Dr Sing Ly D'Arcy | UNSW Research

My Expertise

Architecture

Interiors

Residential design

Architectural history

Architecture and music

Fields of Research (FoR)

Architectural History and Theory, Architectural Design, Interior Design

SEO tags

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Understanding Europe's Past

Music

Biography

Sing realised his undergraduate architectural studies at the University of Sydney, where he later returned to complete his PhD in architectural history.

His primary research interests relate to:

the role of music in the configuration of sacred and ritualised spaces, the architecture of the Early Modern Ibero-American realms (Spain, Portgual, their European possessions, the Americas & Asia 1450 - 1800), and in particular those of the Baroque...view more

Sing realised his undergraduate architectural studies at the University of Sydney, where he later returned to complete his PhD in architectural history.

His primary research interests relate to:

historic Australian interiors

contemporary Australian interiors

architecture and music

He is also a regular contributor to industry journals providing reviews on contemporary Sydney interiors, especially on residential, workplace design and hospitality.

My Grants

d'Arcy, Sing. 2014. UNSW FBE Faculty Research Grant Program. 'Infill interiors: taking advantage of oversupply in Sydney CBD commercial tenancies'.

d'Arcy, Sing. 2013. ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions. 'Space, music and emotion: architecture and the organ in the Spanish Baroque'.

d'Arcy, Sing and Zamberlan, Lisa. 2013. UNSW Research Link Grant Program. 'Creative Districts: Surry Hills, Sydney'.

d'Arcy, Sing and Watson, Bruce. 2012. UNSW BE Learning + Teaching Action Research Grant 2012, 'Signposting feedback and critical reflection in the design studio'.

My Qualifications

PhD (USYD); B.Arch (USYD); B.Sc (Arch) (USYD).

My Research Activities

Sing’s research focus concerns architecture and interior spaces of early-modern Europe, focussing on the Iberian Peninsula, Southern Italy, and Latin America; ecclesiastical and sacred spaces and their configuration through ritual and the nexus between architectural space and music.

In 2013 he was appointed as an Associate Investigator with the ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions: Europe 1100-1800, Performance Program.

He also conducts research into the history and development of Australian interiors from the 19th and 20th centuries.

In addition to historical research Sing also engages with current issues relating to contemporary interiors and the 21st-century city such as residential design, workplace design and temporary interiors.