DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE



Researcher : Bobbette AW

Project Title:Architecture and Adaptation
Investigator(s):Bobbette AW
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:11/2012


List of Research Outputs

Bobbette A.W., Cambridge Trust Scholarship, University of Cambridge. 2014.
Bobbette A.W., Ecologies of Urbanism in Asia Workshop, In: Anne Rademacher & Shivi Sivaramakrishnan, Yale University. 2015.
Bobbette A.W., Editor and editorial board member, Scapegoat: Architecture/Landscape/Political Economy. Toronto, Scapegoat Publications, 2014, 07.


Researcher : Bolchover JP

Project Title:Community Project Workshop -Tongjiang Primary School in Shicheng County, JiangXi Province
Investigator(s):Bolchover JP, Lin CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:World Vision - General Award
Start Date:12/2009


Project Title:Community Project Workshop - Huaji Sustainable School Project
Investigator(s):Bolchover JP, Lin CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Power of Love - General Award
Start Date:01/2010


Project Title:Peripheral Urbanism: The transformation of Ulaan Baatar
Investigator(s):Bolchover JP
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2013


Project Title:Border Ecologies
Investigator(s):Bolchover JP
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2013


List of Research Outputs

Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Architizer A+ Awards, Finalist Healthcare and Wellness Category 2015, In: Marc Kushner, Architizer A+ Awards. 2015.
Bolchover J.P., Community Capital, Archifest 2014, Singapore organized by Singapore Institute of Architects. 2014.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Four Schools: A Retroactive Manifesto, In: Zoe Ryan, The Future Is Not What It Used To Be, The 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial,. Istanbul, Turkey, 2014.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Grundschule Mulan, Guangdong, China, Klasse Schule: So baut die Welt, . Germany, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 2014, 88-91.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Mulan Primary School, Huaiji, Guangdong, China 2012, World Architecture Magazine (Beijing). 2015, No. 296: 88-93.
Bolchover J.P., RUF: Transforming the Chinese Countryside, Re-imagining Rurality Conference, The University of Westminster. 2015.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Rural Urban Framework, The Horizontal Metropolis EPFL, Switzerland Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. 2014.


Researcher : Carlow JF

Project Title:ACADIA 2014, Design Agency; Parametric Façade Systems: Performance-Driven design for ultra-thin buildings in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Carlow JF
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2014
Completion Date:10/2014


List of Research Outputs

Carlow J.F., AIA Honor Award, American Institute of Architects (HK Chapter). 2014.
Carlow J.F., HK XS XL, The American University of Dubai. 2015.
Carlow J.F., HK/XS, Smart Geometry 2014 - Urban Compaction. Hong Kong, 2014.
Carlow J.F., HK:SOS Hong Kong Single Occupancy Strip (Exhibition), American Institute of Architects Emerging Professionals Exhibition, AIA Headquarters, Washington DC. . American Institute of Architects, 2015.
Carlow J.F. and Lange C.J., HK_SMARTOWERS: Rethinking Hong Kong towers through new computational methods, In: Y. Ikeda, C.m. Herr, D. Holzer, S. Kaijima, M.J. Kim, M.A. Schabel, Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. Hong Kong, The Assoc. for Computer-Aided Arch Design Research in Asia, 2015, 20: 871-872.
Carlow J.F. and Lange C.J., HK_SmarTowers (exhibition), Smart Geometry 2014. 2014.
Carlow J.F., Hong Kong Single Occupancy Strip ( Exhibition ), CAADRIA 2014, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan. 2015.
Carlow J.F., Hong Kong Single Occupancy Strip (Exhibition), In: American Institute of Architects, AIA Hong Kong Honor Awards, Exchange Square, Hong Kong. 2014.
Carlow J.F., PRDSEA: A Water Resource Network for the Pearl River Delta, in “Counterpart Cities: Climate Change and Collaborative Action in Hong Kong and Shenzhen” (with Stefan Al & Ivan Valin) (Curated by Dorothy Tang and Jonathan Solomon (Exhibition), featured in Synergy & Symbiosis, in the Chinese Pavilion of the 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture, Venice, Italy. 2014.
Carlow J.F., Parametric Façade Systems: Performance-Driven design for ultra-thin buildings in Hong Kong (Exhibition), ACADIA 2014, DESIGN AGENCY, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. 2014.
Carlow J.F., Parametric Façade Systems: Performance-Driven design for ultra-thin buildings in Hong Kong, In: Gerber, David, ACADIA 2014. ACADIA.
Carlow J.F., Prefabricated Facade Systems, In: American Institute of Architects (Hong Kong) , Lecture Series in Advanced Materials. American Institute of Architects (Hong Kong), 2014.


Researcher : Cate Christ MA

Project Title:Food Networks of Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Cate Christ MA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2013
Completion Date:08/2014


Project Title:Hong Kong Stair Archive: Documenting the walkable city
Investigator(s):Cate Christ MA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2015


List of Research Outputs

Cate Christ M.A., Valin I.A. and Melbourne S.J., Potential Futures: The Changing Cultural Landscape of Yangon’s Waterfront, ACLA Asian Cultural Landscape Association. 2014.


Researcher : Close J

Project Title:World Renewable Energy Congress IX and Exhibition (WREC-IX) PV Powered Biological Wastewater Treatment for Urban & Rural Applications
Investigator(s):Close J
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2006




Researcher : Cummer KN

List of Research Outputs

Cummer K.N., DiStefano L.D. and Lee H.Y., Heritage Revealed. Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 2014.


Researcher : DiStefano LD

List of Research Outputs

Cummer K.N., DiStefano L.D. and Lee H.Y., Heritage Revealed. Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 2014.
Lee H.Y. and DiStefano L.D., Design Guidelines for the Adaptive Reuse of Shanghai Street Shophouses, Nos. 600-626 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, a consultancy report commissioned by the Urban Renewal Authority in preparation for the adaptive reuse of a contiguous row of 14 pre-war shophouses on Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, 10 of which are Graded Historic Buildings (completed in July 2014), 2014.
Lee H.Y. and DiStefano L.D., Statement of Significance for Shophouses at No. 120 Wellington Street and 26A-C Graham Street, a consultancy report commissioned by the Urban Renewal Authority for the conservation of four pre-war shophouses (completed in December 2014), 2014.
Lee H.Y. and DiStefano L.D., Tong Lau: A Hong Kong Shophouse Typology, a resource paper for the Antiquities and Monuments Office, Architectural Services Department, Buildings Department, Commissioner for Heritage’s Office and Urban Renewal Authority (completed in May 2015), 2015.
Lee H.Y. and DiStefano L.D., “New Design in Old Building: Innovative Revitalisation of Heritage Buildings”, invited lecture organized by the MTR Corporation for the Executive Continuous Learning Programme, at the MTR Corporation Headquarters, 24 April 2015. (With Lynne DiStefano). 2015.


