Jason Men is the chair of the panel »Drawing as Objection« on Friday, 7 June 2024, 5:30–7:00 pm and Saturday, 8 June 2024, 9:30–10:30 am.
He studied at the Architectural Association in London (AA Diploma ARB/RIBA 2016). For his final year thesis, he investigated the 2015 forest fires in Indonesia, which caused a transnational carbon cloud harming countless fauna and people. He further analysed this issue as a researcher at Forensic Architecture Working closely with Indonesian NGOs and lawyers, they developed reports and animations using GIS data, satellite imageries and drone footages, which became visual evidence for public fora, exhibitions and tribunals.
As a UK-registered architect, he worked at various architectural practices, such as WOHA Architects in Singapore, Resi Design and Open Systems Lab in London. He served as a guest critic for second year architecture students at the University of Westminster. Recently, he was a lecturer for the Methods Lab in the MA Integrated Design Research Program at the Köln International School of Design of TH Köln.
Jason Men, Map illustration of the 2015 forest fires and sensing towers in Kalimantan (ArcGIS, Illustrator, Photoshop), 2016.