Curriculum Vitae Summary

CATEGORY	No.	SUMMARY OF CURRICULUM VITAE August 2009
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS	a	Dip. (B.Arch) Arch.
	b	Graduate Diploma in Urban Design
PUBLICATIONS		Three conference papers – theory of architecture & Design
ACADEMIC MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE	a	Setting up new Interior Design Course in Singapore. Curriculum, Development and teaching.
	b	Management: Design Cultural Studies Unit. School of Design, Singapore
	c	Acting Head of Architecture and Design Department, North Cyprus.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE	a	Considerable experience in teaching :
	b	Architecture, theory, Interior Design, history of architecture and design,
	c	Modern Design and Popular Culture.
	d	Art and culture of different societies. Teaching in Singapore and Cyprus.
DESIGN WORK EXPERIENCE	a	Large and small scale design practice in U.K., Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Cyprus.
	b	Competitions: New Marina underground line in Singapore. Singapore
	c	Management University Campus. North Cyprus University campus,  - Master Plan and four buildings.  Singapore National Gallery (City Hall)
	D	Set Design: for several theatrical productions in Singapore: Snoworries -                 Jubilee Hall - 2008 Wind in the Willows – Victoria Theatre - 2008 La Traviata -                 The Esplanade - 2008 Agamemnon -                Singapore Repertory Theatre - 2007 Scrooge -                        Singapore Repertory Theatre  - 2007
COMPUTER LITERACY		Fluent in Word, Excel, Photoshop, Sketchup, & numerous Internet  applications. Blogger.
RESEARCH INTERESTS	a	Complexity, Evolution and Adaptive systems. Algorithmic processes in design
	b	Translation processes between different disciplines
	c	Manuscript finished: ‘Architecture as System’ (100000 words).
	d	Second book: ‘On the Origin of Styles’ started (25000 words so far).
	e	Pen and Ink Drawing series for exhibition in May/June
	f	Currently: Movie screenplay
APPROACH AND PHILOSOPHY		History:  Issues cannot be understood or learned without a thorough understanding of the social and cultural context within which they take place. Evolution:  Products and ideas are the result of the combination and recombination of the shape of previous ideas and products. There is NO spontaneous production of things. Coherence:  Events have causes; maybe multiple causes but they can be unravelled and forced to give explanations for the events.  All things can be understood. Interaction:  Faced with difficult issues, question and answer is the classic and still most effective mode of learning. Irony: Provocation by saying the opposite of what you mean in order to mean the opposite of what you say.  Shock then understanding. Interdisciplinary: Awareness and understanding of many disciplines and sources of knowledge provide the bridge to understanding the unique characteristics of any one of them. Global: Everything, no matter how complex can be taught. It’s all about method. Trust: Ultimately teaching is about a student’s trust in the goodwill and knowledge of their teacher. He is working for them.
OTHER		An international perspective on culture, teaching, and knowledge.
Images  & IDEAS		SEE MY BLOG AT: http://archinoid.blogspot.com/