Researcher : Du J

Project Title:"Demystifying the Instant City" Publication
Investigator(s):Du J
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2013
Completion Date:12/2014


Project Title:2014 Venice Biennale International Architecture Biennale China Pavilion Conference ; Absorbing Modernity 1914–2014: Shenzhen
Investigator(s):Du J
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014
Completion Date:11/2014


List of Research Outputs

Du J., An International Academic Research Project- Low Carbon City Users’ Manual, Shenzhen Centre for Design. 2015.
Du J., Guangming District Urban Planning and Development Symposium. 2015.
Du J., Impact Project Knowledge Exchange Funding, The University Grants Committee, The University of Hong Kong . 2015.
Du J., Echeverri N., Jones P., Tang D.S.W. and Valin I.A., Low Carbon City Users' Manual, Shenzhen Centre for Design. 2015.
Du J., One Thousand Years of an Instant City, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris-Malaquais. 2014.
Du J., Planning from the Bottom Up, International New Town Institute Symposium "Shenzhen: From Factory of the World to World City". 2014.
Du J., Processes of Urban Formation, Growth and Transformation, Urban Formation Symposium, AASH Summer School 2014. 2014.
Du J., Public Space as Habitat for Urban Culture in an Internationalizing City, Shenzhen Round Table, Shenzhen Citizen’s Cultural Forum. 2014.
Du J., Synergy and Symbiosis, Venice Biennale China Pavilion Special Exhibition. 2014.
Du J., Urban Myth of the New Chinese City, Time+Architecture. Tongji University, 2014.
Du J., Urban Past: History in the Modern City, Urbanization in China: Past, Present, Future, Princeton University. 2014.
Du J., Urban Present: Global Urban Design Practice in China Today, Urbanization in China: Past, Present, Future, Princeton University. 2014.


Researcher : Echeverri N

List of Research Outputs

Du J., Echeverri N., Jones P., Tang D.S.W. and Valin I.A., Low Carbon City Users' Manual, Shenzhen Centre for Design. 2015.


Researcher : Erdman DCM

Project Title:Architectural Experiments in Massing; How Pressure, Thickness and Media might become the assets of 21st Century Design
Investigator(s):Erdman DCM
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:The Open City; Co-Chair of "Design+Building in The Open City"/Poster Presentation: Altered (e) States
Investigator(s):Erdman DCM
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:Final Master of Architecture Reviews and Undergraduate Thesis Reviews; altered (e)states
Investigator(s):Erdman DCM
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2015


List of Research Outputs

Erdman D.C.M., Altered (e)States, In: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Projects from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and Architectural Institute of Korea International Conference : Open Cities; The New Post Industrial World Order. Washington DC, ACSA, 2014, 68-69.
Erdman D.C.M. and Lee C.L., Centripephilia, Iconophilia Symposium - University of St. Josephs Macau. 2015.
Erdman D.C.M. and Song H., Design and Building in the Open City: Co-Chair, In: David Erdman and Hayub Song , Open Cities; The New Post Industrial World Order. Washington DC, ACSA, 2014, 124-174.
Erdman D.C.M., MMM.... an introduction, In: David Erdman, Architectural Design Theses 2014-2015; making, mediating and mapping. Hong Kong, HKU Department of Architecture, 2015, 10-12.
Erdman D.C.M., Main Editor, In: David Erdman, Architectural Design Theses 2014-2015; making, mediating and mapping. Hong Kong, HKU Department of Architecture, 2015, all.
Erdman D.C.M., Main Editor, In: David Erdman, Architectural Design Theses 2014-2015; making, mediating and mapping. Hong Kong, HKU Department of Architecture, 2015, all.
Erdman D.C.M. and Lee C.L., Short Listed Finalist - Best International Interior, LEAF Awards. 2014.
Erdman D.C.M. and Lee C.L., Towards a New Plasticity, In: Billy Faircloth, Plastics Now. London, Routledge, 2015, 314-319, 367.
Erdman D.C.M., Under Pressure, Pratt Institute School of Architecture Public Lecture Series. 2014.
Erdman D.C.M., Under Pressure, University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture Public Lecture Series. 2014.
Erdman D.C.M., Under Pressure, Yokohama Redux: The Saga of the Single Surface Symposium: University of Tokyo School of Architecture (Obuchi Lab). 2015.
Erdman D.C.M. and Lee C.L., Winner - Best of Residential Interior Design, A&D Trophy Awards. 2014.
Erdman D.C.M. and Lee C.L., Winner - Certificate of Excellence Residential Interior Design, A&D Trophy Awards. 2014.
Erdman D.C.M., atmospheres - a personal reflection, In: Sam Cheng, Lam Lai Shun, Make Room; Afterlives of Theses. HKU Architecture papers. Hong Kong, MCCM Creations, 2015, 3: 252-255.


Researcher : Fong CSY

Project Title:Urban Geometries and Building Environmental Performance for Warm Humid Climate
Investigator(s):Fong CSY
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2008




Researcher : Ganesan S

Project Title:Sixth International Conference on Urban Form New Urbanism in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Ganesan S
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/1999


Project Title:Current foreign debt crisis in China: implications for construction technology transfer in Shanghai
Investigator(s):Ganesan S, Zhou Q
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Low Budget High Impact Programme
Start Date:11/2000


Project Title:The 2nd International Conference of the CIB Task Group 29 (TG29) ON Construction in Developing Countries Does Sub-contracting Promote Technology Transfer (TT) in Developing Countries: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
Investigator(s):Ganesan S
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:11/2000


Project Title:ARCC 2001 Architectural Research Centers Consortium Spring Research Conference Sustainable Urban Design Guidelines for Asian Cities
Investigator(s):Ganesan S
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2001


Project Title:32nd Annual Conference of Environmental Design Research Association 1997 Asian Crisis; Implications for Urban Design and Construction
Investigator(s):Ganesan S
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2001


Project Title:Environmental Design Research Association Conference 2003 Daytime Heat Island Effect in Residential Developments in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Ganesan S
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2003




Researcher : Gao Y

Project Title:Open Source Architectural Design for High Rise Housing Towers
Investigator(s):Gao Y
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2013
Completion Date:02/2015


Project Title:4th Annual International Conference on Architecture; Integrated Open Source Architectural Design for High Density Housing with Computational Control and Management Engineering the Paradoxes of Chinese Housing Architecture
Investigator(s):Gao Y
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014
Completion Date:07/2014


