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‘Non-Extractive Architecture’ by Sofia Pia Belenky
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-28 15:35:32
‘Migrating Commons’ by Nahyun Hwang
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-28 15:35:32
‘Neighbours’ by Philip Ursprung
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-28 15:35:32
‘Architecture As Collective Form’ by Rafi Segal
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-09-19 17:37:05
Apply Now: Landscape Architecture Postgraduate Diploma
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-05-09 11:21:14
Hear directly from the alumni of the PDLA programme
Public Lecture | Vinu Daniel
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-04-04 18:16:05
Most landscapes are entirely artificial. There are so many imported plants there. They may look beautiful, but they don't feel they belong there. We started to understand that the swamps, pits, and other ecologies that we so often build over are more real and important than whatever we make on the c...
Public Lecture | Mies in Motion | Dietrich Neumann | TUE 28 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-03-23 12:21:22
Inspired by the theme of the lecture series, this presentation will look at examples of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's architecture and furniture, which were designed specifically for bodies in motion and discuss the critical discourse around the notion of "flowing space," frequently associate...
Public Lecture | 2 Short Films as a Moving Language | Roan Ching-Yueh 阮慶岳 | FRI 24 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-03-23 11:50:05
Andrei Tarkovsky's advice to young filmmakers: Sacrifice Yourself for Cinema. I didn't sacrifice but directed / produced 2 films to pay tribute to people I look up to (writer Chi Teng Sheng / 七等生 and architect Lee Chen Kuen / 李承寬). It's a non-architecture but a precious life lesson to sp...
Public Lecture | Trojan Horse, A Lecture | Jennifer Lee and Pablo Castro | FRI 17 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-03-10 12:39:08
The Trojan Horse seduces and deceives in order to gain access to what is otherwise the purview of a certain class set on protecting its privilege. Acknowledging and pursuing that potential of architecture legitimizes the transgressions of limitations of practicality and "common sense" usua...
Public Lecture | Form, Content, and Total Design | Yung Ho Chang 張永和 | MON 13 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-28 16:21:24
Through a range of projects of building as well as furniture, product, clothing, and other designs, attempts are made to redefine form as the deep framework that organizes structure and space rather than as figure or image, content as life scenarios rather than as functions, and total design as the ...
Public Lecture | Weaponized Craft | Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto | TUE 7 MAR 2023 | 18:30 | KB419, Knowles Building, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-20 17:48:09
Reiser+Umemoto, RUR Architecture is an internationally recognized architecture office and design atelier founded in 1986 by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto. The firm works across continents and scales with projects ranging from large scale cultural and infrastructural projects to detailed object, fu...
From Shelter to Digital Architecture - Practice of Atelier-3 第三工作室團隊工作簡述/從簡易庇護所到數位建築 | Hsieh Ying Chun 謝英俊
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-13 15:07:00
The easiest way to solve the problem of survival, the reconstruction of homes in the disaster area under the principle of sustainability, the concept and method of operation of resident participation, digital technology and object-oriented design, and the aesthetics that the designers care most.
Is It Truly Necessary?
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-02-02 11:57:08
Shingo Masuda (b. 1982) founded joint practice with Katsuhisa Otsubo (b. 1983), Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo in 2007 after graduating from the Musashino Art University respectively. Their solo exhibition entitled "Shingo Masuda + Katsuhisa Otsubo: Is It Truly Necessary?" was held at TO...
Backpack Housing | Exhibition
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2023-01-20 13:10:55
At its most complete, each Backpack provides a safe, private and well-appointed shelter, which can be reconfigured as loose furniture, partitioning systems, or storage if and when required. This exhibition sees the prototypical system redeployed and adapted to the residential exhibition space at PMQ...
The Lobby | Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-12-07 17:28:28
As an inaugural collaboration between the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) and the HKU Department of Architecture, The Lobby is an outpost workspace, occupied by the HKAC Public Arts Team. Set up to reveal the complex process-driven art and cultural production, open office hours are created to cultivate...
Exposing Infrastructural Landscapes: Photography, Colonial Imagination, and Land Privatization in Late Nineteenth Century Batavia
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-12-07 14:24:40
12:45-14:00, KB719, Knowles Building
Nail Salon | Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-12-05 17:32:24
Nail Salon is supported by Design Trust Seed Grant and includes the collective works by the HKU students in the summer elective course led by the curators in 2022. Nail Salon explores the spatial implications of women's labour in Hong Kong to reflect on the future of feminist space in post-indus...
Public Lectures Series Fall 22
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-10-14 12:41:10
HKU Department of Architecture Fall 2022 Public Lecture Series Action/Reaction
Time: 6:30pm Venue: KB419, Knowles Bldg

Oct 25 Joanlin Au 歐中樑 Director, JA Design Architects Oct 28 Elva Tang and Claude Godefroy Founding Partner and Director, Henning Larsen Hong Kong Nov 4 Sara Klomps Directo...
Can you feel me? The Global Space of St. Paul's in Macao, 1592-1644
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-09-16 12:52:23
KU Architecture Gallery | DRAWING + CASTING WORKSHOPS | 17, 24 & 26 July 2022
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-07-12 11:54:15
WORKSHOP MODULE 1: DRAWING Date: 17 July 2022 (Sun) Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm Venue: Department of Architecture, HKU WORKSHOP MODULE 2: CASTING Date: 24 July 2022 (Sun) Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm Venue: Department of Architecture, HKU PIN UP, UNCASTING AND CELEBRATION! Date: 26 July 2022 (Tue) ...
Modelling the Architectural Design Process: Diverging, Converging, and Suppressing
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-05-16 11:19:48
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Beyond the Line: A Social History of Modern Madrid through the Analysis of Arturo Soria's Ciudad Lineal
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-05-06 18:18:56
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University Distinguished Teaching Award 2021
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2022-04-19 18:49:37
Mr Mathew Robert PRYOR, Department of Architecture

(HKU Excellence Awards 2021 is presented in the following year of 2022)
Examining environmental impact on drivers' mental and physiological status on urban roads
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-04-06 17:27:57
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Public Lecture: ‘Desert Island Buildings’ by Alessandra Cianchetta | 12 April | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-04-04 17:50:07
12 April, 2022 (Tuesday) | 6 - 7pm | Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
"To Float in a World too Heavy" Exhibition | HKU Architecture Gallery @ PMQ | 30 Mar - 3 May 2022| 10am - 6pm
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-03-29 16:50:53
30 March - 3 May 2022 |10am - 6pm | S314, 3/F, Staunton (Block A), PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
'Desert Island Buildings' by Mark and Jane Burry | 29 March | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-03-21 17:00:10
29th March, 2022 (Tuesday) | 6 - 7pm | Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
Desert Island Buildings by Hua Li 華黎 | 1 March | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-25 11:29:33
1 March, 2022 (Tuesday) | 6pm - 7pm | Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
Remittance House in China: Migrant Workers' Journey of Manufacturing Hope
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-24 10:05:27
Registration at: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrdO6trDwtHdIzJhmG9iJIiMYzynY4aYN7
"Desert Island Buildings" by CLÉMENT BLANCHET | 22 February | 6 pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-16 13:38:00
22 February 2022 (Tuesday) | 6pm - 7pm| Via Zoom | Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/92065132384
"Diaries of Forty-Eight Hands" Exhibition | HKU Architecture Gallery @ Knowles | 8 Feb - 7 Mar 2022
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-10 17:08:50
8 Feb - 7 Mar 2022 | 3/F Corridor, Knowles Building, HKU
"Image Recycling" Exhibition | HKU Architecture Gallery @ PMQ | 11 Feb - 4 Mar 2022 | 10am-8pm
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-04 15:06:39
11 Feb - 4 Mar 2022 | 10am-8pm | S314, 3/F, Staunton (Block A), PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
HKU Architecture Public Lecture Series | Spring 2022 | Desert Island Buildings
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-02-04 09:51:20
Six buildings, a book, and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the architecture of their lives. Based on the seminal BBC Radio 4 Show, Desert Island Discs, first launched in 1942, the Spring Lecture Series at the University of Hong Kong will adopt this format to provide a ...
