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College of Architecture, Art and Design

Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Architecture, Architectural Interiors, Drawing.

Research areas

Digital design and production, High-rise building construction, High-density architecture.

Education

BA, Harvard University United States, 1996.

MArc, Yale University,United States, 2002 .

Professional experience

Principal Designer, Carlow Architecture & Design LTD, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, 2006-2016.

M.Arch Program Director, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2014-2016.

Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2006-2016.

Co-Director, Architecture Studio Shanghai, HKU International Summer Program in Architecture, Shanghai, China, 2010-2010.

Studio Instructor, Summer Intensive Studies in Architecture, Parsons: The New School for Design, New York, NY, USA, 2006-2006.

Memberships

American Institute of Architects - Associate Member.

Contact

[email protected]

Jason Carlow

Associate Professor

Master of Architecture, Yale University, USA

Jason Carlow is an award-winning designer and educator. His design work and research has been published widely and exhibited internationally in venues such as biennales of architecture and urbanism in Venice, Beijing, Hong Kong/Shenzhen and Sao Paulo. His recent work investigates ways in which digital design and production strategies can address the problems associated with mass produced, overly standardized environments. Prior to joining AUS, he taught at the University of Hong Kong for ten years.

Publications

Carlow, Jason and Lange, Christian. “Decoding Sameness: Graphical strategies in Cities of Repetition”, Representation: Process and Practice across Design Disciplines (PPADD), College of Architecture, Art and Design at American University of Sharjah. (In press), 2018.

Carlow, Jason. “Designing Pedagogy against Architectural Iconicity”, in The Ethics of Neo-Orientalist Architectural Production" paper session, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 106th Annual Meeting, ACSA 106: The Ethical Imperative. (In press), 2018.

Carlow, Jason, Valin, Ivan and Al, Stefan. “A Pearl River Delta Special Ecological Area: Connecting water resources across political borders”, The Plan Journal, Volume 2/2017 - Issue 2, Resilient Edges, 171-185. http://www.theplanjournal.com/system/files/articles/Vol2_Issue2_Carlow.pdf , 2017.

Carlow, Jason. “Prefab Pencil Towers – Micro Apartments for Hyper Dense Cities” in Art of Architecture 2015, Vol.2, ISBN 978‐7‐112‐15331‐2, China Architecture and Building Press, Beijing, 2015.

Awards and Honors

iF Design Award for “F22 foto space”, Interior Architecture / Public Exhibitions Category, International Forum Design, Germany. Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. https://ifworlddesignguide.com/if-design-award-2018 , 2018.

FRG Research Travel Grant, AUS, 2016.

Research Seed Grant, AUS, 2016.

AIA Honor Award, "Hong Kong Single Occupancy Strip", AIA Hong Kong Chapter, 2014

Knowledge Exchange Award. University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture, 2013.

Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Hong Kong, 2010.

Other creative/research

PreFAB Pencil Tower, in “100 Towers” 2018 Hong Kong Exhibition in the 16th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, Italy, 2018.

CARLOW, Jason, LANGE, Christian J.. "Cities of Repetition: Hong Kong’s Privately Developed Housing Estates, in Rural-Urban Re-inventions: Bridging the Gap between China’s Cities and Countryside". The American Academy in China 2016 Shenzhen Exhibition And Symposium, Shenzhen, China. Curated by Gary Paige and Clifford Pearson. 2016.

CARLOW, Jason. "Prefab Pencil Tower". AIA (HK Chapter) Honors & Awards Exhibition, Exchange Square, Hong Kong, 2015.

Hong Kong Single Occupancy Strip, in the American Institute of Architects Emerging Professionals Exhibition, AIA Headquarters, Washington DC, 2015.

HK_smarTOWERS, at Smart Geometry 2014, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014.