

FRACCollection
FondRegionaledArchitectureContemporaine,Orleans,France
CuratedbyMarieAngeBrayer

2003

20023

2001

2001

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

2000

1999

1999

1999

1999

SignandSurface.
ArtistsSpace,NewYork
CuratedbyPeterZellner

LatentUtopias,SpaceCondition:InternationalArchitectureSymposium&Exhibition
LandesmuseumJoanneum,GrazAustria
CuratedbyZahaHadidandPatrikSchumacher
RogerRiewe(Ed.)
scroope,CambridgeArchitectureJournal,Cambridge,UK
Issue13article:"Polylinearity"byTomVerebes

UnfoldingUrbanism
AndrewBenjamin(ed.),assistedbyChristopherHightandTomVerebes,AAPublications,London,2001
Cyberspace:TheWorldofDigitalArchitecture
ImagesPublishingGroup,Australia
CityLevels
August/Birkhuserpublication,London,Berlin,Boston
OCEAN UK/OCEANUS
Zoo,August2000Issue
OCEAN feature
10x10
Phaidon,UK
OCEANfeature
TakingShape: ANewContractbetweenArchitectureandNature
ArchitecturalPress,ButterworthandHeineman,Oxford
Archilab2000
Catalogue
Archis,TheNetherlands
NewBritishPractices,RobWilson
HybridSpace
ThamesandHudson,London
PeterZellner,ed.
OCEANfeature

Urbanisations

CoauthoredbyMichaelHensel&TomVerebes
64pagemonographontheworkofOCEANUK
SerialArchitectureSeries,London

OculumMonthlyBulletinnumber28
UniversityofCampinas,SchoolofArchitecture,Campinas,SaoPaulo,Brasil
NotesOnSpatialPractice,articlebyMichaelHensel&TomVerebes
RIBAJournal
February1999
OCEANFeature

1998
DeArkitekt,TheNetherlands

1998
TwentyYoungArchitectsCDROM

OCEANFeature

1997
TheCreativeCity,Finland

UIAH

1997
AD,ArchitecturalDesign

AfterGeometryissue,DonaldBatesandPeterDavidson(eds),AcademyWiley,London

OCEANUKfeature

1997
UrbanDesignQuarterly

practiceprofile

1997
ArchitecturalProfileMagazine,Thailand

OCEANUKfeature

1997
Arttu!,Finland

OCEAN feature

1997 AB,arhitektovbilten,Slovenia

ProductivityandOperativity

1997 AAFiles

ArchitecturalAssociation

OCEANnet96exhibition:UrbanSurfaces

1997 Arch+

Yourofficeiswhereyouare

1996
ArchitecturalProfileMagazine,Thailand

1996 GatewayII: ManagingUrbanChange,Finland

UIAH

1995
Arttu!,Finland

NewApproachesinContemporaryUrbanDesign

1995
SpaceMagazine,Korea

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LECTURES,CONFERENCES,WORKSHOPS,JURIES

ASIA

ArchitectureBeijingBiennial,Beijing,China
ChinaDesignandResearchGroup,Beijing
TheChineseUniversityofHongKong,HongKong
CollegeofArchitectureandUrbanPlanning,TongjiUniversity,Shanghai
HongKongPolytechnicalUniversity,HongKong
PechaKucha7Shanghai,SculptureSpace,Shanghai
CentralAcademyofFineArts,CAFA,Beijing
TheUniversityofHongKong,FacultyofArchitecture,HongKong
TheUniversityofHongKongStudyCentre,Shanghai

