Dr Gerhard Bruyns is an architect and urbanist. He is Associate Professor of Environment and Interior Design, School of Design at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. His research deals with the aspects of spatial forms and its impact on both the formal expression of the city and societal conditions that are compressed into an urban landscape of Asia. He has published on design strategies and urban morphology. In 2012 he coedited African Perspectives [South] Africa. (010 Publishers: Rotterdam), Issue #16 of Footprint (2015), and is currently operational editor of Cubic Design Journal.