[Abstract Submission Deadline Extended] Call for Papers: Buildings and Borders in Asia, 17th to 20th Centuries
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-01-10 14:38:43
Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 JAN 2022
"Alternative Materials" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2022-01-06 12:58:39
14 Jan - 4 Feb 2022 | 10am-8pm | S314, 3/F, Staunton (Block A), PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
Call for Papers: Buildings and Borders in Asia, 17th to 20th centuries
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-12-16 11:36:17
Call for Papers Due: 5 JAN 2022
'Respect and Adaptation - projects in the Anthropocene' by Tilman Latz | 1 Dec, 7-8:30pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-30 17:49:15
1 December, 2021 (Wednesday) | 19:00 - 20:30 | Via Zoom | *Register here: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdu-oqToqEtGSn-D_ZAXA-eQLtBZe8FjU
Integrating the Fragments of Urban Space: Tramway Network in Tianjin, 1900-1951
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-29 14:25:54
Register in advance for this research seminar series: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsd-GgqDwrHN3yc-Iz6Ku6jUGqRsOTCapy After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
"Bibliolattice - A Show of Knots" Exhibition @ University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-25 11:22:09
Exhibition Period: November 18, 2021 (Thursday) to February 20, 2022 (Sunday) Opening Hours: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm (Tuesday to Saturday) 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm (Sunday) Closed on Mondays, University and Public Holidays Venue: HKU University Museum and Art Gallery G/F T.T. Tsui Building, UMAG, HKU 90 Bonham R...
Call for Papers: Buildings and Borders in Asia, 17th to 20th centuries
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-18 12:41:12
Call for Papers
"The Publicness of Architecture - How to engage in intersectional struggles over housing and public space" by Gabu Heindl | 16 November
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-10 12:54:24
16 November, 2021 (Tuesday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
'Human Health Assessments of Green Infrastructure Designs Using Virtual Reality' by Dr. Matthew Browning | 11 Nov, 7-8:30pm | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-09 15:49:19
11 November, 2021 (Thursday) | 19:00 - 20:30 | Via Zoom | *Register here: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMofuqtqDgiHtbYhfhfNcdhdEZ3uaiwRK8t
'Computer Graphics As A Starting Point for Research in Art and Technology' by Dr. Peter Nelson, Discussion Series, AUHI | 11 Nov | 12:45-2pm
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-04 12:37:53
11 November, 2021 (Thursday) | 12:45 - 14:00 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/95740395905
[Info Day] BASc(Design+) Design Futures Workshop
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-11-02 11:28:51
06-Nov-2021 |2:00 pm - 6:00 pm @ KB622
'The Politics of Pixels' by Dr. Mia Bennet, Discussion Series, AUHI
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-26 11:00:59
28 October, 2021 (Thursday) | 12:45 - 14:00 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/95740395905
Land Reclamation and Chinese Temples in Hong Kong Island, 1841-1900
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-25 10:11:24
Zoom details:
URL: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91348452797?pwd=Z3pQM0o0cysyRklFTkI3ZXIvdnJqUT09
Meeting ID:913 4845 2797
Password: 329694
Public Lecture: 'Architecture as an impetus' by Yuko Nagayama 永山祐子
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-20 14:49:17
28 October, 2021 (Thursday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Public Lecture: 'A Strategic Practice of Urban Design' by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-19 15:26:59
26 October, 2021 (Tuesday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
From Independence to Post-conflict: a Modern History of Phnom Penh's White Building
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-07 11:55:36
Zoom details: URL: https://hku.zoom.us/j/94178183141?pwd=TDFkRTBxUldzZWVOc0did3RDd09CQT09 Meeting ID: 941 7818 3141 Password: 557561
Public Lecture: 'Revealed by surface: A re-engagement with cultural objects through 3D documentation' by Carlos Bayod Lucini
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-04 16:05:23
5 October, 2021 (Tuesday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom | *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
"Urban Courtyards - Building Campuses in Shenzhen | Wang Weijen Architecture" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-10-04 11:51:39
8-31 October 2021 | 10am-8pm | S507, 5/F, Staunton (Block A), PMQ, 35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong
Public Lecture: 'Speculating about Speculation' by Aric Chen
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-27 14:56:25
30 September, 2021 (Thursday) | 20:30 - 21:30 | Via Zoom *Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Muddling Through Worlds of Environmental Injustice: Wicked Problems, Difference, Systemic Design Tools
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-20 16:14:00
Zoom meeting ID: 919 9570 3493
Zoom URL: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91995703493?pwd=MWYzclpoaVYrcmVDTmZ5TUt2TEFtZz09
Password: 587561
HKU Architecture Public Lecture Series | Fall 2021
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-13 18:01:55
Sep 23, 30; Oct 5, 26, 28; Nov 16 8:30pm-9:30pm (HKT)
Public Lecture: 'Undisciplined Practices' by Lola Sheppard | HKU Department of Architecture | 23 September | 20:30 | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-10 16:41:23
Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Department of Architecture: "Kinetic Grid Structures" Exhibition @PMQ | Sep 14 - Oct 5 | 10am - 8pm
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-09-09 18:03:51
Public Event: 17 September 2021 (Friday), 7pm @PMQ S503
HKU Department of Architecture: " Zine + Architecture - a collection of ideas in writing and design " Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-08-24 11:10:25
31 Aug - 21 Sep 2021| 10am-8pm
Resistant City: Histories, Maps and the Architecture of Development (Docomomo HK Public Discussion Series 2021)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-08-12 11:11:24
Aug 17 (Tuesday) | 7:00 - 8:30 pm | via ZOOM (Webinar ID: 962 2506 0783)
Learning from Wah Fu Estate (Docomomo HK 2021 Public Discussion Series) | Aug 3, 7PM (via Zoom)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-07-26 10:46:05
Learning from Wah Fu Estate: Exploratory Efforts in Public Engagement Aug 3 (Tue) 7:00 - 8:30 pm (via ZOOM) https://www.docomomo.hk/2021-public-discussion-series-2-2/ Speakers: Gary Pui-fung Wong Vincci W.S. Mak Natalia Echeverri Denise Tse-shang Tang Michelle Chan Wan Chee Please click the link bel...
