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Editor’s note: Notebook 5 

Prof. Essy Baniassad: On Reflection... 

TEACHING 

Programme 

Curriculum 

Studios 

Foundation 

Habitation 

Urbanization 

Tectonics 

Technics 

Courses 

Design 

Humanities 

Technology 

Professional practice 

RESEARCH 

Faculty members 

Research units 

Postgraduate students 

COMMUNICATION 

Studio works 

Built & published 

Lectures 

Awards & scholarships 

Dates 

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Notebook 5 

After five years of re-conceptualizing all aspects of the architecture education—guided 

by the unique vision of Professor Essy Baniassad and the steadfast efforts of those who 

took part, the Department has established a clear methodology in design teaching that 

is backed by a structured curriculum with relevant research interests. The results are 

evident by judging the increasingly sophisticated projects developed by the students, 

as well as the substantial research initiatives from the faculty members. 

The new Notebook 5 is one such effort. Prompted by Prof.Tsou at the beginning of the 

summer, the Editor was given the task to see how a new booklet could better reflect 

the evolving and complex nature of our institution and by extension, of architecture 

and city on which the basis of our works are provided. 

Keeping a similar graphic representation and advancing along a consistent pedagogical 

trajectory as the previous four editions, Notebook 5 took on a few key points 

of departure. To begin with, the delivery of information is re-assembled in terms of 

TEACHING and RESEARCH—as the two main engagements of this Department, and 

the outputs of the these two domains folded into a third aspect: COMMUNICATION. 

The information is presented in greater resolution: in areas such as studio and course 

descriptions and research activities, with sufficient details and maximum transparency. 

Moreover, a new section is added to highlight projects by faculty members, giving 

platform to an increasingly critical body of work that is rooted in the reality of the 

built-environment. 

In preparing the new Notebook 5, the Editor was struck by the nuance and difficulty of 

this question: how does one portray the various facets of a school of architecture—its 

curricula, profiles and outputs—in the fast-changing contexts of Hong Kong and China, 

while offering a collective presence of ourselves in a way that is unbiased yet gives a 

clear position? These pages are an attempt at that challenge. 

Professor Liu Yuyang 

On Reflection . . . 

Two conditions seem to be necessary—even if not sufficient—qualities of the leading 

schools of architecture; a collective vision at the heart of the programme sustaining 

and supporting individual work, and an individual passion for architecture and design 

energizing the collective vision. . 

Ironically a variation of the same two conditions characterize the demise of many leading 

schools into mediocrity: the programme turned into dogma or passively received, 

and the passion turned into willful individualism 

With Prof.Tsou Jin-yeu at the helm as the Acting Chair this year, the Department now 

2 charts a new course of transition where the fundamentals of our programme are to 

be maintained, while fresh developments in areas of teaching, research, publication, and 

administration are to be emphasized and further strengthened. 

The point of this is that every time an idea must be arrived at, not received, if it is to 

retain its value.The power of an idea lies in the process of arriving at it. Accepting it 

passively is to take it up after its shelf-life. And so in a school everyday is a new day, 

every term, a new term, and certainly every year a new year when the programme 

has to be re-constructed, invoked but not imitated, in order to sustain its energy and 

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maintain its intellectual force. And the individual passion! It needs to reach beyond 

the individual sight in order not to diminish in self-imposed isolation. 

The collective vision of architecture is not something that needs to be or can be formulated 

at will in the fashion of a manifesto. Such a vision transcends the short life of 

any one school. It is part of a historically evolving idea of architecture. It is collective 

at many scales and times. Every notable school has expressed and formulated it in its 

own terms as similarly we have expressed it in our words in previous Notebooks. 

In the study, and practice, of architecture, we invoke such a vision at every particular 

occasion. Doing so critically is the source of energy that brings the idea of architecture 

to life and defines it afresh every time. 

We as students of architecture study and practice the process by which this vision 

has taken form and presence such that it retains its primal origins while advancing its 

evolution with every work. And in the process we form ourselves: EDUCATION. 

* Notebook 4 

“Architecture as a primal human activity like language and music. It 

is not derived from other fields and can be studied and understood 

in its own terms. It is the formal extension of the common human 

instinct for building shelter in search of safely and the permanence. It 

embodies both the physical and the metaphysical, the secular and the 

sacred. It is the result of habitation in alls aspects and scales. And the 

expression in built form of all human institutions, from a primal hut 

to the house, the village, and the city. It is the embodiment of human 

intentions, myths, and traditions, past, present, and future, all unified in 

the eternal presence of each work of architecture.“ * 

Professor Essy Baniassad

teaching 

Professional programme 

BSSc(AS) 

Architectural studies 

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The Bachelor of Social Science (Architecture) 

– BSSc(Arch) – is the first part 

of a two-degree sequence in professional 

architectural education.Applicants 

should normally have passed the Hong 

Kong Advanced Level Examination or 

have an equivalent qualification. 

The Master of Architecture programme 

– MArch – is the second part of a 

two-degree sequence in professional 

architectural education. It is a taught 

postgraduate programme, for students 

who intend to become architects. Applicants 

should have a preprofessional 

architecture degree (RIBA part 1), such 

as the BSSc(Arch) from CUHK, and 

relevant work experience. 

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Postgraduate programmes 

MSc 

Sustainable and environmental design 

The Master of Science – MSc – in Sustainable 

and Environmental Design is a 

taught postgraduate programme, for 

practitioners in all sectors of the building 

industry. Applicants should have a 

bachelor’s degree and work experience 

in a related field. 

PGDip 

Sustainable and environmental design 

The Postgraduate Diploma – PGDip – in 

Sustainable and Environmental Design is 

a taught postgraduate programme, for 

practitioners in all sectors of the building 

industry. Applicants should have a 

bachelor’s degree and work experience 

in a related field. 

MArch 

Architecture 

MPhil 

The MPhil is a research degree.Students 

learn primarily by conducting independent 

original research, usually by participating 

in the work in the Department’s 

design studios – habitation,urbanization, 

tectonics, and technics – or research 

units – architectural projects, Chinese 

architectural heritage, community participation, 

computation and simulation, 

sustainable and environmental design, 

and housing. 

PhD 

The PhD is a research degree. Students 

learn primarily by conducting independent 

original research, usually by participating 

in the work in the Department’s 

design studios: habitation, urbanization, 

tectonics,and technics;or research units: 

architectural projects, chinese architectural 

heritage, community participation, 

computation and simulation, sustainable 

and environmental design,and housing. 

programme

BSSc(AS) 1 

Design 

Introduction to architectural design I 

and II 

Graphics and visual studies 

BSSc(AS) 2 

Studios I and II: 

Architectural history and theory II Building technology II 

habitation, urbanization, tectonics, 

(building structure) 

technics 

Architectural history and theory III 

6 Building technology III 

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Computer-aided architectural design 

(environmental technology) 

BSSc(AS) 3 

Year out 

MArch 1 

MArch 2 

MPhil / PhD 

Studios III and IV: 


technics 

Elective: Digital design media 

Advanced studios I and II: 


technics 

Thesis project I and II: 


technics 

Research Seminar 

Research Method 

Thesis Research 

Humanities Technology Professional practice 

Introduction to architecture 

Architectural history and theory I 

Land and city 

Elective: Issues in architectural 

theory and design 

Urban design and planning 

Architectural theory and criticism 

PGDip / MSc 

Introduction to building technology 

Building technology I 

(materials and construction) 

Building systems integration 

Electives: Structural design and 

building structures 

Materials and methods of 

construction 

Environmental systems 

and design 

Advanced construction 

Advanced building services 

Elective:Computer-aided design 

Environmental design project 

Dissertation 

Bioclimatic building design 

Daylighting and lighting design 

Life cycle costing and assessment: buildability 

and embodied energy 


Elective: Advanced professional 

practice issues 

Professional practice and management 

Independent studies 

Building and urban acoustics 

Selective environment – case studies 

Green and sustainable development 

curriculum

Urbanization 

Tectonics 

Technics 

However, in all studios the exercises 

remain as design exercises within the 

scope of architecture. 

At the simplest level, three kinds of 

places seem to define the human world: 

place of work, place of gathering, and 

place of solitude. They are the necessary 

elements of any complete human 

environment: the house, the school, the 

factory, the temple. 

The infinite number of different buildings 

and the complexity of their functions often 

obscure the fundamental unity of origin and 

simplicity of purpose from which they evolve 

in the course of history. In a sense every design 

is a re-enactment of that process. 

Exchange is the predominant mode of social 

contact in the human community.The market 

8 Primary studios Studio projects School projects 

Buildings and the functions or institutions they 

serve, though infinite in number and boundless 

in time and place, can be seen in terms 

of the evolution or permutations rooted in 

a limited number of primary human activities 

and forms where they take place: 

Worship 

Perform 

Travel 

Exchange 

place and the basilica share much in the early 

social activities and endure to our time in the 

shape of many public places. The hawkers, 

the street vendors, the shopkeepers, and the 

shopping centers have long been the hub of 

social activity and represent more than the 

material they offer for sale. In subtle ways 

they act as training posts, as playgrounds, as 

places of social gathering,and as various parts 

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The studios are centered around study 

and research into the primal imperatives 

in the process of design and formation of 

Studio projects are occasions for study 

and exercise based on the studio as 

“positions,” not as dogma. 

School projects are formulated independently 

of the studio positions and are occasions 

for the application of particular 

Work 

Live 

of a collective forum accommodating and 

embodying urban life.They accommodate a 

way of conducting public life. 

architecture. Each term a studio project 

design positions to general designs. As in 

Much of human life is spent in working. 

is followed by a school project. 

Habitation 

The scope of the projects varies to suit 

the particular approach and pedagogical 

strategy of the studio.They provide 

the possibility of exercises which are 

particularly suited to the issues in the 

studio. Beyond the daily and immediate 

educational objectives, the studies and 

their results make a cumulative contri- 

other parts of the programme they are 

not only statements of“design projects,” 

but are themselves a way of seeing and 

interpreting building types. 

