Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
I am an ARBV registered Senior Architect at Hassell, Melbourne. Prior to my current role, I worked at award-winning architectural practices, WOHA and Lekker, Singapore. I have 15 years of industry experience, working on a diverse range of award-winning and complex projects, from inception to completion, across Australia and Asia. My body of work focuses on civic institutions, commercial, education, and research. My globalised experience gives me a unique perspective towards design planning and is supported with an empathetic style leadership and pragmatic project delivery skills such as commercial and resource planning, construction detailing and contract administration among others. Key projects: - Over Site mixed use tower developments - State Library and Town Hall stations, Melbourne CBD - Boutique multi-residential, Otter Place by Milieu, Collingwood Melbourne - 120 Collins Street commercial ground revitalisation, Melbourne CBD - Punggol Digital District masterplan and integrated development over Punggol North MRT station, Singapore - The Caterpillar's Cove Childcare Centre, Singapore - Cemetary Park, Nanjing, China - Hermes shop window displays, various locations in Singapore - Ageing in Place, an urban planning research project funded by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore
Responsible for design, coordination, technical documentation, project management of Singapore's upcoming Punggol Digital District. I served as 2iC of 1 of the 3 business clusters in this billion-dollar integrated development Punggol Digital District is a highly integrated mix use development comprising of transit interchanges, retail, offices, business parks, various public amenities, co-living facilities and 'swap spaces' to support educational activities among others. This project is also notably integrated and developed together with the upcoming Punggol North MRT train station and new Singapore's Institute of Technology university campus.
Responsible for design, coordination, technical documentation, project management and contract administration. Project specific experience includes: Commercial / Retail design and interior fit-out, and environment branding: Eu Yan Sang retail stores at Raffles City Shopping Centre, Bugis Junction & Seletar Mall Singapore - 2014 Tots & Teddies Preschool by Quality Centres at Cecil Street - 2016 Superland Preschool 100AM at Tanjong Pagar - 2017 Addition and Alteration works including interior architecture: Children's activity space at the Esplanade, Singapore - 2016 Installations/ Temporary buildings: SG50 Istananimals for National Gallery Singapore - 2015 Funan Showsuite (temporary building) at High Street - 2016 Building architecture / interior and landscaped environments: My First Skool Mega Preschool & Childcare Centre at Jurong West - 2017 Masterplanning: Landscape consultant in masterplanning team for Singapore's Jurong Lake District, comprising of KCAP Architects, SAA Architects, S333 Architecture + Urbanism, and Arup Singapore Research: Design research for innovative planning of age-friendly neighbourhoods; a research study tackling ageing and the built environment commissioned by Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority, in partnership with SUTD Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities and Geriatric Education and Research Centre.
*Lekker Design was renamed to Lekker Architects in 2015* Responsible for design, coordination, technical documentation, project management and contract administration up to completion of projects. Project specific experience includes: Residential interior design, renovation and refurbishments : Artist's Home and Studio at Tanjong Rhu, Singapore - 2012 Home at Tiong Bahru - 2014 Pre-school interior architecture / fitting-out works and furniture design: The Caterpillar's Cove at Jurong East, Singapore - 2014 The Caterpillar's Cove was shortlisted as a finalist entry in the 2014 INSIDE World Festival, and received the President's Design Award for Design of the Year for 2015 in the education and institution category. Commercial/ Retail shop scenography : Hermes shop window displays at Takashimaya, Scotts Square and Liat Towers, Singapore - 2013-2014 Landscape architecture and design: Public cemetary park at Nanjing, China (construction documentation only) - 2014 Yale National University Singapore (tender and construction documentation only) - 2015 Public landscaped urban park at Mediapolis, one-north, Singapore - 2015 Public landscaped urban parks and nature sanctuaries at Biopolis and Fusionopolis one-north Singapore - 2016
Responsible for technical documentation, 3D modelling and production of presentation material for residential and hotel refurbishment projects within Melbourne, Victoria