EUROPE

Angevandte,Vienna,Austria

Architectural AssociationSchoolofArchitecture,London,UK

Ecoled'ArchitecturedeGrenoble,Grenoble,France

TheBarbicanCentre,London,UK

TheBartlettSchoolofArchitecture,UCL,London,UK

GreenwichUniversity,UK

TheHaywardGallery,London,UK

TheInstituteofContemporaryArts[ICA],London

Kunstverei[ArtAcademy]/HamburgSchoolofArchitecture,Hamburg,Germany

ManchesterUniversity,SchoolofArchitecture,Manchester,UK

TheMacintoshSchoolofArchitecture,TheGlasgowSchoolofArt,Glasgow,UK

TheRoyalAcademy,London,UK

TheRoyalAcademyofArchitecture[KTH],Stockholm,Sweden

TheRoyalCollegeofArt,London,UK

TheRoyalInstituteofBritishArchitects[RIBA],London,UK

TheSandbergInstitute/TheGerritRietveldAcademy,TheNetherlands

UniversityofArtandDesignUIAH,Helsinki,Finland

UniversityofEastLondon,UK

UniversityofNorthLondon,UK

UniversityofTechnology,Otaniemi,Helsinki,Finland

UniversityofWestminster,London,UK

StaatlicheAkademiederBildendenKnsteStuttgart,Germany

TechnicalUniversityofBudapest,Budapest,Hungary

TechnicalUniversityofDarmstadt,Germany

TechnicalUniversityofDelft,TheNetherlands

TechnicalUniversityofGraz,Austria

VaasaInstituteofTechnologyVITech,Vaasa,Finland

TheVictoriaandAlbertMuseum,London,UK

NORTHAMERICA

ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork
TheCooperUnion,NewYork
HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,Massachusetts
McGillUniversity,Montreal,Canada
OhioStateUniversity,Columbus,Ohio
RensellaerPolytechnicalInstitute,Troy,NewYork
RiceUniversity,Houston,Texas
UniversityofNorthCarolina,Charlotte,NC
YaleUniversity,HartfordConnecticut

MIDDLEEAST

TheBezalelAcademyofArtandDesign,Jerusalem,Israel
TheAmericanUniversityofSharjah,Sharjah,UnitedArabEmirates

SELECTEDPROJECTS

Builtwork,preOCEAN(19891996)

19951996
BirkbeckSchoolofManagement,London

19951999 TheMillenniumSeedbank,WestSussex,England

19901993
StudentResidences,UniversityofEastAnglia,Norwich,England

19901993
StudentResidences,OxfordUniversity,England

19891992
TheSundayTimesBuilding,London

Urbanism

2008
UrbanStudy,UrbanChina

2007
TangshanMemorialParkandMuseum,Tangshan,China

2002
TheGreatEgyptianMuseum,Giza,Egypt

2001
RabinSquare,TelAviv,Israel

2000
MartinLutherKingMemorial,WashingtonDC

1997
LasipalatsiSquare,Helsinki,Finland

1996
Bucharest2000,Rumnien

19951997 ArabianrantaUrbanStudy,Helsinki,Finland
19931994 ChangliuGroupingAreaMasterplan,Haikou,China

1994
ChangliuGroupingAreaCBDUrbanDesign,Haikou,China

Infrastructure

19961997 PusanRailwayComplexandMasterplan,Seoul,Korea

1994
YokohamaFerryPortTerminal,Japan

Architecture

2007
TheBezalelAcademyofArt,Jerusalem,Israel
2004
MountainHut,California,USA;Peru
2003
PerthAmboyHighSchool,NewJersey,USA

2001
FlemingtonJewishCommunityCentreandSynagogue,Flemington,NJ,USA
1998
HousingProjectandTransportNode,Jeumont,France
1997
MultiuseComplex,KualaLumpur,Malaysia
1997
CostantiniMuseum,BuenosAires,Argentina
19961997 JeilsHospitalForWomen,Seoul,Korea

Interiors

2004
WarnerHouse,London
20032006 SkiChaletInterior,Chamonix,France
20022003 LJHouse,London

Installations,ProductsandMaterialDevelopment

20022003 Grad_8Installation,LatentUtopiasExhibition,Graz,Austria
20032006 KitchenDesign,Jacksonville,Florida,USA
2003
GlassWallPrototype
2000
Tumbleweed,UrbanArt,London
1998
TKTS:TimesSquareTicketingBooth,NewYork
20062009 GenLITEInteractivelightingproduct