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Curriculum vitae
Deane Simpson is an architect, urbanist and educator teaching and researching at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture, Copenhagen, where he is professor and leader of the masters program Urbanism and Societal Change. He is formerly unit master at the Architectural Association in London, professor at the Bergen School of Architecture (BAS), faculty member at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Zürich, tutor at the Aarhus School of Architecture and Senior Researcher at the ETH SEC Future Cities Laboratory. Formerly an associate at Diller + Scofidio in New York, he worked on projects including Blur Building, Travelogues, Eyebeam, ICA Boston, Brasserie, and Rapid Growth. He received his doctorate from the ETH Zürich, masters degree in architecture from Columbia University in New York and Bachelor of Architecture with Honours from The University of Auckland. Deane is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, SOM Foundation Fellowship, Lucille Smyser Lowenfish Memorial Prize at Columbia University, and recipient of research grants from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction, SEC-Future Cities Laboratory, ETH TH-project, Statens Kunstfond, Dreyers Fond, Husbanken, Velux Fonden, Martha and Paul Kerrn-Jespersens Fond, 15. Juni Fonden, Danish Ministry of Housing, Urban and Rural Affairs, and Realdania.
His research addresses contemporary spatial problematics such as: the securitization of public space; the spatial transformation of welfare systems; the spatial implications of demographic transformation; problems of the informational and ‘smart’ city; and questions of social and environmental sustainability in urban and rural settings. His research has been published in journals such as Volume (Archis), Arbitare, Harvard Design Magazine, AD (Architectural Design), The Architectural Review, MONU, SAM and Archithese and in books such as Explorations in Architecture, Urban Transformations, Infrastructure as Architecture, Media and Urban Space, Imperfect Health: The Medicalization of Architecture, Deviations: A Manual of Architecture, and Our Happy Life. Architecture and Well-Being in the Age of Emotional Capitalism. He is the co-author of the monograph Diller + Scofidio (+ Renfro): The Ciliary Function (Skira 2007); author of Young-Old: Urban Utopias of an Aging Society (Lars Müller Publishers 2015); and co-editor of The City Between Freedom and Security (Birkhauser 2017); Forming Welfare (Danish Architectural Press 2017); Atlas of the Copenhagens (Ruby Press 2018); and Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring. Spaces of Danish Welfare, 1970–Present (Lars Müller Publishers 2022). He is the co-author of the forthcoming Future Food Space (Birkhauser 2024) and The Agency of Drawing (Lars Müller Publishers 2025).
Education/Academic qualification
Architecture and Urbanism, D.Sc. (Doctor of Science), Third-Age Urbanism: Retirement Utopias of the Young Old , ETH Zurich
Nov 2005 → May 2010
Award Date: 26 Apr 2011
Architecture, M.S. (AAD) (Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design), Columbia University
May 1996 → May 1997
Award Date: 21 May 1997
Architecture, B.Arch. (Hons.) (Auck.), University of Auckland
Feb 1993 → Nov 1994
Award Date: 8 May 1995
Architecture, B.B.Sc. (Bachelor of Building Science), Victoria University
Feb 1989 → Nov 1992
Award Date: 29 Apr 1993
Research area
- City
- Architecture
- Architecture, Urbanism and Urban Planning
- Urbanism and Demographic Change
- Welfare Urbanism
- Urban Securitization
- Urban Regimes of Sustainability and Liveability
- Spatial Visualisation
- Theory and philosophy
- Landscape
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Future Food Spaces: Shifting Food Systems and Spatial Reorganization (Book Project with Birkhauser)
Simpson, D., Andersen, M. A., Kristiansen, T. H. & Nowak, A.
01/01/2022 → …
Project: Research
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Nordic Models of Architecture and Welfare (Book Project with Birkhauser)
Arrhenius, T., Braae, E., Ruud, G. & Simpson, D.
01/01/2021 → …
Project: Research
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The Agency of Drawing: New Paths for Architectural and Urban Research (Book Project with Lars Müller Publishers)
Simpson, D., Malterre-Barthes, C. & LeCavalier, J.