List of Research Outputs

Gao Y., 2nd Prize, (no 1st Prize was awarded) eMerging Sci-Garden city, Shenzhen Bay “Super City” International Competition Supplemental Notice, 二等奖(一等奖空缺) 汇谷林城 深圳湾云城市(超级城市)国际竞赛, Shenzhen Design Center. 深圳市城市设计促进中心, 2014.
Gao Y., BIM Design and Information, BIIM设计与信息, BIM Applications and Project Management Professional, China Building Centre. CBC "BIM应用与项目 工程管理"实战培训,中 国建筑中心, 2015.
Gao Y., Guo X. and Duo N., Baoding Kids' Dream Experiential Learning Indoor Park, 保定童梦世界儿童体验馆及附属商业, Baoding Kids' Dream Software and Technology CO., LTD. 保定童梦教育软件科技有限公司, 2015.
Gao Y., Big Design As Connection, 万物相联大设计, In: Chen Zhanhui, Beyond Architecture, Creative Cloud, Forum hosted by Vanke Cloud City. 建筑之外,创意的云端, 2015.
Gao Y., Dream Home Vanke Experiential Gallery, 万科梦工场, Shenzhen Vanke Real Estate Development. 深圳万科地产公司, 2014.
Gao Y. and Luo T...T..., Integrated Open Source Architectural Design for High Density Housing with Computational Control and Management, Engineering the Paradoxes of Chinese Housing Architecture, The 4th Annual International Conference on Architecture. Athens, ATHENS IIINSTIIITUTE FFFOR EDUCATIIION AND RESEARCH, 2014.
Gao Y., Guo X. and Leung P.Y., Intelligent Wave Robotic Structure Research, 智浪 建筑机器人结构, In: Curator: Zhu Ye Academic Advisor: Philip F. Yuan, Robotic Future, 10th Shanghai Biennale 2014 City Pavilion: Urban Work & Shop. 人机未来,第十届上海 双年展城市馆, 2015.
Gao Y., Jiang J. and Guo X., Synergy & Symbiosis - UABB @ Venice Special Exhibition at the Chinese Pavilion of the 14th Venice Biennale of Architecture, 威尼斯双年展中国馆特殊展——“共谋·共生”深圳双年展回顾展, In: Jiang Jun, China Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2014 International Architecture Exhibition. 2014.
Gao Y., Technology of Exception, Integrated Intelligent and Innovative Design Research & Practice, In: Doreen Bernath, Gary Freedman, the Extra Fabrica 2014, Design and Build Summer Workshop, Taiwan. 2014.
Gao Y., The New Pragmatism - A Theoretic Framework for Design Practice, 设计新实用主义理论框架, In: Liu Qing, Urban Environment Design. 城市·环境·设计, Shenyang, China, Liaoning Science and Technology Publication House Ltd., 2014, 084: 140-147.
Gao Y., The Parametric and Building Information Modeling upon Architectural Design Practice, 基于设计实践的参数化与BIM, In: Li Jiancheng, South Architecture Magazine. 南方建筑, Guang Zhou, South Architecture Press, 2014, 2014.04: 4-14.
Gao Y., Ubiquitous Digitalisation in Design Practice, 设计实践中无所不在的数字化, 2014 Annual Conference of Architectural Society of China. 2014年中国建筑师学会 年会, 2014.


Researcher : Howe AS

Project Title:Architectural investigation through digital video
Investigator(s):Howe AS
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Leung Kau Kui Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:01/2002




Researcher : Jia B

Project Title:high dense residential complex and its impacts on the communication pattern
Investigator(s):Jia B
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:11/2005


Project Title:XXV INTERNATIONAL UNION OF ARCHITECTS (UIA) WORLD CONGRESS, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: 03 – 07 August 2014; Has collaborative housing been a part of the urbanization in China
Investigator(s):Jia B
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2014
Completion Date:08/2014


List of Research Outputs

Jia B., Master Class - Shaping the Urban Traditions: Architectural Education on Open Building 3, 开放建筑教育课题三—再造城市传统, In: Rao Xaiojun, Architectural Worlds. 建筑导报, Shenzhen, China, Architectural Worlds Magazine, 2014, 29: 30-35.


Researcher : Jiang B

Project Title:Urban Soundscapes: The Effect of Auditory and Visual Stimulations on Mood
Investigator(s):Jiang B, Webster CJ, Pryor MR
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

Jiang B., Li D.Y., Larsen L. and Sullivan W.C., A Dose-Response Curve Describing the Relationship Between Urban Tree Cover Density and Self-Reported Stress Recovery, In: Barbara Brown, Environment & Behavior. 2014.
Jiang B., Chang C.Y. and Sullivan W.C., A dose of nature: Tree cover, stress reduction, and gender differences, In: J.I Nassauer, W.-N. Xiang, Landscape and Urban Planning. Elsevier, 2014, 132: 26-36.
Jiang B., Suppakitpaisarn P. and Sullivan W.C., Do Preferred Landscapes Reduce Stress?, EDRA46LosAngles (The Environmental Design Research Association). 2015, 233.
Jiang B., Examining the Urban Environment through the Eyes of a Pediatrician: an Interview with Richard J. Jackson, In: Kongjian Yu, Landscape Architecture Frontiers. Higher Education Press, 2015, 3: 62-69.
Jiang B., Guest Editor, In: Kongjian Yu, Landscape Architecture Frontiers. Higher Education Press, 2015, 3.
Jiang B., Zhang T. and Sullivan W.C., Healthy Cities: Mechanisms and research questions regarding the impacts of urban green landscapes on public health and well-being, In: Kongjian Yu, Landscape Architecture Frontiers. Higher Education Press, 2015, 3: 24-35.


Researcher : Karakiewicz JA

Project Title:Exploring the dimensions of urban densities
Investigator(s):Karakiewicz JA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Low Budget High Impact Programme
Start Date:11/2000




Researcher : Kee TYC

Project Title:Assessing Community Planning in Hong Kong: An Analysis of the Infrastructural Model of West Island Line
Investigator(s):Kee TYC
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:What is the Impetus to Move? Cross-border Retirement Migration Plans and Housing Preferences of the Soon-to-be-old Cohort
Investigator(s):Kee TYC
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:12/2014


Project Title:Ninth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices; KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND PARTICIPATORY PRACTICE IN ARCHITECTURE
Investigator(s):Kee TYC
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2015
Completion Date:03/2015


List of Research Outputs

Kee T.Y.C. and Bos C., Articulating the composite city: the case of Hong Kong , European Symposium on Research in Architecture and Urban Design, Istanbul. 2014.
Kee T.Y.C., Community Engaged Dialect in Design Practice, Shaping The Future City - U21 (UNSW Australia) . 2014.
Kee T.Y.C. and Lee A.L.C., Dialogue with Tris Kee (Curator of Community and Media), In: Gene King and Anderson Lee , Tri-Ciprocal Cities: The Time, The Place, The People. ORO Edition, 2014, 138-154.
Kee T.Y.C. and Chung T.H.O.M.A.S., HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards 2015 in Architecture for Social Innovation - HK Value Farm (with Thomas Chung CUHK), The Hong Kong Institute of Architects . 2015.
Kee T.Y.C., Knowledge Exchange and Participatory Practice in Architecture , Ninth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices, Chicago, USA . 2015.
Kee T.Y.C., New Housing Paradigm for the “Silver Hair” Population – A Case in Hong Kong , 2015 Asia Pacific Network of Housing Research (APNHR) Conference Gwangju, Korea . 2015.
Kee T.Y.C., Placemaking in Hong Kong, from fragmented space to 3E placemaking , Barcelona/ Hong Kong Urban Exchange Platform, Barcelona . 2015.
Kee T.Y.C., U21 Summer School - Shaping the Future Cities , 2014.
Kee T.Y.C. and Cookson Smith P., Urban Placemaking , In: Peter Cookson Smith , Hong Kong Barcelona Urban Exchange . Hong Kong, MCCM, 2015.
Wong W.S. and Kee T.Y.C., Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award 2015 (Faculty of Architecture), HKU Faculty of Architecture. 2015.


Researcher : Kelly AS

List of Research Outputs

Kelly A.S., Design at Near-regional Scales, SmartGeometry 2014. Hong Kong.


Researcher : Kvan T

Project Title:KCRC Linear City Research Project
Investigator(s):Kvan T
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) - General Award
Start Date:01/2004




Researcher : Lange C

List of Research Outputs

Lange C., Expert Workshop, Invited, Beyond Big Plans, ISOCAP Conference, Seoul. 2015.
Lange C., Hong Kong Development, The Chamber of Architects Hessen, Germany. 2015.
Lange C., “Aging Dragons” and “Evergrowing HongKong”, Exhibition and Sub-Curator, City Hall Seoul (Korea), 2015.
Lange C. and Trumpf S., “The Development of the Urban Council Building OR A Story of the decreasing Civic Foot Print in Hong Kong”, In: Editor in Chief: Bernd Upmeyer, Monu, Magazine on Urbanism. Rotterdam, Netherlands, Board Publisher, 2014, 21: 128.


