EVAN SHIEH

Director, Founder

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Evan is an architect, urbanist, researcher and educator who is the director & founding partner of Emergent Studio LLC. Founding the studio following almost a decade of professional working experience in the architecture & urban design fields, he has lived & worked bi-coastally in the US and internationally in Asia in both the private & public sectors.

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In addition to directing Emergent, Evan is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Virginia (UVA) where he teaches graduate-level design studios and topical seminars. Throughout his career, he has lectured & served on design juries at numerous institutions and has won several international design competitions. His research & design work has been exhibited around the world, including most recently at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism and the 2020 Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture.

 

Evan was trained as an architect & urban designer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD) where he holds a Master of Architecture in Urban Design with Distinction, and at the University of Southern California (USC) with a Bachelor of Architecture. He is the recipient of Harvard GSD's graduating Thesis Prize in Urban Design, the Award for Academic Excellence in Urban Design (Highest GPA), the Award for Excellence in Urban Design, as well as the prestigious Irving Innovation Fellowship.

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Prior to founding Emergent, Evan contributed to a range & scale of diverse projects (from large-scale district masterplanning, civic & cultural buildings, to residential & commercial projects) while working at various renowned design firms including most recently as an urban designer at Henning Larsen, a project lead & architect at UNStudio, and a researcher at NYC’s Department of City Planning, amongst several others. A selection of these professional works are listed below by scale: