Redesigning Urban Inventions: City As A Service


Dr. Luke Hespanhol is a media artist, researcher, lecturer, interaction designer and software developer based in Sydney, Australia.

His practice investigates the potential of media art to create engaging experiences that lead to reflection on the relationship between individuals and the immediate environment around them. He has explored these possibilities of public expression through the development of interactive media installations for academic research, galleries and public art festivals, including multiple editions of Vivid Sydney.

Luke holds a PhD from the Design Lab, University of Sydney, researching interactive media architecture and the user-centred design of hybrid urban environments.

He is a former guest researcher at the Department of Aesthetics and Communication at Aarhus University, Denmark, and resident at the Ars Electronica Futurelab in Linz, Austria. Luke is a lecturer in Computational Design at UNSW Australia and Co-Chair for both Workshops and the Student Competition at the Media Architecture Biennale 2016.

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Dr. M. Hank Haeusler is Discipline Director of Computational Design (CoDe) at Australian School of Architecture + Design at the University of New South Wales, Sydney; board member of the Media Architecture Institute, a non-profit organisation designed to complement the work of established universities and research institutions, and Lead CI of Encircle, an ARC Linkage Grant funded research group investigating responsive transport environments.

Haeusler is known as a researcher, educator, entrepreneur and designer in media architecture, digital technology, interaction design and ubiquitous computing and author of seven books listing publications such as ‘Media Facades – History, Technology, Content’ (avedition, 2009), ‘Infostructures’ (Freerange, 2010); ‘New Media Facades – A global Survey’ (avedition, 2012); ‘InterChanging’ (Spurbuch, 2014); and over 30 book chapters and conference papers.

He has lectured in Europe, Asia, North America and Australia and was appointed Visiting Professor at Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing in 2013.

Steven Bai is an award-winning anti-disciplinary creative leader and maker, who pursues to motivate sustained changes in people’s everyday behaviours by creating immersive experiences that are both playful and meaningful. Steven completed his Bachelor of Design Computing with First Class Honours at the University of Sydney, and his Honours research in persuasive technology was awarded with the University Medal. He was later awarded with the John C. Harsanyi Alumni Award Medal for his contribution to international communities. 

Steven has worked in the creative industry on cross-platform projects and media installations since 2011, and his work has been featured in many international exhibitions and conferences including Beijing Design Week 2015. He developed the initial idea for the TetraBIN product, which (the initial prototype) was then exhibited at Vivid Sydney.

Dr. Mirko Guaralda is Senior Lecturer in Architecture at the Queensland University of Technology; he currently is also Post-Graduate Coordinator for Architecture and CIF Research Ethics Advisor. Mirko’s background includes experience in architectural design, landscape architecture and urban design; his research focuses on People-Place interaction.

Mirko’s work analyses cityscapes through the identification of recurrent patterns, building typologies and design principles. The identity and character of a site are interpreted analysing also lived experiences and uses of the build environment. Mirko’s research aims to provide a better understanding of urban dynamics, at different scales, to support a positive development and/or management of our cities.

Glenda Amayo Caldwell is a researcher in the Urban Informatics Research Lab and a lecturer in Architecture at the Queensland University of Technology. Her research focuses on the effect technology has on the experience of the city where architectural design methods and theories are combined with interactive media and urban informatics for community engagement.

She explores how the use of technology weaves the different disciplines of architecture, urban design, media design, interaction design and urban informatics together to create opportunities for social interaction to occur within the digital and physical layers of the urban environment. Of particular interest are Media Architecture, participatory design, community engagement, guerrilla research tactics, and place-making to promote sensitive architecture that responds to the needs of the community.