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Calvin Chua is an architect and urban strategist working at the intersection of sustainable design and planning advocacy. He is the founder of Spatial Anatomy, a strategic design practice engaged in projects across various scales and cultures, particularly focusing on urban adaptation and transformation. His firm has developed regeneration masterplans in Southeast Asia, activated heritage districts through architectural festivals in Singapore, and created adaptive reuse frameworks for ageing malls. In addition to his practice, Calvin actively contributes to the design community by writing op-eds for magazines and exhibiting at various festivals. He is notably the director of Singapore Archifest in 2023 and has exhibited at events such as the Singapore Light Night Festival (2022), Hong Kong Centre for Heritage Arts and Textile (2022), Seoul Biennale (2017, 2019, 2023), and Venice Biennale (2021, 2023). Since 2022, he has served as an Associate Professor of Practice at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and has been a Visiting Professor at the Korea National University of Arts. His unique approach to design practice with a focus on social causes has earned him the title of Asia 21 Generation Fellow in 2022 and recognition as a global finalist for the Lisbon Triennale Millennium bcp Debut Award (2022). His work and viewpoints are frequently featured in news media outlets such as CNA, CNN, and Zaobao. Prior to founding his own practice, Calvin worked with leading architecture and urban planning firms in Europe.
This applies to PhD programs in Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD), Engineering Product Development (EPD), Engineering Systems and Design (ESD), Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD), Science, Mathematics and Technology (SMT), and Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS).