Dr. Robert Adams

Biography

Robert Adams is an Associate Professor at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. His design work has been showcased in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including "Ruralopolitan Maneuvers: Beijing’s Urban Rural Villages" and "The Asclepius Machine" at UC Berkeley, as well as at the Architectural Biennial Beijing. His design project, "The Asclepius Machine: Genetic Diversity Extreme Urban Euphoria," which features a complex wheelchair-accessible ramp, received an honorable mention at the Seoul International Design Competition in 2010. He co-founded B.A.S.E., focusing on multidisciplinary research and documentary filmmaking related to health infrastructure and disability in urban-rural contexts in China. Among his recent efforts, Adams directed the documentary film "Disability Dragons: Health Infrastructure Architecture Urban-Rural China" (2017) and worked on the interdisciplinary research project "Teledermic Health Architecture," which incorporates wearable technology for healthcare applications. He holds a Master of Architecture with distinction from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Saint John's University.

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