OUR MISSION
The importance of communication will never be overemphasised. As a designer, the biggest challenge is to forget your own values and pre-sentence, even to abandon the rules, but to listen to the clients’ needs with respect. And assist the client to turn their needs into professional and pragmatic design goals. Regardless how much experience our clients have, we enjoy growing with our clients during the projects. We are proud and grateful to be a listener.
The construction industry in Australia is relatively mature, which makes the time management a key factor of a project. We constantly polish our internal working process, to have created a quick response, problem prejudgment and personnel backup system. The process and system ensure that we can identify and solve problems in a timely manner.
We have passion in designing, with the spirit of craftsmen. We are demanding of ourselves, and strictly design our internal collaboration system according to ISO9001, obtaining high scores in the evaluation. We strive to condense our team, and control the growth pace. All these are derived from our dedication and love to high quality. We expect that all our dedication can convert into clients’ profits, which can in turn encourage our long term development.
OUR TEAM
Shu Guo
DIRECTOR
Shu is the founder of SGA, registered Building Designer, registered building practitioner, and member of Victoria Building Authority. With educational background in both design, construction and management, Shu possesses practical experience in the industry of over 20 years, including 15 years of experience in Australia building industry.
Shu considers himself firstly a communicator during the working process, with the paramount mission of assisting clients to find out their real demand for their future life and work through design.
FINANCIAL MANAGER
As CFO and co-founder of SGA, Chang has over 20 years experience in accounting, financial planning, financial analysis and management, financing and taxation.
Francis graduated from University of Melbourne and is currently a Victorian registered architect with more than 15 years of experience across all stages of a project. At SGA he is responsible for design across all stages, from feasibility studies, concept design, town planning and construction documentation. He also oversees projects throughout the construction administration stage to ensure design quality is delivered to its original intention in context of time and cost.
Francis has both studied and practiced in Melbourne and Kuala Lumpur. As a professional architect of multi-cultural influence, he understands cultural specifics of asian heritage, and well-versed in cross-cultural liaison between diverse communities. He has strong command in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Malay.
He is academically oriented and has strong interest in the health and wellbeing aspects of contemporary spatial design. He has been previously teaching design and construction at University of Melbourne.He enjoys mentoring young talents in the education setting.
Francis enjoys outdoor living and likes to drive his Mini Cabrio to the site for work, to the beach for play and to see his beloved clients. He believes in design as a tool for change towards a better environment and society.
Jean-Richard has been in the Architectural industry for the last five years. Combined with a background in residential design and home modifications for people with disabilities, J.R is well equipped in developing projects from concept to completion stage with complex conditions. During his journey in the Architectural industry, he has also been involved in high-end residential projects including restoration/ extension of Victorian terrace houses across South Melbourne.
Along with a recognised Architecture degree, J.R also possesses a very good command of French.
As a classical musician, J.R believes that Architecture and Music are quite similar; “as they both are the result of the composer’s expression and which bring people together”
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