Much of human thought is preoccupied with 

work. Much of human history is the record 

of working conditions. Much of architecture 

deals with places of work. Projects for places 

for working serve two aims. In one way, they 

serve as occasions for the study of this major 

aspect of human life:its history,its influence in 

human attitudes, its impact on other aspects 

of culture, etc. In another way they serve to 

Perform 

bution to an implicit discourse between 

bring all such study into focus as occasions 

different positions in architecture. 

for the study and practice of design. 

Worship 

Worship is a fundamental aspect of human 

life.The places of worship, when not limited 

to the individual, have had much in common 

to other places of gathering and performance. 

Despite many forms and doctrines, 

the architecture of worship in all cultures has 

several common underlying characteristics, 

even while it responds to important symbolic 

and doctrinal differences. The history 

of the architecture of worship responds 

also to ceremony and ritual. In some way it 

celebrates universal existence by placing the 

human being in the presence of timeless and 

constant natural elements: light, earth, water, 

and air.Yet the essential condition of worship 

remains solitude. 

Live 

Work 

Learn 

All places of habitation are places for living. 

And a place of living must at a basic level 

provide for all essential routines of habitation. 

These can be seen in terms of three modes 

of daily life: gathering, work, and solitude. 

They are the necessary constituent parts of 

a dwelling of any size, whether a one-room 

apartment or an expansive house.The study 

and design of places of living involves the 

entire scope of architecture at the most 

fundamental level. It touches on narrowly 

defined functions and embodies timeless and 

far-reaching customs and beliefs.The house is 

perhaps the most symbolically significant of 

any form in architecture. It is the seminal idea 

in architecture,as the family might be regarded 

as the seminal unit of human society.The 

hearth,the altar,the window,the doorway are 

in the house,more distinctly than in any other 

work of architecture, routines of life. 

Travel 

Movement – physically moving from one 

place to another – is an abstract human 

activity pervading many functions. Often it 

is difficult to distinguish from the content of 

movement and seems to be the life force of 

public places relating in an intricate way with 

the particular function they seem to perform, 

such as places of arrival and departure, and 

promenades. 

Exchange 

Performance is an integral part of human 

gathering, communication, and social action. 

Seen this way, a place of performance is a 

place of gathering with more or less specific 

requirements. But,like social activity, the form 

of the place and of the building giving place 

to the performance seems to come as much 

from the gathering and its symbolic implications 

as from its functional requirements. 

It is expected that the design of places of 

performance would offer an occasion for 

studies at a fundamental level of performance 

as a part of human civilizing act as 

well as an exercise in design with functional 

requirements. 

Learn 

Learning as one of the main human activities 

has been the focus of a major part of human 

civilization, has led to the development of 

a distinct line of social institutions, and has 

occupied a distinct section of architectural 

history. Despite the extensive development 

of their many forms, the place of the individual 

student remains central to all such 

institutions. 

studios

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Studios are central to the culture of architectural 

education as public squares are to the culture 

of cities or laboratories to the culture of scientific 

education. They host the chaos which allows free 

play of ideas in search of ordered thought, design, 

and the exercise of imagination in the discovery 

and reconstruction of the field of architecture, 

and through it the development and formation 

of oneself in the process of education. 

Frank Chiu 

Kelly Chow* 

Miho Hirabayashi 

Helena Sandman 

learning to see 

the land 

the room 

the house 

the city 

The Year I program demonstrates a 

simple strategy for participating in the 

study of architecture. The primary 

agenda of the Year 1 program is to 

understand and illustrate the field of 

architecture by introducing integrative 

questions for study; questions which 

are at once parenthetically focused 

pursuits, and constituents of a 

continuous architectural dialogue. 

The programme of is structured on 

the thought that architecture exists in 

a universe of significant built forms; the 

simplest of which is the house, and the 

most complex of which is the city. Our 

studies concentrate on understanding 

the elements of built forms, the process 

of growth of form, historically, and the 

process of design of form, individually. 

In the first year of the program, design 

studios are concerned with the study 

and design of two basic forms; the hut 

and the house. The design of these basic 

forms is understood as two occasions 

to study one thing - architecture - and 

that within these two occasions is the 

entire field of architecture. 

term1 

pavilion 

term2 

a pavilion is a room - singular and complete in itself 

a pavilion is a building, providing shelter, comfort and service 

a pavilion is about itself and about the history of architecture 

a pavilion embodies many things by focusing on one thing 

a pavilion is a pure expression of an idea in architectural terms 

house 

The program of eduction in any subject is like a network of paths in a field. It does not cover the field, it makes it accessible. 

at the simplest level, three kinds of places seem to define the human world and are necessary 

elements of any complete human environment: 

• place of work 

• place of gathering 

• place of solitude 

a house provides, in its essential form, these three places 

a house is the basic unit of form architecture, as the family is the basic unit of form in society 

a house is the prototypical form for all building types that follow 

foundation 

studios

Routines of life 

Duration 

The unfolding of a human act unlocks 

the potential of space. Duration confers 

the extra dimension of time on 

static space, rendering it dynamic and 

four-dimensional, and linking it back to 

the human act. To say that an event 

‘takes place’ is to describe it in terms 

habitation—that is to say in terms of 

12 Habitation begins as the routines of life 

take place and develop significant form. 

Place 

Habitation can be described as the art 

of making place. Habitation is a mode 

activity and location, but also in term 

of duration. To design with duration in 

mind is to be attentive to the kinesthetic 

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The form becomes significant as its ambi- 

of design that links architectural space experience, the bodily experience of 

ance, its conditions of light, its geometry, 

its relationship to other forms embody 

symbolic significance. It is not merely a 

response to immediate functions but also 

with human activity. The result is the 

complex unity of ‘place’. Place is understood 

as the spatial expression of human 

action.The ‘place of entry’, for example, 

embodies the act of arrival. Among 

moving through space. The sensual 

qualities of space become important in 

such a mode. Among these would be 

included the orchestrated sequences 

and hierarchies of space, the sensations 

the embodiment of myths, customs, and 

the many kinds of place are those that of textures,colors,and sounds,the pres- 

beliefs. The distance between two persons 

in conversation, the seating arrangement 

around a room or a table, the place of 

entry into a room, the shape of gathering 

express primary action such as the 

place of entering, gathering, exchanging, 

worshiping, learning, and others. These 

constitute a set of archetypes from 

which unfold every other type of place, 

ence and modulation of light, the effect 

of the alternation of night and day on 

the space, the sense of enclosure, the 

sense of distance and proximity, and 

many others primary factors that find 

around an event, a procession. These are 

be they honorific or ordinary, local or their expression through the design of 

captured in art, folklore, literature, and 

customs in various cultures, and have 

universal, modern or historic. 

relevant detail. 

given timeless significance to art, literature, 

Occasion 

Meaning 

and architecture. They enable a work of 

Habitation aims to validate the ceremo- Habitation is relational, not formal. It 

architecture to capture the entire history 

nial and symbolic purposes of archi- derives meaning from the conjunction 

and culture of a community – the past, 

present, and future – in a single act. 

tecture by defining form and function 

(space and activity) in terms of ‘place’ 

and‘occasion’.The design of an occasion 

of activity and location. Since all action, 

as all location, has a symbolic as well 

as an ordinary (habitual) dimension, 

has the significance of lived experience, it becomes the task of design in the 

greatly surpassing mere functional- habitation mode to establish the points 

ity. It involves a wide range of human of equilibrium between daily action 

resources available to architecture, and ceremonial occasions, between 

including the cultural, social, aesthetic, ordinary location and ritual place. In 

and psychological aspects. 

general, the term habitation implies a 

‘manner of being’ (Latin habit, to be), 

Eymen Homsi* 

Bernard V. Lim 

Tim Nutt 

as well as all things close to the body 

(habitus, clothing). 

habitation 

studios

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Land form and urban fabric 

CITY AS LAYERS 

Studio Seminars 

studio adopts a city as the site of in- 

Mapping, Guangzhou 

In 2005, Tokyo is selected for study as 

(T.C.Yuet) 

The Studio as a group delivers a sevestigation. The city selected for study a contemporary city of movement in 

In the process of urbanization, the city 

ries of seminars on the architectural alternates between Hong Kong and reference to fall term’s School Projects: 

accumulates various forms of architec- 

temperaments of cities as fundamental another Asian city. Field trips have been places of travel. 

tural temperaments expressed as iden- 

knowledge: classical, medieval, renais- organized to study the edges, districts, 

tifiable urban artifacts.We study the city 

sance / post-renaissance, modern, and paths, nodes and monuments of a city 

as a set of overlapping layers through a 

process of deconstruction. 

plan / poche. 

through specific perspectives. 

The studio studies the shaping influence 

of factors beyond the individual building. 

Although architecture may seem traditionally 

to have been concerned with individual 

monuments – the ground cover which 

makes the fabric of the city – the relationships, 

traditions, and common needs that 

shape the ground cover influence the city 

as a whole and provide a formal context 

for the design of each part. The context in 

turn evolves with the building of each building. 

It in a way one is designing the city with 

the design of each building. Each building 

is a variation of the timeless architectural 

duality of “the city and the house.” 

John Lin 

Liu Yuyang 

Woo Pui-leng* 

Yuet Tsang-chi 

The Urbanization Studio approaches 

architecture as a shaping influence 

of the city. The studio considers the 

existing city as a reference for design, 

architecture as a part of the form and 

process of a city—studied through the 

its temperaments and morphology. 

The studio sees the contemporary 

city as point of departure for design, 

architecture as elements in large and 

complex settings. Individual works of 

architecture are designed as urban 

strategies for generating new movement, 

density, and public places. The core of 

the Urbanization Studio is to explore 

the didactic relationship between city 

and architecture. 

