NEW YORK . SINGAPORE        E-MAIL: minchan@mac.com          updated January 2008


Work
Experience


DP Architects Pte Ltd (Singapore) :: February 2005–Present
position: Senior Associate

Carlton Finneral Mahoney (New York):: May 2002–Feb 2005
position: Architect / Interior Designer
:: Design, develop and implement high-end corporate and residential interior projects.
:: GE Niskayuna Campus
:: First Reserve Bank, CN
:: Stayer Residence, Trump International, NY

Studio Sofield (New York):: Spring 2002

position: Visualization Consultant
:: Spatial visualization and design development of high-end retail stores: Bottega Venetta (Paris and London) and Boucheron (Ginza and Milan).


GSAP, Columbia University :: Spring 2002

:: Co-taught Graduate Architecture Design Studio with Hani Rashid

Guggenheim.com, Inc (New York) :: July 2000–March 2002
position: Creative Lead
:: "The Art of the Motorcycle" Online Exhibition (Author and Producer)
:: "The Art of the Motorcycle: CD-ROM (Producer)
:: "Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective" Online Exhibition (Author and Producer)
:: Oversee all design efforts, shape and conceptualize design direction of company.

"The Art of the Motorcycle" CD-rom was awarded::
:: Merit award, the HOW Interactive Competition 2001-2002.
::First Prize, The Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in Publications Design

Guggenheim.com was awarded::
:: WINNER, 2002 Webby Award, Broadband
:: Time Magazine, 50 best websites, March 2002
:: Macromedia Site-of-the-Day, October 2001
:: Yahoo Site-of-the-Week, October 2001


Venice Architectural Biennale 2000 :: Jan 2000–May 2000
Exhibited at the American Pavilion of the Venice Architectural Biennale 2000 with Hani Rashid’s “Augmented Architecture” studio workshop

Eisenman Architects (New York) :: May 1999–Jan 2000
:: IFCCA Competition for the Design of Cities (1st place)
:: City of Culture at Santiago de Compostela, Competition (1st place)
:: Musee du Quai Branly, Paris, Competition (2nd place)

DP Architects P/L (Singapore) :: May 1995–Apr 1996, Summers of 1998, 1997, 1994
:: Towner Gardens School for the Mentally Disabled (built 1997)
:: Student Housing at the National University of Singapore Competition (3rd place)
:: Public housing at Sengkang Competition(finalist)
:: Design proposal for Draycott Drive apartments (luxury condominium)
:: Shaw Foundation performance pavilion (built 1995)




Academic
Track
May 2000 :: Graduated with Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Architecture, Columbia University (NY)

May 1995 :: Graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies), National University of Singapore



Personal
Awards

July 2003 :: Jury Selection, "Designing the High Line", an open, international ideas competition seeking visionary design proposals for High Line's reuse as 1.5-mile-long elevated public promenade organized by Friends of the Highline, New York (Within top 70 of 720 entries)

June 1999 :: Top Design Award for Excellence from the New York Council of Society of American Registered Architects

May 2000 :: Recipient of Lowenfish Prize for Best Design Problem in Advanced Studio at Graduating class.




References

Available upon request