Docomomo Hong Kong 2021 Public Discussion Series
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-07-19 14:26:14
20/7 (Tue), 3/8 (Tue), 17/8 (Tue), 6/9 (Mon) 7-8:30pm
Capturing for Care: Curating HK Modernism with Architectural Photobooks (Speakers: Walter Koditek and Natasza Minasiewicz, Docomomo HK)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-07-19 14:17:58
July 20 (Tuesday) 7:00 - 8:30 pm Via Zoom
Career Discovery in Design
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-06-29 16:09:14
26 JUL 2021 - 9 AUG 2021
HKU Faculty of Architecture: "Beyond What We See – First year students interpreting the city" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-06-28 17:18:10
5-16 July 2021| 10am-8pm
[HKU Department of Architecture - Book Launch & Talk] "Demystifying Shenzhen: The City as a Critical Experiment" by Dr. Juan Du
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-06-04 09:43:31
9 June 2021 (WED) 6pm - 7:30pm Room 419, 4/F, Knowles Building *Remarks: The lecture will be conducted in person at Room 419, Knowles Building but also available on Zoom. Please feel free to join us at KB419.
HKU Department of Architecture: "House Tales" Exhibition @PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-06-01 11:27:44
7-28 June 2021 | 10am-8pm
HKU Department of Architecture: Degree Show 2021
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-05-25 14:57:02
5 June (Saturday) - 4 July (Sunday) 11am - 7pm 2-4/F, Knowles Building, HKU
HKU Department of Architecture: Public Review 2021
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-05-25 14:49:58
4 June 2021 (Friday) 10am-1pm; 2-5pm 3/F, Knowles Building, HKU & Via Zoom (https://hku.zoom.us/j/99130688183)
Teaching Innovation Award 2020 (Team) - Mr Mathew PRYOR, Dr Tyrone KWOK and Miss Lynn LIN Hanyuning
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2021-05-19 02:07:50
Teaching Innovation Award 2020 (Team) Mr Mathew Robert PRYOR (Leader), Faculty of Architecture; Dr Tyrone KWOK Tai On, Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative and Miss Lynn LIN Hanyuning, Faculty of Architecture "Digital Exhibition Space (DES)"
Teaching Innovation Award 2020 - Mr Gavin Scott COATES
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2021-05-19 01:07:51
Teaching Innovation Award 2020  Mr Gavin Scott COATES, Department of Architecture "Continuing and Enhancing Field Trip Learning Experiences in the Online and Dual-mode Teaching Environment"
A Pathways Model to Interpret Impacts of Streetscapes on Mental Stress in High-density City
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-05-11 11:34:40
Zoom meeting
URL: https://hku.zoom.us/j/94397961041?pwd=RE5XclVhczd0dUVpck1LbVRhckFydz09
Meeting ID: 943 9796 1041
Password: 862595
HKU Department of Architecture: "Public Home / Hong Kong" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-05-05 17:59:15
10-31 May 2021| 10am-8pm
HKU Architecture "Material Matters" Talk by great things to People
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-20 10:07:04
22 April 2021 (Thursday) 8pm HKT Via Zoom Meeting ID: 968 6332 7599
HKU Architecture (Spring 2021) Design Words Roundtable Series: "Resolution" (Speakers: Dieter Dietz, Yusuke Obuchi, Sony Devabhaktuni)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-20 10:02:16
27 April 2021 (Tuesday) 4:30pm - 6pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 946 5632 9221 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/94656329221
HKU Architecture 'Material Matters' Talks via Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-16 18:47:34
Apr 19 6pm Joseph Walsh Studio (Meeting ID: 966 5461 3425) Apr 21 6pm Fran Edgerley (Meeting ID: 942 9701 9955) Apr 22 8pm great things to People (Meeting ID: 968 6332 7599)
HKU Architecture (AUHI) Spring 2021 Discussion Series: "Digital Media and Social Movements" (Speaker: Francis Lee)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-14 18:08:22
20 April 2021 (Tuesday) 12:45pm - 2pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 931-5864-5835 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/93158645835
HKU Architecture Design Words Roundtable Series: "Iteration" (Speakers: Olga Aleksakowa, Julia Burdova, Gilles Retsin and Kaicong Wu)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-12 12:15:51
16 April 2021 (Friday) 4:30pm - 6pm Via Zoom
HKU Architecture (AUHI) Spatial Justice Discussion Series: The Revolution Needed to Achieve Carbon Neutrality 2050 (Speaker: Christine Loh)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-09 09:23:19
13 April 2021 (Tuesday) 12:45pm - 2pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 931-5864-5835 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/93158645835
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: "Architectural and Narrative Interactions" (Speaker: Sophia Psarra)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-04-07 12:13:11
13 April 2021 (Tuesday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: "Architectures of Hospitality" (Speaker: Irina Aristarkhova)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-31 18:06:24
9 April 2021 (Friday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
Chinese Buddhist Temple & Local Gentry: Spatial Transformation from Song-Jin and Ming-Qing
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-25 14:29:36
URL:https://hku.zoom.us/j/93465616016?pwd=RHh1dmVWengwU3VNWitjK255Zm9adz09
Meeting ID: 934 6561 6016
Password: 610258
Deep City: Climate Crisis, Democracy and the Digital - Hong Kong Sessions (Online Symposium & Installation/Performance @PMQ)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-23 18:26:58
Symposium - The Real and The Reproduced & Civic Landscapes: 25 March 2021 (Thu) 3:30-7:30pm Zoom & KB419 Installation/Performance: 25-28 March 2021 (Thu-Sun) Room S214 @PMQ
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: "Architecture: A Habitat for Homo Economicus" (Speaker: Douglas Spencer)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-23 17:55:40
30 March 2021 (Tuesday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Quick Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
"Design Words" - HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Roundtable Series
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-19 17:50:49
1 April 2021 (Tuesday) - 27 April 2021 (Thursday) 4:30pm - 6pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 946 5632 9221 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/94656329221
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: The Female Capital in the Architecture and The City (Speaker: Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-19 15:06:09
23 March 2021 (Tuesday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Architecture Alumni Forum 2021: "Practice Stories" (Speakers: Patrick Lau, Winnie Ho and Billy Tam)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-19 11:21:42
20 March 2021 (Saturday) 10:30am - 12:30pm Via Zoom
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 "Design Words" Roundtable Series - "Speculation" (Speakers: Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno, Sam Jacob and Lu Xiaoxuan)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-11 09:40:42
April 1, 2021 (Thursday) 4:30pm - 6pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 946 5632 9221 Quick Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/94656329221
"Future Cities" - HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Lunchtime Seminar Series (Speaker: Raymond Chow, Executive Director of Hongkong Land Limited)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-09 15:32:01
March 30 (Tuesday) 1pm - 2:15pm Via Zoom Meeting ID: 941-0064-2016 Quick Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/94100642016
Constructing Space: The First Jesuit Church in Beijing during the Seventeenth Century
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-08 16:33:52
https://hku.zoom.us/j/96883241988?pwd=UTVGY2tSd3ROY1BnTTRYN2ZyRmh0QT09
Meeting ID: 968 8324 1988
Password: 555139
Book Talk: The ABCs of Building Control in Hong Kong: Handbook of Building Control in Hong Kong
University Libraries
Uploaded on 2021-03-08 14:23:03
In collaboration with The University of Hong Kong Department of Architecture, the HKU Main Library is pleased to present The ABCs of Building Control in Hong Kong: Handbook of Building Control in Hong Kong book talk. Registration: https://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2021_01.html (Limited to 10...