Researcher : Lange CJ

Project Title:Parametric Structures - Systems of Multiplicities
Investigator(s):Lange CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2011


Project Title:Why Code Matters - A Graphical Treatise on Hong Kong’s High Density, Residential Typologies
Investigator(s):Lange CJ, Carlow JF
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:05/2012


List of Research Outputs

Carlow J.F. and Lange C.J., HK_SMARTOWERS: Rethinking Hong Kong towers through new computational methods, In: Y. Ikeda, C.m. Herr, D. Holzer, S. Kaijima, M.J. Kim, M.A. Schabel, Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia. Hong Kong, The Assoc. for Computer-Aided Arch Design Research in Asia, 2015, 20: 871-872.
Carlow J.F. and Lange C.J., HK_SmarTowers (exhibition), Smart Geometry 2014. 2014.
Lange C.J. and Rocker I.M., Density and Openess Revisited | The Ideal City of Refigured Civic Space, ACADIA 2014 Design Agency. 2014, 107-110.
Lange C.J. and Rocker I.M., Density and Openess Revisited | The Ideal City of Refigured Civic Space, Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, . 2015, 869 -871.


Researcher : Lau SSY

Project Title:Quantifying the environmental performance of greenery in high density urban forms in sub-tropical cities - Hong Kong and Shanghai
Investigator(s):Lau SSY
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Applied Research
Start Date:03/2010


Project Title:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award 2011-12
Investigator(s):Lau SSY
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award
Start Date:01/2013


List of Research Outputs

Gou Z., Prasad D. and Lau S.S.Y., Impacts of green certifications, ventilation and office types on occupant satisfaction with indoor environmental quality, Architectural Science Review. 2014, 57: 196-206.
Gou Z., Lau S.S.Y. and Ye H., Visual alliesthesia: The gap between comfortable and stimulating illuminance settings, Building and Environment. 2014, 82: 42-49.


Researcher : Lee ALC

List of Research Outputs

Kee T.Y.C. and Lee A.L.C., Dialogue with Tris Kee (Curator of Community and Media), In: Gene King and Anderson Lee , Tri-Ciprocal Cities: The Time, The Place, The People. ORO Edition, 2014, 138-154.
Lee A.L.C., Between Light and Shadow, Perspective. 2014, 98-101.
Lee A.L.C., Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award, The University of Hong Kong. 2014.
Lee A.L.C., Honor Awards for Interior Architecture 2014, American Institute of Architects. 2014.
Lee A.L.C., Paying tribute to Bruce Lee, Case da Abitare . 2014, Vol. 72, July & Aug 2014: 25-27.
Lee A.L.C., Research Grants, the HKSAR Taiwan Affairs Office. 2015.
Lee A.L.C. and Webster C.J., Teaching Development Grant(TDG), The University of Hong Kong. 2015.
Lee A.L.C., “Tapered House”, Global Interior Design Annual 2013-2014, P.R.C.. 2014.
Lee A.L.C., “The Story of Single Family House in China”, Time + Architecture, P.R.C.. 2015.


Researcher : Lee HY

Project Title:Asian markets: food, form and culture
Investigator(s):Lee HY, DiStefano LD
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding for New Staff
Start Date:03/2004


Project Title:Cultural rehabilitation of archaic industrial buildings
Investigator(s):Lee HY, Wang J, Lau SSY
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:04/2009


Project Title:Cultural Rehabilitation of Archaic Industrial Buildings: Case study of Shanghai
Investigator(s):Lee HY, Chan RCK, Lau SSY
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2010


List of Research Outputs

Cummer K.N., DiStefano L.D. and Lee H.Y., Heritage Revealed. Asia Society Hong Kong Center, 2014.
Lee H.Y., AIA Hong Kong Honorary Affiliate Membership, awarded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Hong Kong Chapter in recognition of distinguished achievement in heritage conservation in the Chapter’s region., American Institute of Architects Hong Kong Chapter. 2014.
Lee H.Y. and DiStefano L.D., Design Guidelines for the Adaptive Reuse of Shanghai Street Shophouses, Nos. 600-626 Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, a consultancy report commissioned by the Urban Renewal Authority in preparation for the adaptive reuse of a contiguous row of 14 pre-war shophouses on Shanghai Street, Mong Kok, 10 of which are Graded Historic Buildings (completed in July 2014), 2014.
Lee H.Y. and DiStefano L.D., Statement of Significance for Shophouses at No. 120 Wellington Street and 26A-C Graham Street, a consultancy report commissioned by the Urban Renewal Authority for the conservation of four pre-war shophouses (completed in December 2014), 2014.
Lee H.Y., “Adaptive Reuse of Hong Kong's Heritage Buildings: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly,”, presentation at The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors Annual Conference 2014, held at Conrad Hong Kong, 13 September 2014.. 2014.
Lee H.Y., “Hong Kong Colonial Architecture, 1841-1997” (「1841-1997香港殖民地建築」, in Cantonese), public lecture invited by the Conservancy Association Centre for Heritage, held at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 1 November 2014.. 2014.
Lee H.Y., “Principles for Conservation and Sustainable Development” and “Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings”, In: a double-lecture invited by the HKSAR Lands Department for its Estate Surveyor Grade staff, held at the HKSAR Lands Department, North Point Government Offices, 12 December 2014., lecture for school teachers invited by Sha Tin Government Secondary School, held at HKU, 4 June 2015.. 2014.


Researcher : Leung PY

List of Research Outputs

Gao Y., Guo X. and Leung P.Y., Intelligent Wave Robotic Structure Research, 智浪 建筑机器人结构, In: Curator: Zhu Ye Academic Advisor: Philip F. Yuan, Robotic Future, 10th Shanghai Biennale 2014 City Pavilion: Urban Work & Shop. 人机未来,第十届上海 双年展城市馆, 2015.


Researcher : Lin CJ

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Lin CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):Lin CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2014


List of Research Outputs

Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Architizer A+ Awards, Finalist Healthcare and Wellness Category 2015, In: Marc Kushner, Architizer A+ Awards. 2015.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Four Schools: A Retroactive Manifesto, In: Zoe Ryan, The Future Is Not What It Used To Be, The 2nd Istanbul Design Biennial,. Istanbul, Turkey, 2014.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Grundschule Mulan, Guangdong, China, Klasse Schule: So baut die Welt, . Germany, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, 2014, 88-91.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Mulan Primary School, Huaiji, Guangdong, China 2012, World Architecture Magazine (Beijing). 2015, No. 296: 88-93.
Bolchover J.P. and Lin C.J., Rural Urban Framework, The Horizontal Metropolis EPFL, Switzerland Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Best Experimental Project for the Pinch, community center and library, the Chinese Architecture Award, 2014. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Best of Best Category for the Pinch, community center and library, Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific, 2014. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Best of Institutional and Public Space for the Pinch, community center and library, Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific, 2014. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival under the Small Projects category for 'The Pinch', Library and Community Center, World Architecture Festival (WAF) 1 - 3 October 2014 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Silver Award 2014 for the Pinch, community center and library, Design for Asia. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., The Pinch, The Sweep, The Warp, Timber structures in Yunnan, Dali University, School of Architecture, China. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., The Pinch, The Sweep, The Warp, timber structures in Yunnan, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Department of Architecture, China. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Wood Excellence Prize 2014, Shortlisted for the Pinch, community center and library, World Architecture Festival. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., World best small project of the Year 2014 for the Pinch, community center and library, World Architecture Festival. 2014.


