Rethinking Your Space

As the urban population continues to grow, one of the greatest challenges is transforming an architectural design that is holistic and sustainable to create quality space in dense cities. Fast, large-scale change is having an impact on the functioning of cities and the quality of life of people. As space transforms, it must allow for innovation, culture, and well-being.

Please join us for our next workshop series, Rethinking Your Space, which focuses on designing quality spaces in dense cities. The main topic of the sharing will discuss how to best work towards building a high-quality environment while catering to the needs of users. It will showcase trends that are shaping the future of architecture and how people and business can adapt accordingly. From architects and acoustical engineers to interior designers and users, there is a great deal to learn about appropriately and effectively renovating space while maintaining a sustainable city.

Three guest speakers will share their expertise in designing quality space that is impactful, meaningful, and efficient:

Thomas Butler, Senior Associate at Woods Bagot

Thomas is a skilled interior designer with vast experience across all aspects of design process from concept design through to construction. Thomas has a diverse experience background having worked in workplace, retail, public, & hospitality sectors. This diverse experience allows Thomas unique approach to each project and enables him to bring the best of each sector to his projects.

Thomas has designed projects across the globe for a range of clients including Sydney International Towers T1, Beijing Dentsu Ageis, Shanghai HNA Headquarters, Sydney Greenland Primus Hotel, Qantas Lounge Global, Beijing COFCO Joy City, etc.

"Woods Bagot, is a leading global design and consulting firm, with a team of over 800+ people working across Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America. With projects in over 50 countries, Woods Bagot specialises in the design and planning of facilities across key sectors: Mixed Use, Retail, Workplace, Hotel, Retail, etc.

The firm’s unique ‘Global Studio’ philosophy drives unprecedented knowledge sharing and true collaboration across time zones, producing innovative, inspired and functional design solutions for clients. Underpinning Woods Bagot’s knowledge culture is Public, their research arm.

Woods Bagot has been practicing architecture, interior design, consulting and urban design in Asia for more than 28 years. From our well established studios in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, with additional support from global studios, Woods Bagot provides intelligent design solutions to our clients throughout the Asian region and for our multinational clients across the globe."


Jean-Philippe Delhom, CEO of Delhom Acoustique

Jean-Philippe Delhom is an acoustic engineer with more than thirty years of experience graduated from the “Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers” in France. He is the President and founder of the company "Delhom Acoustique” since 1995, a global and independent acoustic consultancy specialized on solving noise and vibration issues.

Speech topic/title: "Importance of acoustic comfort in work spaces"

1. What is Acoustic Comfort?
2. Main Acoustic Issues
3. How to achieve Acoustic Comfort?

After consolidate Delhom Acoustique’s position as an acoustic expert French leader, with projects in Europe, Africa and America, Jean-Philippe Delhom is now based in Shanghai, where since 2014 has been managing the development of its subsidiary "Shanghai Delhom Acoustics Science and Technology Consulting Co., Ltd."

Today, Jean-Philippe Delhom works in China on numerous projects with many prestigious clients such as IKEA, MICHELIN, AUCHAN, AIRBUS, DANONE, EDF, TOTAL, RIO TINTO, AIR FRANCE, BASF, SIEMENS, SANOFI AVENTIS, CONTINENTAL,etc. His experience ranged widely from sound insulation and acoustical design of retail, work spaces, hospitals, music spaces, shopping malls, auditoriums, teaching schools, hotels, restaurants, commercial and industrial buildings, to town planning and environmental noise control.


Olivier Fleitz, Technical Director, Clestra Hauserman (Taicang) Architectural Products Co., Ltd.

He's more than 20 years working experience in office partition industry, with 10 years in Asia as Project Manager and then as Technical Director China, has permitted Olivier to share he's expertise with a wide range of well-known clients of Clestra including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Bayer, Citi Bank, Huawei, Tencent, Pingan and more. These companies have trusted his professionalism and confirm Clestra's leadership in design, manufacturing and installation of removable office partitions.

Speech topic/title : "Bring privacy in the middle of your open offices"

To highlight solutions of free-standing rooms placed into the open offices space to enhance privacy, comfort and productivity without compromising with the open space advantages

“Clestra Hauserman was found in 1913 and moved to France in 1960s. Clestra Hauserman is the result of a powerful story written by the energy of successive generations of passionate men and women. It is the story of Clestra Hauserman’s staff past and present, as well as its clients, its partner architects and designers, and finally the millions of people worldwide who, thanks to Clestra Hauserman, are able to work in an environment designed especially for them. Talent, creativity, energy – all of these form the basis of Clestra Hauserman’s culture today, as a producer of partition walls, a partner to the construction industry, and a company devoted to providing its customers and users with the best possible service."

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about the latest news on transformation of space, hear first-hand from these amazing experts, and network with business peers.