NYU President Andrew Hamilton

Felix Hardmood Beck shares the interest of New York University Abu Dhabi and it's Engineering Department to strengthen activities in providing undergraduate students an exceptional education, and, specifically, for the Engineering Design Studio, the Design Minor program, and the Interactive Media Program to achieve global acceptance and to become a leading position and a centre of excellence in design, innovation and technology in the MENA region. Read his full teaching statement and find more information on his research at the Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations (NTSI-Lab), or his involvement as Head of NYUAD's Precious Plastic Research Group.

Compiled information on several topics:

• FILE 2018 – Info on the animation project for FILE Media-Art Festival, Sāo Paulo, Brazil, 2018
• A collection of design rules
• Presentation Rules
• Tutorial about extracting 3D Models from OpenStreetMaps
• Tutorial about creating an *.ai-file from OSM data
• Material Ressource Map – UAE Map featuring locations of where to find materials (wood, metal, glas, etc).
• Architecture in the UAE – Map with a collection of UAE's architectural highlights (continuous work in progress)
• Museums in the UAE – Map displaying locations of museums, cultural heritage sites and art galleries in the UAE (continuous work in progress)
• Museums in Bahrain (work in progress)
• Architecture in Qatar (work in progress)
• Some pictures from NYUAD campus located on Saadiyat Island
• Link to Education Interaction Design Map (by Prof. Stefan Woelwer, HAWK), 25 excellent design schools
• The Engineering Design Studio's Library

Courses that Felix teaches/taught/co-taught at NYUAD. Find course description and additional information (pictures etc.) by clicking onto course titles below. Some projects that Felix mentored in parallel to his course work are documented here.

Felix is offering project oriented help to students in one-on-one sessions. He is available by appointment in his office (ERB 153) during “Open Office” hours: http://www.felix-beck.de/?/cal/

Felix is offering project oriented help in one-on-one meetings or sessions with small groups. He is available at the NTSI-Lab (A5, 015-2) during “Open Lab” sessions: http://www.felix-beck.de/?/cal/

As part of his courses and committee services Felix is actively involved in exhibitions to display students' projects:

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Felix Hardmood Beck
Assistant Professor of Practice of Design

Mail: felix.beck@nyu.edu
Telephone (office): +971 2628 5241
Personal website: http://www.felix-beck.de

Office (Mailing Address)
Experimental Research Building (ERB), Building C1, Office 153
New York University Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi, UAE

Research Lab
Lab for Narrative Technologies and Spatial Installations (NTSI Lab)
Building A5, Lab 015-2 (inside Engineering Design Studio)
New York University Abu Dhabi
P.O. Box 129188
Abu Dhabi, UAE