I am currently focusing on the final stages of my PhD candidacy.
Thank you to the Centre for Design Innovation (CDI) for granting me Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award (SUPRA) scholarship (June 2021 to Feb 2023).
Selected Projects
Through my work with several architectural firms in Melbourne, I have a well-rounded design experience in various types of projects with varying complexities, ranging from private to multi-residential, community housing, commercial to justice and civic design. Please refer to my Linkedin profile*, with links to selected works.
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|Design and Research | Interior Architectural Design and Built Environment Research
Throughout my almost 20 years of design career, with my intrinsic tendency to empathise with others and keen abductive thinking, I have grown passionate about creating a strong design vision and spatial design that transcends beyond the functional brief and the now. I strive to advocate an Inclusive Culture that embraces diversity through built environment research.
I am a PhD candidate at Swinburne University of Technology (2017-2025, conferral in-progress), School of Design and Architecture (SoDA), under the supervision of Professor Carolyn Barnes (who is stepping in as interim Principal Supervisor), Dr Nanette Carter, and Dr Kirsten Day. (Professor Mark Taylor, my Principal Supervisor, sadly passed away suddenly last year.) My doctorate research centres on understanding the meaning of built environment inclusivity through the lived experiences of individuals with blindness.
I welcome the opportunities to assist and collaborate in the following:
- Built Environment Research
- Stakeholders engagement and workshops.
- Feasibility studies
- Brief formulation
- Existing built environment Review
- Proposed Design Review
- Conceptual/ schematic design
- Design development
PhD scholarship/ funding: Centre for Design Innovation (CDI) – Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award (SUPRA) scholarship (June 2021 to August 2022).
Past Conferences and Events 2021 – Inclusive Design & Wellbeing – A Conversation | Wednesday, 31st March 2021, 6.30-7.30pm – part of Melbourne Design Week 2021. I chaired and organised an interactive discussion on Inclusive Design and how it relates to Wellbeing, which is , partly sponsored by ShawContract and supported by Swinburne. For more information, please go here.
2019 – (Nov) Building Bridges Conference, Swinburne University of Technology.
2019 – (Oct) 3MT Semi-Final, University of Queensland
2019 – (August) 3MT University Final, Swinburne University of Technology (Winner)
2019 – (August) 3MT Faculty Final, Swinburne University of Technology (Final 3)
2017 – (Nov) Faculty of Health, Arts and Design Conference, Swinburne University of Technology