The Urbanization Studio is further 

directed by its principal instructors 

in terms of the following conceptual 

frameworks: 

READING OF THE CITY 

(Leng Woo) 

This studio will study the reading of a city 

by examining the city’s forms, elements, 

and places.The study will be conducted 

through graphical interpretation of the 

city at these three levels. The purpose 

is to learn a city’s formal and spatial 

language as the means for developing 

architectural concepts. 

PLAN-TOPOGRAPHY-SECTION 

(John Lin) 

The studio will investigate the spatial 

and programmatic complexity of the 

city.The study will be conducted through 

the device of the section cut versus the 

notion of a convention plan. The purpose 

is to reveal hidden urban qualities 

and provide architectural insights into 

ways of re-considering programmatic 

relationships. 

MUTATIONS 

(Liu Yuyang) 

The contemporary city embodies such 

complexity of formations and information 

that challenges the capacities of 

previously valid urban analytical tools, 

and even renders much of the current 

architectural production obsolete, thus 

marginalizing the prospect and relevance 

of future design interventions. The 

notion of approximating mutations in 

urbanism would make the subject for 

the advanced design research within 

the studio. 

The form of the city evolves in response 

to a society’s conception of social order. 

It comprises of buildings for practical 

uses - machines - buildings of symbolic 

significance - and buildings, which often 

combine both. But the design of these 

seems as a whole to reflect a temperament 

perhaps rooted in the society’s 

conception of order originating in human 

imagination and finding expression 

in art, social relations, and indeed 

worldview. 

History is normally presented as a linear 

progression of periods and “styles” 

based on the predominant monuments 

or works in any period. But such“styles” 

do not follow, replace, or eliminate one 

another. Rather they coexist as alternative 

approaches, or temperaments 

throughout history leading to increasing 

complex social orders and urban 

forms. 

City Studies 

The reading of cities represents an 

important learning in the Urbanization 

Studio. It is achieved through the direct 

experience of cities. Every term, the 

2002 Beijing 

2003 Kyoto 

2004 Guangzhou 

Shinjuku Station,Tokyo 

studios

Material composition 

16 The tectonics studio has its own in- 

Phase 1: method 

Phase IV: constrcution 

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Tectonics is a manifestation in architecture 

of the esthetic imperative as part of human 

nature. It attends to the potential 

of building for qualities inherent in the 

material, economy in their use, potential for 

elegance in resolution in their juxtaposition, 

and the total compositional quality of form. 

It goes beyond necessity and responds to 

a sensibility of a higher order as mastery 

and skill. 

It relates to the sensibility that has characterized 

all fine works of architecture. 

It has been the quality of all work of 

architecture. 

The curvature in the entablature of the 

Parthenon, the joints between stones at 

Machu Picchu, the composition of windows 

in the chapel at Ronchamp, are beyond 

functional necessity. 

Vito Bertin 

Gu Daqing* 

Nelson Tam 

Zhu Jingxiang 

terpretation of what usually is termed 

vertical studio,having students of several 

years in the same class. Not only the 

students form a mixed group, we also 

try to work as a group.During the studio 

project year 2 and year 3 students work 

on the same exercises like in a big group 

together with the two teachers. But for 

the school project each of us takes care 

of students of the same year. Since last 

year MArch 1 students work like this 

from the beginning of the term. 

Studio project 

This sequence of exercises is based on 

the hypotesis that there is a fundamental 

difference in a space depending on the 

type of element used to define it. To 

test this hypothesis we work with the 

distinction of three types of elements 

– block, slab, and stick. 

As a working method we use cycles of 

making and observing, linking conceptual 

aspects with aspect of perception, 

over four phases – method, abstract, 

material, and construction. The media 

of exploration are modelsand sketches, 

computer models and various types 

of drawings derived from them, and 

photos. 

The first phase initiates the process by 

introducing the basic working method 

and finding a tectonic concept.Through 

an operation on the element space is 

formed. The model allows to directly 

work with material of the given elements, 

and sketches support the observation 

of the created space. 

Phase II: abstraction 

Within a given form in three spatial 

positions, flat, thin, and tall, this method 

of forming space is further developed 

and refined. The emphasis is on the relationship 

between the material element 

and the perceived space. How can the 

clarity of the operation lead to a clarity 

of language for the elements and the 

space? The aim is to achieve simplicity 

of the operation but complexity of the 

experience. 

In phase IV we make another transtion.We 

reinterpret the space defining 

elements made from model material as 

components made from building material.This 

provokes some radical changes. 

For example, what was before the 

surface of an abstract slab, becomes 

the surface of an outside or inside wall, 

a floor, a ceiling , or a roof. This is an implied 

differentiation of the experienced 

relationship of the element by a person 

and a differentiation of the performance 

of the element. 

We try to avoid the technical aspect of 

this and emphasize the role of size and 

proportion, layers and joints, and the 

mutual relationship of components for 

the perception of the space. 

Phase III: materiality 

The model of phase II is reinterpreted 

and transformed by differentiating the 

model material.This differentiation 

can suggest the expression of order 

regarding structure, enclosure, and use. 

The potential of the model material 

should be explored. How does the 

surface and the depth of the material, 

its colour, texture, and transparency 

influence the perception of the space? 

Can the differentiation further clarify 

the language or give a new interpretation 

of the operation, leading to a new 

perception? 

tectonics 

studios

Materials and means 

18 Teaching Approach 

products” but “materialized stages” 

Studio Organization 

Studio Project and School Project 

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The studio studies and practices the innovative 

processes and skills to design buildings, 

one might say from first principles, 

based on specific technologies or needs. 

Architecture owes much to buildings and 

works designed outside the architectural 

tradition. New needs, new technologies, or 

new environments all have led to examples 

such as the Crystal Palace, the 19 th century 

railway arches, the viaducts and bridges. 

They best illustrate the point of exploration 

in the technics studio. 

The bold and innovative approach to 

their design is no doubt an integral part 

of any work. But the power of such works 

is evident in the ready place they find in 

many derivative designs that seem to follow 

from them. 

Wallace Chang 

Tynnon Chow 

Andrew Li 

Edward Ng* 

Shinya Okuda 

Tsou Jin-yeu* 

The Technics Studio is a design studio 

addressing architectural issues,and is not 

intended to turn students into technicians 

or technical staff in a design office. 

Students in the studio are taught how to 

approach architectural issues associated 

with the making of buildings, which can 

be challenges or opportunities, in a way 

that is related to architectural theories, 

design technologies, critical innovations, 

and pragmatic processes. 

For our studio, investigating generic issues 

is an excellent way to understand 

and learn the physicality of nature,structure, 

materiality, etc. Thus the teaching 

team will guide and help students to 

be strategic of what and how to make, 

or when to implement the intention. A 

systematic approach from‘sketching’the 

natural forces to building scale prototypes 

is applied in a progressive manner 

through the design exploration process. 

The pedagogy is constructed according 

to specific goals,performances and clear 

methodologies in order to understand 

the design issues regarding“selecting the 

systems,configuring the logos,and sizing 

the members”. Collaborating with the 

studio instructors,research staff and outside 

practitioners, theses exercises are 

be approached as spatial and systematic 

experiments. Students are encouraged 

to conduct self-initiated learning and 

make critical judgment on architectural 

hypotheses and objects. We emphasize 

what students make are not “end 

Sketch by Frank O Gehry, 

Vila Olimpica Barcelona, Spain, 1989-92 

towards excellence. They are set to 

enrich their knowledge, improve their 

exploratory attitudes, and excel to another 

stage of intensive explorations. 

Key Characteristics 

1. The force of nature.The studio takes 

the fundamental of natural forces – gravity,light,wind,air 

movement,thermal,etc. 

– as the primary design generators of 

architecture and architecture ideas. 

2. The being of materials and making 

processes. The studio takes the quality 

and tactile being of materials and 

studies the composition and assembly. 

Since materials themselves inspire how 

architecture is created, students are to 

develop skills of making things and to 

have “joyful” dialogue with their creations 

during the processes. 

3. Demos and performance-based 

approach. Making prototypes and 

experimental proofs for exploring the 

design concepts is one important means 

to understand the realm and boundaries 

of natural and physical rules. With the 

support of technical advisors and research 

staff, simulation tools are applied 

to facilitate students to understand the 

performance and behavior aspect of 

building subsystems. 

4. Design technology and manufacturing.The 

studio encourages students 

to enrich the experience of design by 

introducing digital technology tools, 

rapid prototyping, machineries, material 

testing, architectural fabrications, site 

visits and simulation into the studio. 

Based on the theoretical position and 

educational purpose of studio project 

and school project in particular academic 

years, the studio is organized in 

two formats.The studio project is structured 

vertically among all students, and 

is conducted collectively according to 

key semantic focus which establishes a 

common knowledge base for the entire 

studio. Since integrating the knowledge 

base with specific architectural issues is 

the aim of the school project,the project 

is organized mainly by year in order to 

provide clear guidance and support. 

Throughout the entire studio period, 

technical subject advisors are invited 

to give lectures and conduct workshop 

session to assist students to acquire 

needed skills and analytical capability. 

The advisors are also invited to join the 

studio reviews. 

For studio and school project, interim 

reviews are conducted among different 

studio groups to encourage group learning 

and to feedback on project progress. 

Immediately after the studio project 

review, an internal course evaluation is 

carried out to collect student provide 

feedback for course improvement, and 

the teaching team also schedules individual 

discussion session with students 

to advise on learning related issues. 

The key subject for Technics Studio to 

explore in the coming FallTerm is“material 

& structure”.In order to understand 

the process of how a building designed 

and built,two major areas of knowledge 

regarding the nature of“material”and its 

expressions are required: 

1. Students need to understand a 

selected material (natural / synthetic) 

and how buildings are shaped by its 

materiality; 

2. Students need to understand how 

building behave and respond accordingly. 

