HKU-Landscape-Annual-2013-14

Disseminations
Disseminations
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Career Discovery
in Landscape
Architecture
Since 2009, the HKU Faculty of
Architecture has been organising a ‘Career
Discovery in Landscape Architecture’
(CDLA) program – an exploration
program for high school students who are
interested in bringing a more sustainable
living environment to our city. The CDLA
program offers a 3-week course each
summer to young people to experience
what it is like to be in the profession of
landscape architecture.
Led and guided by tutors and student
teaching assistants at the Division of
Landscape Architecture, CDLA created a
series of landscape design installations on
campus from 16 August – 20 September
2013. Students designed and installed
the project using traditional Chinese
steamers and plants selected according
to the following seven themes: verticality,
horizontality, gradient, reflectivity, taste,
smell, tactility/texture.
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Installation by high school students
participating in the Career Discovery
in Landscape Architecture summer
program at the University of
Hong Kong
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Students constructing the
installation from plants and
bamboo steamers
Italian Terrain
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Organised by
Dorothy Tang and Vincci Mak
Selected students from the BA(LS)
Program had the opportunity to visit Italy
on a 10-day study tour supported by the
Italian Cultural Society of Hong Kong
Leo Tung-hai Lee Fund in June–July 2013.
Students were encouraged to experience
the country’s rich architectural heritage
through the lens of the Italian terrain
in order to formulate an understanding
about the complex relationship between
the built and natural environment. This
sensitivity is particularly relevant in
the fields of architecture and landscape
architecture in light of the rising interest
in the potential of using landscape
systems, such as topography and water, to
organize new typologies of architecture
and urbanism.
Human settlement patterns in Italy
are defined by its unique terrain and
hydrology. With the Alps to the north,
and the Apennine range as its spine, only
approximately 25% of the landscape
is flat. Water resources are crucial for
shaping cultural and urban development
in Italy, resulting in a rich expression of
water in its built landscapes. Architecture
and urbanism in this particular context
are a direct response and adaptation to
the diverse geological and hydrological
conditions in Italy. This study tour
examined the relationship between the
Italian terrain and its architecture at
multiple scales and functions, ranging
from classic Italian Villas to the city
of Rome; from sites of extraction and
production to places of consumption.
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Students exploring the Sacro Bosco
(the 'Monster Garden')