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BSc (Architecture), Gujarat University, India MSc (Urban Planning), CEPT University, India PhD (Urban Planning and Design), Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Biography:
Surabhi is an academic and distinguished researcher with international recognition and impact in the field of architecture, urban design, urban planning and place making. As a firm-believer in collaboration and interdisciplinary approach, she has researched and published extensively in the topics of multidimensional placemaking, design principles, strategies and planning processes of smart cities and innovation districts and application of digital technologies for place making. In her current role, she leads the course of Master of Landscape Architecture as Course Director at School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University. She also leads the research theme for Smart Rural + Urban Communities in Live + Smart Research Lab at School of A+B and is actively involved into digital placemaking projects led by MindLab in Deakin. She advocates the adoption of a multidisciplinary perspective and an integrated approach for making the cities and clusters more people-oriented, economically and environmentally sustainable and societally-integrated.
PhD Thesis Title:
A Conceptual Approach for Place Making in Knowledge and Innovation Spaces: Case Investigations from Brisbane, Melbourne and SydneyÂ
PhD Research Summary:
This PhD thesis advances a conceptual framework as well as planning and policy approaches for place making in knowledge and innovation spaces to make them more people-oriented. In doing so, it establishes place making as a multi-dimensional strategy contributing to sustainable urban development of knowledge locations and cities after investigating the three case studies of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The spatial, social, economic, political and contextual aspects in these three cases are investigated by adopting a qualitative research methodology to explain their integrated role in the facilitation of place making.