Understanding how materials and 

structural systems are selected and 

configured in order to perform responsively 

is one of the keystones in creating 

intelligent, efficient and ‘emotional’ 

architecture. For the studio and school 

project of the Fall Term, the program 

has been set up to help students develop 

their own methodology, research 

methods, and design process to address 

this issue. 

ETFE Structural Framework, 

Watercube National Swimming Centre, 

Beijing Olympic, 2008 

“Architecture is both an interior and an 

exterior experience. The best architecture 

comes from a synthesis of all of the elements 

that separately comprise a building; 

from its relationship to the streetscape 

or skyline to the structure that holds it 

up, the services that allow it to work, the 

ecology of the building, the material used, 

the character of the spaces, the use of light 

and shade, the symbolism of the form and 

the way in which it signals its presence in 

the city or the countryside.” 

Norman Foster 

3-D Print, SZNews Competition, 

APU / VSL / Shinya Okuda / Ronan Collins 

technics 

studios

Principal areas 

20 The courses are studied at three levels 

in each of the following four areas: 

Courses deal with four groups of specific 

topics related to architecture: design, 

issues into forms, ideas, and theories. In 

architecture the resolution is design as 

ELECTIVE 

Studies in selected topics 

Land and city 

Urban design and planning 

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humanities, technology, and professional built form. 

Visual design 

Architectural theory and criticism 

Design 

Humanities 

Technology 

practice.They are organized in terms of 

required courses constituting a necessary 

common foundation for advanced 

studies; elective courses offering greater 

depth in selective areas; and research 

studies dealing in highly specific areas 

Humanities explores the world rooted 

in human imagination; technology, the 

world rooted in nature. 

The role of each is to lead the student 

Digital design media 

Research studies 

ELECTIVE 


Issues in architectural theory and design 

Periods or works of architecture 


of investigation.The courses constitute 

a necessary foundation of information as 

well as develop skills in assimilating the 

to a broad understanding of the cultural 

context of architecture, and to the understanding 

of works of architecture in 

Aspects of Asian architecture 


information into knowledge. 

terms of humanities and technology. 

The study of architecture is ultimately the 

study of works of architecture. 

Design is the central and defining 

subject of a school of architecture. It is 

the specialized extension of the natural 

human capability and tendency for 

resolution of complex and diverse 

Professional practice deals with issues 

of management, codes of practice, and 

nature of professional authority and responsibilities 

of architects in practice. 

D e s i g n 

Te c h n o l o g y 

REqUIRED 

Design studios 

Graphics and visual studies 

Computer-aided architectural design 

REqUIRED 

Introduction to building technology 

Building technology 

I Materials and construction 

II Building structure 

III Environmental technology 

Building systems integration 

Advanced construction 

Advanced building services 

ELECTIVE 


Structural design and building structures 

Materials and methods of construction 

Environmental systems and design 

Building performance simulation 


H u m a n i t i e s 

P r a c t i c e 

REqUIRED 

Introduction to architecture 

Architectural history and theory 

I General survey 

II Post-renaissance 

III Modern and contemporary 

REqUIRED 


Professional practice and management 

ELECTIVE 

Studies in selected topics of professional practice 


courses

design 

REQUIRED 

ELECTIVE 

REQUIRED 

Europe,and the Americas.It studies a number Images and architecture (Arc4301d) 

of key normative models of cities by examin- Elizabeth Gill Lui 

Design studios (Arc1110,1120,4110,4120, Digital Design Media: autocad and CAD 

Introduction to architecture (Arc1311) ing their natural and human environments. Visiting artist Elizabeth Gill Lui will present 

4130,4140,5111,5121,5131,5141,6111, application (Arc4201a/c) 

Eymen Homsi 

And it presents cities both as formal entities the issues surrounding the representation of 

6121, See STUDIOS) 

Jeff Kan 

This course introduces architecture in terms and as dynamic process. 

architecture through the photographic image. 

Computer-aided design systems first ap- 

of its scope, structure, and its underlying 

Investigating the flow between 2-Dimensional 

Graphics and visual studies (Arc1210) peared in the Sixties and had gain ground in 

imperatives. Architecture is presented as the Urban design and planning (Arc5310) images and 3-Dimensional spaces students 

Kelly Chow 

architectural offices. However, CAD models 

embodiment of human culture within domain Liu Yuyang 

will consider the inter-relationships that exist 

This course deals with visual communication have not replaced other form of representa- 

of the house and the city. The approach in This course introduces the history, theory, between Nature,Architecture,Human Beings 

for architectural design. It investigates visual tion.This course will explore issues like: 

“Introduction to Architecture” is learning to and practice of urban design and planning, and the Image. 

media – graphics and physical models – and Representation in CAD; when not to use 

see architecture: in terms of its COMPOSI- and in both historic and contemporary terms, 

examines how they are used to record and CAD; How to use CAD to represent 

TION, FORMATION, and INTENTION. the formation, fabric, and fragments of cities. Cultural theory + urbanism in the 20th 

interpret built form, and to visualize and architectural design effectively; Can CAD 

Guest lecturers will be invited to illustrate century (Arc4302) 

express design ideas.The course has a dual aided creativity? Autocad and 3D Studio will 

Architectural history and theory 

recent and current issues in the Hong Kong, John Lin 

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emphasis on representation and presence. 

Representation regards a drawing/model as a 

be used as tools and examples for critical 

analysis. 

I General survey (Arc1322) 

Ho Puay-peng 

China, & East Asian urban contexts. The course is an introduction to reading, understanding,and 

discussing architectural texts. 

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means of communication that relies on clarity 

Buildings are physical expressions of a culture. Architectural theory and criticism The texts facilitate a discussion of issues con- 

and comprehensibility. Presence regards a Digital design media: rendering, visualiza- 

They are the embodiments of the physical (Arc6310) 

cerning the historical development of society, 

drawing/model as an independent thing with tion and media representation (Arc4201b) 

needs of people as well as their aspirations. Ho Puay-peng 

its aesthetics,ethics,programs,technology and 

its own intrinsic qualities, requiring attention Tsou Jin-yeu 

From the fundamental requirements of a The course deals with architectural theory politics, in which architecture takes a major 

to detail and craft.Together, they require not The course will focus on the Digital Design 

shelter to accommodating transcendental and criticism. It is the final course in the hu- and fundamental role. This course is about 

only technical skill, but also an awareness of Media computing environment. The environ- 

desires as in a religious structure, buildings manities part of the curriculum and is based framing architecture from without. 

graphic options and design intentions. ment is composed of digital design theories, 

and architectures are the most visible artifacts on the earlier courses in history and theory 

software tools and physical experiments. 

that make up our civilization. 

as its pre-requisites. 

Chinese settlements and houses 

Computer-aided architectural design Students will be able to represent and 

(Arc4303) 

(Arc2210) 

Vito Bertin 

manipulate their design ideas using various 

CAAD systems on various platforms. The 

II Post-renaissance (Arc2311) 

Wallace Chang 

ELECTIVE 

Ho Puay-peng 

This course is aimed at giving the student an 

Design is widely and validly regarded as the 

core of architectural education. However, 

it is not limited to the work in studios. It 

applies to all studies in the programme. It 

is a way of thinking. It is a habit of mind 

towards every action as a fusion of knowledge, 

reason, and esthetic intention. It is an 

approach to education. 

Within the design curriculum, this course 

deals with aspects of visual perception and 

information.It takes as matter of investigation 

issues of geometry and looks specifically at 

the relationship between perceived form 

and underlying structure. Three groups of 

exercises with supporting lectures deal with 

differentiations on a surface, in space, and 

over time. The media in which the work is 

done are five different computer programs, 

one for drawing and illustration, one for 

modeling and construction,one for animating 

course will focus on the horizontal integration 

of digital data routing via supporting 

activities, using different tools, at a particular 

stage of the design process.The activities may 

include digital design communication, visual 

impact study, free-form modeling and rapid 

prototyping technologies. 

RESEARCH STUDIES 

After the Renaissance, the fundamental 

change of world perspectives informed a 

major shift of cultural paradigm on the European 

continent.The discovery of sciences, 

advancement of transportation technologies, 

and institution of governments, asked for 

new spaces and better solutions to answer 

unprecedented social needs. Architectural 

ideas from Renaissance to the Modern are 

selected. 

III Modern and contemporary (Arc2321) 

Issues in architectural theory and design: 

A computational approach to chinese 

wood-frame architecture (Arc4301a) 

Andrew Li 

This course is an introduction to the domain 

of Chinese wood-frame architecture and the 

method of computation. With a computational 

approach,we can understand the Song 

building manualYingzao fashi as a definition of 

a collection or language of designs,and extant 

buildings as designs in a language. 

opportunity to conduct a term-long research 

in an issue in Chinese vernacular architecture. 

This will cover diverse topics in the vernacular 

tradition and settlement studies. 


Pearl River Delta (Arc5000c) 

Liu Yuyang 

Hong Kong block buildings (Arc5000h) 

Woo Pui-leng 

Design pedagogy, if it is not be limited to 

demonstration and apprenticeship, must 

involve theory, an operational theory which 

provides the basis for study, discourse, and 

development of formulation of thought 

from experience in matters of process of 

design, methods and approaches to the 

study of works of design, design media, 

and methods. 

Courses on design deal with theoretical 

aspects of design and criticism in architecture, 

including the process of design, theories 

of design, and criticism, which also find 

another form of discourse during the studio 

projects of the four primary studios. 

and creating rich media, one for laying out 

text and illustrations, and one for publishing 

content on web pages. 

