Samuel Tsang
Australian born Chinese Samuel is the Managing Director and co-founder of HUGE. He graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS).
In his younger years he directed a documentary on Australian demented youth culture, which was selected for the famous ARTEXPRESS Video exhibition in Australia. Until 2003 he created and organized large music events throughout Australia and he was also involved with the East-West Philharmonic Orchestra in Sydney. Samuel is also joint owner of the 72 Erskine Street Art Gallery in Sydney, Australia.
He came to China in 2004 to study Chinese at Fudan University. At that time he was approached by PTW Shanghai and first started working at the Sydney Office. In 2005 he started working in their Shanghai office and soon became design leader for invited competitions such as the FINA Aquatic centre competition in Shanghai and the Zhuhai Opera house. Just before setting up HUGE, Samuel led a team that won the international competition for the Qinglong lake resort masterplan in Beijing and became finalist for the Da Minggong Culture Museum project in Xian.
Samuel is also known as DJ Mr. Tsang and produced a music album called ‘Family Business’ with ENO in 2007. He has performed at venues like Volar, Guandii, Dada and Hamilton House in Shanghai.
Victor Njo
Victor is co-founder and Partner of HUGE. He was born in Indonesia and lived with his parents in Australia in his first years. At the age of three the family moved to the Netherlands. He grew up in Western Europe and gained a Masters degree in both Urban Planning and Architecture from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He holds his architect registration in the Netherlands.
During his time at Delft University he collaborated with BBVH and Rapp + Rapp, both Rotterdam based studios. In addition he ran a company designing and manufacturing ties. He organized a study trip to New York, investigating the phenomenon of the grid-city. After that he initiated a study trip to China, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Upon returning to the Netherlands he worked at Claus & Kaan Architects.
In 2003 he decided to pack his bags and experience Australia again. Victor started at COX Richardson Architects and joining the team working on the competition for the Beijing CBD, which was awarded 2nd place. He received an offer to work at PTW in Sydney soon after. In Australia he worked at the PTW Sydney head office on projects in Australia, China, the Middle East and Vietnam and traveled extensively to all project locations. After working in the Middle East, Victor transferred to the PTW Shanghai office. Built projects with his major involvement are the SportBOX, a sport centre and office opposite the Westin Bund Center Hotel in Shanghai, the Wuhan Urban Planning Institute Building, the Capland Center in Qingdao and the Palm Jebel Ali in Dubai. Before starting HUGE he collaborated with MADA s.p.a.m., experiencing a totally different approach of working in China. He was also visiting critic for final year architecture studios at Sydney University, UNSW, UTS and Jiaotong University in Shanghai.