Alumnus Eugene Tan's Thesis Continues to Dazzle: Recipient of Latest Prestigious Awards

The Department is delighted to share that alumnus Eugene Tan Wei Jie (Class of 2023) has recently received 2 international awards and 1 commendation for his thesis (AY2022-23). His thesis envisions a radically different future for the politicised territory of Pedra Branca. Eugene’s thesis was supervised by Associate Prof Lilian Chee.

Archisource Drawing of the Year 2024

Drawing of the Year Award 2024 (overall winner)

https://archisource.org/drawingoftheyear2024/doty

50th Ken Roberts Architectural Delineation by AIA Dalla

Award for Excellence in Digital Hybrid Media (Student) (Category Winner)

https://www.krobarch.com/winners#2024

RIBA Journal Eyeline Drawing Competition 2024

Commended (Student)

https://www.ribaj.com/culture/eye-line-2024-eugene-tan-commended-student

Commenting on the project, Head of the department, Professor Jeffrey Hou remarks, “Eugene’s thesis strategically politicises an ecological future made by Pedra Branca’s human and non-human actants. It expands architecture’s disciplinary and agential limits by projecting how the island might evolve through new materials and sustainable methods of spatial co-production. Respecting natural cycles of decay and ruination, it traces the intricacies of a truly collaborative design partnership with nature.”

These recent accolades add to Eugene’s achievements featured here.

For access to Eugene’s design thesis project and the compilation of projects by the other Master of Architecture students from class 2022/23, please click here.