Shou Jie Eng
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.