While not all projects were smooth sailing and painless, Jonathan finds joy and fulfilment in guiding Clients who were unfamiliar not just with the industry standards and processes, but also the whole building journey and lifecycle. He further finds satisfaction for helping Clients fulfil their dreams in the most dynamic and customized experience regardless of circumstance, constraint, and resource. For dreams do not just materialize and end at the completion of a project, it is the ability to author and enjoy the journey of realizing your dreams that goes a far longer way.

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Having served in the industry for 20 years and counting as an architectural student, a registered architect, a contractor and a property developer, Jonathan’s ability to reconcile all stake holders’ needs and concerns enables identification of common gaps within the industry:

 

Students – The emphasis on design than the essentials of architectural practice in local schools have left many students under-prepared for their career upon graduation. The need to receive intensive on-job-training while handling heavy demands of work leads to long working hours and imbalanced work-life and remuneration. Feeling jaded, the industry loses talent easily which the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) has also been actively trying to resolve too. We strive to complement the academics with bridging interventions to better equip our students and fresh graduates to their architectural career.

 

Architects – On top of the similar gaps experienced by students who stayed on in the industry and eventually become Architects, these professionals experience rapid industry and regulatory changes as well as evolving digital transformation such as environmental sustainability and usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Juggling with increasing demands of the Property Market, Architects are also looked towards when providing for an inclusive built environment for the young, elderly, and physically challenged groups. We strive to be part of the property ecology at every stage possible in educating various stakeholders the common pitfalls and lessons learnt so that everyone could contribute to a positive environment and way of life.

 

Contractor – As the party who materializes the as-built, the large-scale conventional usage of materials in doing so have been one of the largest contributors to greenhouse gases. Apart from the Architect, the Contractor is the next in line to safeguard environmental sustainability, while keeping cost low and deliver projects on time. We strive to collaborate with Contractors not just to deliver the best quality projects, but also in the most environmentally friendly manner to safeguard future generations.

 

Property Developer / Owners – Faced with tight move in and reinstatement timeline imposed by landlords / authority, these professionals often find themselves racing against time to complete their property before infringing certain authority regulations, thus translating such pressures downstream to the Architects and Contractors. These timelines are often hindered by many stakeholders in a team who has varied KPIs. Hence, we strive to improve operational, cost and time efficiency for property developers and owners by championing new initiatives, workflows and processes which complement regulatory requirements.