Thomas Schroepfer
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture

 

 

Curriculum Vitae


EDUCATION
2004 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Doctor of Design, Hochtief Full Scholarship.
2000 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Architecture with Distinction, Hochtief Scholarship.
1995 The Berlin University of the Arts, Germany, Diploma in Architecture (Dipl.-Ing. Arch.), Summa Cum Laude (Gesamtnote Sehr Gut).
1995

The Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Bachelor of Architecture, Cooper Union Full-tuition Scholarship.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Academic Experience

2009- Associate Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
2009 Visiting Researcher, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
2005-2008 Assistant Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
2005 Visiting Researcher, National University of Singapore.
2004-2005 Design Critic, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
2003-2004 Instructor, Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

 

Professional Practice
2009 Participant (Invited), Bamboo Oblique, Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea.
2008 Leader, Innovative Materials in Design, Summer Workshop, Department of Architecture, INHA University, Korea.
2008- Editor, Architectural Research Center Consortium Journal.
2007 Participant (Finalist, Honorable Mention), IKEA Future Living Design Competition, Munich, Germany.
2006-2007 Program Facilitator, Inventioneering Architecture, traveling exhibition and lecture series: Boston, Berlin, Dubai, Shanghai, Singapore, Switzerland. In collaboration with Swiss House for Advanced Research and Education (SHARE), Boston, MA.
2006 Participant (Jury Selection), “A Walk in the Yard,” Harvard Vision 2020 Ideas Competition, Cambridge, MA.
2006 Participant, (Jury Selection), “Mimesis: The Place of the Tides,” Tsunami Memorial International Design Competition, Bangkok, Thailand.
2006- Consultant, Harvard Allston Campus Project, Cambridge, MA.
2004 Participant, “Big City Room,” 10 Public Spaces Competition, Singapore, 2004.
2003-2004 Architect, B43, Multi-family residence, Freiburg, Germany, 2003-2004.
2003 Participant (Jury Selection, Honorable Mention), “The Highline as a Place of Repose,” Designing the Highline Competition, New York, NY, 2003.
2002 Participant (Jury Selection, Honorable Mention) , “Tidal Capsules: Four Exhibition Pavilions for Lisbon’s Praco do Comercio, UIA International Architecture and Water Design Competition.
2002 Participant, Grand Egyptian Museum International Design Competition, Giza, Egypt.
2001-2002 Project Leader, Research and Development Department, Hochtief Group, Essen, Germany.
2001-2002 Editor, FuE Forum: Research and Development at Hochtief
2000 Participant (2nd Prize Winner), Steglitz Housing Design Competition, Berlin, Germany.
1997-2000 Architect, Hochtief Group, Essen, Germany, projects include: Apartment Houses Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, with Diener & Diener, RWE Headquarters, Essen, Germany, with Ingenhoven Architekten.
1995-1997 Architect, Studio Daniel Libeskind, projects include: Victoria and Albert Museum Extension, London, UK, 1st Prize Winner, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Germany, Habitable Bridge, London, UK, Uozo Mountain Pavilion, Uozo, Japan, National Gallery of Ireland Extension, Dublin, Ireland.

 

Professional Affiliations
2008- Member, Editorial Board, Architectural Research Center Consortium (ARCC).
2004- Member, Architecture Chamber, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany.
2004- Member, German Academic International Network.
1998-2004

Member, Architecture Chamber, Berlin, Germany.


RESEARCH

2008- Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Material Design,” funded by Harvard GSD Dean’s Annual Research Grant.
2008- Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Transurban: Charting Experiments of Ecological Architecture and Urbanism” funded by the Real Estate Initiative at Harvard University (REAI).
2008- Principal Investigator, “Global Design and Building Practice: Case Studies in Asia II,” funded by Harvard University Asia Center.
2007-2009 Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Transurban: Further Case Studies," funded by Harvard GSD Dean’s Annual Research Grant.
2005-2006 Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Environmental Architecture and Urbanism: A Case Study of Vauban, Germany,” funded by Harvard GSD Dean’s Annual Research Grant.
2005-2007 Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Global Design and Building Practice: Case Studies in Asia I”, funded by Harvard Asia Center.
2001-2004 Principal Investigator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Relational Geographies of Building Practice: An Analytic Framework”, doctoral research, funded by Hochtief Group, Essen, Germany.
2002 Collaborator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Environmental Know-Room”, funded by International Center for the Environment/US Environmental Protection Agency, with Jeffrey Huang and Muriel Waldvogel, 2002.
2002

Collaborator, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. “Digital Agora”, funded by Harvard Center for Hellenic Studies, with Jeffrey Huang and Muriel Waldvogel.


