Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Prof. Stephen Cairns

31st January 2013

3pm, Thursday

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

Please sign up at tembusu.nus.edu.sg

Stephen Cairns is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Edinburgh, and currently based in Singapore serving as Scientific Co-ordinator of the future cities laboratory (FCL). Established in 2010, FCL is the first research project of the Singapore-ETH Centre, and initiative of Singapore’s National Research Foundation and ETH Zurich.

His research is focussed on architecture, design and urban planning, and takes theoretical and practical forms. He has edited books Drifting: Migrancy and Architecture (Routledge 2004), and The Sage Handbook of Architectural Theory (Sage 2012, with Greig Crysler and Hilde Heynen).

His co-authored book (with Jane M Jacobs) Architecture Must Die (MIT Press) if forthcoming. Cairns’ architectural and urban practice is organized through the Jakarta based NGO KRUPUC. His most recent work includes proposals for migrant housing in Batam, and the redevelopment of the floor-prone kampung areas on the banks of the Ciliwung River in Central Jakarta.