Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Whatsapp Professor Erwin Viray Chief Sustainability Officer Professor Erwin Viray is the Chief Sustainability Officer. He leads sustainability initiatives at SUTD, focusing on the University’s environmental responsibility efforts aimed at minimising its ecological impact. Prior to this role, he was the Head of the Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) pillar from May 2016 to July 2021. Before joining SUTD, Prof Viray was a Global Excellence Professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) and Head of the Graduate School of Architecture and Design from 2012 to 2014. He also held several prominent professional leadership roles, including Chief Communications Officer for the Kyoto Design Lab, and has been a member of the Singapore President’s Design Awards jury since 2012, serving as Chair of the jury since 2013. Additionally, he is an Award Ambassador for the HolcimLafarge Awards in Asia Pacific, a jury chair for archiprixSEA in 2012 and 2016, and serves on the management board of TOTO Gallery MA and as an Advisory Council member for the Barcelona Institute of Architecture. Since 1996, he has been the Editor of the influential magazine, a+u (Architecture + Urbanism). Prof Viray’s research interests focus on how new technologies and related tools expand the impact of architecture. At KIT, he led the integration of innovative tools and technologies into the curriculum, collaborating with students from Harvard GSD and ETH Zurich to explore Kyoto through spatial 3D design point cloud scanning and sound documentation. He is inspired by Singapore’s Prime Minister’s Smart Nation initiative, which seeks to explore how architecture and design can leverage new technologies to create novel experiences and spaces.