PUBLICATIONS
Books
  Schroepfer, T. Material Design, Basel: Birkhäuser (forthcoming Spring 2010).
  Schroepfer, T., Christian Werthmann and Limin Hee TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future – Case Study 2: solarCity Linz. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2008.
  Schroepfer, T. Globalization and Building Practice 2: Four case Studies in Asia. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, (forthcoming).
  Schroepfer, T., Christian Werthmann and Limin Hee TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future – Case Study 1: Vauban. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2007.
  Schroepfer, T. Globalization and Building Practice 1: An Analytic Framework and Four Case Studies. Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2005.

 

Refereed Articles, Chapters, and Proceedings
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Future Cities: Experiments in Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism,” in Sasha Tsenkova (ed.) Urban Sustainability, Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2009.
  Schroepfer, T. “Possible Spaces,” in Keyang Tang (ed.)  Story of Western Design Education , Beijing: Peking University Press, 2009.
  Schroepfer, T. “Evaluating Green,” in ACSA 97th Annual Meeting: The Value of Design, Washington: ACSA Press, 2009.
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Emerging Forms of Sustainable Urbanism,” in Journal of Green Building, Volume 3 Number 2, Glen Allen: College Publishing, 2008.
  Schroepfer, T. “Exploring Materials in Design,” in Folio 08, Singapore: National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture, 2008.
  Schroepfer, T. “Global Design and Building Practice: A Case Study of Hearst Headquarters, New York, New York,” in J. Brooke Harrington et al (eds.) ARCC Journal, Volume 4 Issue 2.
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Emerging Forms of Sustainable Urban Housing,” in European Network of Housing Research (ENHR) 2007: Sustainable Urban Areas, Delft: Delft University Press (forthcoming).
Hee, L., Ze Li Z and Thomas Schroepfer “China’s New Creative Culture in the Post-industrial Landscape: Emergent Space in the City,” in International Convention of Asian Scholars: Sharing a Future in Asia, Kuala Lumpur, 2008.
  Schroepfer, T. “Global Megaprojects in China: Impacts on Design and Building Discourse and Practice,” in Wenhui Shan (ed.), Urbanization China: Culture, Identity, and Spatial Transformation, Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 2007.
  Schroepfer, T., Christian Werthmann and Limin Hee “TransUrban: Vauban,” in Athanassios Kungolos et al (eds.) Sustainable Development and Planning III, Southampton: WIT Press, 2007.
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Vauban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” in 6th China Urban Housing Conference, Development of Eco and Social Sustainable Housing and Human Settlements under Rapid Urbanization Process, Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006.
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Sustainable Urbanism: Ideals, Ideas, and Implementation in Vauban,” Joint International Conference on Construction Culture, Innovation, and Management (CCIM): Sustainable Development through Culture and Innovation, Dubai: The British University in Dubai Press, 2006.
  Schroepfer, T. and Liat Margolis “Integrating Material Culture,” in George Dodds (ed.) Journal of Architectural Education, Issue 60 Volume 2, Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Environmental Architecture and Urbanism: The Vauban Experience,” in International Forum on Urbanism (IFoU):  Re-inventing the Urban Identity, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press/Delft: Delft University Press, 2006.
  Schroepfer, T. and Limin Hee “Sustainable Urban Housing,” in Oktay Ural et al (eds.) International Association for Housing Studies (IAHS) 34th World Congress: Sustainable Urban Housing Design, Miami: International Association for Housing Science/Naples: University of Naples Press, 2006.
  Schroepfer, T.  “Global Design Practice: IT-based Collaboration in AEC-projects”, in Arshad Ali and Carlos Brebbia Digital Architecture and Construction, Southampton: WIT Press, 2006.
  Schroepfer, T. “Glass and the New Materiality,” in Transparency and Architecture: Challenging the Limits, Thessalonica, 2006.


Schroepfer, T. “Globalization and Building Practice: A Case Study of the Genzyme Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts,” in Innovation in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction, Delft: Delft University Press, 2005.
  Schroepfer, T. “New Spatial Forms of Architectural Practice,” in J. Brooke Harrington (ed.) Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Conference Proceedings, Tempe, AZ, 2003.
  Huang, J. and Thomas Schroepfer, “i+a: Explorations in Emerging Architectural Typologies,” in Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA): Thresholds between Physical and Virtual, Pomona, CA, 2002.

 

Editorial Work
  Member, Editorial Board Architectural Research Center Consortium (ARCC) Journal, since 2008.
  Schroepfer, T. (subject ed.) Principles of Construction: Facades, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2007.

 

Other Publications

  Schroepfer, T. "Material Design ," in Material Design: New Concepts for Exploration: Workshop Studio Works, Incheon: Inha University, 2009.
  Schroepfer, T. "Transurban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future," in Tank: View on Harvard GSD, London: Tank Publications, 2009.
  Schroepfer, T. "Materials, Constructions, Processes," in Platform GSD 08: A Year of Research through Studio Work, Theses, Exhibitions, and Conferences at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, New York / Barcelona: Actar D, 2008.
 

