Asami Takahashi
Principal Architect
Director
Co-Founder
Registered Architect/BOA Singapore, B.Arch, B.Econs
Asami Takahashi is a co-founder and principal Architect of YUME ARCHITECTS. She has a background in architecture, computer system engineering, economics, and music. She graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree and was awarded the Charles Goodwin Sands medal for her exceptional thesis design project. Asami has worked extensively at internationally renowned architecture offices such as Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects (Tokyo), Steven Holl Architects (New York), and WeissManfredi (New York). She has worked on numerous architectural projects including FILA Barcelona Auditorium (Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects), Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects), SUMIKA Project (Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects), Lewis Center for the Arts Princeton University (Steven Holl Architects) and Novartis Building 1 (WeissManfredi) and many more. She teaches Architecture at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) as an Adjunct Associate Professor.
Prior to pursuing architecture, she graduated from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo with a Bachelor of Economics. Upon graduation, she has followed her curiosity and worked as a software engineer. She was a part of a team when the first ever hotel reservation system for cellphone was created in Japan (that is before iPhone!). She now applies her knowledge of programming to her design. She is also a classically trained violinist and participates in local ensembles groups.
Jason Lim
Principal Designer
Co-founder
Dr.Sc,
M.Eng, B.Arch
Jason Lim is the co-founder of YUME Architects. With his background in architecture, engineering, and computation, Jason adopts a unique approach to design that combines artistic intuition with technical mastery. He has dedicated his professional and academic life to exploring the intersection of design and technology—notably in robotic fabrication, algorithmic design, and augmented reality—in search of new unimagined possibilities.
Jason completed his doctoral dissertation at the world-renowned Gramazio Kohler Research unit in the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich. Prior to that, he graduated with a Master of Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology, as well as a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. He is a recipient of the prestigious American Institute of Architects (AIA) Henry Adams merit prize that is awarded for academic distinction. Before returning to Singapore, Jason worked in New York City for the office BriggsKnowles Architecture + Design, which specializes in sustainable design. He was also a freelance coder and artist assistant at the experimental Eyebeam Art + Technology centre.
Jason is a deeply committed and experienced educator who wants to bridge the gap between academia and practice. He has been a faculty member at the Architecture Sustainable Design pillar in Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) since 2017. He also taught at the National University of Singapore (NUS), Stevens Institute of Technology and Parsons the New School for Design.