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Individuals and Groups (Speaker: Asao Tokolo)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-08 10:55:20
March 19 (Friday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom Webinar ID: 910-2489-7131 Quick Link: https://hku.zoom.us/j/91024897131
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Becoming Léman – Travels Beyond Borders (Speaker: Dieter Dietz)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-01 12:21:44
March 5, 2021 (Friday) 6:30pm - 7:30pm Via Zoom
HKU Department of Architecture - “IMPOSSIBLE BRICKS” EXHIBITION @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-03-01 12:09:08
5-28 March 2021| 10am-8pm
HKU Landscape Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture - Interactions with Nature in the City (Speaker: Tony Ip)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-26 17:30:24
March 15 (Monday) 1pm - 2pm Via Zoom
HKU Architecture (AUHI) Spring 2021 Discussion Series - The Practice of Social Innovation (Speaker: Ada Wong)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-26 14:54:55
March 4 (Thursday) 12:45pm - 2pm Via Zoom
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture - From the Globe to the Ground: Terra Forma's Potential Cartographies by FRÉDÉRIQUE AÏT-TOUATI
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-22 11:08:34
26 February, 2021 (Friday) 18:30 - 19:30 (HKT) Via Zoom

HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Piecing a City Together by Taking its Objects Apart (Speaker: Shin Egashira)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-16 15:47:41
23 February 2021 (Friday) 18:30 - 19:30 (HKT) Via Zoom
HKU Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lecture Series: Drawing Out Knowledge | Speakers: Deane Simpson & Theo Deutinger
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-10 12:46:39
19 Feb 2021 (Friday) | 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Via Zoom
HKU Department of Architecture : "In the Light of Matter" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-02-02 15:23:57
9 -28 February 2021| 10am-8pm
HKU Architecture Public Lecture Series | Spring 2021
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-01-28 18:54:27
Department of Architecture Spring 2021 Public Lectures
Looking for the Voids: Learning from Asia's Liminal Urban Spaces as a Foundation to Expand an Architectural Practice
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-01-27 09:26:13
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The Design of Chinese Monastery: Space, Structure, and Place
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2021-01-19 10:16:23
30 January, 2021, 09:30-16:30 The symposium brings together recent scholarly thoughts to unfold physical and visualsignificance of Buddhist Architecture in the built environment. With the perspective of architectural design, the symposium re-visits critical issues of space and form, typology and str...
Wetland Governance in China: Actors, Networks and Aspirations in the Politics of Ecology
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-25 14:34:22
KB428, 4/F, Knowles Building & via Zoom
Public Lecture : 'From Geography to Technology - are bricks any different than wine' by Francoise Fromonot and Guillaume Othenin-Girard
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-20 11:06:54
27 November, 2020 (Friday), 18:30 - 20:30
'From Dr. No to No Time to Die - parodies of intelligence agency and artificial intelligence' by Andreas Ruby and Thomas Tsang
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-18 16:07:11
20 November, 2020 (Friday) 6:30 - 8:30pm
Sixth Century as Experimental Beginnings: (Re)searching Medieval Buddhist Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-10 15:24:20
KB428, Knowles Building & Zoom
Public Lecture : 'From Charlotte Perriand to Charles & Ray Eames - architecture and domesticity' by Gary Chang and Eric Schuldenfrei
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-06 14:56:01
12 November, 2020 18:30 - 20:30
'From Antonioni's Chung Kuo to the Red Dragon - Western critical view of the East' by Ting Guo and Tao Zhu
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-11-02 12:34:50
5 November, 2020 (Thursday) 18:30 - 20:30 (HKT) Zoom
HKU Department of Architecture : "QUARANTINE DRAWINGS" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-10-28 17:35:47
2 November - 16 November 2020, 10am - 8pm
[HKU Architecture] M+ Matters: Archigram Cities Online Symposium | 4, 6, 10 & 13 November 2020 | Zoom
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-10-19 10:12:06
Titled Archigram Cities, the events embed the Archigram archive in its new home and introduce Archigram's work to new audiences, through encounters between members of the Archigram group and architects, scholars, students, and the wider public. In this collaborative framework, Archigram Cities propo...
Concrete Approximations
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-10-16 12:45:23
Research Seminar Series: 1:00pm - 2:15pm, Thursday, 22 October, KB428 and Zoom Meeting
Critical Eyes: Roll, Action, Cut! - 'From Koolhaas to Rem - the other architect' by FranÇoise Fromonot and Nasrine Seraji
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-10-12 15:35:23
29 October, 2020 (Thursday) 18:30 - 20:30 (HKT)
HKU Department of Architecture : 'Performing the Publicness: From Public Space to Public Sphere' by Wen Yau
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-30 11:00:01
8 October, 2020, 12:45-2pm, on Zoom
HKU Department of Architecture : "A MATTER OF GRAVITY" Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-29 12:59:32
5 October - 26 October 2020, 10am - 8pm
Critical Eyes: Roll, Action, Cut! - 'From Jane Jacobs to Phyllis Lambert - the city as dream' by Phyllis Lambert and Clover Lee
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-14 11:57:11
HKU Architecture 17 September 2020, 20:00-22:00
HKU Department of Architecture : Thesis 2020 Exhibition @ PMQ
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-11 16:40:56
12-26 September 2020, 10am-8pm
[HKU Department of Architecture] Critical Eyes: Roll, Action, Cut! - 'From Vertov to Godard - city as stage, suburbs as alter ego' by Frédéric
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-07 16:19:04
HKU Architecture Fall 2020 Public Lecture Series
'Mapping Time and Inscribing Space' by Dung Kai Cheung, Discussion Series, AUHI | 10 September | 12:45-2pm
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-09-07 10:37:10
'Mapping Time and Inscribing Space' Dung Kai Cheung 董啟章
HKU Department of Architecture: Degree Show 2020
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-06-17 12:25:02
27 June - 26 July, 11am - 7pm 3/F, Knowles Building, HKU The Degree Show is an annual exhibition of thesis projects produced by the M.Arch final year students. The exhibition also includes works from our overall March Program and the BAAS Program. These projects represent the students's reflection, ...
HKU Department of Architecture: Public Review 2020
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-06-17 12:20:36
27 June, 2-5pm https://hku.zoom.us/j/95199396977
Career Discovery in Design 2020
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-06-08 10:36:19
Summer Programme. Apply by 13 July, 2020. Eligibility: Secondary 4-6 grade students (or equivalent) in the 2019-2020 academic year / Undergraduate students who are considering changing their majors to BASc Design+. (Note: this programme is catered towards high school students as their introduction t...
HKU Architecture - "In/Situ" Exhibition @ PMQ | 5-25 June 2020 | 10am-8pm
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-06-01 14:42:24
5 - 25 June 2020, 10am - 8pm, PMQ
ZOOMIN: Visiting Professor Talks @ HKU Architecture - by Gloria Cabral and Guillaume Othenin-Girard | 26 May | 18:30
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-05-20 11:49:08
May 26, 2020 (Tuesday), 18:30 - 20:00 (HKT)
NATURE AND THE CITY What is a Wetland in the Planetary Urbanization?
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-05-12 14:25:02
Please register at: https://www.wjx.top/m/74266101.aspx
ZOOMIN: Visiting Professor Talks @ HKU Architecture - by Jing Liu and Sony Devabhaktuni
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-05-08 16:01:32
As the conception of space is fundamental to the discipline of architecture, SO - IL has ruminated on the possible shapes of our time through the architecture projects of all scales and temporal limits. In this lecture, founder Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg will discuss SO-IL's projects within t...