How designers think and collaborate 

(Arc5000e) 

Jeff Kan 

Computational design (Arc5000f) 

Andrew Li 

Documentation and analysis of hong kong 

architecture (Arc5000g) 

Gu Daqing 

Form as graphic and text (Arc5000i) 

Vito Bertin 

Eymen Homsi 

The course examines the history and theory 

of 20th Century architecture, beginning with 

the transformations that took place at the 

end of the 19th century,and culminating with 

the present situation. The key figures, important 

movements and critical writings of 20th 

Century architecture are introduced, and 

their relationships to the broader contexts 

of the history and culture of the modern era 

are investigated. 

Land and city (Arc3310) 

Woo Pui-leng 

This course introduces the design of cities 

through its most visible elements: landscapes 

and buildings that span from early civilization 

to contemporary society, and across Asia, 

Strategies of space organization–painting 

toward architecture (Arc4301b) 

Gu Daqing 

The course is an investigation on the concept 

of space.The title “painting toward architecture” 

indicates two primary fields of study. 

Pictorial space is two dimensional and architectural 

space three dimensional.The issues 

of space organization in these two fields are 

different but also closely related. 

Imagining cities (Arc4301c) 

This course aims to provide an essential 

knowledge for an engaging critique in urbanism 

today.Urban theory has been among the 

fastest expanding areas of scholarship.We are 

propelled by the enormously energetic urban 

expansions in Asia to think afresh. 

Future memory (Arc5000j) 

Wallace Chang 

Humanities in the broadest sense of 

the word, as well as arts and social sciences, 

are important parts of the study 

of architecture. More specifically, history, 

theory, and criticism particularly related 

to architecture are a formal part of the 

programme. They deal with the history 

of architecture, the motivation for architecture, 

the place of architecture in the 

general human culture, and the structure 

and content of architecture as a subject 

in its own right. 

courses 

humanities 

courses

courses technology 

REQUIRED 

III. Environmental technology (Arc2420) Environmental systems and design: 

REQUIRED 

ELECTIVE 

Edward Ng 

Daylight and air ventilation of high density 

Introduction to building technology This course introduces the fundamental living (Arc4403a) 

Professional practice (Arc3510) 

Advanced professional practice issues 

(Arc1411) 

concepts of passive environmental design,and Edward Ng 


(Arc5501) 

Andrew Li 

examines the effect on buildings and their oc- The course will focus on how to design for 

The course connects the arena of the archi- Bernard V. Lim 

This course is an empirical introduction cupants of environmental conditions of light, daylighting and natural ventilation of high 

tecture school with the domain of architec- This elective course is designed for students 

to selected aspects of building technology, temperature, air movement, and sound. density living of Hong Kong. It will centre 

tural practice.The approach is to broaden the who are interested in acquiring a more in- 

emphasizing the relation between natural 

on two research studies and their outcomes: 

student’s appreciation of the culture within depth knowledge and understanding of latest 

phenomena and building form. It addresses Building systems integration (Arc3411) the Buildings Department study to review 

which architecture is formed.The student is specific issues concerning the current practice 

thermal comfort, solar movement and shad- Ronan Collins 

the lighting and ventilation provisions;and the 

given a working appreciation of the contrac- of architecture and related disciplines in Hong 

ing, transfer of loads through tension and The course considers the details required Planning Department study to develop guidetual, 

ethical, economic, legal, and socio-com- Kong, Mainland China or overseas, and issues 

compression, and structural stability. for the integration of structure, envelop, melines for better ventilation of urban space. 

munal issues that relate to the profession. In which will influence their future career. 

chanical, and interior in architectural design. 

particular the course introduces the student 

Building technology 

The course focuses on building systems and Towards a green architecture: designing for 

to the concept of professionalism; that is, The course will take place in professional 

24 

I Materials and construction (Arc1420) 

Zhu Jingxiang 

their roles and implications on the design 

of buildings. 

a more sustainable future (Arc4403b) 

Wong Kam-sing 

the professional person’s position in, and 

responsibilities towards, society. Within this 

offices for students in a small defined group 

to visit the offices and have dialogues with 

25 

The course is designed for studies in materials 

This course introduces the “why” as well as 

context the emphasis of the course is on the invited seasoned professionals from various 

and construction with an approach based on Advanced construction (Arc5410) the “what” of green architecture and design 

role of the architect working in relationship disciplines of Architecture,Surveying,Planning, 

precedent analysis and design exercises. It Ivan Markov 

for a more sustainable future. Selected lo- 

with others. Generally the course prepares Engineering, Heritage Conservation. Special 

will introduce to first-year architectural The course will provide in depth understandcal and overseas examples will be critically 

the student for a role in the architect’s office department visits will also be targeted,includ- 

students an appreciation and exploration ing of major structural materials such as steel, reviewed as case studies. 

during the practical experience year. ing Planning,Environmental Protection,Lands 

of the essential knowledge of materials and concrete, masonry and wood that leads to 

Departments, etc. and other quasi-public 

construction. 

safe, feasible, efficient and attractive architec- Low waste and environmentally friendly 

Professional practice and management bodies such as the Urban Renewal Authority, 

ture. The course will also address issues in construction management in building design 

(Arc5510) 

Housing Society, etc. as well as Land/ Building 

II Building structure (Arc2411) 

sustainable design and “green ” buildings. (Arc4403c) 

Hector Cheung 

Development Professionals and Experts from 

Ivan Markov 

David Yau 

This course is offered to students after their the Mainland. 

This course is focused on fundamental Advanced building services (Arc5420) It has become increasingly important to re- 

year-out practical training. While in line with 

structural issues in architectural design. It Daniel Chan, George Manho 

duce the waste from construction sites and 

the HKIA/ARB professional practice assess- 

will address structural systems with its com- The course aims to equip the student with be more environmentally friendly. The elecment 

requirements, it is a continuation of 

ponents and how they transfer loads to the basic principle of the building services systive will examine the materials and methods 

Arc3510. The course gives an insight into 

ground.The course will introduce principles tems, the technique of integration amongst of construction from overseas visits as well as 

local development controls, such as the 

of structural analysis and design of basic the building services systems,the building and some of their applications to Hong Kong. 

various statutes, regulations, lease, and codes 

structural elements. 

the structure. The course will also highlight 

of practice, and the architect’s relationship 

the systems of special interest and the local Computer aided building performance 

with the controlling authorities. It covers 

practice. 

simulation in design: building performance 

important principles on the building contract 

simulation (Arc5401) 

and its legal framework. It examines the 

ELECTIVE 

Tsou Jin-yeu 

Considering the complexity of our urban 

different forms of building contract, the role 

of the architect, scope of services, terms of 

context,healthy building could be achieved by 

agreement, and the architect’s relationship 

good design practice supported by scientific 

with the allied professions. It looks into the 

assessment. Effective building performance 

architectural office structure, management, 

assessment to select and apply such design 

and codes of professional conduct,ethics and 

strategies in Hong Kong are to be explored. 

anti-corruption within the profession. 

Buildings are an artificial world within the 

natural one. To build them requires an 

understanding of the natural environment 

as the context of buildings, materials as 

the substance of buildings, and methods 

of construction as the means of executing 

the construction of buildings. Knowledge of 

these issues and skill in applying them to 

the design of buildings are the subject of 

the courses in technology. 

They are a means, an approach, to the 

study of architecture and as such they 

are studies of technology with reference 

to buildings and their design. They are 

studied in constant relationship to all other 

significant factors that influence the design 

and within the integrated context of the 

total building. 

Structural design and building structures : 

theory of advanced structure (Arc4401) 

Ivan Markov 

This course addresses theory behind advanced 

structural systems in architecture. 

Reliability of structures under extreme 

loading conditions is discussed. Computer 

modeling will be the main tool to perform 

structural analyses and design of inspired 

architecture. 

Materials and methods of construction : 

three projects in hong kong (Arc4402a) 

Kenneth Tam 

This course intends to provide an overall view 

of the architectural process:from inception to 

completion in particular to the understanding 

of how materials were chosen and their 

method of construction based on different 

criteria of each individual site. 


Daylighting (Arc5000a) 

Edward Ng 

Advanced topics on CFD-based airflow 

simulation for natural ventilation research 

(Arc5000b) 

Tsou Jin-yeu 

Creative structural architecture 

(Arc5000d) 

Ivan Markov 

Architecture reaches its full complexity in 

the reality of daily life. Education in a school 

by necessity deals with selective aspects 

out of the full scope. It is a prelude to the 

practice of architecture and it reaches its 

full promise, pleasure, and challenge in 

the reality of that practice. The experience, 

therefore, of applying learning from the 

school to real-life situations is an essential 

and necessary extension of architectural 

education. 

There are clearly an infinite number of 

ways to acquire the experience of such 

extension of school learning to real situations. 

The most customary approach is to 

participate in the practice of architecture 

by joining architects in their practice. 

courses practice

communication 

land and city 

50 

In architectural studies, the land 

and the city are regarded as 

one unified whole - as the object 

of settlement. The Land is the 

beginning and the ground for the 

material existence of architecture. 

The City is the most complex work 

of architecture, which having its 

own unity, contains all simpler 

forms of architecture 

51 

As an architectural exercise, the 

Land and the City reveals the 

relationship between the whole 

and the part as a fundamental 

prinicple of form. It is a critical 

postion from which to begin to see 

form. This relationship applies to 

the city and it can be found in the 

design of a simple object. 

CHEANG TAI WAI DEREK 

HO CHUN WANG STEVEN 

ZHAN XU ZHEN JASMINE 

Year 1 ROOM IN PING SHAN 

foundation 

studio works

pavilion 

CHIK TSUI YAN VANESSA Year 1 PAVILION (construction study) 

Architecture comes from the making of a ROOM 

52 53 

LAW CHUN WAI JUSTIN Year 1 PAVILION (site study) 

WONG WAI HOU Year 1 PAVILION (study models) 

Louis I. Kahn 

KWOK HO YAN PHEBE Year 1 PAVILION (tectonic study) 

foundation 

studio works

house 

54 The house is the 

seminal form in 

architecture. It is 

the significant form 

in terms of whose 

transformations 

and evolutions all 

other forms can be 

understood. 