Researcher : Lin JCH

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Lin CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:01/2014


Project Title:Outstanding Young Researcher Award 2013-14
Investigator(s):Lin CJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Outstanding Young Researcher Award
Start Date:12/2014


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Lung DPY

Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Lung DPY
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:11/2007




Researcher : Mak WS

Project Title:CCTDG- The development of the Common Core course "Shaping the Landscape: A Quest For Harmony Between Nature and the City"
Investigator(s):Mak WS
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Teaching Development Grants
Start Date:01/2011


Project Title:Waste Management and its affects on the Landscapes in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Mak WS
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2011


Project Title:TDG for 4-Year UC - BALS : Capstone Learning Experience in the Final Year Design Studio
Investigator(s):Mak WS
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Teaching Development Grants
Start Date:12/2011


List of Research Outputs

Mak W.S., "Experiencing Landscape Architecture in Hong Kong", Career Discovery in Architecture 2014, 2014.
Mak W.S., Playscape, In: Damian Holmes, World Landscape Architecture. Shanghai, World Landscape Architecture, 2015, 20: 62-63.
Mak W.S., 「從藝術看環境」, RTHK - "Utalks : 這一科學什麼". 2015.


Researcher : Melbourne SJ

Project Title:Peter Walker’s Legacy in Asia: achieving quality design implementation in a dynamic region.
Investigator(s):Melbourne SJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:05/2013


List of Research Outputs

Cate Christ M.A., Valin I.A. and Melbourne S.J., Potential Futures: The Changing Cultural Landscape of Yangon’s Waterfront, ACLA Asian Cultural Landscape Association. 2014.
Melbourne S.J., Landscape Architecture and Its Offering to a Changing Myanmar, Yangon Technological University. 2015.
Melbourne S.J., Mainland Quality: Meaning and Endurance in China's Contemporary Landscape. Minmax Press, 2014.
Webster C.J., Sarkar C., Melbourne S.J., Tang D.S.W., Pryor M.R. and Nezar K., Green equals Healthy? Towards an evidence base for high density Healthy City research, Landscape Architecture Frontiers. 2015, 3(1): 8-23.


Researcher : Ottevaere OP

Project Title:Elemental Structural Prototypes for High Density Housing
Investigator(s):Ottevaere OP
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2014


Project Title:Architectural Review / MIPIM Future Awards 2015; House me Tender, open precast cell system for individualized housing (entry ID: 970)
Investigator(s):Ottevaere OP
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:03/2015
Completion Date:03/2015


List of Research Outputs

Ottevaere O.P., 40 under 40 Asia-Pacific design awards in Architecture, Perspective 2015. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Best Experimental Project for the Pinch, community center and library, the Chinese Architecture Award, 2014. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P., Best Residential future award 2015 for House me Tender, open precast cell system for individualized housing, the Architectural Review/MIPIM. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Best of Best Category for the Pinch, community center and library, Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific, 2014. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Best of Institutional and Public Space for the Pinch, community center and library, Architecture & Design Awards-Asia-Pacific, 2014. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P., Formwork, Concrete Matters Symposium, Fall 2014 Public lecture series, The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Architecture. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P., House me Tender; open precast cell system for individualized housing, HKIA Journal (Hong Kong Institute of Architects) 2015 1st issue Material and Detailing. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P., Housing explorations in extreme climates, Harbin Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture, China. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P., New Orders: Structure, Materiality, Procedure, Department of Architecture, College of Design, Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival under the Small Projects category for 'The Pinch', Library and Community Center, World Architecture Festival (WAF) 1 - 3 October 2014 Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Silver Award 2014 for the Pinch, community center and library, Design for Asia. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., The Pinch, The Sweep, The Warp, Timber structures in Yunnan, Dali University, School of Architecture, China. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., The Pinch, The Sweep, The Warp, timber structures in Yunnan, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Department of Architecture, China. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P., The Wall Effect, exploration in composite materials towards zero weight architecture, Singapore University of Technology and Design. 2015.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., Wood Excellence Prize 2014, Shortlisted for the Pinch, community center and library, World Architecture Festival. 2014.
Ottevaere O.P. and Lin C.J., World best small project of the Year 2014 for the Pinch, community center and library, World Architecture Festival. 2014.


Researcher : Padua M

Project Title:Contemporary Urban Parks in China: changing needs for leisure and recreation
Investigator(s):Padua M
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:10/2005




Researcher : Pearce GA

Project Title:Architectural Engineering 2003 Conference - Building Integration Solutions Interdisciplinary Design Case Studies in Europe and Southeast Asia
Investigator(s):Pearce GA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2003




Researcher : Pryor MR

Project Title:Tree Transplanting Metrics
Investigator(s):Pryor MR
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:10/2012


Project Title:Green Slope Engineering: Bioengineered, Live Cover Systems for Man-made Fill Slopes and Landfill Capillary Barriers in Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Pryor MR, Tham LG, Hau CH, Yan RWM
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) - Group Research Project
Start Date:06/2013


List of Research Outputs

Pryor M.R. and Wang P., CCHU9001 : Sustainability of the Built Environment. Hong Kong, Division of Landscape Architecture HKU, 2014, 2014: 176.
Pryor M.R., Edible Roof, In: General Education Unit, HKU, Urban Farm : DIY Rooftop Farming, Lecture Series. Hong Kong, General Education Unit, HKU, 2014.
Pryor M.R., Extreme Arboriculture: Lessons from Moving Big Trees, In: Johnston, M. and Percival, G., Trees People and the Built Environment. Edinburgh, Institute of Chartered Foresters, 2014, II: 196-209.
Pryor M.R., HKILA Design Award 2014, Silver Award (Research) 'Research into Tree Transplanting in Hong Kong', Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, 2014.
Pryor M.R., Making Green Roofs Work, In: Hong Kong Green Building Council, HKGBC Seminar: Integrating Ecology in Sustainable Neighbourhoods. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Green Building Council, 2015.
Pryor M.R., Teaching Rationale in Landscape Architectural Education, In: HKILA, Landscape without Boundaries Conference, Shekou PRC. 2014.
Pryor M.R., The Hong Kong Landscape: An Unnatural History., Division of Landscape Architecture, HKU. Annual Lecture Series. 2014.
Pryor M.R., The challenge of planting trees on slopes in Hong Kong, In: Institute of Arboricultural Studies, Hong Kong, 7th Annual International Arboriculture Summit - Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Institute of Arboricultural Studies, Hong Kong, 2014.
Pryor M.R., Urban Tree Transplanting in Hong Kong, In: Chinese University of Hong Kong , Seminar on Urban Greenery in Hong Kong . 2014.
Pryor M.R., Visions of the educational landscape., In: Yin-lun Chan, The History of the Landscape Profession of Hong Kong 1978-2015. Hong Kong, The Hong KOng Institute of Landscape Architects, 2015, 65-75.
Urbis Limited .., Pryor M.R. and Hau C.H., Award 2014 : Winner - Landscape Policy & Research "A Comprehensive Street Tree Management Plan for Hong Kong", Landscape Institute UK. London, UK, Landscape Institute, 2014.
Urbis Limited .., Pryor M.R. and Hau C.H., HKILA Design Award 2104, Silver Award, Landscape Management 'A Comprehensive Street Tree Management Plan for Hong Kong' , Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects. HOng Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, 2014.
Webster C.J., Sarkar C., Melbourne S.J., Tang D.S.W., Pryor M.R. and Nezar K., Green equals Healthy? Towards an evidence base for high density Healthy City research, Landscape Architecture Frontiers. 2015, 3(1): 8-23.


