nathan su

I am a designer and storyteller. Working through speculation, architecture, and film, I imagine futures from the scale of the home to the city.

SPECULATION

I operate under the conviction that speculative fiction is vital for design innovation. I aim to tell lies that reveal truths, to create strange worlds that mirror our own, and to bring together the wild fantasies of imaginary architectures with the difficult truths of our lives today.  

ARCHITECTURE

Changing Climates, Mass Migrations, Instant Information. Our world, our social structures and our technologies are all changing. In response, the way we live in, and use space will inevitably change too. My architectural work tries to be a part of that evolution, envisioning new conditions for how that change could be for the better.

FILM

In film we visit worlds otherwise inaccessible to us - worlds too distant, forbidden or imaginary. I use film to explore the characteristics of these places, and reveal the stories they tell us.

EDUCATION

AA Dipl (Hons), 2017

RIBA Part II, 2017

RIBA Part I, 2015

B.Environments - Architecture, University of Melbourne, 2010 - 2012

WORK

Forensic Architecture, 2017 

AA Summer School Tutor, 2017

Digital Prototyping Lab (Architectural Association), 2015 - 2017

Naja & deOstos, 2015

McBride Charles Ryan, 2012 - 2014

SOFTWARE 

Rhinoceros & Grasshopper

Cinema4D

3D Studio Max

Vue

V-Ray

AutoCAD

Adobe Suite (CC)

Processing

Unity 5

Vuforia Augmented Reality

AWARDS

AA Diploma Honours 'Through Leviathan's Eyes', Architectural Association, 2017

Best Short Film: 'The Atlas of False Desires', Sci-Fi London, 2017 

Honourable Mention, Fairytales Competition, Blank Space, 2017

RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarship, 2016

Grand Prize for 'The Augurs of Slave Island', Unbuilt Visions, D3, 2015

2nd Place, Geneva Challenge 2015, The Graduate Institute Geneva, 2015

Finalist - Houses for Change Competition, IE University, 2013

B.Environments Medal, University of Melbourne, 2012

Deans Honours Award (Year 3), University of Melbourne, 2012

Deans Honours Award (Year 2), University of Melbourne, 2011

Deans Honours Award (Year 1), University of Melbourne, 2010

Virtual Environments Teachers Prize, University of Melbourne, 2010

Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship, University of Melbourne, 2009

I offer services in animation, 3D modelling, rendering, and film post-production.

If you are interested in a collaboration, or if you would just like to share ideas, my contact details are at the bottom of the page.