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During the few years in my mentor\u2019s company, I was lucky enough to take part in the design and execution of more than 10 mixed-use developments in China with experience ranging from furniture design to a city for a million, says Chan Chin Kan, Director of one of Asia\u2019s most promising design firms, Aravia Design Ltd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDue to development constraints, I joined a private developer as an in-house project director and design director for projects in East Africa and worked with hotel management companies such as Sheraton, Marriott and Wyndham. During the 2 years stationed in Africa, I managed the construction work as well as marketing. The experience as a board member in a development company also allowed me exposure to the financial part of project development,\u201d Kan says. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cInspired by my mentor, I enjoy sharing knowledge and design thinking, which also makes me a lecturer in Chinese University of Hong Kong and Makerere University in Uganda. As a local Hong Kong raised in squatter town, communal life has always been my key to design. Architecture is more about people than buildings to me. I\u2019m interested in how design can make people and society better. Having working abroad for almost 10 years, I felt it was time to go back to my city and devote myself to making our own city a better place, for the people and for the city\u2019s future,\u201d says Kan.<\/span><\/p>\n Kan was lucky enough to take part in the construction industry during the last 10 years when construction was blooming, of when most of his time was spent in China. The China market gave me access to rare opportunities, like the time I was working on several mixed used development when I just came back from London at the age of 22. It is a very rare opportunity for an architect and designer at a very young age to engage and even lead such a large scale project. The chance allowed me to grow immensely in very short time. Today, our company focuses on China in terms of large scale projects (which impact social life) and interior work (which impact end users directly) in Hong Kong.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nInspired to Create <\/span><\/h3>\n
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