Alex Chua Zhong Liang

Awarded the Future Leader Scholarship by LASALLE to pursue further studies in London, Alex Chua has many years of experience working in the commercial and residential design industry.

He believes every project must begin with a narrative that dictates the whole spatial experience and a great designer should create meaningful and poetic spaces for the user. He firmly believes in using computer hardware and software technology to explore design and spaces. By doing so, real physical spaces can be correctly translated and created from the mind of the designer.

Casey Boo Koh Kwee Chye

Casey Boo Koh brings with him an extensive experience in professional practice in managing and administrating architectural projects at national and international levels.

He was Vice President of Interior Design Confederation (IDC), Singapore from 2013 to 2015. He was also Chair of IDC(S) Design Excellence Awards (DEA) from 2011 to 2014. Under the wing of DEA, there were two awards, Spatial Design Awards (SPADE Awards) and Industry-Design Excellence Awards (I-DEA), both with concerted objectives in raising awareness of design capabilities at institutional and professional levels.

On the international stage, Casey has established an expert voice in advocating the notion of holistic and integrated ecological satellite building. His essay The Vertical Artifice Par’, was presented at the 8^th International Housing Symposium on “Urban Regeneration & Sustainability” (2009) hosted by Seoul National University of Technology.

Casey has an illustrious career as an interdisciplinary designer. Amongst the numerous interior design consultancy projects done locally and internationally, highlights of his artworks include Alchemy-ism the Wonder Kid at NAFA 75^th Anniversary (2013), The Forgotten Empress (1998), 2^nd World War artefacts exhibition, commissioned by Singapore History Museum.

Casey believes that the ‘connectedness between our living space and the macro climatic condition’ is imperative to sustainable living and that any art-design intervention should be poetically correct.

Currently, Casey is a Senior Lecturer with 3D Design Programmes, leading the curriculum development of an effective and sustainable architectural & spatial design and interdisciplinary arts education, which prepares students to address complex environmental challenges.

• Working closely with clients to conceptualise and develop designs
• Undertaking projects from submission to completion
• Liaising with relevant government authorities, e.g. URA, BCA, MOE, FSB etc., on submission of drawings to comply with the requirements in obtaining COF
• Liaising with other Q.P.s, e.g. Structural engineer, M&E engineer, licensed plumber etc. on building services.
• Preparing tender drawings and doing periodic site supervision to ensure the works are properly carried out in accordance with the drawings

Leow Aik Kian

Leow Aik Kian is a multi-disciplinary designer and educator with 20 years of experience in projects ranging from graphic design, interior architecture, to event and exhibition design. His keen interest in photography has diversified his practice to include photography for architecture, interior, food, and events.

After graduation, Aik Kian joined JTC Corporation (JTC) as a Design and Development Manager for one-north, a 200-hectare mixed-use business park in Singapore. He was with JTC for 11 years and was instrumental in the planning, design, development, marketing, leasing, programming and place-making of numerous projects, which include Wessex Estate, one-north streetscape, Chip Bee Gardens, Mediapolis, Fusionopolis, Biopolis, Rochester Park and Gillman Barracks.

Aik Kian left JTC to pursue broader experiences and other areas of interest. He became a consultant for a private developer in commercial projects and was involved in design, marketing, leasing, and investment studies. Concurrently, Aik Kian was a trainer at a private management and training consultancy firm, delivering talks for adult learners in real estate planning, design and development. His audience included overseas delegates and officials from the Chinese Government.

Further, Aik Kian was a Senior Lecturer at the Nanyang Polytechnic School of Design. He designed and delivered academic programmes across all three full-time diplomas, spanning Space and Interior Design (which was renamed Spatial Design), Visual Communication Design, and Industrial Design.

Aik Kian was also actively involved in the national SkillsFuture programme. He developed the curriculum for one of the Specialist Diplomas and launched and administered two inaugural design-sector Earn and Learn Programmes (ELP).

Ron Toh Wei Ling

Recipient of the Chwee Swee Cheng Scholarship and the Yorkshire Forward, U.K. scholarship, Ron Toh is a recognised 3D Digital and Interior Designer.

Ron brings over five years of industrial experience, having worked in the commercial, hospitality and exhibition design sectors before joining NAFA as a lecturer. He has since gained 10 years of teaching experience in computer-aided design courses, specialising in AutoCAD and 3ds Max Design. He is currently the lecturer in charge and form teacher of the B.A. (Hons) Spatial Design course.

His research interests are in computer hardware and software technology, with particular focus on ways to unite physical spaces and virtual 3-dimensional space.

Shin Jung Hoon

Jung began his career as a Visual Merchandiser with a well-known local fashion company in Korea.

Jung believes that good space provides emotional value, such as small moments of happiness, surprise and excitement – the little stories that hidden in everyday life.

He has participated extensively in architectural projects in New York and Middle East with world-leading architectural firms such as Perkins Eastman Architects P.C (2005-2009). His diverse portfolio includes worldwide well-known hospitality projects for Buddha Bar New York 2008, Cielo 2009, Soho Hudson Hotel 2009 and Park Hyatt Dubai 2009, as well as corporate interior projects for G.E., UBS, and Swiss Army. Various cultural and working experiences he has gained will provide vital international resources and exposure for the students.

Jung’s research interests include the inception and application of architectural design, interior spaces and digital architecture.