Rate My Professor Darren Fong

Darren Fong serves as Lecturer in Digital, Construction and Professional Practice in the School of Architecture and Built Environment, College of Creative Arts, Design and Humanities at Adelaide University. Holding a degree in Interior Design, he brings a wealth of experience from both professional practice and academia to his role. Prior to academia, Fong worked at the architecture and design firm Hames Sharley, participating in significant projects such as the Adelaide Oval Redevelopment, Building the Education Revolution School Projects, and numerous tenancy projects. He then transitioned to teaching as a Lecturer in CAD at the School of Art, Architecture and Design, where he spent 16 years instructing on computer-based exploration and presentation methods in Architecture and Interior Architecture.

Fong coordinates and delivers core courses in Interior Architecture and Architecture, emphasizing practice-based learning enriched by real-world industry insights to prepare students for modern professional environments. His teaching excels in online and blended pedagogy formats. Research-wise, he investigates Building Information Modelling (BIM) applications in existing structures, heritage documentation via VERNADOC, BIM-facilities management data interfaces, and digital capture for virtual and augmented reality reconstructions. Prominent publications include the co-authored journal article "'Aceh Method': archiving endangered languages of vernacular architecture" in the International Journal of Intangible Heritage (2020); book chapters such as "Conceptualizing co-mapping knowledges to promote social justice outcomes with Aboriginal communities through design pedagogy" (Routledge, 2022), "Meaning, time, communication: reflecting on the 'Aceh Method' and vernacular" (Springer, 2020), and "VERNADOC relationships thus far" (CV Satria Aksara, 2020); and conference papers like "DesignGhosts: mapping occupant behaviour in BIM" (CAADRIA 2015) and "Multi-modal archiving: re-envisioning Acehnese built cultural heritage" (University of Queensland, 2018). He is eligible to co-supervise Masters and PhD candidates.