Schroepfer, T. “Materials and Construction: An Introduction to Composition, Techniques, and Strategies,” in Studio Works 11, Cambridge: Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2006.

 

INVITED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS
  Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. ARCHIZOOM Program. Invited lecture, “Material Design,” April 23, 2009.
  Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Session Leader and Panelist, Ecological Urbanism: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future Conference, April 2-5, 2009.
  Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. Invited lecture, “Innovative Materials in Design,” February 27, 2009.
  Erasmus Mundus Urbano Program at Technical University Darmstadt, Germany. Invited lecture, “Future Cities: Experiments of Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism,” February 11, 2009.
  INHA University, Incheon, Korea. Invited lecture, "Innovative Materials in Design," June 27, 2008.
  American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Invited speaker, “Global Design Practice in Asia,” 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Harvard University Asia Center, May 2, 2008.
  Fundación Metropóli, Madrid, Spain. Invited lecture, “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” October 18, 2007.
  National University of Singapore, Department of Architecture. Invited lecture, “Constructing New Materialities,” August 8, 2007.
  Singapore Institute of Architects. Invited lecture, “Globalization and Design Practice in Asia: A Case Study of CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China,” July 19, 2007.
SPACE Gallery, Seoul, Korea. Invited lecture, “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” July 5, 2007.
Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong, China. Invited lecture, “Transurban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” May 12, 2007.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Invited presentation and panel discussion, GSD Annual Alumni Meeting, “Environmental Architecture and Urbanism,” April 21, 2007.
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. Invited lecture, “Environmental Architecture and Urbanism,” March 27, 2007.
Harvard Asia Center. Invited lecture, Modern Asia Series: “Global Design and Building Practice in Asia,” March 16, 2007.
Harvard Allston Development Group. Invited presentation, “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” March 13, 2007.
Urban Redevelopment Authority, Architecture and Urban Design Excellence Program (AUD.E), Singapore. Invited lecture, “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” March 2, 2007.
  Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Presentation, “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” December 11, 2006.
School of Architecture, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. Invited lecture, “Global Design and Building Practice”, October 10, 2006.
Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Invited lecture, First Biennial Conference, Fudan University International Forum on Urbanism “Global Megaprojects in China: Impacts on Design and Building Discourse and Practice,” November 3, 2006.
School of Architecture, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts. Invited lecture, “New Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism in Germany,” November 13, 2006.
Department of Architecture, National University of Singapore. Invited lecture, “Integrating Material Culture,” August 10, 2006.
Harvard Allston Development Group. Invited presentation, “New Sustainable Architecture and Urbanism,” April 10, 2006.
George Washington University, Washington, DC, Globalization and its Impacts on Cities and Urbanization Program. Invited lecture, “Global Design and Building Practice,” February 24, 2006.

EXHIBITIONS
  Gwangju Design Biennale, Gwangju, Korea. September - October 2009.
  Fundación Metropóli, Madrid, Spain. “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” supported by Harvard GSD External Relations and Goethe-Institute Madrid, September 6 - October 26, 2007.
SPACE Gallery, Seoul, Korea. “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” supported by Harvard GSD External Relations, Urban Design Institute of Korea, and Goethe-Institute Korea, July 5-August 2, 2007.
Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Hong Kong, China. “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” supported by Harvard GSD External Relations, Goethe-Institute Hong Kong, May 12-31, 2007.
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” supported by Harvard GSD External Relations, and Goethe-Institute Beijing March 28-April 27, 2007.
Urban Redevelopment Authority, Architecture and Design Excellence Program Gallery, Singapore. “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” supported by Harvard GSD External Relations, Singapore Institute of Architects, and Goethe-Institute Singapore, March 2-23, 2007.
Harvard University Graduate School of Design. “TransUrban: Charting Experiments for Cities of the Future,” December 6, 2006 - January 16, 2007.
  Lumpini Park, Bangkok, Thailand (Participant) “Mimesis: The Place of the Tides,” International Tsunami Memorial Design Competition, February 7-13, 2006.
  Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore (Participant) “Big City Room,” in 10 Public Spaces exhibition, November 27, 2003 - January 10, 2004.
  Grand Central Station, New York, New York (Participant) “The Highline as a Place of Repose,” Designing the Highline Exhibition, July 10-26, 2003
  International Conference Center (ICC) Berlin, Germany (Participant) “Tidal Capsules: Four Pavilions for Lisbon’s Praco do Comercio,” Architecture and Water Exhibition, 21st Union International d’Architects (UIA) World Congress, July 22-26, 2002.