Vincent Tabak
Consultant at Buro Happold
Bath, United Kingdom
- Current
- People flow consultant at Buro Happold
- Past
- PhD at Faculty of Architecture, TU Eindhoven
- Part-time research/teaching assistant at Eindhoven University of Technology
- Internship at HBG
- Education
- Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
- Connections
- 70 connections
- Industry
- Architecture & Planning
- Websites
Vincent Tabak’s Summary
Vincent Tabak’s Specialties:
- People flow analysis
- Software engineering.
- Product and process modelling.
- Data collection & analysis.
- Software engineering.
- Product and process modelling.
- Data collection & analysis.
Vincent Tabak’s Experience
People flow consultant
Buro Happold
(Educational Institution; Research industry)September 2007 — Present (3 years 5 months)PhD
Faculty of Architecture, TU Eindhoven
(Educational Institution; Architecture & Planning industry)2003 — January 2009 (6 years )PhD researcher in “User Simulation of Space Utilisation”.
Design & Decisions Support Systems, Faculty of Architecture, Building, and Planning, Eindhoven University of Technology.
The aim of this research project is to develop an overall model for the simulation of human movement and utilization of space capacity in office buildings. In this model two aspects are essential: the interaction between the building occupants while performing their activities and the way to model these activities in space.
Promoters: prof.dr.ir. Bauke de Vries and prof. dr. Harry Timmermans
Expected completion: June 2007
Research expertise:
- Software engineering.
- Product and process modelling.
- Data collection & analysis.
Educational activities:
- Lecturing Free Form Design, M.Sc. course.
- Coaching graduate M.Sc. students.Part-time research/teaching assistant
Eindhoven University of Technology
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)1999 — 2003 (4 years )Activities (among others):
- Programming active server pages (ASP) for intranet-site Design Systems.
- Creating virtual reality model of new building of the faculty of Architecture for among others visualizing the lay-out of employee workplaces.
- Mentoring students related to several bachelor courses.Internship
HBG
(Public Company; Construction industry)December 2000 — March 2001 (4 months)Internship for assistance in designing an internal website to promote 4D CAD.
Section Technology and Consultancy, former construction company HBG
Vincent Tabak’s Education
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Msc , Architecture, Building, and Planning , 1996 — 2003
Graduation project was titled: Interactive urban design using integrated planning requirements control.
Urban planning and urban design are separated disciplines. To improve the interaction between these two I have developed an Interactive Urban Design tool at the Design Systems group in conjunction with the municipality of Tilburg.
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Vincent Tabak’s Interests:
Hiking and travelling (South & North America and Asia), photography and sailing.
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