Mark Shan Chian Teo

Biography

Mark received his Bachelor of Architecture, from the University of Melbourne and his Master of Science in Environmental Management at the National University of Singapore and has practiced architecture and interior design, in Singapore, Australia and Canada. In practice, Mark is interested in how spaces impact the way people live and vice versa. He has crafted and overseen projects from small lighting installations to conservation shophouses and multi-unit high-rise residential development. With more than a decade of experience, Mark’s role in practice encompasses all facets of each project, from advising clients on development strategies, design, managing of a team of consultants to coordinating the delivery of projects. Mark has always straddled practice and academia and has co-created and facilitated design workshops on design thinking and design through making. Prior to joining SIT as faculty, Mark ran his own design practice which focuses on human-centred design with work across a range of typologies, from commercial to residential. He is a member of the Singapore Institute of Architects and served on the its Sustainability Committee in 2009, during which he was a contributor for the institute’s policy paper on the attributes of a sustainable built environment. His current research interests are in human-centred design, sustainability, urban agriculture and food security.

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