DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE



Researcher : Amato A
Project Title:Identifying relationship between air pollution and urban heat island: an integrated approach using remote sensing and field data
Investigator(s):Amato A, Vohora VK, Frewer RJB
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2004
Abstract:
To identify and map urban heat islands using remote sensing data; to detect temporal changes of heat islands and relate it with the air flow direction and other key variables such as thermal mass, urban form etc; to identify and calculate the thermal mass (a key variable) of the estates and establish the significance of this key variable.




Researcher : Baharuddin B
Project Title:1st International Conference on Engineering, Environmental, Economics, Safety and Health 2009 (CONVEEESH’09) Daylight Assessment Method for High-rise Buildings in High-density Urban Environments
Investigator(s):Baharuddin
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2009
Completion Date:10/2009
Abstract:
N/A


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Baharuddin
Project Title:1st International Conference on Engineering, Environmental, Economics, Safety and Health 2009 (CONVEEESH’09) Daylight Assessment Method for High-rise Buildings in High-density Urban Environments
Investigator(s):Baharuddin
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2009
Completion Date:10/2009
Abstract:
N/A


List of Research Outputs

Lau S.S.Y., Gou Z. and Baharuddin , (E) An Exploration of the Application of ANIDOLIC Daylighting System in the High-rises High-dense Residential Environment, China Architectural Journal. 2010, 3: 24-27.
Lau S.S.Y., Baharuddin and Gou Z., (E) Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting for Buildings - An Introduction to Carbon Audit in Hong Kong, 建筑物温室气体排放审计--香港建筑物碳审计指引介绍, Energy of China [Class-A Core Periodical for Thesis in Science]. 中国能源, 2009, 30-33.
Lau S.S.Y., Baharuddin and Gou Z., (E) Greenhouse Gas Emission Auditing in Buildings, Energy of China. 2009, 31: 30-33.
Lau S.S.Y., Li F.M. and Baharuddin , (E) Qualitative Study on Window Design for High-rise and High-density Residential Building in Hong Kong (to be submitted), 2009.
Lau S.S.Y. and Baharuddin , (E) Validation of RADIANCE Sky Models against Local Sky Conditions of Hong Kong (Under Review), Energy and Buildings. 2009.


Researcher : Bolchover JP
Project Title:4th Conference of International Forum on Urbanism (4th IFoU) Opening the Frontier Closed Area
Investigator(s):Bolchover JP
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2009
Completion Date:11/2009
Abstract:
N/A


Project Title:Border Ecology
Investigator(s):Bolchover JP
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2010
Abstract:
Hong Kong’s border with Shenzhen is incrementally dissolving. By 2047, 50 years after the 1997 handover of Hong Kong the border will no longer exist. This also will mean the dissolution of the economic and political zones of the “One Country Two Systems” policy; significantly the Special Administration Region of Hong Kong and the Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen. As part of the re-integration process serious considerations need to be made concerning the potential impact this will have on the urban development of both sides of the border as well as the larger impact this may have on the entire Pearl River Delta region, with respect to cultural, social and economic fluidity. The “one country, two systems” policy of China to deal with awkward anomalies such as Tibet, Taiwan and Hong Kong, has become the key driver of economic and urban transformation in the entire Pearl River Delta region. Specific differences – restricted migration, legal frameworks, and separate currency – have in fact created opportunities for exchange. This tension, through the creation of pressure differentials of exacerbated differences, (See Koolhaas, Rem et al, Great Leap Forward, Project on the City, Taschen 2001, the authors develop their concept of the ‘City of Exacerbated Difference©’ to explain the exceptional urban developments in the region) has created symbiotic, or at least, co-dependent but unequal relationships that have become drivers for rapid urban growth. Nearly 10 years on from Koolhaas’ observations, has the PRD region evolved in character or are the economic flows and mutual relationships the same? As well as the concentrations of varieties of SEZ’s that include Hong Kong, Macau, Zhuhai and Shenzhen the PRD region has witnessed accelerated growth in emerging cities such as Dongguan, Longgang and Zhongshan all within a 100 km radius. These new cities have emerged from essentially rural areas and have been formed as a result of forces of global markets seeking cheaper land and labor together with regulatory incentives and a land policy that has facilitated the rapid conversion of rural land into urban land. The ambiguous legal status of land development rights in China has led to advantageous transactions exploiting loopholes in the system leading to black-market deals and corrupt practices. The resulting condition is a blurred territory between real estate development, farmland, rice paddies and factories. One core objective of the research project is to investigate the forces that produce this specific form of urban territory, to define its characteristics and to understand how this condition relates to a larger regional context. A key premise of the research is to understand the PRD as an interconnected network of different urban conditions all competing with each other for resources and yet mutually co-dependent . To this aim the research will consider the PRD region as an urban ecology. In 2010 the Hong Kong Government will redraw the boundary of the Frontier Closed Area allowing almost 2000 hectares of land to be openly accessible to the public as well as being available for potential development. The Frontier Closed Area was created in 1951 as a buffer zone to control migration and crime from the mainland. Since then the land has remained a frozen landscape – very little has changed in over fifty years. This is in stark contrast to the rapid urbanization that has taken place directly adjacent to this area in Shenzhen which has seen the city develop from a fishing village with a population of 200,000 in 1982 to over 11 million today. The Frontier Closed Area as well as being a testament to what Shenzhen used to be like contains a rich landscape of eco-systems, (including the RAMSAR site), fish farms, industrial areas as well as historic villages and abandoned military posts. The research project has 3 main objectives: 1.To understand the border region as part of a larger urban ecology of the Pearl River Delta. To examine specific processes of urbanization that have occurred since China’s reformation and opening up particularly with respect to the transformation of rural to urban land. To explore how the border has operated as a filter between HK and the mainland to drive growth. 2.To investigate the Frontier Closed Area before its opening up in 2010, to look at its characteristics and to record and map its existing condition. 3.To propose an urban strategy for the Frontier Closed Area that engages with both the larger context of the PRD and the specific relationships that exist across the border and to make a proposal that is mutually beneficial to both Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Key Issues and Problems being addressed There has been academic research by geographers, economists and policy advisors on the transformation of the PRD over the last 30 years however there has been relatively little produced from the perspective of architecture and urbanism. To this extent the research will attempt to understand the urban changes from the perspective of spatial transformation and begin to diagram complex forces using simple techniques. The key problem the research wishes to address is how the opening up of the Frontier Closed Area and how it’s planning affect the relationship between Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The research will address the following issues: - how to develop an understanding of the complex forces contributing to the urban transformation of the PRD? - how to understand how the border contributes to the urban ecology of the PRD? - how to record and map the existing conditions of the Frontier Closed Area before its opening up in 2010? - how to create a development strategy that is mutually beneficial to both Hong Kong and Shenzhen - how to address key limitations of the site including contamination and ecological preservation - how to bring inventive and experimental ideas to widen the discussion of the future of the Loop and Closed Area.