Researcher : Roskam C

Project Title:Of Art and Science: Post-Revolutionary Architectural Culture in China, 1973-1989
Investigator(s):Roskam C
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Early Career Scheme (ECS)
Start Date:01/2013


Project Title:AAS-in-Asia: Asia in Motion; Civic Architecture for a Transnational Community: Constructing a Municipal Council Building in Shanghai's International Settlement, 1910-1922
Investigator(s):Roskam C
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:06/2015
Completion Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

Roskam C., Branding in Late Imperial Shanghai: the Case of the Concrete Pagoda., Visions of Shanghai: Place Branding, City Planning, and Culture, International Center for Studies of Chinese Civilization, Fudan University, Shanghai. 2014.
Roskam C., China's Architectural Exchange with Africa., Urban Studies and the China Experience, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Harvard-Yenching Institute, Shanghai History Research Center at East China Normal University. 2014.
Roskam C., Editorial board member, In: Other editors to be determined., Digital M+. 2015.
Roskam C., Envisioning Reform: The International Hotel in Postrevolutionary China, 1974-1990, In: Zeynep Çelik Alexander, Lucia Allais, Eric C.H. de Bruyn, Noam M. Elcott, Byron Hamann, John Harwood, Matthew C. Hunter, Grey Room. Cambridge, MA., MIT Press, 2015, 58, no. 1: 84-111.
Roskam C., Geddes Visiting Fellowship, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh. 2015.
Roskam C., Knowledge Exchange Group Award, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong. 2015.
Roskam C., Making a Chinese Architecture, In: Mee-Seen Loong, Jeffrey Hantover, A Collection of Pagodas: 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. 2014.
Roskam C., Non-Aligned Architecture: China's Designs on and in Ghana and Guinea, 1955-92, Reed College, Portland, OR., 2015.
Roskam C., Non-Aligned Architecture: China's Designs on and in Ghana and Guinea, 1955-92, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., 2015.
Roskam C., Non-Aligned Architecture: China's Designs on and in Ghana and Guinea, 1955-92, Geddes Visiting Fellow Lecture, Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh. 2015.
Roskam C., Non-Aligned Architecture: China's Designs on and in Ghana and Guinea, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Hong Kong. 2014.
Roskam C., Practicing Reform: Experiments in Post-Revolutionary Chinese Architectural Production, 1973-1989, In: Timothy Hyde, Journal of Architectural Education. London, Taylor and Francis, 2015, 69, no. 1: 27-38.
Roskam C., Situating Chinese Architecture within ‘A Century of Progress’: The Chinese Pavilion, The Bendix Golden Temple, and the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, In: Swati Chattopadhyay, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Oakland, University of California Press, 2014, 73.
Roskam C., “Civic Architecture for a Transnational Community: Constructing a Municipal Council Building in Shanghai’s International Settlement, 1910-1922.” , AAS-in-Asia, "Asia in Motion: Ideas, Institutions, Identities.". 2015.


Researcher : Schuldenfrei EH

List of Research Outputs

Schuldenfrei E.H., The Films of Charles and Ray Eames: A Universal Sense of Expectation, London, Routledge, 2014, 256.
Schuldenfrei E.H., Urban Transformations, HKU Cities in Asia Summer Program. 2014.


Researcher : Schwantes G

List of Research Outputs

Schwantes G., On Research and Practice in In-Situ Conservation of Architectural Surfaces in China – with a focus on injection grouting for plaster reattachment. , 中国建筑表面原位保护的研究与实践- 重点抹灰保护的灌浆材料为例, In: Dai Shi Bing, Architecture Restoration and Technology Almanac 2010-2014 Contribution of the Architecture Conservation Laboratory of Tongji University . 海洋出版社, 2014.


Researcher : Seng EMF

Project Title:The Resistant City: Modernity, Architecture and Hong Kong (book)
Investigator(s):Seng MFE
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:02/2014


Project Title:SAH 68th Annual Conference; DWELLING IN ASIA: TRANSLATIONS BETWEEN HOUSING, DOMESTICITY, AND ARCHITECTURE
Investigator(s):Seng MFE
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2015


List of Research Outputs



Researcher : Seng MFE

Project Title:The Resistant City: Modernity, Architecture and Hong Kong (book)
Investigator(s):Seng MFE
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Small Project Funding
Start Date:02/2014


Project Title:SAH 68th Annual Conference; DWELLING IN ASIA: TRANSLATIONS BETWEEN HOUSING, DOMESTICITY, AND ARCHITECTURE
Investigator(s):Seng MFE
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:04/2015


List of Research Outputs

Seng M.F.E., "The Podium the Tower and the People: The Private Development of a Public Complex, c.1965-1970", Cities in Asia: Studio SHA-HKG-SIN, International Summer Program in Architecture, HKU. Hong Kong, 2014.
Seng M.F.E. and Wee H.K., Architecture of Artifacts: Excerpts of a Diaspora Manifesto, 2015 UQ Architecture Lecture Series. Queensland, University of Queensland and State Library of Queensland, 2015.
Seng M.F.E. and Wee H.K., Architecture of Artifacts: Excerpts of a Diaspora Manifesto, Invited Lecture, MADA Monash University Art, Design & Architecture. Melbourne, 2015.
Seng M.F.E., Breaking News: narratives of a Composite Building between tradition and development, or, an Architecture of Impatience, 1964-2014, "Whose Tradition?" IASTE 2014, Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. 2014.
Seng M.F.E., Cities within Building: the private housing complex and the contingent public, c.1960s, In: Chang Jiat-Hwee, bin Tajudeen, Imran and Lee Kah Wee, 1st SEAARC (Southeast Asia Research Collaborative) Symposium. Singapore, National University of Singapore, 2015.
Seng M.F.E., Cities within Buildings: the private housing complex and the contingent public, c.1960s, In: Chang Jiat Hwee, Imran bin Tajudeen and Lee Kah Wee, Questions in Southeast Asia’s Architecture / Southeast Asia’s Architecture in Question, 1st SEAARC (Southeast Asia Architecture Research Collaborative) Symposium, Department of Architecture, SDE, National University of Singapore. 2015.
Seng M.F.E., Modern Dream Home: Early Twentieth Century Houses In Hong Kong and Beyond, Docomomo Hong Kong Public Lecture Series on Modern Architecture, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre. Hong Kong, Docomomo HK, 2014.
Seng M.F.E., The City in a Building, Hong Kong c.1956-1966, "Expansion and Conflict," 13th Docomomo International Conference Seoul 2014.
Seng M.F.E., Transnational Utopia: A Diaspora Manifesto, In: Lim, William, Siddique, Sharon, and Feng, Dan, Singapore Dreaming Conference. Singapore, Asia Urban Lab, 2015.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., "Jia Little Exhibition Center," Architectural Facade II: Architectural Materials Manual: Metal/Concrete/Wood (3 Volumes), In: Tang Art, Built project relating to innovation in building facade design, designed by H. Koon Wee & Eunice M. F. Seng, as principals of SKEW Collaborative. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic International Publishing (HKPIP), 2015.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Architecture of Artifacts: Excerpts of a Diaspora Manifesto, Invited Lecture, University Technology of Sydney. Sydney, UTS, 2015.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Best Small Project Shortlist, In: Jury: Cany Ash, Russell Hawkins Brown, Tim Evans, Sarah Featherstone, Charles Holland, Rosario Hurtado & Roberto Feo, Asif Khan, Abraham Thomas, Victoria Thornton, Chris Wilkinson, Blueprint Awards. United Kingdom, Blueprint: Architecture, Design, Art, 2014, November/December: 57-88.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Best Sustainable Project Shortlist, In: Jury: Cany Ash, Russell Hawkins Brown, Tim Evans, Sarah Featherstone, Charles Holland, Rosario Hurtado & Roberto Feo, Asif Khan, Abraham Thomas, Victoria Thornton, Chris Wilkinson, Blueprint Awards. United Kingdom, Blueprint: Architecture, Design, Art, 2014, November/December: 57-88.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Building Review: Ying Zhou, "Theory of Adaptation: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) IOT Centre and Labs," Singapore Architect, In: Kelley Cheng, Built project relating to innovation in sustainable building design, designed by H. Koon Wee and Eunice M. F. Seng, as principals of SKEW Collaborative. Singapore, Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Press, 2014, #283: 52-61.


