Lars Marcus
 

Lars Marcus is professor in Urban Design at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg and has earlier held the same position at KTH in Stockholm. Lars has a long career as researcher in the field of spatial morphology and has led the development of two research groups at KTH and Chalmers that both rank at the international lead. In 2018 he finished a large international collaboration with UCL (UK) and TU Delft (the Netherlands), creating a unique research infrastructure for comparative studies of spatial urban form. In recent years he has been deeply involved as expert advisor in Scandinavia’s largest urban development project, the RiverCity in Gothenburg. He is also founder and partner of the consultancy Spacescape, that has open new ground for architectural services in Sweden by offering analytical support on the spatial form of cities to municipalities, reals estate developers and architectural firms. Over the last ten years Lars has also been participating in Swedish public debate both in public and professional press.