Towards a new analysis of urban neoliberalism: containment, extension and recentralisation in post-war British urban planning history
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-04-28 15:27:49
Zoom meeting ID: 207-907-057
ZOOMIN: Visiting Professor Talks @ HKU Architecture - by Eyal Weizman and Tao Zhu
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-04-23 10:29:34
Date: April 28, 2020 Time: 18:30 - 20:00 (HKT) Venue: To be held virtually via Zoom Meeting ID: 964 9477 0800 Forensic Architecture is both the name of the agency, and a form of investigative practice into state violence and human rights violations. The lecture presents a selection of recent investi...
Repetitive Structures: Design and construction of curved support structures with repetitive parameters​
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-04-07 14:44:57
Meeting ID: 678 808 548
Remittance House in China: Migrant Labors' Journey of Manufacturing Hope
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-03-13 16:36:13
Zoom meeting ID: 387-829-9408
ARCH RPg lunchtime seminar by Diego Caro
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2020-02-27 14:34:44
Meeting ID: 503 855 920
HKU Arch MPhil/PhD admission for 2020-21 and Webinar 18:00-19:00, 16 Nov. 2019
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-11-08 09:44:25
Webinar URL: https://www.arch.hku.hk/rpg-admission
Bachelor of Arts in Conservation
Dept of Real Estate & Construction
Uploaded on 2019-10-30 17:28:06
Discussion Lecture : "Energy Autonomous Flexible Robots" by Hemma Philamore│11 November 2019│14:30│KB730, HKU
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-10-29 15:27:23
Dr. Hemma Philamore leads a research group researching bio-hybrid and bio-integrative robots within the Mechatronics Lab of Kyoto University, Japan. She will present an energetically autonomous robotic tadpole that uses a single membrane component for both electrical energy generation and propulsive...
HKU Architecture - "The City and Its Public Space Dialogue (1)" by Chan Koon Chung & Sampson Wong
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-09-16 16:25:02
The City and Its Public Space Dialogue (1) Speakers: Chan Koon Chung & Sampson Wong Date: September 20, 2019 (Friday) Time: 18:30 - 20:30 Venue: KB419, Knowles Building, HKU Chan Koon Chung 陳冠中 Lecture Title: Heterotopia & Spatial Politics Sampson Wong 黃宇軒 Lecture Title: Be water...
DoA and DLA CC courses 2019-20
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-09-03 15:52:49
Common Core courses 2019-20 offered by the Department of Architecture and Division of Landscape Architecture
Highlights of the Degree Show 2019
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2019-07-19 17:49:53
The Degree Show is an annual exhibition of thesis projects produced by the Master of Architecture Degree final year students in the Department of Architecture of The University of Hong Kong. These projects represent the students’ reflection, vision and imagination of the built-environment, the...
Design+ Immersion Summer Programme
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-07-19 17:42:33
This summer, the Department of Architecture is holding a two-weeks Design+ Immersion Summer Programme, from August 5 to 17, 2019. We would like to invite secondary 4-6 grade students (or equivalent) to join us to explore how design strategies and emerging technologies can be used to address local an...
Degree Show 2019: Interviews
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2019-07-04 15:40:32
Reflections from the graduating class of the Master of Architecture, Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, and Master of Landscape Architecture.
Interpreting Vernacular Architecture in Asia - Free HKU Online Course
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2019-06-27 16:00:16
Interpreting Vernacular Architecture in Asia MOOC will commence on 23rd July 2019. Come and join the journey with Prof David Lung (HKU) and Prof Howard Davis (University of Oregon) to find out the value of local peoples' traditional built environments in Asia and learn how to conserve them for f...
HKU Architecture - Book Launch Party | 6pm, 21 June 2019
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-06-17 10:13:41
Dear All, The book launch party for "From Crisis to Crisis: Debates on why architecture criticism matters today" shall now be postponed to take place on Friday, 21 June, 6pm, coinciding with the degree show opening. Book Launch Party - "From Crisis to Crisis: Debates on why architectu...
HKU Architecture - Book Launch Party | 6pm, 14 June 2019
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-05-31 11:15:01
Department of Architecture The University of Hong Kong Book Launch Party From 'Crisis to Crisis: Debates on why architecture criticism matters today' Date: 14 June 2019 (Friday) Time: 6pm Venue: KB318, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong
TRANSFER: Diffusions and Mobilities in the Built Landscapes of Asia and beyond
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-05-27 17:49:02
CCHU9058 Nature in the City
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2019-05-08 13:11:10
Nature and the city are frequently, but not always, in conflict.
"OPEN Questions" Public Lecture by Li Hu, Department of Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-04-10 09:14:46
Architect Li Hu, founding partner of OPEN Architecture, will share with the audience observations drawn from more than a decade of architectural practice in Beijing. Through a series of questionsâthe starting points for some of OPENâs latest projects on culture and educationâLi wil...
'A House, A Palace' Public Lecture by Iñaki Ábalos, 18:30-20:00, 9 April 2019
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-04-03 14:29:36
"Material Culture" is a key concept from the point of view of thermodynamic materialism: to look into material culture is a way of activating attention, of making cultural and technical data and geological and historical times unfold their alchemical creativity. This is the way in which th...
NAM-HKU Fellowship in Global Health Leadership
School of Public Health
Uploaded on 2019-02-22 15:36:47
Dr Chinmoy Sarkar from India and HKU Faculty of Architecture, is named the inaugural Fellow
Housing Models in the European City
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2019-01-25 18:52:33
by Jonathan Sergison│29 Jan 2019│18:30│KB419
Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2017-2018 - Professor Anthony YEH Gar On
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2018-12-20 18:00:50
Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2017-2018 - Professor Anthony YEH Gar On, Department of Urban Planning and Design
"SPBR Recent Projects" by Angelo Bucci│16 Nov 2018│18:30│KB419
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-11-13 17:25:54
Angelo Bucci from SPBR architects will share his practice through some of the firm's recent works in different scales: - New Modern Art Museum to São Paulo project; - Apartment building in Lugano, Switzerland; - Weekend house in São Paulo; - Contribution to Vertical Fabric, the Hong Kong Exhibitio...
"Perspective: Constructing Looking"│13 Nov 2018│18:30│KB419│by Yung Ho Chang 張永和
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-11-09 20:03:39
A discussion about architectural drawing focusing on perception of space and perspectival inventions.
"Making Architecture" by Dong Gong
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-11-02 16:47:09
Architecture is the art of "making." In the Chinese construction industry, many seemingly shortcomings, such as"lags", "chaos" and "defects", are something that architects might take advantage of, and transform into positive potentials.
"Societal Plastics" by Deane Simpson
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-11-02 15:23:51
With reference to Copenhagen, and several other international cities, this talk will reflect on transformations that have gone hand-in-hand with the revitalisation of urban cores of western cities over the last three decades, and the emergence of the playbook of the contemporary "attractive and comp...
"The Thesis Question" Symposium
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-10-25 14:50:26
The Thesis Question is a one-day symposium organized to examine and debate the position of the design thesis in architectural education today. Do transformative changes in the nature of architectural practice, methods of architectural discourse, and technologies of architectural production necessita...
Young Alumni Forum 2018
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-10-22 20:02:15
Practice Stories trace the trajectories of emerging architects graduated from HKU within the past 20 years. The forum features project presentations and dialogues on designing, establishing, and building career journeys from education to practice. Speakers will present their diverse spectrum of proj...
The Renaissance of Settlement
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-10-10 17:27:50
Public lecture
"Swamps and the New Imagination" by Gediminas Urbonas
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-10-04 10:01:45
Swamps and the New Imagination embarks upon a critical examination of the outcomes of today’s rediscovery of matter which constantly opens up itself through interplay of immateriality. The presentation intends to set up a discursive space not only questioning the distribution of territories as...
