Dr Sidh Sintusingha
BArch (Silpakorn) MLArch, PhD (Melb)
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture
Email: ssint@unimelb.edu.au
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Dr. Sidh Sintusingha received his BArch (1995) from Silpakorn University in Bangkok, Thailand and MLArch (1999) from the University of Melbourne. He has practiced as both an architect in Thailand (Trend Design, Bangkok) and landscape architect in Australia (Tract Consultants, Melbourne) for several years before commencing his PhD at the University of Melbourne, during which he tutored, guest lectured and served as guest critic in landscape architecture, architecture and urban design in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He completed in PhD in 2004 and joined the faculty as lecturer in landscape architecture in 2005.
Current Teaching Responsibilities
705-481 Designing the Artful Landscape
705-397 Documentation for Landscape Architecture
705-420 Designing the Sustainable Landscape
Current Administrative Responsibilities
Coordinator, Bachelor of Landscape Architecture program
Research Interests
- cross-disciplinary approaches to urban sustainability
- suburban sprawl as manifested in Asian developing cities
- local negotiations with global expressions (of both designers and 'laymen') as manifested in Thai cultural landscapes
Awards Received
- Honorable Mention, Ellis Stones Memorial Award: "Regionalism and the Global Suburb in Southeast Asia" (co-written with David O’Brien and Phuong Dinh). (2005)
- 2nd Prize, Dean's Prize for Published Postgraduate Research 2004: " Bangkok: Sustainable Sprawl?" in NaJua: Journal of the Faculty of Architecture Silpakorn University. (2004)
Recent Publications
Refereed journal articles
Sintusingha, S. (2005). "Sustaining sustainability and its inconsistencies." Ranaeng: Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University(4): 118-135.
Sintusingha S. 2004. Bangkok: Sustainable Sprawl? Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University. 20:139-148.
Refereed conference papers
Sintusingha, S. (2005). The Production of Thai Style: Consuming the enclave and the cultural landscape. Identity and globalization: design for the city, Bordeaux, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture et de Paysage de Bordeaux, France; Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand; Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
O'Brien DJ, Sintusingha S & Dinh QP. 2004. Regionalism and teh Global Suburb in Southeast Asia. In A Kasemsook (ed), Current: Reflection of Society. Silpakorn Architectural Discourse 2003: 3rd Mini Symposium. 23.1-23.15. Bangkok, Thailand: Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University.
Sintusingha S. 2003. Muang, khlong, and thammachat (city, canals, and nature): ingredients for 'sustainable' Bangkok. In RJ King, O Panin & C Parin (eds), Modernity, tradition, culture, water: Proceedings of an international symposium, Bangkok 29-31 October 2002. 137-144. Bangkok, Thailand: Kasetsart University Press.
Research Supervision
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Co-supervisor: Morteza Mirgholami (commence 7 th Jan 2005), Patterns of co-presence in public spaces of Tehran