Researcher : Solomon JD

Project Title:Repositioning GIS:Integrating Geographic Information Systems Technology into Architecture Curriculum
Investigator(s):Solomon JD, Wang J, Carlow JF, Du J
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Teaching Development Grants
Start Date:05/2008


Project Title:Visiting Research Professors Scheme 2009-10
Investigator(s):Solomon JD
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Visiting Research Professors Scheme
Start Date:09/2009




Researcher : Tang DSW

Project Title:China LandLAB: Developing A Design/Research Laboratory For Undergraduate Landscape Architecture Students In Shanghai
Investigator(s):Tang DSW
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Run Run Shaw Research and Teaching Endowment Fund - Teaching Grants
Start Date:07/2011


Project Title:Weathering the Storm: flood adaptation of informal settlements in Manila
Investigator(s):Tang DSW, Monkkonen PH
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2012


Project Title:Landscapes in Transition: 49th IFLA World Congress; Ecologies Of Gold: The Past And Future Mining Landscape of Johannesburg
Investigator(s):Tang DSW
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:09/2012


Project Title:An Atlas of Gold: Mining, Environmental Change, and Urban Development in Johannesburg
Investigator(s):Tang DSW
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:01/2015


List of Research Outputs

Du J., Echeverri N., Jones P., Tang D.S.W. and Valin I.A., Low Carbon City Users' Manual, Shenzhen Centre for Design. 2015.
Tang D.S.W., Engineered Ecologies: Systems of Design in Asia, HOPES [21]: Catalyst: 21st Century Systems. 2015.
Tang D.S.W. and Africa J.K., Resilient Yueqing: Climate Change, Public Health, and Landscape Infrastructure, Landscape Architecture Frontier. 2015, 3(1): 70-83.
Webster C.J., Sarkar C., Melbourne S.J., Tang D.S.W., Pryor M.R. and Nezar K., Green equals Healthy? Towards an evidence base for high density Healthy City research, Landscape Architecture Frontiers. 2015, 3(1): 8-23.


Researcher : Toland AR

List of Research Outputs

Toland A.R., The Exorcism of Glaciers, Scapegoat. 2015, 8: 30-45.


Researcher : Tsang THK

Project Title:Arquitectura Sostenible: Moldeando La Naturaleza para Crear Vida (Mold Nature to Create Life); Urban Interventions
Investigator(s):Tsang THK
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014




Researcher : Tsang TKH

Project Title:Arquitectura Sostenible: Moldeando La Naturaleza para Crear Vida (Mold Nature to Create Life); Urban Interventions
Investigator(s):Tsang THK
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014




Researcher : Valin IA

Project Title:Landscape at the Margins: Enmeshed Urban Waterways in Asia
Investigator(s):Valin IA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2013


Project Title:EDRA45: Building With Change; Ecologies of the Urban Margin
Investigator(s):Valin IA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:05/2014


Project Title:Mud and Jungle: the Tropical Urban Ecologies of Yangon.
Investigator(s):Valin IA
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:11/2014


List of Research Outputs

Al S.J., Chu H.S., Juhre C.S., Valin I.A. and Wang N.H., Contributing Editor, In: Stefan Al, Villages in the City: A Guide to South China's Informal Settlements. Hong Kong, Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
Cate Christ M.A., Valin I.A. and Melbourne S.J., Potential Futures: The Changing Cultural Landscape of Yangon’s Waterfront, ACLA Asian Cultural Landscape Association. 2014.
Du J., Echeverri N., Jones P., Tang D.S.W. and Valin I.A., Low Carbon City Users' Manual, Shenzhen Centre for Design. 2015.
Echeverri N. and Valin I.A., Scenario-Planning in Yangon: Two Futures for an Urban Waterfront, International Burma Studies Conference 2014.
Valin I.A., Meaning and Message in Yangon’s Parks, IASTE 2014, Whose Tradition. 2014.
Valin I.A., Urban Design Scenarios: Recent Work In Yangon, In: Chulalongkorn University / University of Seoul, International Workshop on Urban Landscapes 2015. 2015.
Valin I.A., Yangon’s Green: Evolving Visions for a Tropical City’s Urban Parks, In: ISEAS, International Burma Studies Conference. 2014.


Researcher : Verebes TR

List of Research Outputs

Verebes T.R., Urban Formation, SSC, Shanghai; Participants:Eva CASTRO, Matias DEL CAMPO, Juan DU, David ERDMAN, David GERBER, Alvin HUANG, Neil LEACH, Neville MARS, Yusuke OBUCHI, Ali RAHIM, SU Yunsheng, Tom VEREBES, Philip YUAN Feng (TOM VEREBES, Organiser, Moderator) . 2014.


Researcher : Wang P

List of Research Outputs

Pryor M.R. and Wang P., CCHU9001 : Sustainability of the Built Environment. Hong Kong, Division of Landscape Architecture HKU, 2014, 2014: 176.


Researcher : Wang WJ

Project Title:7th IASTE Conference: The End of Tradition? Globalizing the Local - Media-representations of Hong Kong's Urban Landscape
Investigator(s):Wang WJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:10/2000


Project Title:XXI World Congress of Architecture 2002 Learning from Antipodes - Vienna, Hong Kong
Investigator(s):Wang WJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2002


Project Title:ReEA 2006: Reassessing East Asia in the Light of Urban and Architectural History Typological Transformation of Courtyard House in Lijiang Area: Women and Nuclear Space of Naxi Dwelling
Investigator(s):Wang WJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:12/2006


Project Title:Research Output Prize (Faculty of Architecture)
Investigator(s):Wang WJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Research Output Prize (in Faculty)
Start Date:12/2011


Project Title:XXV International Union of Architects (UIA) World Congress DURBAN 2014; Re-fabricating Patio and Arcade: Social Catalyst in Macau's Urban Conservation
Investigator(s):Wang WJ
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:08/2014
Completion Date:08/2014