Archigram Symposium on 30 June
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-06-28 12:11:10
Archigram Meets Central
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-06-26 19:42:42
Archigram, an avant-garde architectural group formed in the 1960s meets Central, Hong Kong. The neofuturistic, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist works that drew inspiration from technology to create a new reality joins the experiments of our architecture students concentrating on a study of Central an...
(22 Jun) The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute: Genetic variation and genome architecture in development, health and disease
Ctr for PanorOmic Sciences
Uploaded on 2018-06-19 10:28:51
Date: 22 Jun 2018 Venue: Seminar Room 3, G/F, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Building for Interdisciplinary Research, 5 Sassoon Road, HK
Archigram Meets Central. A design educational event.
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-06-14 16:03:03
Interpreting Vernacular Architecture in Asia - Free HKU Online Course
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2018-06-06 17:52:00
Interpreting Vernacular Architecture in Asia MOOC will commence on 23 July 2019. Come and join the journey with Prof David Lung (HKU) and Prof Howard Davis (University of Oregon) to find out the value of local peoples' traditional built environments in Asia and learn how to conserve them for future ...
Degree Show & Public Review
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-06-06 16:17:54
Reception & Preview
June 9, 2018 6-8pm
3/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Exhibition
June 10 – July 7, 2018 11am – 7pm
3/F & 4/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Public Review
June 9, 2018 10am – 6pm
3/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Archigram Meets Central Exhibition
June 24 – July...
The Competition: a documentary by Angel Borrego Cubero
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-31 16:08:16
One cameraman was sent to each architectural office. Three more were at the jury. This is the result… OSS presents The Competition. Produced and Directed by Angel Borrego Cubero. Edited by Simon Lund. Music by César Bartolomé. With gratitude to the Government of Andorra, Jean No...
Highlights of Infrastructure Imagination 基建與想像
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-14 20:48:49
A public exhibition, symposium & community workshop
on Hong Kong City Futures 香港未來之都 from 1972-1988.
 
WilkinsonEyre: Exploring Boundaries
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-11 12:32:46
Architecture is seen as both an art and a science, gaining from both the intuitive and the analytical, with inspiration from nature, culture, technology or experiments through drawing and modelling. Furthermore, WilkinsonEyre believes an imaginative response to brief and context is best delivered th...
OMA Asia / Work in Progress
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-11 12:27:50
Partner-in-charge of the Hong Kong office Chris van Duijn will introduce a selection of OMA's most recent work in Asia. OMA is currently engaged in the design of a broad variety of typologies of diverging scales throughout Asia, ranging from the redevelopment a former colonial and industrial site in...
Asia Pacific Rim Universities, Sustainable Cities and Landscapes HubDesign Field School
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-07 11:34:17
The School is open to students of all APRU-SCL universities and will be led by academic instructors from the Division of Landscape Architecture at HKU, in partnership with academics and environmental / social groups in Java and Bali.If you are interested to participate, details and application forms...
Asia Pacific Rim Universities, Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub 2018 Conference
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-07 11:31:37
This year's conference will be structured around 12 thematicworking groups: -Productive cities, infrastructural ecologies -City-landscape sustainability -Urban biodiversity -Urban renewable energy -Sustainable urban design -Urban water and sanitation -Urban-rural linkages -Transitions in urban water...
Public Lecture: OMA Asia / Work in Progress
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-05-02 12:20:59
Partner-in-charge of the Hong Kong office Chris van Duijn will introduce a selection of OMA's most recent work in Asia. OMA is currently engaged in the design of a broad variety of typologies of diverging scales throughout Asia, ranging from the redevelopment a former colonial and industrial site in...
Infrastructure Imagination: Colin Coulson
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2018-04-19 13:22:42
An oral history of Hong Kong Infrastructure from an engineer who was involved with the completion of the cross-harbour road tunnel and responsible for the overall design of the Initial System of the Mass Transit Railway, among other projects.
Infrastructure Imagination: Heather Coulson
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2018-04-19 12:51:43
An oral history of Hong Kong Infrastructure through the view of a leading construction and architectural photographer who was involved in many prestigious projects that were carried out in what has been described as the golden period of construction in Hong Kong.
Infrastructure Imagination Exhibition
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2018-04-11 13:00:22
Infrastructure Imagination showcases major infrastructure projects completed in Hong Kong between 1972 to 1988. Photographs featured in the exhibition are the work of Heather Coulson, a leading construction photographer at the time. It offers an excellent opportunity to reflect on what has been know...
The Land of Many Palaces
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-28 15:55:56
Departtment of Architecture presents 2018 Spring In-Progress Lecture Series
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-23 11:56:48
The Department of Architecture launches its 2017-2018 Public Lecture Series, on the work of its faculty. The âIn-Progressâ series will critically examine the relevance of a vast number of issues in relationship to architecture. The Teaching staff will share their most recent work/ resear...
Making Our City More Walkable for All
Knowledge Exchange Office
Uploaded on 2018-03-14 12:49:10
The HKUrbanLab, the research and knowledge exchange arm of the Faculty of Architecture at The University of Hong Kong, is working with Civic Exchange and the Hong Kong Council of Social Service on a project called "Walking with Wheels", aimed at finding the best barrier-free routes for people in whe...
'Narrative Courtyardism' by Weijen Wang
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-13 11:08:12
Narrative Courtyardism evolves from my recent venture of a series of village projects in Zhejiang. It describes the condition of how building typology becomes a vehicle facilitating events and spaces for a place. Starting from restoring a courtyard house for a villager, the project continues buildin...
Infrastructure Imagination Exhibition
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-08 23:17:28
Infrastructure Imagination showcases major infrastructure projects completed in Hong Kong between 1972 to 1988. Photographs featured in the exhibition are the work of Heather Coulson, a leading construction photographer at the time. It offers an excellent opportunity to reflect on what has been know...
The City and its Double Symposium
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-08 12:40:26
Organized concurrently with: "HERE / NOT HERE", a photographic dialogue around Hong Kong exhibited at Gallery F22 from March 27th to April 14th, 2018. Sponsored by: Institut Français and Consulate General of France in Hong Kong and Macau. This symposium is a speculative response to the photographic...
Bringing Islamic Geometric Design to Hong Kong - an introduction
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-03-02 16:34:57
The talk aims to present, what has for the most part remained a mystery, namely the design methods used to achieve the sublime beauty of some of the best known and loved masterpieces of Mughal Architecture. One of these masterpieces, the Taj Mahal (1632-43AD) would be the focus of this presentation....
Design As a Development Tool
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-02-23 17:23:54
"Design can be used as an active tool to fight poverty and generate income and resilience in countries of the Global South through new types of creative economies." - Gerardo Patacconi Designers have a social responsibility. For too long, design was something like fashion: only for the happy few and...
Making Plans: How to Engage with Landscape, Design, and the Urban Environment
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-02-23 17:18:12
"Community and regional planning involve thinking ahead and formally envisioning the future for ourselves and others," according to Frederick R. Steiner. "Improved plans can lead to healthier, safer, and more beautiful places for us and other species to live. We can also plan for places that are mor...
