Peter Hasdell

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Design Social Research Leader, Environment and Interior year 4 and Capstone coordinator

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Expertise: Architecture and Interior Design, urbanism and urban planning, social design, interaction design

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Biography

Peter is an architect and urbanist. A Professor in the School of Design (SD), he joined the school in 2008. He previously served in SD as the Associate Dean of Academic Programmes, and the Programme Leader for BA(Hons) Design, prior to this he was the Discipline Leader for Environment and Interior Design and the Research Leader for Design Social Research in SD. Peter lived, practiced and taught in Australia, Europe, North America, Japan and China; and previously taught in several high-profile architecture and design schools including The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London and The Berlage Institute in TU Delft in the Netherlands.

His research investigates metabolic systems, adaptive and spaces on the scales of the city (city as life form), and as architecture (responsive architectures) Recent books include Border Ecologies: Hong Kong’s Mainland Frontier, Birkhauser 2016. He was formerly a core research associate of: Chora Institute of Architecture and Urbanism in London, and in the Centre for Architecture Structures and Technology (C.A.S.T.) in Manitoba Canada. He was the founder and director of Architecture and Urban Research Lab (A+URL), Stockholm and Pneuma Open Source Platform. He currently directs In-situ Project, a research by design platform focusing on sustainable development and social design that co-designed and co-constructed many award-winning projects in rural China and Iraq.

Recent awards won include the Grand Prize in the 3rd Human City Design Award organized by Seoul City Municipal Government, Seoul Design Foundation and UNESCO (2023); The Union of International Architects 2030 Award / UN Habitat First prize for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #11 utilizing local materials (2022); first place in the 2021 Taipei International, Public Space Design Award; and the Design Educates Award: Architectural Design (2022 and 2023)

Education and Academic Qualifications

B.Sc(Hons)(Architecture) University of Sydney
AA. Dipl (M.Arch equivalent) Architectural Association, London

Professional Qualifications

Architect

Academic and Professional Experience

Academic for over 17 years at SD, previously taught at:

Architecture Faculty, Hong Kong University, HKSAR
Architecture Faculty University of Manitoba, Canada
The Bartlett School of Architecture UCL London, UK
KTH-Arkitektur Stockholm, Sweden
Architecture School, University of East London, UK
The Berlage Institute (TU Delft) Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Professional practice for 30 years as architect and planner in: Australia, UK, Japan, HK and China

Teaching Area

Undergraduate teaching:

Capstone Research and Project

Taught and Research Postgraduate teaching and supervision:

MDES Transition Environmental Design Studio focussing on the GBA
PhD Supervision in Design Social fields

Research Outputs

2021 Hasdell, P., Miaoxia Community Projects: RAE and Impact Case Study: ranked 4 star includes development of In-situ Project database and social media platform, and production of impact case study videos for the Miaoxia community projects. To date over 35 outputs for Miaoxia have been produced forming a significant body of work. RAE BOW: http://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/10397/81396?mode=simple

2021 Eyes of the City catalogue “Game boarding regional development” https://eyesofthecity.net/ https://eyesofthecity.net/reader/ https://eyesofthecity.net/gerhard-bruyns-peter-hasdell-diego-sepulveda-carmona-for-archdaily/ Gerhard Bruyns, Peter Hasdell, Diego Sepulveda-Carmona

2021 HKIUD U+U journal (urbanie and urbanus) issue 4 November 2020 “Hong Kong’s Livability Index” ISSN no. 978-988-75425-3-7, https://hkiud.org/articles/uu/unuindex.php

2021 Kwok, L., & Hasdell, P., “Fifth Region” in Alternative Knowledge’s: Communities Creativity Narrations issue of Cubic Journal, eds Benz, P., and Wei, H., HK, 2020

2021 Chen, S., & Hasdell, P., “Bulkely Market” in Alternative Knowledge’s: Communities Creativity Narrations issue of Cubic Journal, eds Benz, P., and Wei, H., HK, 2020

2020 Hasdell, P., Bruyns, GJB., “Defining a GBA planning approach” in Atlantis Magazine for Urbanism and Landscape Architecture: genesis: Issue #30.2 March 2020 “Global Dreams, Delft, NL, pp40-45, ISSN 1387-3679.

2020 Hasdell, P., and Betancour, A., E., Tango: a Choreography of Urban Displacement in Race, Space and Architecture, An Open Access Curriculum eds. Tayob, H., & Hall, S., June 2020, Leverhulme trust, LSE Dept Sociology ISBN: 9781909890619, https://racespacearchitecture.org/index.html

Projects

House of Dreams Zhoushan Henan stage 3: Insitu Project research by design of community hall using recycled materials and community co design and construction for innovative naturally cooled hall for 100 people, commenced 2020 to be completed by end 2022

Participatory Design tools: Insitu Project research, development for a book and training programme for 30 tools for participatory design for rural revitalisation funded by PCD / Kadoorie Beijing, since 2020 for completion / publication 2023

GBAex: collaborative research on the Greater Bay Area scenario planning methodology and game-boarding co-developed with Gerhard Bruyns and TU Delft Department of Urbanism and Planning since 2018, book publication projected for 2023

Refugee medical centre and community hall in Iraq: Insitu Project and Chelsea Chan co-design and community development of community facility with NGO partners.

Awards

Architecture MasterPrize (AMP) 2021: Category Restoration and Renovation award winner: House of Dreams, Insitu Project, https://architectureprize.com/winners/winner.php?id=5331

Taipei International Design Award 2021: Gold Award winner: Public Space Category: House of Dreams, Insitu Project, https://www.taipeidaward.taipei/en/news_main.aspx?sn=4468

Azure Magazine 2018 Award: Category Social Good: Award of Merit: Miaoxia Community Guest House, Insitu Project, https://awards.azuremagazine.com/article/miaoxia-community-guest-house/

Shortliseted for Dezeen Awards 2021 https://www.dezeen.com/awards/2021/longlists/house-of-dreams/ and Architecture in Development 2021 https://architectureindevelopment.org/project/1177

Publications

Hasdell, P., “Cross-border and Transient Public Space” in Public Space in a Chinese Megaregion: Contemporary Urban Practices and Design Strategies of the Greater Bay Area, eds. Mitrasinovic M., and Jachna, T., Taylor & Francis/Routledge, NY, ISBN 9780367367176 (PR), 2021

Hasdell, P., and Ku, H., B., Miaoxia: a socio-material approach towards rural sustainability: book chapter for Practice and Progress in Social Design and Sustainability, eds. Siu K.W. and Wong Y.L. IGI Global

Bolchover, J., and Hasdell, P., Border Ecologies : Hong Kong's Mainland Frontier, research book on HK-SZ border, Birkhauser publishers, 267pp, Fall 2016.