Jason Pomeroy

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Jason Pomeroy
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Born
United Kingdom
Alma mater
Occupationarchitect
PracticePomeroy Studio, Singapore
Buildings
  • Idea House, Malaysia
  • B House, Singapore
Websitejasonpomeroy.sg

Jason Pomeroy is an architect, academic,[1][2] author[3][4][5][6] He is the founder of sustainable design firm Pomeroy Studio and sustainable educator Pomeroy Academy.[7]

Life[]

Pomeroy studied at the Canterbury School of Architecture,[8][9] took a master's degree at the University of Cambridge, and a PhD from the University of Westminster[10] with a thesis titled ‘Skycourts and skygardens: towards a vertical urban theory’.[11]

He teaches at James Cook University in Singapore at the Università Iuav di Venezia in Italy, at the University of Nottingham and the University of Cambridge[1] in the United Kingdom.[10]​

Projects[]

Pomeroy designed an zero-energy prototype house for Sime Darby Property in Malaysia, which used electricity generated by solar panels and rainwater collected from the roof amongst other green technologies.[12] This project, the Idea House, was partly based on the traditional Malay kampong, and was built in 2010. In 2011 the design received a Green Mark Platinum rating from the Building and Construction Authority.[13]

Another ecologically-designed house was built in Bukit Timah, in Singapore. "B House" drew on the architecture of colonial-era black-and-white bungalows. It used the same principles of solar power and water management as the Idea House was designed to remain cool without air-conditioning and was plus-energy.[14] In 2014 the design received a Green Mark Platinum rating from the Building and Construction Authority.[14]​

Pomeroy designed the Lexis hibiscus in Port Dickson, Malaysia,[citation needed] listed by the Guinness World of Records as the largest over water villa in a single resort in the world.[15] The 522 modular villas created the shape of the Hibiscus (the National flower of Malaysia) and paved the way to later research which culminated in his book, Pod off Grid: explorations into low-energy waterborne communities[5] and TV series, Futuropolis for Channel News Asia.[16]

Television[]

Pomeroy presented seasons 1 and 2 of City Time Traveller, an architecture travel series, for Channel NewsAsia in 2014 and 2015.[17][18] Also in 2015, he presented City Redesign, a four-part documentary on the architecture of Singapore, for the same channel.[19] His eight-part series on smart cities, Smart Cities 2.0, was shown in 2017.[20][21] He has also featured in short and long format documentaries for BBC,[22] CNBC,[23] and National Geographic.[24]

Publications[]

Pomeroy has written three books:

  • Idea House: Future Tropical Living Today (ORO Editions, 2011),[25][20]
  • The Skycourt and skygarden: greening the urban habitat (Routledge, 2014) [17]
  • Pod Off-Grid: Explorations Into Low-Energy Waterborne Communities ( ORO Editions, 2016) [26][27]
  • Cities of opportunities: connecting culture and innovation (ed.) (Routledge, 2020)[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b hh320@cam.ac.uk. "Professor Jason Pomeroy, Founding Principal, Pomeroy Studio — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership". www.cisl.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  2. ^ "HONORARY PROFESSORS AND HONORARY FELLOWS SESSION 2020-21" (PDF). nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "The Skycourt and Skygarden: Greening the urban habitat". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Idea house :future tropical living today /by Jason Pomeroy. – National Library". www.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Result". National Library Board. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Cities of Opportunities: Connecting Culture and Innovation". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Jason Pomeroy - Leading Architect in Sustainable Design". Mood of Living. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Prof. Jason Pomeroy - World Urban Forum". wuf.unhabitat.org. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Meet the multifaceted Jason Pomeroy, eco-architect, TV host, professor and author". The Peak Singapore - Your Guide to The Finer Things in Life. 1 June 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b C.S, Nathan (19 July 2016). "PD resort the world's largest water home development". The Star. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Skycourts and skygardens: towards a vertical urban theory Pomeroy, J." (PDF). westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  12. ^ "SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE" (PDF). bca.gov.sg. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  13. ^ "SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE" (PDF). bca.gov.sg. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b Chua, Jean (20 January 2016). "Here's Singapore's first carbon negative house". Eco-Business. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Most overwater villas at a single resort". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Keeping Afloat". CNA. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b Wong, Li Za (19 September 2015). "Eco-architect takes us into the life of a building". The Star. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  18. ^ Loh, Adeline. "Meet the multifaceted Jason Pomeroy, eco-architect, TV host, professor and author". The Peak. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  19. ^ "City Redesign". cityredesign.com/.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b Yeo, Sonia (9 March 2017). "Jetsetting with ... Eco-architect Jason Pomeroy". TODAY. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  21. ^ Frearson, Amy (23 June 2017). "Barcelona and Amsterdam are world-leading "smart cities" says Jason Pomeroy". Dezeen. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  22. ^ "Singapore's changing landscape". BBC News. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  23. ^ "Jason Pomeroy on designing the world's first sustainable sports hub". CNBC. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  24. ^ City of the Future: Singapore – Full Episode - National Geographic, retrieved 19 May 2021
  25. ^ Ee, Elaine (24 October 2011). "The Idea House: Southeast Asia's first carbon-zero home". CNN. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  26. ^ Marsh, Jenni (20 July 2016). "Living on water: Are waterborne cities more resistant to climate change?". CNN. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  27. ^ "POG: POD OFF-GRID: Explorations into Low Energy Waterborne Communities". Dexigner. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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