NGAN YUK KEI PENNY Year 1 HOUSE 

55 

CHIANG HO LUN ALAN Year 1 HOUSE 

TAO YUEN TING JOSEPHINE Year 1 HOUSE 

foundation 

studio works

PLACE OF EXCHANGE 

Exchange is the predominant mode of social 

contact in the human community. The market 

place and the basilica share much in the early 

social activities and endure to our time in the 

shape of many public places. The hawkers, 

the street vendors, the shopkeepers, and the 

shopping centers have long been the hub of 

social activity and represent more than the 

56 material they offer for sale. In subtle ways 

they act as training posts, as playgrounds, as 

places of social gathering, and as various parts 

of a collective forum accommodating and 

embodying urban life. They accommodate a 

way of conducting public life. 

57 

CHAN SHUK FUN, Year 2; MAK KING HUAI, Year 2 

PLACE OF EXCHANGE, CASE STUDY 

(Morris Gift Shop, F. L. Wright) 

CHENG KAI TUNG, Year 2; HAU SUM MING, Year 2 

PLACE OF CHANGE, CASE STUDY 

(Borges + Irmao Bank, Alvaro Siza) 

CHU LAI NGA, LAW PUI YIN, Year 2 

PLACE OF CHANGE, CASE STUDY 

( Akademia Bookstore, Alvar Aalto ) 

LAM TAT, Year 3 

FOOD MARKET IN SAI YIN PUN 

habitation 

studio works

58 59 

HO KING HEI, MArch 1 

MARKET PLACE IN SAI YING PUN 

HO KA WING, MArch 1 

MARKET PLACE IN SAI YING PUN 

habitation 

studio works

PLACE OF LEARNING 

Learning as one of the main human activities 

has been the focus of a major part of human 

civilization, has led to the development of 

a distinct line of social institutions, and has 

occupied a distinct section of architectural 

history. Despite the extensive development 

of their many forms, the place of the 

individual student remains central to all such 

60 institutions. 

61 

LAM SUET KWAN, Year 2 

KINDERGARTEN IN WAN CHAI 

CHEUNG TIN YAN, Year 3 

SCHOOL OF DESIGN IN WAN CHAI 

habitation 

studio works

62 JACK CHENG MArch 1 MAPPING, GUANGZHOU 

63 

UN MAN MAN CHUN Year 2 MAPPING, GUANGZHOU 

GLORY KOU MArch 1 PLACE OF EXCHANGE, GUANGZHOU 

WENDY KO MArch 1 

PLACE OF EXCHANGE, GUANGZHOU 

KAREN YICK MArch 1 

PLACE OF EXCHANGE, GUANGZHOU 


studio works

CHARLES WU Year 3 PLACE OF LEARNING, MONG KOK 

64 65 

SARAH MUI Year 2 PLACE OF LEARNING, CENTRAL 

WONG CHUI KWAN,ALICE Year 2 PLACE OF LEARNING, MONG KOK 

LAM TAT Year 3 PLACE OF LEARNING, CENTRAL 

urbanization 

studio works

66 67 

KENNISS CHEUNG MArch1 PLACE OF EXCHANGE, GUANGZHOU 

KENNETH LAU MArch1 PLACE OF LEARNING, CENTRAL 

PATSY WONG MArch1 PLACE OF LEARNING, MONG KOK 


studio works

68 69 

SO CHUN WAI ARSO Year 3, CHOW MAN YIN TERESA Year 3, WU DI Year 2, CHAN PUI MING Year 3, IP LAI SUN SANDY Year 3, 

LAU LI LIK Year 2, LEE LAI WAI ANGELA Year 2, LEE KA FAI IVAN Year 2, CHENG KA YI JENNIFER Year 2, LO KAM WING JIM Year 3, 

NG WUN LUI MEG Year 2, TANG CHIN HONG JONAS Year 2, PEI TIN WAN CATHERINE Year 2, TONG WING SZE EMILY Year 2, 

LAM FAI Year 3, SEE WING YAN NATALIE Year 2, LEUNG CHI SING Year 3, KWOK SZE MING Year 2, JIANG SING Year 2, 

WU KWUN HANG CHARLES Year 3, LEUNG KA U EVE Year 3, LAM YU WAI DIANA Year 3, LO WAN LOK Year 3, HUNG CHIM Year 3 

tectonics 

studio works

70 71 

PEI TIN WAN CATHERINE Year 2, Term 1 

PLACE OF EXCHANGE: a bookstore 

SO CHUN WAI Year 3, Term 2 

PLACE OF LEARNING: a design school at Tai Po 

SITE PLAN 

0 5 10 15 

tectonics 

studio works

LEUNG CHI SING Year 3, Term 1 

PLACE OF EXCHANGE: a shop 

building at Luen Wo Hu, Fanling 

72 73 

tectonics 

studio works

74 75 

CHAN HO CHENG JOHN Year 3 

CHU BOND YIN BILLY Year 3 

LUK WING LUN WILLIAM Year 2 

LEE KA FAI IVAN Year 2 

CAO YI DAN BOWIE Year 2 

CHUNG MIN TAK NIC Year 3 

LEE WING KWAN MARN Year 2 

WONG CHUI KWAN ALICE Year 2 

TANG HUNG FAI Year 2, KUNG WAI KWAN LEO MArch 1, 

CAO YI DAN BOWIE Year 2, LAM PUI WING CASPAR Year 2 

WONG MAN HANG WILLIAM Year 2, CHEUNG MIN TAK NIC Year 3 

IP CHI KEUNG BILLY Year 3, LEE WING KWAN MARN Year 2 

WONG CHUI KWAN ALICE Year 2, FUNG TAT WAI DID Year 3 

NG KA PO HILARY Year 3, SO CHUN WAI ARSO Year 3 

MUI SZE WA SARAH Year 2 

technics 

studio works

76 LAU MAN KUEN EPHES MArch 1 

PLACE OF LEARNING, MA ON SHAN 

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MUI SZE WA SARAH Year 2 PLACE OF EXCHANGE, WAN CHAI 

technics 

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BENNY CHAN MArch2 

EXTENSION OF CITY GRAIN TO WATERFRONT 

The thesis is about the extension of city grain 

towards virgin lands, which in present times tend to 

be CDA (comprehensive development area). 

HUI KA WAI MArch2 

TRANSFORMATION OF CITY FABRIC 

This thesis studies the transformation of city fabric into urban structure and 

voids. 

LARRY TSOI MArch2 

MOBILITY AND THE CITY 

The thesis deals with revitalization of the former airstrip and its 

surrounding neighborhoods, using the strategies of landscape, 

infrastructure, and materiality to tackle different scales of planning and 

design issues. The thesis is also a part of the Linear City Research. 

thesis 

studio works

FUNG CHUNG YAN JOEY MArch2 

REVEALING INHERENT QUALITY OF EVERYDAY MATERIALS 

The thesis is to discover new ways of using everyday “materials” 

or “objects” and producing new effects from them through 

TSE HOI MAN TIFFANY MArch2 

TECTONICS IN POLICE HOUSING 

The thesis studies the Hong 

transferring them into a totally different context – building 

Kong Police residential blocks in 

80 materials in architecture. 

terms of their formal and tectonic 

typologies, and investigates how 

they can be preserved and readapted 

for future use. 

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Essy Baniassad 

LINEAR CITY RESEARCH PROJECT. 

THE LINEAR CITY is a research project formulated and led by Essy 

Baniassad for the examination and development of possible visions 

of the city seen with reference primarily to lines of transportation. 

It is a metaphor recognizing the effective operation of Hong Kong 

as indeed many other cities along given lifelines. 

Founded on the initiative of KCRC and research teams from two 

universities, it aims to incorporate contributions from government 

bodies, other research teams and professionals as well as 

community groups. 

In this way the project aims to start a sustained cooperative 

and coordinated effort of a diverse community of researchers, 

professionals and community groups. It will aim to examine the 

formative factors of the Region, Pearl River Delta, and invite the 

expression of the aspiration of people of Hong Kong and formulate 

designs embodying the results in possible future visions 

of the city. 

Vito Bertin 

Lever beam structures: This is a study of a class of mutually supported 

beam structures. It investigates a specific structural principle 

and its potential of taking form. The exploratory side of the 

study includes the building of physical and computer models as 

well as experimental structures. The analytical part deals with the 

relationship of part and whole, principle and form, and variation 

and transformation. A range of examples produced in this study 

demonstrates how such an approach can lead to the discovery 

of new forms. 

Objects Of pOtentiaL fOrm: This title covers a whole range of related 

studies with varying emphasis such as parametric description of 

form, interactive and animated graphics, and visualising hidden 

properties. They are closely related to possibilities of using computers 

for design, and are based on an interest in geometry. 

Both studies received some support through direct grants. Parts 

of the study of lever beam structures have been presented and 

published. 

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Tynnon Chow 

INTEGRATED DESIGN PROTOCOL 

Cad/Cam software, structural environmental analytical tools, and 

automated fabrications have reshaped 21st century manufacturing. 

They also provide the base technologies for a unique approach in 

architecture, one that can help the integration and optimization 

of design, engineering and construction. With all these tools and 

technologies present before us, the question is how do we utilize 

them in a coordinated way. The research attempts to establish a 

set of “integrated process protocol” which begins to streamline 

design/ design verifications and construction process or simply to 

gain fluency in the dialogue between these tools. 

Gu Daqing 

strategies Of space OrganizatiOn: Poché and transparency are 

two distinct strategies of space organization. Poché refers to a 

hierarchical strategy of space organization in the Beaux-Arts 

composition. Transparency refers to an organizational principle in 

modern painting and architecture for the creation of space which 

has a quality of ambiguity. This study provides a theoretical and 

historical reference for the exploration of space concept. 

studiO methOd and design pedagOgy: The main research interest 

is to find out different ways of studio teaching and the evolution 

of the design studio through the history of architectural education. 

