Urban Environmental Intelligence

Assistant Professor Jonathan Natanian - EPDL, Technion IIT

An international symposium on new developments, challenges and opportunities in urban environmental intelligence in research and practice

Segoe Building - Architecture & Urban Building

The closely linked urban and environmental 21st century challenges call for a paradigm shift in the way we conceptualize and construct the built environment. As cities have a substantial environmental impact, the pursuit of a sustainable urban form has emerged, but the complexity of considerations which are involved in this debate, and their mutual urban effects, hinder the potential to reach one simple solution. Despite the rapid advancements in computational design tools and methods which hold the potential to support an informed high performance urban design, their integration into the design process is still far from full, and requires further exploration. Corresponding to that gap, the field of urban environmental intelligence is quickly emerging and revolves around finding the right balance between environmental engineering, computational tools and urban design. This workshop brings together experts in different facets of urban environmental intelligence, who will share knowledge, ask questions and highlight the main barriers and opportunities of this field in light of the global climate and carbon challenges. About the speakers:Dr. Angelos Chronis (Austria) - Head of the City Intelligence Laboratory (CIT), the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). https://www.researchgate.net/lab/City-Intelligence-Lab-Angelos-Chronis Tenure Track prof. Thomas Wortmann (Germany) - Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD), university of Stuttgart. https://www.uni-stuttgart.de/en/press/experts/Tenure-Track-Prof.-Dr.-Thomas-Wortmann/Prof. Emanuele Naboni (Italy) - Associate Professor at the University of Parma (Italy) and Associate lecturer at the Royal Danish Academy (Denmark). https://www.schoolofsustainability.it/single-modules/environmental-design-2/ Prof. Evyatar Erell (Israel) – Full Professor at the Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev. https://in.bgu.ac.il/en/humsos/geog/pages/staff/evyatar.aspxProf. Dafna Gewirtzman-Fisher (Israel) – Associate Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion IIT. https://dafnafishergewirtzman.net.technion.ac.il/Dr. Boaz Kedar (Israel) – Head of Sustainability and energy planning, city architect office, Tel Aviv Municipality. This is one of many important climate and energy-related actions Boaz and his team lead at TLV https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/en/Documents/Climate%20Adaptation%20Action%20Plan.pdfAssist. Prof. Jonathan Natanian – Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion IIT. https://jonathann.net.technion.ac.il/. *conference organizerOur panelists:Prof. Rafi Rich – Executive director of the center of Urban Innovation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, CEO of S.U.iT.S. https://www.thesuits.net/Arch. Chen Shalita – CEO of Alfa Sustainable Projects, head of the board of directors of the Israeli Green Building Council (ILGBC). https://alfaprojects.co.il/Arch. Erez Ella - Founder &amp; Partner at HQ Architects, Leader of &#x27;Mechanism of Design and Urbanism’ research unit at the Bezalel School of Architecture, Jerusalem. https://www.hqa.co.il/Schedule:13:00 - 13:10 Opening words | Dean Prof. Yasha Grobman 13:10 - 13:30 Introduction // Urban Environmental Intelligence at EPDL (Environmental Performance and Design Lab) | Asst. Prof. Jonathan Natanian, Technion IIT 13:30 - 15:15 First seat // Urban Environmental Performance Evaluation | chair - Asst. Prof. Davide Schaumann, Technion IIT Assoc. Prof. Emanuele Naboni (Italy) | University of Parma Tenure Track Prof. Thomas Wortmann (Germany) | University of Stuttgart Prof. Evyatar Erell (Israel) | Ben Gurion University (BGU) of the Negev15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break15:45 - 17:30 Second seat // Urban Environmental Performance Interaction | chair - Asst. Prof. Shany Barath, Technion IIT Dr. Angelos Chronis (Austria) | Head of the City Intelligence Laboratory (CIL) Assoc. Prof. Dafna Gewirtzman-Fisher (Israel) | Technion IIT Dr. Boaz Kedar (Israel) | Head of sustainability and energy planning, TLV Municipality 17:30 - 17:45 Coffee Break17:45 - 18:30 Third seat // Panel discussion &gt;&gt; What’s next? | moderator - Asst. Prof. Jonathan Natanian, Technion IIT Prof. Emanuele Naboni, Prof. Thomas Wortmann, Dr. Angelos Chronis + Prof. Rafi Rich | Executive director, center of Urban Innovation, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, CEO of S.U.iT.S Arch. Erez Ella | Founder &amp; Partner at HQ Architects, research unit leader at the Bezalel School of Architecture, Jerusalem18:30 - 18:45 Closing remarks and outlook

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