List of Research Outputs

Bolchover J.P. and Lin J.C.H., Urban-Rural Ecology, In: Joshua Bolchover and Jonathan Solomon , Sustain and Develop 306090 Books Vol. 13. New York, 306090,Inc., 2010, 13.
Bolchover J.P. and Hasdell P., Best Paper Award In The Category The Transformation Of Urban Form, In: Jurgen Rosemann, Lei Qu, Diego Sepulveda, International Forum On Urbanism. 2009.
Bolchover J.P. and Hasdell P., Opening the Frontier Closed Area: A Mutual Benefit Zone, In: Jurgen Rosemann, Lei Qu, Diego Sepulveda, The New Urban Question: Urbanism beyond Neo-Liberalism. Rotterdam, International Forum on Urbanism, 2009, 173-183.
Bolchover J.P. and Hasdell P., Opening the Frontier Closed Area: A Mutual benefit Zone, The New Urban Question: Urbanism beyond Neo-liberalism, International Forum on Urbanism. 2009.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin J.C.H., Rural Urban Ecology, 8th International Sao Paulo Biennale. 2009.
Solomon J.D. and Bolchover J.P., Sustain and Develop, 306090 Volume 13, 306090, Inc., 2010.
Solomon J.D. and Bolchover J.P., Sustain and Develop, In: Joshua Bolchover, Jonathan D Solomon, Sustain and Develop, 306090 Volume 13. 306090, Inc, 2010, 20-21.


Researcher : Carlow JF
Project Title:11th International Architecture Exhibition "Fabrica Cultura (Culture Fabricate): Hong Kong in Venice Discussion Forum" Digital Generation: Manual Means
Investigator(s):Carlow JF
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2008
Abstract:
N/A


List of Research Outputs

Carlow J.F., 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Hong Kong. 2010.
Carlow J.F., Digital to Material: Work from Arch5304 "The Computer in Architecture", The 2009 Sao Paulo Biennale of Architecture. 2009.
Carlow J.F. and Lange C.J., Grant: Leo Tung-hai Lee Fund Award, for the project “Tracing Rome” , Italian Cultural Society of Hong Kong, . 2010.
Carlow J.F., Lecture: Processes, Production and (im)Precision, Shenzhen University College of Architecture and Planning. 2009.
Carlow J.F. and Solomon J.D., Point Cloud Cities, Beyond Media 2009, Visions // Spot on Schools Exhibition, Florence Italy. 2009.
Carlow J.F., Urban Picnic: Modular Furniture System, 2009 Hong Kong Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism. 2010.
Solomon J.D., Carlow J.F. and Lin J.C.H., Control Tower, AAFAB, with Jason Carlow and John Lin, Architectural Association School of Architecture, Village Underground Art Space, London. 2009.
Solomon J.D., Carlow J.F. and Lin J.C.H., Control Tower, Parametric Prototypes: New Computational Paradigms in Architecture, with Jason Carlow and John Lin, Xian University of Architecture and Technology. 2009.
Solomon J.D., Carlow J.F. and Lin J.C.H., Cultural Depot, Diesel Cultivate, with Jason Carlow, John Lin and the University of Hong Kong Faculty of Architecture. Diesel Flagship, Queens Road, Hong Kong, September 2009. 2009.


