Jason Pomeroy
Jason Pomeroy | |
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| Born | 27 July 1974 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Canterbury School of Architecture, University of Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, Academic, Author, TV personality |
| Television | City Time Traveller season 1 (Channel NewsAsia, 2014, 2015) City Redesign (Channel NewsAsia, 2015) BBC World, 2015 |
| Practice | Pomeroy Studio Singapore |
| Buildings | Idea House, Malaysia Trump Tower Manila, Philippines Newpark, Malaysia B House, Singapore Azure Urban Beach Residences, Philippines (2014) Asian Century Center, Philippines (under construction), Century City, Philippines (2014) |
| Website | www |
Professor Jason Pomeroy (born 27 July 1974) is an award-winning architect, masterplanner, academic, author, and TV personality. He is the Founding Principal of Singapore-based Pomeroy Studio – an urbanism, architecture, design and research firm described as being at the ‘forefront of the green agenda’.[1][2] He has held various academic posts and is currently a professor at the University of Nottingham and Università Iuav di Venezia.[3]
Previously, Pomeroy designed Asia’s first carbon-neutral prototype home, the Idea House (Malaysia, 2010), and recently Singapore’s first operational carbon-negative landed property, the B House (Singapore, 2015). He is ‘one of the world’s leading authorities on skycourts and skygardens’,[4] and is the author of "The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the Urban Habitat".
He also works to raise awareness of the cultural role architecture plays in society in his popular TV series ‘City Time Traveller’, and ‘City Redesign’ aired throughout Asia and the Middle East.[5]
Early life and education
Jason Pomeroy was born in North West London, and is the only son of an English father and Malaysian mother. He grew up in the UK, though spent his summer months in Malaysia. He cites the lush foliage of his family’s back garden as first sparking his passion for the natural habitat; and the wigwams he built there as a child as his first foray into architecture.[6] A visit with his father to Sir Christopher Wren’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, at the age of eight cemented his passion for architecture and the built environment.[7] It was not until visiting another of Wren’s masterpieces, Trinity College Library whilst studying at the University of Cambridge, that inspired his adoption of passive design techniques that would influence his later projects.[8]
Pomeroy undertook his first and post-graduate degrees in architecture at the Canterbury School of Architecture (1992-1995; 1997-1998). It was during this period that he was drawn to the study of Asian cities (in particular Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore), and how they sought to ‘salvage open space for social amenity, recreation [whilst trying to] retain low carbon footprints - despite their potentially energy intensive, high-density settings’.[9]
A one-year placement in between his degrees at the firm of Pakatan Reka Architects in Kuala Lumpur led him to appreciate the role local culture, historical precedents, topography and climate play in the design of the built environment. He cites the design works of Charles Correa and Ken Yeang, and the writings of Kenneth Frampton as his early influences in critical regionalist architecture.[10]
An interest in the sustainability of the construction and project process led him to complete a Masters degree in ‘Interdisciplinary Design for the Built Environment’ (IDBE) at the University of Cambridge (2005).
Early career and projects
Pomeroy joined the architectural practice of Yorke, Rosenberg and Mardell (YRM) in London, UK, in 1998 – a London-based firm who were early pioneers of British modernism.[11] The refurbishment and extension of the practice’s 24 Britton Street – an award-winning office building built in the 1970’s in a Miesian style, allowed him to qualify as a British registered architect and provided a platform to explore clean line, modernist glass fin construction.[12]
In 2000, Pomeroy joined the Japanese architecture, engineering, construction and development corporation Kajima, where he worked in Brussels, London and Amsterdam. The Hitachi Demonstration Centre, Amsterdam, provided a further exploration into glass fin construction as well as fast track modular construction. It was also during this period that Pomeroy started to develop an interest in interdisciplinary design and in particular how a sustainable collaborative process can deliver a sustainable product that safe-guards quality, minimises cost and reduces waste[13].
Five years later, Pomeroy joined the London office of the architecture, urbanism and design firm of Broadway Malyan in 2005,[14] and relocated to Singapore in 2007 to establish the company’s Singapore office. Projects of note include the Vision Valley Malaysia (2009) – an 80,000 acre network garden city extension of greater Kuala Lumpur; Idea House (2010) – first carbon zero house in Asia,[15] Milano Residences (2015) – Asia’s first fashion branded residences with interiors by Versace, Trump Tower Manila (2016) – the tallest residential condominium when completed in 2016.
Later career
Pomeroy Studio and projects
Pomeroy left Broadway Malyan Asia to establish the sustainable design firm Pomeroy Studio in Singapore in 2012, creating a number of landmark green projects that include: B House (2015) – the first carbon negative house in Singapore; Gramercy Sky Park (2012) – the tallest residential skypark in the Philippines; Newpark (2015), a new township set to contain the first zero-carbon public realm in Malaysia;[16] and Century City (2015) – a residential and commercial district that includes Trump Tower Manila, the Philippines.
The Studio’s approach to design, which Pomeroy calls ‘E-BISD’ (an acronym for Evidence – Based Interdisciplinary Sustainable Design) reflects his belief that a sustainable product can only be created if there is a sustainable process in place.
