Curriculum Vitae. Jiat-Hwee Chang 曾若若晖

Curriculum Vitae Jiat-Hwee Chang 曾若若晖 National University of Singapore, School of Design and Environment, Department of Architecture 4 Architecture Drive, Singapore 117566 Tel: +65 65163535, Email: jiathwee@nus.edu.sg; jiathwee@gmail.com Education 2009 PhD in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) 1999 Master of Architecture, School of Architecture, National University of Singapore (NUS) 1996 Bachelor of Arts (Architectural Studies), NUS Appointments/Positions 2017 present Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, NUS 2009 2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, NUS 2015 present Editorial Board Member, Architectural Histories: The Open Access Journal of the European Architectural History Network, and The Singapore Architect journal. 2015 17 Co-editor, The Singapore Architect journal 2009 present Reviewer for various International Refereed Journals, including Journal of Architecture, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, Architectural Theory Review, Footprint, Urban Studies, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Planning Perspectives, Geoforum, History of Meteorology, Urban Design International, International Journal of Heritage Studies and Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture 2009 present Reviewer of manuscripts for various publishers, including MIT Press, Princeton University Press, Routledge and Ashgate. 2016 present External Examiner of PhD candidates at the University of Sydney and the University of Queensland. 2010 present Scientific Committee Member of various international conferences, including the 2016 International Meeting of the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) in Dublin, the 2012 International Network of Tropical Architecture (INTA) Conference in Singapore, the 2012 Sustainable Futures: Architecture and Urbanism in the Global South Conference in Kampala, Uganda. 2010 present Associate, Asia Urbanism Cluster, Asia Research Institute, NUS 2016 present Member, Advisory Panel to Preservation of Sites and Monuments, Singapore 2013 2017 Member, Housing Development Board Research Advisory Panel, Singapore 2004 08 Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Architecture, UC Berkeley 1996 97 Architectural Assistant, Richardho Architects, Singapore; Daniel Libeskind Architecture Studio, Berlin; Shin Takamatsu Architects and Associates, Berlin Honours and Awards I. Research Grants/Awards 2018 A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture is awarded the International Planning History (IPHS) Society Book Prize for the best book related to planning history of East Asia 2018. Significance: IPHS is one of the world s largest organisations devoted to the study of planning history. 1

2017 A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture is shortlisted for the European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Humanities Book Prize 2017. Significance: My monograph is one of the 3 books shortlisted from 30 books submitted. EuroSEAS is the world s largest organisation devoted to the study of Southeast Asia. 2017 19 Canadian Centre of Architecture and Mellon Foundation Researcher in the Multidisciplinary Research Program Architecture and/for the Environment. Significance: I am one of the eight researchers selected from 108 applications. 2016 18 (with Tim Winter, Russell Hitchings, Donald McNeill and Trinidad Rico) Participating Investigator in Cool Living Heritage in Qatar: Sustainable Alternatives to Air-conditioned Urban Development, Qatar National Research Foundation, USD 722,000. Significance: This is a highly competitive funding scheme with only 15% of the submitted proposals received funding. The project received 5 out of 5 'A' ratings in the international blind peer review process. 2016 18 Principal Investigator in Agents of Modernity: Pioneer Builders, Architecture and Independence in Singapore, 1890s-1970s, Ministry of Education Tier 1 Research Fund, SGD 99, 910. 2014 15 (with Daniel Barber, Iain Jackson, Rachel Lee, Albert Narath and Ola Uduku) Member of Architecture and Climate: A Global History, recipient of USD 10,000 grant from Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative, MIT-Mellon Foundation. 2012 15 (with Tim Winter, Donald McNeill and Johannes Widodo) Participating Investigator in Cool Living Heritage in Southeast Asia: Alternatives to Air-conditioned Cities, Australian Research Council s Discovery Fund, AUD195,000. Significance: This is a highly competitive funding scheme with only 10% of the submitted proposals received funding. 2011 Australian Research Council s International Collaborator Award 2010 14 Collaborator in Asian Cities: Liveability, Sustainability, Diversity and Spaces of Encounter, NUS Global Asia Institute s Fund, SGD 250,000. 2009 14 Principal Investigator in A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture, NUS Start-Up Fund, SGD 42,580. II. Teaching Awards 2015 NUS School of Design and Environment s Teaching Excellence Award for 2013/14 2013 NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award for 2011/12 Significance: Less than 5% of teaching staff at NUS receive this award each year. 2013 NUS School of Design and Environment s Teaching Excellence Award for 2011/12 2012 NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award for 2010/11 Significance: Less than 5% of teaching staff at NUS receive this award each year. 2012 NUS School of Design and Environment s Teaching Excellence Award for 2010/11 2007 UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI). Significance: Less than 5% of GSIs receive this award each year. III. Academic Awards 2004 08 National University of Singapore s Overseas Graduate Scholarship 2005 UC Berkeley Center for British Studies Pre-dissertation Fellowship 2004 05 ASHRAE Golden Gate Chapter Scholarship 2004 UC Berkeley Southeast Asia Department Grant 2003 UC Berkeley Graduate Scholarship and Non-Resident UC Tuition Scholarship 2

