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Keynote Speaker :
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Prof Michael Batty
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"Large Scale Disasters in Streets and Small Spaces: Simulating
Crowd Movements, Congestion, and Panic"
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Dr. Michael Batty is professor of Spatial Analysis and Planning, and Director of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) at University College London (UCL). He holds a joint appointment between the Bartlett School of Architecture and the Department of Geography. He has made many contributions to the development of computer models of cities and regions, his recent work being focused in two areas: dynamic models of urban development, and the visualization of cities using virtual reality methods. His most recent book is Fractal Cities (Academic Press) and he is editor of Environment and Planning B. Prof Batty is well known in the area of applying emerging technologies to the studies of street, urban space and city. His participation of GASS3 will stimulate the discussion and extend the involvement of urban scholars and practitioners in this region who are concerning the issue of street, city and representation. |
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Prof Tay Kheng Soon
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"Interrogating Great Asian Streets"
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Tay Kheng Soon has been a professional architect since 1964. He was chairman of Singapore Planning and Urban Research Group (SPUR) in 1970. He was President of the Singapore Institute of Architects from 1991 - 1993. His professional activities included a specialisation in high density, lowrise, low-cost housing in Malaysia. Tay is currently practising as sole proprietor in his own firm. His abiding concern is sustainable urbanisation and the development of a proper design process. Tay is currently Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the National University of Singapore (NUS). In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS). Tay is also a member of the World Ekistics Society, (WES) which focuses on the study of human settlements. His civic activities include being a member of the Advisory Panel of the Government Parliamentary Committee on National Development and a member of the advisory panel of the Singapore Institute of Policy Studies. He has been appointed in 1997 Adjunct Professor of Architecture at RMIT of Australia. He was also Research Fellow with the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) which published his monograph, ‘Mega-cities in the Tropics'. The book, “Line, Edge and Shade” by Robert Powell on his writing and work and that of Akitek Tenggara was released in June 1997.
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