"Tan seems to be a genuine scholar of the theory of architectural design; and indeed he manages to use his own freedom of imagination to present his architecture as a first account of the biological computation of design...
We are witnesses to this (possible but not certain) transition from architecture sapiens to technological architecture featuring an unprecedented symbiosis of architecture / machine, an organic, functional, social and cultural entity, perfectly embodied in these new paths and guidelines."

L'Arca, July / August 2001
By Mario Antonio Arnaboldi on The Port of Tanjung Pelepas

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BACKGROUND

Hin Tan returned to Malaysia in 1996 after having settled and worked in the UK and France. In London, birthplace of the high tech movement, he worked in the offices of Arup Associates, Richard Rogers Partnership and finally, Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, where he stayed on for seven years. In Paris, he worked with renowned Spanish architect-engineer, Santiago Calatrava.

He formed Hin Tan Associates in October 2000 to pursue his own visions of the built environment, and has since delivered projects for the Port of Tanjung Pelepas, Maersk Sealand, Maersk Logistics, Maersk Line, Clipsal Integrated Systems, ISP Asia Pacific, Trustasia, Senai Airport Terminal Services, Senai CArgoBuilding, Gulf International Investments Group and MMC Corporation Berhad in Malaysia and elsewhere.

Hin Tan is principal Director of Hintan Associates.

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EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS

1978 - 1981
1982 - 1984
1990
1983
1988
2001

University of Manchester, School of Architecture - B.A. (Hons)
University of Liverpool, School of Architecture - B.Arch. (Hons)
Greenaway Prize in Architecture
Architectural Design Student Project Award
Registration with Architects Reg. Board, U.K.
Registration with Lembaga Arkitek Malaysia (Board of Architects Malaysia)

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MEMBERSHIPS

Royal Institute of British Architects
Pertubuhan Arkitek Malaysia (Malaysian Institute of Architects)
IPDM (Malaysian Institute of Interior Design)

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1996 - 2000
1993 - 1994
1985 - 1993
1984 - 1985
1981 - 1982

GDP Architects Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Arch / Engr Santiago Calatrava Valls, Paris, France
Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners Limited, London, U.K.
Richard Rogers Partnership Limited, London, U.K.
Arup Associates, London, U.K.