Two issues are particularly important to the formation of 

the Tectonics Program: the scholarship in design teaching and the 

method of structured learning. 

the histOry Of architecturaL educatiOn in china: This study 

focuses on the historical development of the Beaux-Arts design 

and teaching method in China and intends to identify its major 

phases and characteristics. 

Ho Puay-peng 

Puay-peng Ho is interested in both architectural and art history. 

One area of research is Chinese Buddhist art and architecture. Recent 

research conducted in this area include papers on Dunhuang 

patronage and the history of Baoguosi. Evidence for Dunhuang 

art and architecture is preserved both in the physical wall paintings 

at the grottoes as well as the rare manuscripts of the period 

found in the Library Cave that show patronage pattern, buildings 

erected and reasons for these buildings. The history of Baoguosi 

also shows the relationship between the history and practices of 

the Tiantai school and the form of architecture that was erected. 

In these research, the key issue explored is the “total setting of 

architectural production” in medieval China. 

Eymen Homsi 

RITUAL WORSHIP AND SPACE 

The research investigates the relationship between architecture 

and ritual. The affinity between them provides a useful framework 

for the discussion of the ideological, formal, functional, and symbolic 

aspects of architecture. The meaning of ritual in architecture is 

made explicit in the relationship between the rite of worship in 

Islam and the architecture of the mosque. The research traces 

the links between the genuflections of the worshiper, the inscriptions 

of the calligrapher, and the space of the mosque in order to 

highlight their shared conception of space. 

The focus is on the spatial consequences of a particular sequence 

of body postures, called the salaat. The standing body is brought 

down to a kneeling position, compressing it until it assumes a nearly 

foetal position, with the eyes closed and the forehead touching the 

ground. Movement is transformed into stasis, the vertical into the 

horizontal, and the outward into the inward. Yet, paradoxically, this 

most inward and private of spiritual exercises, also has important 

communal and spatial implications. 

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Andrew Li 

Professor Li is interested in both design computation and Chinese 

architectural history. Professor Li does research at the intersection 

of these two areas, looking at two broad, complementary 

questions: 

1. How can we use computational methods to study both extant 

buildings and texts in a formal unified way? 

2. How can applications in historical research contribute to the 

technical development of computational tools? 

His project with Prof. Lawrence Sass of MIT—”A Prototype 

General Two-dimensional Shape Grammar Interpreter.”, has 

recently received the Competitive Earmarked Research Grant. 

Their proposal is to develop a prototype of a shape grammar 

interpreter that handles two-dimensional objects. Shape grammars 

are like computer programs in that they both characterize 

procedures in a rigorous way. But, where computer programs 

are expressed in and manipulate symbols (letters, numbers, etc.), 

shape grammars are expressed in and manipulate graphic objects 

(e.g., two-dimensional drawings). Thus shape grammars have great 

potential in fields that traffic in graphic representations, such as 

architecture and design. 


Prof.essor Lim is the leader of the Community Participation Unit 

of the Department, and has established professional specialization 

/ research in areas of (A) Institutional, Educational, and Elderly 

Buildings, (B) Sustainable and Energy Efficiency designs, and (C) 

Community Participatory Planning and Workshops. 

In the recent years he has actively led researches in “Elderly Design 

in Hong Kong” and “Developing Innovative School Design 

Parameters for Hong Kong” in collaboration with the Hong Kong 

Council of Social Services and the Education & Manpower Bureau. 

He has recently organized “Designing and Planning Community 

Architecture for Hong Kong: developing a Participatory Approach 

(LIVE.Architecture)” and “Caring for our School Environment” 

community-oriented projects. 

Liu Yuyang 

Forces of urbanization within both traditional realms and emerging 

domains of urbanism are re-shaping the design and architecture 

of the city. Research investigates in contemporary architectural 

production and practice, the reciprocity between of design and 

research and how they play an increasingly crucial role in both 

conceptual and contextual terms. Research is based on the following 

three recent projects: 

Linear City—a KCRC-sponsored study of new rail-served community 

development models for stations and districts along the 

rail lines, and their regional implications; 

Campus Master Plan—fundamentals of place-making in so far as 

they relate to materiality, landscape, topography, representation, 

and other aspects of institutional architecture; 

Pearl River Delta—based on the published work of the “Great 

Leap Forward”, to further explore the theoretical implications 

and design potentials of this area. 

Markov Ivan 

Professor Markov has experience in both research and practice. 

His research has focused the seismic evaluation of tall buildings, 

testing of steel frame structures, testing of fiber reinforced concrete 

slabs, testing of masonry and the development of a rational 

method for using computer graphics in architectural design. He 

has also been involved in the seismic performance of pipeline 

systems; he contributed to the development of software used 

for reliability estimates of these systems. His current interests 

are in, computer analyses of buildings, space structures, structural 

behavior of masonry and in education. 

Markovs’ practical expertise includes structural analysis and design 

of concrete and steel structures, site management and supervision, 

and field testing and structural evaluation of buildings, bridges 

and foundations. He tested at the time one of the world largest 

cable-stayed bridge across River Danube during its construction 

and under ultimate static and dynamic traffic 

load. 

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Edward Ng 

REVIEW OF REGULATIONS OF LIGHTING AND VENTILA- 

TION FOR HEALTHY LIVING 

The Building Regulations for Natural Light and Ventilation in Hong 

Kong is 50 years old. This Buildings Department HKSAR funded 

study aims to scientifically understand the issues and to advance 

design regulations based on a performance base approach. 

KS Wong 

Review of lighting and ventilation requirements for buildings in 

Hong Kong: a consultancy study (1999-2003) as commissioned 

by Buildings Department HKSAR for modernization of the local 

building regulation to suit the context of high-density and the 

concern of environmental sustainability. 

Feasibility Study of Air Ventilation Assessment System in Hong 

Kong: a consultancy study (2003-2005) as commissioned by Planning 

Department HKSAR for developing an assessment tool on 

air / wind movement to assist better planning and building design 

for a healthier, more livable city. 

Woo Pui-leng 

Research focus is the study of urban forms and process. Research 

projects include studies on streets, open spaces, urban facades, 

and container buildings. One of the recent projects is a study on 

the social and architectural history of a street in Singapore. This 

study explains urban history of a city through the close examination 

of one street. Hamilton Road consists of 1930s shophouses 

in Singapore’s Jalan Besar District, a secondary settlement area of 

the city. This study traces the history of Hamilton Road- its making, 

inhabiting and conservation using historical maps, photographs, 

original documents and interviews. The objectives are to study: 

1) architecture of lesser-known districts; 2) relationship between 

events on a street and history of the city; and 3) shophouse 

development and construction of the city. This study has been 

published in the Journal of Southeast Asian Architecture. 

Zhu Jingxiang 

buiLding enveLOpe design: This research investigates a set of building 

and environmental technology principals and their potential 

of taking form. The analytical part deals with historical cases 

and contemporary precedents regarding issues, like form and 

technical principles, overall structure and partial construction, 

and prototype and variation of expression. The exploration part 

includes experimental building designs, which acquire their form 

through a confrontation with the local climatic conditions and 

building constraints. 

materiaLizatiOn Of spatiaL intentiOn: This topic relates to studies of 

selected works of the masters or pioneers of modern architecture. 

It focuses on the visualization of spatial ideas through physical 

means. Analytical drawings and models are used to explore and 

visualize the hidden facts. The new discoveries are used to support 

the design studio teaching in aspects of the understanding 

of space and the construction of space. 

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Kai Tak 

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architectural projects unit 

Essy Baniassad 

Charles Cheng 

Kelly Chow 

Tynnon Chow 

Miho Hirabayashi 

Alvin Kung 

John Lin 

Liu Yuyang * 

Anthony Ng 

Larry Tsoi 

Alice Wong 

Patsy Wong 

Established in 2002 and directed by 

Prof. Liu Yuyang, the Architectural 

Projects Unit (APU) is one of a core of 

research and development units within 

the Department of Architecture. 

Adopting a project-based design 

research approach, the Unit provides 

a platform for teaching and research 

staff of the Department to pursue 

and undertake projects in architecture 

and related fields. APU frequently 

invites students participation for its 

on-going projects, and actively seeks 

collaborations both within and beyond 

the Departmental resources°other 

research units, faculty members, as well 

as outside professionals. 

APU’s recently completed projects 

include the Chinese University Campus 

Master Plan, KCRC Linear City 

Research Modules I & II, and the Lady 

Shaw Roof Garden Design. 

Lady Shaw Roof Garden 

As an extension of the Campus Master Plan, the Lady 

Shaw Roof Garden is a key landscape space next to the 

central campus open axis, serving as future performance 

space, outdoor sitting area, and demonstrative 

environmental project. 

Shatin 

Sponsored by the Kowloon Canton Rail, the Linear 

City Research is a multi-disciplinary research to 

investigate new rail-served community development 

models and design strategies. 

KCRC Linear City Research 

Fo Tan 

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中國城市住宅研究中心 

The objective of this research is to establish a Computational 

Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model for predicting 

potential problems and then improve the efficiency 

in airduct design. Two on-site measurements have 

been carried out respectively for ordinary main-sub 

airducts and pressure-change main-sub airducts in 

the residential buildings in Beijing. After comparing 

the numerical results with measurement data, 

the simulation model has been improved. Total 43 

working situation were considered. Collaborating 

with researchers from the China Building Technology 

36 centre for housing innovations 

The 3rd China Urban Housing Conference, 2003, 

Hong Kong 

(Hosted by the Chairman of Architectural Society of 

China, Mr. Sung Chunhua) 

Development Center, the above results have been 

introduced in the new design guideline in China. 

