Title:  Pioneering Sustainable Architecture
Date:  August 27, 2013
Time:  7:30pm
Speaker:  Prof. Thomas Herzog, a famous registered architect in Germany, Ph.D. of University of Rome, a Prof. of Technical University of Munich.
Venue:  Academic Reporting Hall, Shaw Science Building on the Second Floor, SCUT North Campus
Organizer:  School of Architecture, SCUT
Brief introduction:
Prof. Thomas Herzog is one of the few internationally praised German architects. Since 1970, Herzog has been dedicated to ecological architecture design and internationally regarded as the pioneer in the field of solar architecture and architectural innovation. By means of developing the architectural façade design under the best climate technology, and integrated into solar energy, he effectively used construction materials and reduced he use of non-renewable energy, which successfully integrated aesthetic, technical and functional into architecture. His style fully embodied in his classic work “The Hannover World Expo Roof”.