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College / Department

College of Architecture, Art and Design

Department of Architecture

Teaching areas

Architecture, Architectural Interiors, Photography

Research areas

Digital design and production, Housing typology, High-density architecture.

Education

MArch, Master Of Architecture, Yale University, United States, 2002

BA, Visual And Environmental Studies, Harvard University, United States, 1996

Professional experience

Principal Designer, Carlow Architecture & Design LTD, Hong Kong SAR, China, 2006 - 2017

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

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

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

Studio Instructor, Summer Intensive Studies In Architecture, Parsons: The New School for Design, NY, United States, 2006 - 2006

Project Leader, Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects, NY, United States, 2002 - 2006

Lecturer, School Of Architecture, Yale University, CT, United States, 2003 - 2006

Teaching Fellow, Yale University, CT, United States, 2002 - 2002

Teaching Assistant/teaching Fellow, School Of Architecture, Yale University, CT, United States, 2000 - 2002

Intern, Barkow Leibinger Architects, Germany, 2001 - 2001

Art Installation Technician / Designer, Chihuly Studios, WA, United States, 1997 - 1999

Memberships

Associate Member, American Institute of Architects, Washington DC, USA, 1 September 2013

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2886

Mr. Jason Carlow

Associate Professor

MArch, Yale University, United States

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.

Publications

Jason Carlow And Christian Lange. Cities of Repetition: Hong Kong's Private Housing Estates, September 2024

Jason Carlow, Dirk Gebhardt And Lars Harmsen. Simulation City: The Theming of Dubai, August 2022

Jason Carlow. Al Janah Pavilion

Jason Carlow. Industrial Promises: New Speculative thinking for Sharjah’s industrial districts, 28 September 2021

Jason Carlow. Over, Under, In-between: Worker housing within an industrial ecology, May 2021

Jason Carlow. Desert Roofscapes: Reinterpreting vernacular forms

Jason Carlow. F22 Foto Space, July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2019

Jason Carlow. Sign City: Affordable housing for Dubai, Slanted 32, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2018

Conference Presentations

Investigative Design Methodologies for Affordable Housing: Urban Complexity in the UAE’s Industrial Zones, 2025 Acsa/aia Intersections Research Conference: New Housing Paradigms, 9 January 2025

Cities of Repetition: Hong Kong's Private Housing Estates, Hku Department Of Architecture Lecture / Discussion Series, 23 October 2024

Cities of Repetition, Skyscraper Museum Of New York, 1 October 2024

Design through Fiction: An Empathetic Pedagogy for Affordable Housing Design, Educating The Cosmopolitan Architect, 23 June 2023

Micro Urbanism and the Informal City, Livable Cities, 14 June 2023

Reconfigurable Fabric Formwork, 2023 Caadria Conference: Human Centric, 24 March 2023

Over, Under, In-between: Worker housing within an industrial ecology, Acsa 108th Virtual Conference: Open, 17 June 2020

Thick Skins: Prototypes and Methodologies for Designing Desert Architecture, 4th Mic 2020, Memaryat International Conference: Designing For The Desert, 19 February 2020

Industrial Promises: Speculative thinking for the industrial districts of Gulf cities, Gulf Research Meeting 2019, 17 July 2019

Grants and sponsorships

Grant, Health and Housing: Exploring strategies for increased urban density and public health in Sharjah, AUS, 1 June 2025 - 31 May 2027

Grant, Conference Grant, CAAD / AUS, January 2025 - January 2025

Grant, Faculty Research Grant 2019 (FRG19) - Reconfigurable Forms for Concrete Façade Systems, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2019 - 31 December 2021

Grant, Hong Kong Pencil Towers: Documenting extreme slenderness, AUS, 1 June 2020 - 31 May 2021

Grant, Reconfigurable Fabric Formwork, CAAD Design Build Initiative, 1 June 2019 - 31 May 2020

Awards and Honors

AIA International Awards, Commendation (Open International Category), American Institute of Architects (AIA) International, AIA International is the broadest geographical region of the American Institute of Architects. The AIA International Region Design Awards recognize best practices, innovative thinking, and design excellence of AIA member projects worldwide. All Architect members of the AIA International Region are eligible to submit entries for projects located anywhere in the world outside of the United States. (Open National Competition, Selection Jury) ...

ACSA Housing Design Education Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), Each year, ACSA honors architectural educators for exemplary work in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service. Award winners inspire and challenge students, contribute to the profession’s knowledge base, and extend their work beyond the borders of academy into practice and the public sector. This award was presented for my fifth year, ARC502, Spring 2018 studio entitled, “Over, Under, In-Between: Affordable Housing within an Industrial Ecology” ...

Architizer A+ Award, Jury Award for Details + Architecture + Stairs Category, Architizer, Awarded to the F22 Photo Space project in Hong Kong Designed by Carlow Architecture & Design with LAAB Architects The Architizer A+Awards is the largest awards program focused on promoting and celebrating the year’s best architecture and products. Its mission is to nurture the appreciation of meaningful architecture in the world and champion those products that are integral to bringing great buildings to life. https://awards.architizer.com/winners-gallery/#DetailsPlusArchitectureStairs (Open ...

2019 Frame Award: Best Craftsmanship, Frame, Frame Award for “F22 foto space”, Best Craftsmanship Category Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. https://www.frameawards.com/project/179458-f22-foto-space, 21 February 2019

A&D Trophy Awards 2018: Interior Design for Institution, Best of Category, Perspective Magazine / Perspective Global, A&D Trophy Awards 2018 for “F22 foto space” Interior Design for Institution Best of Category Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. http://www.perspectiveglobal.com/top-story/ad-trophy-awards-2018-winners-list/, November 2018

AIA International Design Award: Commendation Award for Interior Architecture, American Institute of Architects (AIA), AIA International Design Award for “F22 foto space” Commendation Award for Interior Architecture. Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. http://www.aiauk.org/news/2018/11/19/aia-international-design-awards-merit-award-for-soms-covent-garden-plan, November 2018

Design for Asia: Bronze Award, Design for Asia Awards, Design for Asia Awards: Bronze Award for “F22 foto space” Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. https://dfaa.dfaawards.com/winner/, 1 November 2018

Taiwan Golden Pin Design Award, Taiwan Design Center, Taiwan Golden Pin Design Award for “F22 foto space” Spatial Design / Public Space Category Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. http://www.goldenpin.org.tw/en/project/f22-foto-space/, September 2018

Red Dot Award - Communication Design, Red Dot Award, Red Dot Award for “F22 foto space” Communication Design Award Project Design Architects: Carlow Architecture and Design with LAAB Architects. https://www.red-dot.org/project/f22-foto-space-25804, 18 August 2018

IF Design Award for Interior Architecture / Public Exhibitions Category, iF, International Forum Design, Https://ifworlddesignguide.com/if-design-award-2018, 9 March 2018

Knowledge Exchange Award, University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture, 20 June 2013

Outstanding Teacher Award, University of Hong Kong, 21 January 2010