'Hong Kong, Land, Art' by Vincci Mak
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-02-23 17:02:15
Hong Kong's landscape has been going through tremendous changes and developments. From a small fishing village to a colonial trade port, land reclamation has been an important way of expanding the city in a hilly environment. The Post-WWII population rise triggered new town developments in the N...
Career Discovery in Architectural Conservation
Dept of Real Estate & Construction
Uploaded on 2018-02-01 18:28:35
Summer Programme for High School students and HKU undergraduates
'Hong Kong's Housing of Last Resort: Engagement and Intervention' by Juan Du
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2018-01-22 12:07:41
Pervasive housing problems such as unaffordability, overcrowding and substandard services exit in the wealthy city of Hong Kong. Due to the disproportionately high cost of private real estate, many low-income groups that do not qualify for public housing turn to the informal supply of squatter settl...
HKU Press - New Book Release: Building Materials and Technology in Hong Kong 香港建築技術及應用
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2018-01-16 16:09:49
Buy this book at HKUP website (https://www.hkupress.hku.hk) or HKUP Bookshop! Visit HKUP Bookshop at G/F, Run Run Shaw Heritage House 逸夫苑, Centennial Campus. We are open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm (and closed on public and university holidays).
Master of Architecture 2018-19 Admission
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-12-11 16:38:26
Admissions for the HKU Master of Architecture programme (MArch) for 2018-19 cohort is NOW OPEN. MArch is a two-year full time programme which, accepts applicants who hold a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies or an equivalent degree from an accredited university or college. Programme details c...
Department of Architecture Public Lecture Series: 'Weird' by Dr Cole Roskam
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-27 15:28:41
In 2014, Chinese President Xi Jinping pronounced an end to all "weird" architecture, or 奇怪的建筑, in China. Designers, academics, & pundits scrambled to determine the specific aesthetic, material, or scalar parameters of this so-called architectural weirdness. In the subsequent ...
Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-24 12:30:58
Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium seeks to reexamine Pei in the context of the architect's 100th birthday year as two linked conferences organised by M+, the new museum for visual culture being built in Hong Kong, with, respectively, the Graduate School of Design (GSD) at Harvard University ...
'Altitude: Building Hong Kong' by Ulrich Kirchhoff
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-21 10:35:42
Has Hong Kong lived up to its promise as the future of architecture and urban planning? Are we still living in the laboratory for high density and future models of habitation? How are we as architects reacting to takeover of architecture designed by marketing teams and economists? What are the mecha...
Ethos Pathos Logos
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-21 10:29:10
A rhetorical discussion between Professor Kalliope Kontozoglou & Professor Nasrine Seraji on International competition for the new Cyprus Archeological Museum
'Machinic Multiplicities' by CHRISTIAN J. LANGE
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-04 10:03:26
Architecture has always been deeply linked to tradition, site, and context. The collaboration between many different trades of skilled labor that were specific to a place was in part responsible for the diversity of architectural expression. With the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, buildings...
Bachelor of Arts (Landscape Studies)
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-11-03 10:34:02
Landscape architects design, build, plan and manage natural and built environments. www.dla.hku.hk
DLA Research Seminar - From Buildings to Streets: Qilou and the Politics of Heritage Preservation
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-26 12:32:25
Qilou (骑楼), a kind of arcade buildings, has attracted considerable attention in preservation discourses and practices in Guangzhou, China. Yet, the focus on individual buildings and architectural styles might have overlooked its role in the historical transformation of the city and its streetsca...
Public Lecture - Concrete Approximations by Olivier Ottevaere, Department of Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-20 16:19:39
Through the lens of specific materials and the interaction with their active properties, the practice work focuses on alternative procedures of construction that challenge typical generic forms of building.

In developing unique methods of fabrication, the aim is to create designs that have the po...
Women in Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-18 11:14:23
When Virginia Woolf was asked in 1928 to give a series of lectures at Girton College and Newnham College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University, she titled her lecture; "A room of one's own". In homage to this immense literary figure we would like to initiate this first of a...
DLA Research Seminar: When the Only Water Left is Gray - The Growing Quest for Foreign Watersheds
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-17 10:54:01
The prestigious Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship was awarded to me by the Department of Landscape Architecture and allows the continuation of academic work for another two years after graduation. This work particularly came along during the extreme California drought between 2011 and 2015, and was...
Division of Landscape Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-09 14:58:20
Fall Seminars Series
DLA Research Seminar - The Portuguese Calcada: An Urban Artifact in the Creation of Heritage Landscapes in Macau
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-10-06 09:57:10
The DLA Research Seminar Series provides a platform to discuss scholarly research on the built environment that is interdisciplinary in nature. The series aims to identify common research threads from landscape architecture, architecture, planning, urban design, and conservation, and by doing so ins...
Lecture by Lim Chong Keat
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-05-08 16:47:16
Speaker: Lim Chong Keat Title: Retrospection & The Future: Conversations with a Pioneer Architect of Malaysia & Singapore Date: 18 May 2017 (Thursday) Venue: KB419, 4/F Knowles Building, HKU Schedule: 18:00 - 19:00 Lecture and 19:00 - 19:30 Dialogue with James Kinoshita (Former Partner, P&am...
Research Seminar Series: Gold Reef City and Shareworld
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-04-24 15:56:02
The Gold Reef City Complex in Johannesburg includes an amusement park that opened in 1986, a casino, and the Apartheid Museum.
This presentation will elucidate how landscape amenities and environmental remediation are used selectively to reinforce racial disparities and foster economic aspirations ...
HKU architects receive RIBA Award for International Excellence and International Emerging Architect
Registry (CPAO)
Uploaded on 2017-04-12 17:42:33
Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, Associate Professors in the Faculty of Architecture at HKU, earlier received the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award for International Excellence as well as the RIBA International Emerging Architect for their ambitious plan for Andong Hospita...
From Crisis to Crisis: Reading, Writing and Criticism in Architecture
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-03-21 14:36:05
This first International symposium on reading, writing and criticism in architecture highlights and challenges reflections and responses to pressing questions ranging from situating architectural criticism today in a global neo-liberal market, passing through history as an indicator and marker of po...
Division of Landscape Architecture Research Seminar Series
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2017-03-10 14:44:46
The Accidental Playground - Undesigned Narratives of Public Space from Brooklyn and Beyond Speaker: Daniel Campo
HKU Press - New Book Release: Ultra-Modernism
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2016-12-19 14:45:54
Buy this book at HKUP website or HKUP Bookshop and enjoy a 10% discount! Visit HKUP Bookshop at G/F, Run Run Shaw Heritage House 逸夫苑 (next to the passage to MTR Exit C1 and the Visitor Centre), Centennial Campus. We are open Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm (and closed on public and university hol...
Urban Dialogues: Under Threat - General Post Office & State Theatre
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2016-09-23 13:59:45
The second Urban Dialogues organized by Docomomo HK
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Awardee
Graduate School of the Research Services
Uploaded on 2016-09-21 16:06:20
Ms Dulmni PERERA (Department of Architecture)
Cultural Tour: Pokfulam Village, University Hall, Béthanie
General Education Unit
Uploaded on 2016-08-29 17:05:21
Filled with fascinating architecture, indigenous village culture and relics, Pokfulam witnessed a long HK stories and is still alive and vibrant. We have reserved the best day of the year for you when the villagers are preparing the Fire Dragon for the coming Mid-Autumn festival.
