Our relationship with Joseph has had many different phases but he has always been a friend. It’s hard to sit in a room with Joseph without getting into some deep conversations about the nature of creativity. And once we hit the record button he became even more animated than usual! I thought I had a clear handle on what we might talk about in this conversation but we really got into our personal opinions about creativity, vulnerability and what it means to be an architect.
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Joseph is a cultural architect, designer, amplifier and creative problem solver who has a knack for details. He is constantly curious about built environments, design, story telling and making things; he often couples these with using running and cycling as a vehicle to explore the world.
He believes that a culture of physically crafting and making things should be nurtured and not forgotten. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA, BArch and Tsinghua University with a MArch.
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This conversation was an absolute pleasure and I can’t wait to do this again with Joseph. His curiosity shines through, as does his humility and sense of direction. We truly lost track of time and could have carried on for a lot longer.
Enjoy this one, and please do get in touch if you want to know more.
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UBC005 - Joseph Ng