IV. Selected Invitations to Conferences, Lectures and Workshops 2018 Invited to present paper at Landscapes of Leisure: Architectural Histories of Tourism and Development Workshop, organised by the University of Cyprus, Nicosia, to be held on 7-8 June 2018. 2018 Invited to present paper at Current State and Challenges of Heritage in Asia Symposium, organised by Environmental Design Global Hub, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, held on 22-23 February 2018. 2018 Invited to present paper at Modern Architecture and the City Symposium, organised by Visual Art Program, University of Malaya and Ilham Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, held on 13 January 2018. Travel and accommodation expenses fully paid for by the organisers. 2017 Invited to present paper at Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium, co-organised by M+, Hong Kong, and the Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 14-15 December 2017. Travel and accommodation expenses fully paid for by the organisers. 2017 Invited to participate in workshop on Habitat and Living in Plural Cities, organised by the British Academy and co-chaired by Professors Matthew Gandy and Ash Amin (of University of Cambridge), London, 7 March 2017. 2017 Invited to deliver a lecture in Sustainability in Africa lecture series organised by Professor Johan Lagae at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium, 21-22 February 2017. Travel and accommodation expenses within Europe fully paid for by the organiser. 2017 Invited to present paper on pioneer architects and architecture in Singapore at the 2nd maseana (Modern ASEAN Architecture) Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam, 12-13 January 2017, organised by Tokyo University. 2016 Invited to lecture at Reframing Heritage as Movement conference in Stockholm, 26-28 September, organized by Stockholm University. 2016 Invited to present paper at Spaces of Transition workshop in Melbourne, 4-6 July 2016, organised by the Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne. Accommodation expenses fully paid for by the organiser. 2016 Invited as a participant at Building Asian Cities: Design, Technology, and the Circulation of Architectural Knowledge and Urban Expertise workshop, 23 April 2016, organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Humanities and the Social Sciences, Hong Kong University. Travel and Accommodation expenses fully paid for by the organiser. 2014 Invited to attend and present at the Global Architecture History Teaching Collaborative workshop at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Travel and Accommodation expenses fully paid for by the organiser. 2014 Invited to deliver guest lecture on Globalization and Architecture at the Contemporary Discourse Colloquium at the School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. Travel and accommodation expenses within the United States fully paid for by the organiser and an honorarium of USD 500 was provided. 2013 Invited to be keynote speaker for the international conference The Influence of Fry and Drew held on 10-11 October 2013 at The University of Liverpool. All travel and accommodation expenses paid for by the organiser. 2011 Invited for the international conference Quality in Research organized by the School of Architecture at the University of Indonesia, held on 4-7 July 2011 at Bali. All travel and accommodation expenses paid for by the organiser. 3