List of Research Outputs

Wang W.J., From Urban Courtyard to Architectural Landscape, New Architecture. 2014, 10-14.
Wang W.J., Hong Kong Dwellings, In: Ministry of Construction, PRC, Typological Collections of Chinese Traditional Dwellings . Chinese Industrial Press, 2014.
Wang W.J., Macao Dwellings, In: Ministry of Construction, PRC, Typological Collections of Chinese Traditional Dwelling. Chinese Industrial Press, 2014.
Wang W.J., Merit Award for Urban Design, Exhibition Pavilion of Tsun Yip Street Playground , Hong Kong Institute of Architects Annual Design Award . 2015.
Wang W.J., Monograph of Special Issue: Design Works by Wang Weijen , AW, Architectural Worlds . 2014, 158: 42-105.
Wang W.J., The AW Interview with Weijen Wang , AW, Architectural Worlds . 2014, 158: 04-09.
Wang W.J., Voices from Vegetable Garden: Grass-root Planning and the Design of Choiyuan Village , In: Francesca Miazzo and Tris Kee , We Own The City: Enabling Community Practice in Architecture and Urban Planning, . Amsterdam, Trancity, 2014.
Wang W.J., Wang Weiejn Architecture: Hong Kong Community College, N Site in Xixi Wetland Art Village, Baishawan Beach and Visitor Centre, Community College of Lingnan University , Emerging Architecture in China II . a+u, 2014, 46-49.


Researcher : Wee HK

Project Title:Asian Modernism: The Writings of William S.W. Lim in Architecture, Planning and Society
Investigator(s):Wee HK
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:06/2015


List of Research Outputs

Seng M.F.E. and Wee H.K., Architecture of Artifacts: Excerpts of a Diaspora Manifesto, 2015 UQ Architecture Lecture Series. Queensland, University of Queensland and State Library of Queensland, 2015.
Seng M.F.E. and Wee H.K., Architecture of Artifacts: Excerpts of a Diaspora Manifesto, Invited Lecture, MADA Monash University Art, Design & Architecture. Melbourne, 2015.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., "Jia Little Exhibition Center," Architectural Facade II: Architectural Materials Manual: Metal/Concrete/Wood (3 Volumes), In: Tang Art, Built project relating to innovation in building facade design, designed by H. Koon Wee & Eunice M. F. Seng, as principals of SKEW Collaborative. Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic International Publishing (HKPIP), 2015.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Architecture of Artifacts: Excerpts of a Diaspora Manifesto, Invited Lecture, University Technology of Sydney. Sydney, UTS, 2015.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Best Small Project Shortlist, In: Jury: Cany Ash, Russell Hawkins Brown, Tim Evans, Sarah Featherstone, Charles Holland, Rosario Hurtado & Roberto Feo, Asif Khan, Abraham Thomas, Victoria Thornton, Chris Wilkinson, Blueprint Awards. United Kingdom, Blueprint: Architecture, Design, Art, 2014, November/December: 57-88.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Best Sustainable Project Shortlist, In: Jury: Cany Ash, Russell Hawkins Brown, Tim Evans, Sarah Featherstone, Charles Holland, Rosario Hurtado & Roberto Feo, Asif Khan, Abraham Thomas, Victoria Thornton, Chris Wilkinson, Blueprint Awards. United Kingdom, Blueprint: Architecture, Design, Art, 2014, November/December: 57-88.
Wee H.K. and Seng M.F.E., Building Review: Ying Zhou, "Theory of Adaptation: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) IOT Centre and Labs," Singapore Architect, In: Kelley Cheng, Built project relating to innovation in sustainable building design, designed by H. Koon Wee and Eunice M. F. Seng, as principals of SKEW Collaborative. Singapore, Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) Press, 2014, #283: 52-61.


Researcher : Wong WS

Project Title:4th Annual International Conference on Architecture; Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten - Origin and Meaning of Buddhist Architecture
Investigator(s):Wong WS
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2014
Completion Date:07/2014


List of Research Outputs

Wong W.S. and Kee T.Y.C., Faculty Knowledge Exchange (KE) Award 2015 (Faculty of Architecture), HKU Faculty of Architecture. 2015.
Wong W.S., Shakuhachi concert and explanation of Zen practices , Hong Kong Vajrayana Association. Hong Kong, 2014.
Wong W.S., Stupa, Pagoda and Chorten, In: Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, 4th Annual International Conference on Architecture, July 2014, Athens. Greece, Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2014.
Wong W.S., The Music of Buddha Nature – Blowing Zen through the Shakuhachi, In: Dr. J. Sabrina Mims-Cox, International Journal of Humanities and Social Science. USA, Centre for Promoting Ideas CPI, 2014, 4,no.8.


Researcher : Ye AM

Project Title:Urban regeneration through upgrading and rehabilitation
Investigator(s):Ye AM, Smith PC, Lai LWC, Ganesan S
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research
Start Date:03/2004


Project Title:2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Understanding the Social Function of City Form: A morphological approach to built environment research
Investigator(s):Ye AM
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:URC/CRCG - Conference Support for Teaching Staff
Start Date:07/2007




Researcher : Zhu T

Project Title:Beijings Ten Great Buildings during the Great Leap Forward
Investigator(s):Zhu T
Department:Architecture
Source(s) of Funding:General Research Fund (GRF)
Start Date:12/2013


List of Research Outputs

Zhu T., A Review of the Critical Examination of Liang Sicheng’s Historiography: 1969-2015 , In: Tongji University, Conference "Conceiving Our Modernity: Perspectives of Modern Architectural History Study in China" . Shanghai, 2015.
Zhu T., Easy to Experiment, Difficult to Accumulate: On Shenzhen Architecture, 易於實驗,難以積澱, In: Zhi Wenjun, Time + Architecture. 時代建築, Shanghai, Time + Architecture Editorial, 2014, 138: 66.
Zhu T., Experiment Needs Context, In: Shi Jian, New Observations: A Collection of Architectural Essays. Shanghai, Tongji University Press, 2015, 18-22.
Zhu T., People's Architecture, Personal Architecture, Community Architecture, In: Shi Jian, New Observations: A Collection of Architectural Essays. Shanghai, Tongji University Press, 2015, 198-201.
Zhu T., Reflection Needs Context, In: Shi Jian, New Observations: A Collection of Architectural Essays. Shanghai, Tongji University Press, 2015, 64-74.
Zhu T., The Bi-city Biennale: Continuity or Disjunction?, In: Shi Jian, New Observations: A Collection of Architectural Essays. Shanghai, Tongji University Press, 2015, 581-584.
Zhu T., The Right to Walk on Ground, 在地面上行走的權力, In: Ip Iam-chong, CHAN King-fai, A Thorough Examination of Theories and Thoughts before the Umbrella Movement. 罷課不霸學:雨傘運 動前 夕的理論和思想大檢閱, Hong Kong, Sforward Multimedia Inc., 2015, 285-291.
Zhu T., The Right to Walk on Ground, In: Sam Cheng, Lam Lai Shun, Make Room: Afterlives of Theses. Hong Kong, MCCM Creations, 2015, 393-397.
Zhu T., The Right to Walk on Ground, Ming Pao. Hong Kong, 2014.
Zhu T. and Huang S.Y., When Yilan Meets the Field Office, In: Shi Jian, New Observations: A Collection of Architectural Essays. Shanghai, Tongji University Press, 2015, 454-465.
Zhu T., Why Connect the Writing of Architectural History with That of Social History?, In: Shi Jian, New Observations: A Collection of Architectural Essays. Shanghai, Tongji University Press, 2015, 390-395.


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