Deane Simpson

He received a Holcim Foundation Research Grant for “Gerontological urbanism: emerging forms of urbanism for the elderly demographic”, which was presented as an expert paper in the Working Group “Temporary urbanism - Between the permanent and transitory” at the 2nd Holcim Forum 2007 on “Urban_Trans_Formation”, held at Tongji University in Shanghai.

He is formerly unit master at the Architectural Association in London, professor at the Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), faculty member at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zurich, tutor at the Aarhus School of Architecture and Senior Researcher at the ETH SEC Future Cities Laboratory. Formerly an associate at Diller + Scofidio in New York, he worked on projects including Blur Building, Travelogues, Eyebeam, ICA Boston, Brasserie, and Rapid Growth.

He received his doctorate from the ETH Zürich, masters degree in architecture from Columbia University in New York and Bachelor of Architecture with Honours from The University of Auckland. Deane is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, SOM Foundation Fellowship, Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize at Columbia University, and recipient of research grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, SEC-Future Cities Laboratory, ETH TH-project, Statens Kunstfond, Dreyers Fond, Husbanken, Velux Fonden, Martha and Paul Kerrn-Jespersens Fond, 15. Juni Fonden, Danish Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs, and Realdania.

His research addresses contemporary spatial problematics such as the securitization of public space; the spatial transformation of welfare systems; the spatial implications of demographic transformation; problems of the informational and “smart city”; and questions about social and environmental sustainability in urban and rural settings.