2009 Invited to present paper at the Imperial Contagions Workshop 9-11 December 2009, Hong Kong, organized by University of Hong Kong s Centre for Humanities and Medicine. Invitation includes a bursary of HKD10,000 to pay for travel and accommodation expenses. 2009 Invited to present paper at Saving Our Cool Living Heritage (SOCooLH) workshop at Melaka, Malaysia, 28-30 August 2009, organized by NUS Asia Research Institute and University of Sydney s School of Social and Political Sciences. Shortlist of Publications I. Books Chang, Jiat-Hwee. A Genealogy of Tropical Architecture: Colonial Networks, Nature and Technoscience. London: Routledge, 2016. *Awarded International Planning History (IPHS) Society Book Prize for the best book related to planning history of East Asia 2018. ** Shortlisted for the European Association of Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Humanities Book Prize 2017. *** Reviewed in Planning Perspectives, Fabrications: Journal of SAHANZ, Technology and Culture, ABE Journal, Postcolonial Studies, Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, DOCOMOMO International and Archinesia. Chang, Jiat-Hwee, and Imran Tajudeen, eds. Southeast Asia's Modern Architecture: Questions in Translation, Epistemology and Power. Singapore: NUS Press, forthcoming. Lim, William S. W., and Jiat-Hwee Chang, eds. Non West Modernist Past: On Architecture and Modernities. Singapore: World Scientific, 2011. II. Journal Papers Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Thermal Comfort and Climatic Design in the Tropics: An Historical Critique." The Journal of Architecture 21, no. 8 (2016): 1171-202. Chang, Jiat-Hwee, and Tim Winter. "Thermal Modernity and Architecture." The Journal of Architecture 20, no. 1 (2015): 92-121. Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Multiple Power in Colonial Spaces." ABE Journal [Online] 5 (2014). Chang, Jiat-Hwee, and Anthony D. King. "Towards a Genealogy of Tropical Architecture : Historical Fragments of Power-Knowledge, Built Environment, and Climate in the British Colonial Territories." Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 32, no. 3 (2011): 283-300. Chee, Lilian, and Jiat-Hwee Chang. "Introduction Tropicality-in-Motion : Situating Tropical Architecture." Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography 32, no. 3 (2011): 277-82. Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Deviating Discourse: Tay Kheng Soon and the Architecture of Postcolonial Development in Tropical Asia." Journal of Architectural Education 63, no. 3 (2010): 153-58. III. Book Chapters Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Race and Tropical Architecture: The Climate of Decolonization and Malayanization ". In Race and Modern Architecture, edited by Irene Cheng, Charles L. Davis and Mabel O. Wilson. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, forthcoming. Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "'Tropicalizing' Planning: Sanitation, Housing and Technologies of Improvement in Colonial Singapore, 1907-42." In Imperial Contagions: Medicine and Culture of Planning in Asia, 1880-1949, edited by Robert Peckham and David Promfret. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2012. 4

Chang, Jiat-Hwee, and William S. W. Lim. "Non West Modernist Past: Rethinking Modernisms and Modernities Beyond the West." In Non West Modernist Past: On Architecture and Modernities, edited by William S. W. Lim and Jiat-Hwee Chang, 7-24. Singapore: World Scientific, 2011. Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Tropical Variants of Sustainable Architecture: A Postcolonial Perspective." In Handbook of Architectural Theory, edited by Greig Crysler, Stephen Cairns and Hilde Heynen, 602-17. London: Sage, 2012. Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Building a Colonial Technoscientific Network: Tropical Architecture, Building Science and the Power-Knowlege of Decolonization." In Third World Modernism: Architecture, Development and Identity, edited by Duanfang Lu, 211-35. London: Routledge, 2010. Chang, Jiat-Hwee. "Tropicalising Technologies of Environment and Government: The Singapore General Hospital and the Circulation of the Pavilion Plan Hospital in the British Empire, 1860-1930." In Re-Shaping Cities: How Global Mobility Transforms Architecture and Urban Form, edited by Michael Guggenheim and Ola Söderström, 123-42. London: Routledge, 2009. Conference, Workshop and Seminar Organization 2018 Co-convenor, 2015 Co-convener, The inaugural SEAARC (Southeast Asia Architecture Research Collaborative) Symposium, Singapore, 8-10 January 2015. 2014 Session chair, European Architecture and the Tropics, European Architectural History Network Third International Meeting, Turin, Italy, 19-21 June 2014. 2014 Session co-chair, Architectural Histories of Maritime Asia, Society of Architectural Historians 2014 Annual Conference, Austin, Texas, 9-13 April 2014. 2011 Panel co-organiser, Circulation and Translation: Networks and Agency in the Production of Architectural Cultures in Southeast Asia, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Seattle, USA, 12-16 April 2011. 2011 Advisory committee member, panel chair and commentator, Non West Modern Architecture Conference, Singapore, 15-16 January 2011. 2010 Panel chair at Global Urban Frontier: Asian Cities in Theory, Practice and Imagination Conference, Asia Research Institute, Singapore, 8-9 September 2010 5