Shou Jie Eng (he/him) is a writer and
architectural designer, whose work addresses the
spatial, material, and embodied narratives that are present in histories of labour and cultures of craft. Originally from
Singapore, he runs Left Field Projects, a multi-disciplinary design practice
located in Hartford, Connecticut. He received his MArch from the Rhode Island
School of Design.
His writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Bennington
Review,Harvard Review, Jet Fuel Review, The Los Angeles Review,
the anthology New Singapore Poetries (Gaudy Boy), and
elsewhere.
In 2025, he placed on the list of commendations
for the Gregory Djanikian Scholarships at The Adroit Journal,
and
his chapbook, We Carry These Bones to Market, was
selected as a finalist for the Helena Whitehill Book Award by Tupelo Press.
Alongside his practice, Shou
Jie is a Critic at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he teaches courses
on architectural drawing and other representational topics.
‘recordings:detroit and the Geographies of Collaborative Work’ in
We Begin When We Finish When We Begin (Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design)