Curriculum Vitae

Name: Shinya OKUDA
Present Appointment: Assistant Professor
Contact Information: 
Department of Architecture/ School of Design and Environment/ NUS
Office Tel: +65 6516 7383
Fax: +65 6779 3078
E-mail: akiso@nus.edu.sg
Web: http://dfabnus.wordpress.com/
Research Areas:
Digital Fabrication in Architecture for Sustainable Construction.
Teaching Areas:
Digital Fabrication in Architecture Studio.
Architectural Construction 3.
Academic/Professional Qualifications:
2002, Registered Architect (SBA, the Netherlands).
1999, First Class Certified Architect (JAEIC, Japan).
1995, Master of Engineering in Architecture (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan).
1993, Bachelor of Engineering in Architecture (Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan).
Awards/Honours (Post-PhD):
2009, Excellence Award, HKDA in Asia Design Awards.
2007, <3rd Prize> Biodegradable Vacuum-formed Modularized Shell, 2nd International Advanced Architecture Competition, Barcelona, Spain.
2006, <1st Prize> Dentsply Asia, FDI Annual World Congress Exhibition Booth, Shenzhen, China.
Career History:
2006-2008, Professional Consultant, Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2005-2006, Visiting Scholar, Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2002-2004, Senior Architect, Herzog & de Meuron Architects, Basel, Switzerland.
1997-1998, Project Architect, A.I. Architect Studio, Osaka, Japan.
1995, Graduate Architect, Shigeru Ban Architect, Tokyo, Japan.
Administrative Leadership:
2009-, Chair, Workshop Committee, Department of Architecture, SDE, NUS.
2007, Technics studio coordinator, Department of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
2005-2007, iMAP (innovative Material/Architecture/Process), Research/Teaching collaboration CUHK-Industrial Center, Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Professional/Consulting Activities:
2009, Invited Speaking Consultancy, Process toward Architecture, Sustainable City Conference, Singapore.
2009, 50th Anniversary Exhibition Design, Department of Architecture, SDE, NUS.
2008, Interior design, Healthy Smile Dental Clinic, Hong Kong.
Major Publications (Maximum of 3):
2009, Self-Sufficient Housing, Biodegradable Vacuum-formed Modularized Shell <3rd Prize>, IaaC, ActarA, Barcelona, Spain.
2008, iMAP (innovative Material/Architecture/Process), Shenzhen-Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, Shenzhen, China.
2007, Tectoncis of Surface: Vacuum-formed Modularized Shell, Tectonics International Conference, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Updated: 24 August 2010