Future Ecologies Group

The Future Ecologies Group at the SUSTech School of Design takes a cross-disciplinary research approach to develop new intersections of the natural and the artificial in future built environments.

Research projects employ science and advanced technologies in the design of high-rise buildings for future high-density cities, including sustainable architectural technologies, structural and material aspects of green building design, integrated facades and new ecological models of artificial environments.

南方科技大学设计学院的未来生态学组采用跨学科研究方法，致力于在未来建成环境中探索自然与人工交互的新交集。

研究项目利用科学和先进技术，专注于为未来高密度城市设计高层建筑，包括可持续建筑技术、绿色建筑设计的结构和材料方面、综合立面设计以及人工环境的新生态模型。

Integrating Urban Ecology and Planning Practice
Integrating Urban Ecology and Planning Practice
Façade Design for Microbial Biodiversity
Façade Design for Microbial Biodiversity
Future Challenges of UAV Transportation and Building Integration
Future Challenges of UAV Transportation and Building Integration
Between Mountains and Sea: Building with the Water Cycle
Between Mountains and Sea: Building with the Water Cycle
RECENT ACTIVITIES

28th Feb 2025

Prof. Billy Hau from HKU visits the Future Ecologies Group
The Future Ecologies Group hosted an exchange visit by Dr. Billy Hau Chi Hang and Dr. Joyce Siu from The University of Hong Kong on February 28th 2025. Billy has many years of experience in tree ecology and practice related work in Hong Kong, dedicating much effort to introducing more vegetation generally and especially more native trees into the dense urban environment of Hong Kong. Inspiring! This brought up questions about why practice work is not published as much as it should be, and the problem of journal article expectations effectively reducing the communication of (practice grounded) knowledge through academic channels.
 

7th Mar 2025

Together with Lizzy Hirsch, Chen Sihao and Li Wenpei, I attended the >>International Climate Change and Biodiversity Conference: Nature-Based Solutions in Action<< in HK.

The event was co-organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) and the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Asia Pacific Region (APR), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC). A rare occasion to raise awareness on biodiversity, the conference brought together international andblocal experts from various disciplines, including landscape architects, ecologists and property developers, to discuss how to address the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss and to foster cross-sector collaborations on nature-based solutions in the GBS and beyond.

10th Mar 2025

A delegation from the University of Campinas, Brazil, visited the Future Ecologies Group to present and discuss their work on >>Knowledge Cities<< with us.

– How can planning and design foster well-rounded, sustainable and lively innovation hubs? Our visitors included Prof. Dr. Milena Pavan Serafim, public management specialist and vice-director of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Prof. Dr. Emilia Wanda Rutkowsky, urban ecologist and coordinator of the Architecture and Urban Planning undergrad program, and long-term colleague Prof. Dr. Maria Gabriela C. Celani, architect and urban designer and director of the Center for Studies on Knowledge- and Innovation-Based Urban Development, and former long-term chair of the CAADFutures Board!