OUR DIRECTOR
Pan Yi Cheng is the co-founder and design director of Produce. Workshop Pte Ltd and Superstructure Sg. More recently, Pan was successfully registered as an Architect in Singapore and founded Type0 Architecture. These companies specialize in different fields; Design, Digital Fabrication and Architecture respectively while working synergistically to enrich the built environment.
Pan Yi Cheng graduated with the AA Diploma Honours at the Architectural Association in London and was chosen as one of the top eight UK graduates in 2006. Pan has accumulated more than 10 years of working experience in the field of Architecture and Academia working with renown international firm such as Arup Advanced Geometry Unit, TP Bennett as an Architectural Assistant from 2006 to 2008, a freelance designer for Serie Architects in London and UNStudio as an Architect. Pan has also taught and ran workshops at the Architectural Association, National University of Singapore and Singapore Polytechnic.
Pan Yi Cheng returned to Singapore in 2010 and started P.A.C design studio - working on large masterplan projects in China. After failing to accumulate substantial built work, Pan decided to start afresh from the scale of furniture and co-founded Produce.Workshop Pte Ltd in 2013. In 2017, Pan partnered with Panelogue, a material supplier and specialist, to found Superstructure SG - an experimental build-lab focusing on digital fabrication and developing computational tools.
Pan has completed several internationally acclaimed and publicized projects including, Xtra & Herman Miller shop-in-shop, Wild Rocket, Kki Sweets and the Little Drom Store and Monoform Living. Pan was recently nominated in the Prodigy Category in the 2017 INDE.Awards for demonstrating a progressive attitude towards imaginative design practice. Pan also was shortlisted for the President Design Award 2020, Designer of the Year and was awarded a Letter of Commendation.