Joseph Lim

Dr Joseph Lim is Associate Professor with NUS Architecture. He has a special interest in prototypical structures addressing emergent spatial and environmental need. His design projects have won SIA Design Awards and international awards including an Honorable Mention for Lee Treehouse at the Kenneth F. Brown Asia Pacific Culture and Architecture Design Award in 2003; and a Merit Win for Dragon Bridge in URA Southern Ridges Bridge International Design Competition in 2004. He was appointed architect by Mercy Relief for the post-Tsunami rebuilding efforts and his self-sufficient housing proposal won an Honorable Mention at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia in 2005. Joseph’s focus in Industry and Infrastructure explores land intensification through architectural investigations, which have significant implications on the planning of future settlements, townships and infrastructure. In 2008, he pioneered corporation-funded design research studios, collaborating with JTC in 2008-10. MPA-funded research studio followed in 2014, which explored an urban design study for Tuas Port 2027 and was exhibited at the Singapore Maritime Week Exhibition and SG50 NUS Exhibition in 2015. The research studio was also featured in a Channel News Asia documentary – Futuropolis Episode 2: Keeping Afloat televised in 2017 – on the effects of rising sea levels and the viability of floating settlements. Joseph is the author of Bio- structural Analogues in Architecture (2010) and Eccentric Structures in Architecture (2012); both publications are in their third reprint and have been translated in Korean and Chinese languages. His latest publication, Skybridge I investigates forms of air rights structures built over Ayer Rajah Crescent and the research conclusions were presented at the JTC i3C Symposium on Industrial Infrastructure Research in 2017. The forthcoming Skybridge II publication explores new R&D typologies in Greater One North.