19/10/2019 → …
Project: Research
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'Cities for Free' - Documentary Film Project
Simpson, D., Cantwell, A., Bessard, C. & Nielsson, J.
15/07/2019 → …
Project: Research
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Deane Simpson
Simpson, D., Jun 2023, Plan 22+: 13 faglige perspektiver på samspillet mellem fysisk planlægning og CO2-reduction – en interviewbog. Bay Sønderbæk, N., Blindum, R. & Vorgod Pedersen, B. (eds.). Copenhagen: Plan- og Landdistriktsstyrelsen/Realdania, p. 54-57 4 p.Translated title of the contribution :Plan 22+: 13 professional perspectives on the interaction between spatial planning and CO2 reduction – an interview book Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research
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Urbanism Within Boundaries – Spatial Practices Beyond Extraction
Sjökvist, S. & Simpson, D., Sept 2023Publications: Non-textual form › Contribution to exhibition › Research
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Yearbook Compendium: USC: Reinhabitations/Reparations
Simpson, D., Aug 2023, Yearbook Compendium: USC: Reinhabitations/Reparations. 175 p.Publications: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Compendium/lecture notes chapter
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Architectures of Dismantling and Restructuring: Spaces of Danish Welfare 1970-Present
Raahauge, K. M. (ed.), Lotz, K. (ed.), Simpson, D. (ed.) & Søberg, M. (ed.), 3 Jun 2022, Lars Müller Publishers. 464 p.Publications: Book / Anthology / Thesis / Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review
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As Found Houses: Deane Simpson in conversation with John Lin and Sony Devabhaktuni
Simpson, D., Lin, J. & Devabhaktuni, S., 22 Nov 2022, In: The Journal of Architecture.Publications: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research
Prizes
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Lille Arne Award: “Atlas of the Copenhagens” & "Homes-Ensembles-City"
Duelund Mortensen, Peder (Recipient), Simpson, Deane (Recipient), Gimmel, Kathrin (Recipient), Lonka, Anders (Recipient), Jay, Marc (Recipient) & Grootens, Joost (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prizes
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UK National Urban Design Book Award for the publication: Young-Old
Simpson, Deane (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prizes
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'Young-Old' DAM/Frankfurt Book Fair International Architecture Book Award - DAM Frankfurt
Simpson, Deane (Recipient), 14 Oct 2015
Prize: Prizes
Activities
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Guest Critic: ETH Zurich, Final Reviews of Chair of Prof. Milica Topalovic
Deane Simpson (Lecturer)
19 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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Nordic Liveable Cities: Imaginaries, Practices and Prospects Seminar. Speaker: Problematizing: What are ‘liveable cities’? How are they framed and measured?
Deane Simpson (Lecturer)
7 Dec 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
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CONCITO fagligt rådsmøde om Danmarks bidrag til et fødevaresystem indenfor de planetære grænser
Deane Simpson (Participant)
23 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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As Found Houses/As Found Urbanism - China Explorative Study Tour
Deane Simpson (Participant)
5 Nov 2023 → 11 Nov 2023Activity: Other activity types › Period visiting other institutions
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Byplanmødet 2023
Deane Simpson (Participant)
5 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Press/Media
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Weekendavisen interview pp.12-13, November 24, 2023: Interviewed in (Author) Kristoffer Dahl Sørensen “By på egne bene”
24/11/2023
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Book Review: Architectures Of Dismantling and Restructuring Spaces Of Danish Welfare, 1970-Present
Martin Søberg, Kirsten Marie Raahauge, Deane Simpson, Katrine Lotz & Runa Johannessen
29/08/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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I mange retninger
Martin Søberg, Kirsten Marie Raahauge, Deane Simpson, Katrine Lotz, Niels Grønbæk, Runa Johannessen, Louise Dedenroth Høj & Max Pedersen
01/11/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Børsen (Danish Daily Newspaper) Interview: Arkitektdrømme efter corona [Architects’ Dreams after Corona]
30/05/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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“Debat: Hvor er bænkene i Metroen" Politiken Byrum: Interviewed by Christoffer Worm, 20 January, 2020
20/01/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media