Imu Chan

Imu Chan is a Vancouver-based architect practicing at the confluence of art and architecture. His portfolio spans personal sanctuaries, gathering places and public art. His works are marked by their simplicity, purposefulness and emotional affinity with us, often achieved by humble means and with affecting imagination.

Rejecting conventional approach to design, Imu draws inspiration from diverse sources beyond the realm of architecture, particularly films and literature. Recently completed projects include a private residence paying homage to Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse, a laneway home designed from a feline perspective, and Cups – part of a group exhibit at Museum of Vancouver – that celebrates humanitarian design using mahogany harvested in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Aside from his creative practice, Imu acts as an art advisor for government entities, private developers and Indigenous Nations, bridging the gap between art, architecture and culture. His current curatorial work includes public art at fourteen transit stations throughout the lower mainland, the Sen?á?w Development and other urban enterprises. 

Imu’s interdisciplinary practice takes on a small collection of projects each year so that the team can devote to each creation, with the same mindful intent regardless of their types and scales.