GIBERT&TAN is a design studio directed by Michael Gibert & Tan Seok Foong. The studio was founded on the premise that a small but expert group of individuals can deliver outstanding works. Our prism is in a permanent search for an accurate interaction with the present, attentive and non-arrogant, with collaboration standing at the core of our methodology. Our interest does range from the mundane to the spiritual and we endeavour to bring these conditions together to truly impact those who experience our works in real time.
Created in 2012, GIBERT&TAN was founded by:
GIBERT was born in 1976 in Burgundy, France, and has lived in France, Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. He was awarded a full academic scholarship and studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) and the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University (Delft, Netherlands) before to receive his architecture license in 2003 at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Paris-Malaquais (Paris, France). He is a member of the French Board of Architects since 2007 and has completed his PhD in 2021 at Universiti Malaya (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia). His research interests include Japanese architecture history and theory with an emphasis on the context of the early 1970s and conceptual shifts that introduced various Japanese movements Post-Metabolism. He has gained over 20 years a broad range of experiences leading projects of varying scales and typologies from residential, retail and conservation projects in France, Japan, China, Russia and Malaysia. He previously worked at Kisho Kurokawa Architect and Associates in Tokyo and Will Alsop Architects in London prior to set up the Kuala Lumpur branch for AlsopArchitects in 2008. In 2012 he founded GIBERT&TAN and since he has been leading all design and research works of the firm.
TAN was born in 1981 in Malaysia. Her interest in design was shaped by repeated travels in South-East Asia during her youth. She studied design in Kuala Lumpur and received her Bachelor of Design before to receive her BBA at the University of London. She has worked since in several multinational companies in Malaysia engaging successfully with public and private sector clients. She has substantial experience of management and strategic development in Malaysia and overseas. In 2012 she co-founded GIBERT&TAN and since concentrates on the long term growth of the firm.
PRESENT AND PAST COLLABORATORS
Muhammad Aiman Bin Shaharuddin
Kang Wei Lee
Mohamad Zakwan Bin Zukhairi
Tehjyashri Joshi
Lai Xin Qi
Lim Pui Er
Christian Tsang
Wong Mun Hong (Jason)
Samuel Shanmugam Pillai
Lim Jinq Ru
Kong Swee Lin
Thara Sweetman
Lye Jocelyn
Jeffrey See Thoo
Lau Cha Chee
Chong Yen Heng
Koh Shang Wen
Lee Huan Kirk
Zharfan Elias Bin Nordin
Elsa Jane Ling
Soon Yak Li
Afbas Madsulaiman
Muhammad Shakeel Capery
Yap Ming Sean
Lam Zhi Xin
Akintola Ajibola
Lee Woei Chang
Jing Ying Lo
Yong Hon Weng (Brian)
Zyrus Yip
Damien Tan
Anthony N. Mandela
Muhammad Iqbal Bin Mohd Yusof
Clemence Beghini
Yuvraj Dwarka
Abdullah Abdul Rahim
Hari Tidjani
See Sern Khor
Mayeesha Shafiq
Muhammad Hafizul Bin Taib
AWARDS
We have been honored with various awards including the German Design Council Award (2013), and the International Property Awards (2015)
2022 - Luxury Lifestyle Awards - Best Luxury Architectyre (Residential Renovation) - Gale's Residence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2020 - Star Property Awards, 2021 - Category Boutique Development - Arena Residence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2014 - International Property Awards, 2014-2015 Asia Pacific Property Awards - Category Architectural / Retail - Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013 - Academy Science Malaysia Competition Entry - GBI Platinum Rating - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2013 - German Design Council, Best Project - Category Architectural / Retail / Branded Spaces - Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2003 - Ecohouse Competition Entry - Roteb - Rotterdam, Netherlands
PUBLICATIONS
- Taiwan Architecture - RORL@Semantan, Taiwan, 2023
- REM - Gale's Residence, Kuala Lumpur, 2023
- D+A - ECT Headquarters, Singapore, 2021
- e-Bangi (Vol. 17, No2, (2020)) Journal of Science and Humanities - The Notion of Multivalence by Charles Jencks and Kisho Kurokawa, Kuala Lumpur, 2018 (Journal)
- Pertanika (Vol. 26 (3) Sept. 2018) Journal of Science and Humanities - The Capsule Living Unit Reconsidered - A Utopia Transformed Reality, Kuala Lumpur, 2018 (Journal)
- Buletin - Chambers Residence, Kuala Lumpur, 2018
- Trends - Starhill Gallery, Singapore, 2013
- Architecture Malaysia - One Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, 2012
- D+A - Starhill Gallery, Singapore, 2012
- Space - Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2012
- Architecture Malaysia - Starhill Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, 2012
- Architecture Malaysia - Academy Science Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, 2012
- Blue Print Asia - One Mont Kiara, Singapore, 2012
- Architect Concept - One Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, 2012
- Yipintang - Wimax, Shanghai, 2012
- Yipitang - One Mont Kiara, Shanghai, 2012
- Indonesia Design - Starhill Gallery, Jakarta, 2012
- Ensapm - Paracity: Laboratoire de Parasitologie Urbaine, Rotterdam/Paris, 2003 (Essay)
- Ensapm - AVL-Ville, Rotterdam, 2001 (Essay)
