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Tomaž Pipan is an academic and a practitioner. He finished his 5-year postgraduate course in architecture on the Faculty for architecture in Ljubljana. He continued his education in England where in 2008 he successfully completed his masters degree of Landscape Urbanism at the prestigious Architectural Association, School of Architecture in London. His design research project combining industry and agriculture was awarded honours degree. In 2014 he received his PhD from London Metropolitan University. His doctoral thesis "Capacity of Industry for Civic Culture" is an in-depth study of industrial models of urbanization and their limits in sustainability.
education
2011 – 2014
2014
The Higher Education Academy, London, UK
Associate Fellow
2007 - 2008
Architectural Association, School of Architecture, London, UK
MA in Landscape Urbanism
1997 - 2005
Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Diploma in Architecture - dipl. ing. arh. (5 year accredited professional degree - RIBA part 2 equivalent)
work experience
2009 – 2010
London Metropolitan University, The CASS, London, UK
Unit Tutor (Unit 8)
2008 – 2011
Gustafson and Porter, London, UK
Urban Designer and Architect
2006 – 2007
CHORA, London, UK,
Urban Designer and Architect (project design and management)
2006 – 2007
London Metropolitan University, The CASS, London, UK
Unit Assistant (Unit 8)
2005 – 2006
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Course Assistant (Architecture of the City)
2003 – 2006
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Digital Representation Techniques (managing, organizing and teaching)
2001 – 2006
Elastik, Ljubljana Slovenia- Amsterdam Netherlands
Architect and Urban Designer
prizes and awards
Jan.2011
1st prize
Valencia Parque Central, Valencia, Spain
Landscape design, Gustafon and Porter
Jul.2011
award
Sustainable Design Award
Slovene Human Resources Development and Scholarship Fund
Sep.2010
award
PhD Research Scholarship
Lecture at Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Sep.2010
award
Vice Chancellors Scholarship
London Metropolitan University
Sep. 2006
award
MA Research Scholarship
Ministry of Culture, Slovenia
Jun.2006
2nd prize
Mixed Commercial Urban District, Guangzhou, China
Urban Design, Elastik
Apr.2004
3rd prize
Bonifika Primary School, Koper, Slovenia
Architecture and Landscape Design, Elastik
Mar.2003
3rd prize
Factory Refurbishment, Pontecagnano Faiano, Italy
Architecture and and Urban Design, Elastik
Sep.2001
3rd prize
School of Economics, Murska Sobota, Slovenia
Architecture and Landscape Design, Elastik
publications, lectures, workshops
Jun.2014
article
Teaching for Urban Complexity in Smart Cities
Scientific article and lecture on international conference "Smart urbanism: teaching sustainability". Faculty for Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Oct.2014
article
Territorial Compromises, Limits of Morphological and Civic Negotiation
Article in peer reviewed journal about reconciliation between top-down and "grass-roots" planning in China. Planum, The Journal of Urbanism, no. 29, vol. II/2004, ISSN 1723-0993.
Avg.2014
workshop
Future Cities: Reanimation Strategies for Tobačna Tovarna, Ljubljana
Organization and leading of an international workshop Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Apr.2013
lecture
Landscape Urbanism or Landscape Architecture
Lecture at Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mar.2013
jury
Architectural Association
Invited juror for interim presentation of Landscape Urbanism
Feb.2013
conference
Within the Limits of Scarcity: Rethinking Space, City and Practices
Paper presentation
Title: Limits of Morphological and Civic Negotiation
Nov.2012
conference
1st International conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience
Paper submission and poster presentation
Title: Resilient Topographies in Pearl River Delta
May.2012
workshop
Chengdu 5th ring as low carbon incubator
Organization and leading of international workshop
Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Jun.2011
lecture
Parametric Urbanism – Science or Fiction?
Lecture at Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Mar.2011
lecture
Urban Space and Landscape Architecture
Lecture at Academy of Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jan.2011
lecture
Landscape Urbanism – Method and Praxis
Lecture at Faculty of Architecture, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jun.2010
paper
Imbedded Spatial Intelligence – Inherent Potential of Peri-urban Fabric in China
Conference paper on flexible urban organizations in China.
As Found, World in Denmark Conference 2010.
Mar.2010
workshop
Performative Models
Organization and support tutor for a cybernetic workshop on physical performative models.
London Metropolitan University, London, UK.
Jan.2010
article
Three Sustainabilities
Article on the Chinese speed of development and ways of making it sustainable.
306090, Sustain and Develop, Issue 13, Hong Kong, China.
Nov.2009
workshop
Scenario Games Xiamen
Organization and leading of international workshop
Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
Jan.2009
lecture
Towards the Incomplete Form
Lecture on adaptable urban material organizations.
In Between sessions, Amsterdam, Netherland
Dec.200
lecture
Sustainable Development of Peri-urban Areas in China
Lecture on UCL, China Planning Research Group.
UCL, London.
Jun.2008
article
Reading Pearl River Delta Through Rossi
Journal Urbani izzivi, Volume 18, No. 1,
Urban planning Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2008.
Dec.2007
exhibition
Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of UrbanismArchitecture
Exhibition of the Landscape Urbanism course from AA,
Shenzhen, China, December 2007 – March 2008.
May.2007 |
book
plotPlay, generation of dispersed city
Review of implementation of parametric tool into urbanism.
Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Urbanism, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2007
Sep.2005 |
article
Computer as a Generative Tool, article on possible implementations of computer in urbanism
Journal Urbani izzivi , Volume 16, No. 2,
Urban planning Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2005
Oct. 2004 |
exhibition
REX evolution: half a century in a history of a chair
Organization of exhibition on 50th anniversary of the chair REX
Moderna Galreija, Ljubljana, Slovenia, May – October 2004