Researcher : Chen LHC
Project Title:A visual analysis of selected landscape architectural works with the assistance of digital image acquisition, digital image processing, and 3D digital modeling
Investigator(s):Chen LHC
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Low Budget High Impact Programme
Start Date:11/2000
Abstract:
To set up a framework to systematically document and analyze selected landscape architectural works, utilizing the latest digital imaging and processing technologies.


List of Research Outputs

Chen L.H.C., Chinese Landscape Arhitecture - appointed member of Board of Editors, In: appointed member of Board of Editors from 11/2009, Chinese Landscape Arhitecture. 2009.
Chen L.H.C., Framing Hong Kong's sustainable future: beyond the greening master plan, Co-author Ann Zhang, Shang Weijia, Conference paper, Joint Hong Kong and Tianjin Conference for Sustainable Building , October 23-24, 2009, hosted by PGBC and Tianjin Government, 2009.
Chen L.H.C., Macao Future Landscape and Development Policy Study Report, Phase 1, 2010.
Chen L.H.C., Pearl River Delta Greenway Forum, invited speaker and supervisor for Zhuhai, Jiangmen and Zhongshan cities, 2010.


Researcher : Cheung DTM
Project Title:2nd Shanghai (Expo 2010) International Architectural Forum Rethinking Water in the City
Investigator(s):Cheung DTM
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Grants for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2010
Completion Date:06/2010
Abstract:
N/A


List of Research Outputs

Cheung D.T.M., Invited Guest Critic, In: Yan Gao, Christopher Pierce, Brett Steele, Architectural Association, School of Architecture Beijing Global School "SUPER-BLEND". 2010.
Cheung D.T.M., Rethinking Water in the City, In: Frank Xu, Shanghai (Expo 2010) International Architectural Forum - Development of Globalization. 2010.
Cheung D.T.M., Rethinking Water in the City, In: Frank Xu, Shanghai (Expo 2010) International Architectural Forum - Development of Globalization (with Tonji University). 2010.
Cheung D.T.M., Symposium at Bring Your Own Biennale - West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade, Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale. 2009.


Researcher : Cheung KP
List of Research Outputs

Cheung K.P., Cheung K. P., et., Press Conference, 香江永綠‧百善永續-“Pearl for The World” Project, 5 Oct 2009, followed by open Exhibition on 6, 7, 8, 10 to 14 , Oct 2009 , Convocation room, Main Building , HKU, hosted by The Initiative on Clean Energy and Environment, HKU- ICEE , http://icee/index/index.html , reported in many newspapers in HK on 6 Oct, including Sing Tao Daily 星島日報http://www.singtao.com/yesterday/edu/1006go02.html , Appledaily, http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20091006&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11867&art_id=13283015 , Ta Kung Pao http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/09/10/06/GW-1152421.htm , MingPao , 香江永綠‧百善永續, 2009.
Cheung K.P., Cheung interviewed by Choi, S., Chan, J. An Interview over the radio on Cheung’s underground city and other sustainable development proposals including the first mission of Kai Tak to support redevelopment of East and Kowloon, and the second and the last stop of The Express Rail at Kam Tin, in《知識迎人》新城知訊台Metro Broadcast Corporation Limited. Hong Kong. 8:30 p m, Thursday, January 14, 2010., 2010.
Cheung K.P., Cheung, K. P. Seminar on “Pearl for The World” Project, hosted by The Hong Kong Institute of Planners. HIP Headquarters’ Building, HKSAR. 21 Nov 2009., 2009.
Cheung K.P., Cheung, K. P. Pearl for the World: A Holistic Sustainable Scheme on Marine-land Parks and Green Links for HKSAR. HSBC Eco Asia Conference. 滙豐亞洲環保會議. Hong Kong Trade Development Council. 28 – 30 Oct., 2009. HKCEC. HKSAR., 2009.
Cheung K.P. and Chu P.H.S., Cheung, K. P., Chu, P. H.S. A Broad Brush Framework for Holistic Sustainable Development for HKSAR in the Coming 50 Years. Build4Asia International Conference 2010. http://www.asianbuildtech.com/ev_b4asia_conference.html ASHRAE Hong Kong Chapter, CIBSE Hong Kong Chapter and HKIE Building Services Division. HKCEC. HKSAR. 3 June 2010., 2010.
Cheung K.P., Cheung, K. P., etal. PHASE 2 Exhibition in Loke Yew Hall in Jan 2010 on Research Project named “香江永綠‧百善永續” - Pearl for the World : A Holistic Sustainable Development Scheme for HKSAR in the coming 50 years and beyond, http://icee.hku.hk/exhibition/pearlOfTheWorldII/index.html , which is a research project of HKU-ICEE, The Initiative ERROR: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: character string buffer too small ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_OUTPUT", line 238 ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_OUTPUT", line 260 ORA-06512: at line 1