Vernacular Architecture of Asia- Sneak Preview 5
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-07-25 17:00:43
What does the future hold for vernacular architecture in Asia? In this concluding episode, we will try to look into this question and examine tradition, modernity, and cultural sustainability in the context of the Asian vernacular built environment. Join our course and see what our experts say. We a...
Highlights of the Degree Show & Public Review 2016
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2016-07-13 18:01:14
Department of Architecture & Division of Landscape Architecture
Vernacular Architecture of Asia - Trailer
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-07-13 15:20:23
The course is free and begins on July 26. Enroll today at: tl.hku.hk
Vernacular Architecture of Asia- Sneak Preview 4
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-07-12 14:51:45
As vernacular architecture faces various threats, how do we make sure that the needs of both the current and future generations are met? In Week 4 of Vernacular Architecture of Asia, we focus on the conservation of the built vernacular heritage. Register to take the course for free at bit.ly/archite...
Take this Architecture online course. For free.
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-07-06 15:02:40
Learn about the socio-cultural value of everyday built environment and how we can appreciate and sustain vernacular architecture from Prof. David Lung (HKU) and Prof. Howard Davis (University of Oregon). Engage with learners from all around the world, explore beyond your hometown and 'travel'...
Vernacular Architecture of Asia- Sneak Preview 3
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-07-05 10:45:58
The course is free and begins on July 26. Enroll today at: tl.hku.hk
Vernacular Architecture of Asia- Sneak Preview 2
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-06-28 10:39:05
The course is free and begins on July 26. Enroll today at: tl.hku.hk
Vernacular Architecture of Asia- Sneak Preview 1
Technology-Enriched Learning Initiative
Uploaded on 2016-06-22 10:02:03
The course is free and begins on July 26. Enroll today at: tl.hku.hk
Historicity, Calculation, Gestalt: A Model of Modernity at Marina Bay, Singapore
Architecture Faculty
Uploaded on 2016-06-13 10:14:47
by guest speaker from NUS, Lee Kah-wee
Kenneth Frampton Architectural Book Collection: A Symposium on Critical Architectural Histories
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2016-05-11 09:59:42
Please join us at the Critical Architectural Histories Symposium on May 28, 2016, Saturday, to celebrate the inauguration of the Kenneth Frampton book collection in HKU. Panel 1: On Writing - focuses on the writing of critical modern architectural history. Panel 2: On Technology and Place - focuses ...
Reading the City - Library Architecture in Germany
University Libraries
Uploaded on 2016-05-10 15:45:30
An interpretation of prominent library buildings and urban culture in Germany
Public Lecture by Toyo Ito
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2016-04-13 15:10:51
This talk will cover Toyo Ito's philosophy on architecture and his design of National Taichung Theater (NTT), as well as Artistic Director Victoria Wangâs vision for running the theater and how the content and software of the theater correspond to the design and purpose of the piece of arc...
Urban Dialogues: Reconfiguring HK's Central District
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2016-03-17 18:17:58
All are welcome to join this symposium to discuss the past, present and future of the Central District and envision ways for building a more sustainable and livable city.
HKU02x: The Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia - Week 5 Sneak Preview
Ctr for Enhance't of Teaching & Learning
Uploaded on 2015-04-01 14:21:14
In this concluding episode of the Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia, Part I, we will integrate what we have learned throughout the course to better understand what vernacular landscapes are and what characterize them. The course is free and begins on April 14. Enroll today at: http://tinyur...
HKU02x: The Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia - Week 4 Sneak Preview
Ctr for Enhance't of Teaching & Learning
Uploaded on 2015-03-30 18:31:37
The choice of materials and construction process all contribute to the meanings of vernacular buildings which extend beyond what can be seen by the naked eye. Week 4 of the course will focus on the relationship between building materials, structures and the associated expertise and rituals in vernac...
HKU02x: The Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia - Week 3 Sneak Preview
Ctr for Enhance't of Teaching & Learning
Uploaded on 2015-03-23 10:38:49
How does climate influence the way people build their living environment? Join thousands of learners from around the world to explore this and many other questions related to vernacular architecture. The journey begins on April 14. Enroll in this free massive open online course now at http://tinyurl...
HKU02x: The Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia - Week 2 Sneak Preview
Ctr for Enhance't of Teaching & Learning
Uploaded on 2015-03-13 11:56:34
How does cultural tradition relate to the emergence of vernacular architecture? How do people build places to fulfill their needs and aspirations? Join us on April 14, 2015 in the Search for Vernacular Architecture to find out. Enroll in this Massive Open Online Course at http://tinyurl.com/kgum2o4
HKU02x: The Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia - Week 1 Sneak Preview
Ctr for Enhance't of Teaching & Learning
Uploaded on 2015-03-10 12:02:19
Register for this Massive Open Online Course at http://tinyurl.com/kwagm2g
HKU02x: The Search for Vernacular Architecture of Asia
University Central
Uploaded on 2015-02-17 10:48:28
HKU's Non-profit online course Register at http://tl.hku.hk
NEW BOOK - Chinese Architecture in an Age of Turmoil, 200-600
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2015-01-22 15:03:05
Written by Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, who is a professor of East Asian art and curator of Chinese art at the University of Pennsylvania.
Beyond Architecture Nepal 2014
HKU Students' Union
Uploaded on 2014-04-01 18:31:36
Three Minute Thesis Competition 2014, Finalist
Knowledge Exchange Office
Uploaded on 2014-03-21 13:01:48
Mr Zhuojun LIU, PhD Architecture
New Book - Architecture and Urbanism in Modern Korea
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2013-06-05 15:19:29
New Book: Writing in(to) Architecture!
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2012-10-15 14:23:18
Building the Dragon City - History of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong
Architecture Faculty
Uploaded on 2012-08-07 15:06:03
Congratulations to Mr. John Lin, Department of Architecture (Winner of The Architectural Review's Housing Competition 2012)
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2012-07-12 10:28:20
CCHU 9001 - Designs on the Future: Sustainability of the Built Environment (More details: http://fac.arch.hku.hk/courses/designsonthefuture/ )
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2012-05-29 12:06:40
New Book from HKU Press - Chinese Architecture and Metaphor
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2012-04-02 12:20:43
Heritage Trails - Architecture Tour on Nov 19, 2011
Development & Alumni Affairs Office
Uploaded on 2011-12-22 16:38:19
港大建築‧歷史‧人文之旅 -「建築漫遊」
Press conference: Faculty of Architecture's project on WWII Defence Structures in Hong Kong
U-Vision
Uploaded on 2011-12-16 12:14:48
Land Art Exhibition - Stone: Water, Time.
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2011-11-22 13:10:20
Land Art Exhibition
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2011-11-22 13:04:25
CCHU 9023 Shaping the Landscape - A Quest for Harmony between Nature and the City
Dept of Architecture
Uploaded on 2011-11-22 11:50:31
In Memory of Dean Ralph Lerner (1949 – 2011): memorial service on June 24th
Architecture Faculty
Uploaded on 2011-06-02 16:01:58
HKU Research Videos - Old Building, New Uses: Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment
Registry (Research Services)
Uploaded on 2011-05-03 15:31:40
featuring Department of Architecture
New Book from HKU Press - Chinese Architecture and the Beaux-Arts
HK University Press
Uploaded on 2010-12-28 08:58:05
Shanghai Rendezvous @ HKU Shanghai Study Centre
Development & Alumni Affairs Office
Uploaded on 2010-07-19 16:42:01
A new learning icon in Shanghai for Architecture, Business & Economics, and Journalism
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