Architect+Designer, Complexity geometer, Sustainability advocate, TED.com speaker, Asynsis principle: More for Less, Form follows Flow

Nigel Reading - 陈奈锦(CHAN Nai Jing) is an architect, complexity geometer, sustainability advocate and Design Director of ASYNSIS Architecture + Design, working between Hong Kong, Shanghai and London. Raised in Hong Kong and Australia and educated in London, Nigel is the designer of the iconic observation wheel proposal Hong Kong Spin, and the co-discoverer of the Asynsis principle-Constructal law, a new geometric, thermodynamics-led sustainable design paradigm of nature and culture. His Asynsis principle "design as (arts bridge to) science" merges the contemporary with the contextual, synergising bespoke, culturally-resonant, beautiful, evocative, sustainability-informed designs that add maximum value to stakeholders' projects and to client brands. The principle is also an opportunity to develop new transcultural, global-savvy fusion design approaches in Asia, melding Western concepts of aesthetic and geometric beauty in the arts and sciences with Chinese philosophical concepts of auspicious harmony, wellness and good fortune. His work can be described as learning from how nature innately designs for beauty by following the most elegant energy flow and geometrically creative patterns. This can also be understood as the optimal release of "Qi" energy flow behaviours by designing with the most beautiful "Li" signatures. He does this by describing, not only how the Golden Ratio forms space, but also-uniquely in his field-how it also flows in time. "Form Follows Flow" Drawing from his years of experience in architecture and design, Nigel shares his passion for time, beauty and symmetry. He explains how elegance in nature transforms into beauty and sustainability in culture, and ask how beauty persists in time. View Nigel’s introductory TEDx talk via TED here: The Asynsis "Form Follows Flow" Dao of Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LV3YuVjeT0