Professor Erwin Viray currently leads the Sustainability Initiatives in SUTD. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of Architecture and Sustainable Design Pillar from May 2016 – July 2021. Erwin was Global Excellence Professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology and Head of the Graduate School of Architecture and Design from 2012 – 2016; and Chief Communications Officer for Kyoto Design Lab. He served as Member of the Board of TOTO Gallery MA in Tokyo and Member of Advisory Council for the Barcelona Institute of Architecture.

Erwin is an Award Ambassador for the LafargeHolcim Awards in Asia Pacific and served as a jury chair and member of various prominent architecture awards in the region.

Erwin has been an Editor of the influential magazine, a+u (Architecture + Urbanism) since 1996. He is the author or co-author of several books and has written numerous articles for specialized journals and architectural magazines.