Research
The vertical urban theory
For over 10 years Pomeroy has researched the attributes of sky-rise social spaces around the world, and is one of the world’s leading authorities on skycourts and skygardens.[17]
Both his research and design projects of various international architects were brought together in his book, entitled The Skycourt and skygarden: greening the urban habitat (Routledge, 2014).[18]
Towards Zero Energy Development
The first major research project within this field was the Idea House, completed in 2010, which was at the time Asia’s first carbon-neutral prototype home.[19]
The entire process – spanning the impact of climate change, the collaborative design process, concept design, construction through to the realisation of the house and its environmental performance – was detailed in Pomeroy’s 2011 book "Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today" (ORO Editions).[20] His research continued with the B House, set to be Singapore’s first carbon negative landed property (generating more energy than the house should typically consume) upon completion in 4th Quarter in 2015.[21]
Teaching
Pomeroy has held visiting professorships at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Mapúa Institute of Technology, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He teaches courses with a sustainable architecture and urbanism bias and currently holds an honorary professorship at the University of Nottingham and a tenured professorship at Universita IUAV di Venezia.[22] He teaches a module on vertical urbanism within the MSc in Sustainable Building Design at the Nottingham University / BCA Academy. He also leads zero carbon floating community workshops at Universita IUAV di Venezia.[23]
Television
City Time Traveller
In 2014 Pomeroy worked with Xtreme Production to jointly conceive an architecture travel series for Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia. The resulting 12-part architectural TV series, ‘City Time Traveller’ debuted in 2014, and explored the design of cities, buildings and their places; and how they have adapted according to socio-economic, climatic and cultural need - past, present and future.[24]
Pomeroy was both host and architectural consultant of the series. It received a ‘highly commended’ award at the Asia TV awards in 2015,[25] and was extended to a second season.
Season One
- Episode 1: Singapore
- Episode 2: Hue, Vietnam
- Episode 3: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Episode 4: Ayutthaya, Thailand
- Episode 5: Chiang Mai, Thailand
- Episode 6: Nanjing, China
- Episode 7: Udaipur, India
- Episode 8: Beijing, China
- Episode 9: Varanasi, India
- Episode 10: Kyoto, Japan
- Episode 11: Tokyo, Japan
- Episode 12: Singapore
City Redesign
Pomeroy hosted the four-part architecture documentary series, ‘City Redesign’, airing on Singapore’s Channel NewsAsia from March 2015 to April 2015 as part of Singapore’s 50th anniversary. The series uncovered the evolution of Singapore architecture as a result of its economic transformation from colonial trading port, to global financial centre, to technology, entertainment and leisure hub. The four part series tells the tale of “…how Singapore created its buildings, and how the buildings created Singapore”.[26]
- Episode 1: Built on Work
- Episode 2: High Rise, High Life
- Episode 3: Designing Fun
- Episode 4: Heritage in Progress
Media, speaking and events
Pomeroy delivers keynote lectures and addresses at industry conferences globally.[27] Pomeroy sits on the editorial board of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat and is an active member of the Singapore Green Building Council.
References
- ^ Manila Bulletin (June 20, 2015). "'Greening' Urban Centers". Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. "Jason Pomeroy". ctbuh.org. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "SPEAKERS: Jason Pomeroy". New Cities Summit 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ "Architect, Jason Pomeroy's 'Skycourts and Skygarden' Book Launch Event". archinect.com. 2013. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ^ Archinect (February 18, 2014). "Jason Pomeroy, the "City Time Traveller"". Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Travel3Sixty, Jason Pomeroy". airasia.com. 2014. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
- ^ SG Magazine. ""Design isn't about the surface": Interview with architect and TV host Jason Pomeroy". Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Pomeroy, Jason. Distil, Design, Disseminate. Dechen House. p. Preface. ISBN 978-981-09-5405-5.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ GreenAsiaForce. "Q and A with Jason Pomeroy (Eco-architect, Urban Planner and City Time Traveller host)".
- ^ Pomeroy, Jason (2015). Distil, Design, Disseminate. Dechen House. p. 10. ISBN 978-981-09-5405-5.
- ^ Powers, Alan. In the Line of Development: F.R.S. Yorke, E. Rosenberg and C.S. Mardall to YRM, 1930-1992. RIBA Heinz Gallery (1992). ISBN 978-1872911205.
- ^ Pomeroy, Jason. Distil, Design, Disseminate. Dechen House. p. 14. ISBN 978-981-09-5405-5.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Pomeroy, Jason. Distil, Design, Disseminate. Dechen House. p. 16. ISBN 978-981-09-5405-5.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ 9th World Congress. "Jason Pomeroy". Retrieved 6 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Tomlinson, Peta (March 4, 2015). "Looking at the past to find solutions for the future". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "Bandar Newpark - A Preview of the Future". CoAssets. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "Jason Pomeroy's 'Skycourts and Skygarden' Book Launch Event". Archinect.
- ^ Pomeroy, Jason. The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the urban habitat. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415636995.
- ^ Ee, Elaine (24 October 2011). "The Idea House: Southeast Asia's first carbon-zero home". CNN. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- ^ Pomeroy, Jason. Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today. Contents: ORO Editions. ISBN 978-1-935935-10-0.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Interview with an Eco-Housing Expert: Jason Pomeroy (Part 2 of 2)". Panasonic Newsroom. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ "The Venice Towers". PomeroyStudio.sg.
- ^ "Pog & Play (Pod Off-Grid)". iuav.it.
- ^ Taylor-Hochberg, Amelia (February 18, 2014). "Jason Pomeroy, the "City Time Traveller"". Archinect. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ "2014 Winners". http://ata.onscreenasia.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "City Redesign". cityredesign.com/.
- ^ "Lectures". pomeroystudio.sg.