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Benny Chow 

He Jie 

Zhang Hui 

Li Wenjing 

Ma Ying 

Matthew Mak 

Emma Poon 

Tsou Jin-yeu* 

The Centre for Housing Innovations (CHI) 

was established in partnership with the Committee 

of Science and Technology of the Ministry 

of Construction (STC/MOC) of China in 

December 1998. It is the result of four years 

of intensive research on urban housing in China 

at the Department of Architecture of CUHK, 

with the continual support of the MOC and the 

Architectural Society of China (ASC). 

Based on our ongoing research in virtual 

reality (VR), we are also developing scientific 

visualization to provide an advanced simulation 

system for data analysis. CHI has organized four 

conferences, held at the MOC in Beijing and the 

CUHK in Hong Kong, respectively. These events 

drew participants from academia, government, 

and professional practice to exchange their 

research findings and views on the development 

of China urban housing. CHI is currently 

organizing its fifth conference in this coming 

November, with the theme “Human Settlement 

and Housing Development under Urbanization 

Process: Sustainable Development and Energy 

Conservation”. 

The 5th China Urban Housing Conference, 2005, Hong Kong 

China Urban Housing Conference 

China Urban Housing Publications 

Design Improvement of Airduct in Residential 

Building 

Internal Pressure-change Airduct Study 

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community participation unit 

40 A series of participatory events and 

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Gordon Chan 

Ricky Chan 

Addie Cheng 

Alonzo Cheng 

Cheng Hon Chun 

Jack Cheng 

Sam Cheung 

Chris Chow 

Billy Ip 

Kaman Kan 

Bob Lau 

Bernard V. Lim * 

Kevin Liu 

Elton Ng 

Andy Wong 

“Community participation lies right 

at the heart of sustainable development” 

– Action towards Local Sustainability, 

website introduction, 1999 

- the Community Participation Unit is 

directed by Professor Bernard Lim. 

- the Unit explores the “Participatory 

Approach” in community architecture 

and planning in the Hong Kong 

context, through a series of actions 

and researches to solicit public and 

stakeholders’ feedback, involvement 

and decision-making. 

- the Unit collaborates and develops 

proposals and projects with the communities, 

professionals, government 

and school students. 

“Mr. Tam, 59 years 

old, has lived in the 

Estate for more than 

30 years. He likes to lie 

down on a canvas bed 

at the corridor where 

has better ventilation 

and chat with the 

neighbours” 

The Memories of Lower 

Ngau Tau Kok Estate 

Elderly Care Architecture in Hong Kong 

A series of research and teaching activities, including 

post-occupancy evaluation, site studies, and focus 

group workshops to compile a publication on elderly 

care architecture design. (in collaboration with the 

Hong Kong Council of Social Service) 

In ten months, our Research Team had the 

opportunity of visiting, listening to, and learning 

from numerous school principals, teachers, 

parents, educational experts, colleagues in the 

Education Department, planners, architects 

and many others who do have their hearts 

on school design. Their active participation 

during our school surveys and consultation 

interviews, forums, design workshops help to 

materialize this research project. 

Developing Innovative School Design Parameters 

in Hong Kong for 21st Century 

research regarding heritage conservation 

in Wan Chai, particularly on the Wan 

Chai Market building, with the aim to 

promote heritage conservation and save 

the Market. Public participatory activities 

include “Wan Chai Memory – Photo 

& Writing Competition”, public voting 

survey of “Wan Chai – Today – Tomorrow 

and After” Roadshow, “ Conserving 

Wan Chai Market” Design Charrette, 

“Wan Chai Memory” Public Exhibition 

and submission of consolidation report 

to the government. 

Wan Chai Heritage Conservation 

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42 computational & simulation unit 

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Alan Cheung 

Benny Chow 

He Jie 

Matthew Mak 

Emma Poon 

Tsou Jin-yeu * 

Yuen Yuk-sing 

Zhang Hui 

- Members of the unit work on both 

the theoretical and the applied aspects 

of design computation. 

- On the theoretical side, we work on 

shape grammar and its uses in design 

process and historical analysis. 

- Towards the applied end, we work 

on computation fluid dynamics, airflow 

simulation, urban visual sustainability, 

daylighting, and urban noise. 

- Demonstration Projects of CS Unit 

are:- 

Isolation Patient Ward Design 

Reconfigure existing building as isolated patient 

wards to cater for epidemic outbreak 

- A joint project of the Department of Architecture 

and the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK (Recipient of 

the First Honored Award in the 8th Challenge Cup 

National Competition of Scientific and Technological 

Projects 2003) 

- The hospital is designed as a series of basic 

modules that could be flexibly arranged to adapt 

to different environments. Applying computational 

fluid dynamic simulations, we have designed the 

air handling system to maintain a clear distribution 

pattern in the patient ward, so that fresh air passes 

from the inlets first to the attending medical staff, 

then to the patients, and finally leaves the ward 

through the exhaust outlets. We have also applied 

multiphase time dependent simulation to assess 

the distribution of water droplets emitted from the 

patients. Results indicate that these droplets will 

not disperse widely, and could be extracted within 

a short time. 

- With its rapid assembly, carefully planned air 

handling, and economical cost, this hospital could 

provide fast and effective isolation of infected 

patients to quickly contain a future outbreak of 

infectious disease. 

Architectural Studies of Air Flow at Amoy Gardens, Kowloon Bay, 

Hong Kong, and its Possible Relevance to the Spread of SARS 

- The Architecture Department of The Chinese University of Hong 

Kong has conducted a detailed computational fluid dynamics 

(CFD) study investigating the entire Amoy Garden complex. It was 

found that the placement of Blocks E and F, relative to each other 

and relative to the prevailing wind direction leads to a “wind curtain” 

effect, sealing off the reentrant area (light well), in which the 

horizontal air–flow becomes nearly stagnant. Thus, any droplets 

laden with viruses that may be released into the reentrant area 

will have a high tendency to remain in the area, and therefore to 

spread vertically and contaminate other floors. 

Amoy Gardens SARS Study 

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44 environmental & sustainable design unit 

45 

Vicky Cheng 

Ankur Gadi 

Ryan Li 

Mu Jun 

Edward Ng * 

Wu Wei 

Current projects 

- Research 

- Design 

- Education 

Review of Regulation of Lighting & 

Ventilation for Healthy Living 

CIE International Daylight Monitoring 

Station 

The Unit operates and manages one of the 20 

CIE Research Class Daylight Monitoring Station in 

the World. This CIE Station provides fundamental 

data for a better understanding of our sky and 

solar resources, renewable energy, as well as 

natural lighting studies and design. The project 

is RAE funded. 

Renewable Resources Mapping in 

South China 

Renewable energy is our future. This Innovation 

and Technology Funded study investigates the availability 

of wind, biomass and Solar energy potentials 

in South China. The project utilizes advanced satellite 

imaging (MODIS) and modeling technology, 

calibrated against ground monitoring stations, and 

simulated mesoscale wind diagnostic modeling. 

This join university and institution study aims to 

develop a reference map for designers, engineers 

and policy makers. 

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Gu Daqing* 

Vito Bertin 

Zhu Jingxiang 

There are four areas of investigation 

in the studio which are closely 

related to the teaching in the studio 

and involve the collaboration of the 

members. Three have to do with 

building up a reference base, two 

of local examples, one basic and 

vernacular, the other designed and 

refined, and one of international 

examples. Associated are issues of 

documentation, appreciation, and 

analysis. The forth deals with aspects 

of the teaching itself and the development 

of the approach. 

Container 

The vernacular contained – Hong Kong container 

architecture: The reuse of shipping containers in 

temporary or improvised buildings reveals basic 

architectural principles in dealing with space and 

construction. In this study we describe the phenomenon, 

work out and discuss the principles, 

portrait examples to illustrate variations, types, and 

selected instances, and we document aspects of the 

construction process. 

We worked together with Woo Pui Leng from 

the urbanization studio and involved students in 

different phases. 

The study was supported by a direct grant and 

parts of it had been presented and published in 

various forms, concluding in the first issue in the 

cuhk architecture monograph series. 

Police housing 

A type and its variations – Hong Kong police housing 

1960~: The first time we saw the Tin Kwong Road 

police quarters it caught our interest immediately. 

How it relates to the land and forms a site, the way 

the building mass and outside spaces are articulated, 

how the movement through the estate takes form, 

and the refinement of the design on all levels down 

to the details, makes this an ensemble of a very high 

quality which is a delight to any architect. 

In the study we document the six different estates 

which are variations of the same type with drawings 

and photos, and discuss a number of design issues 

through comparisons. 

Students have been involved starting with an 

assignment, then in research studies, and also as 

research helpers. 

The study is supported by a direct grant and as a 

strategic initiative by the department. We plan to 

publish the study in the cuhk architecture monograph 

series. 

Analysis 

This study started as an observation of recent Swiss 

architecture. It deals mainly with the re-emergence 

of a type of space which we call enveloped space, 

with aspects of immaterial ideas present in materiality 

of the building, and relationships between 

the internal order with the perceived form, looking 

at examples of contemporary architecture which 

gained international attention. 

Ways of reading a building by graphically tracing 

it are explored, both as series of diagrams and as 

interactive graphics. 

The results of this study were developed in elective 

courses but now help to support the teaching in 

the studio. 

A selection of them, analysing four buildings by Peter 

Zumthor, is put together as a draft booklet. 

Studio project 

The studio project is not only an exploration for 

the students but also for us. With different roles 

we work together on the same issues. Apart from 

developing as an individual student or teacher, we 

attempt to also develop within the group and as 

a studio. At several stages Markus Lüscher, Zurich, 

cooperated with us. 

In the last few years, in an attempt to articulate 

a tectonics approach, we developed a series of 

exercises based on the hypothesis that there is a 

relationship between the deliberate manipulation of 

the built space defining elements and the perceived 

space defined by them. We also try to investigate 

the relationship between the working media and the 

design development, the role of cycles of making and 

observing, and the possibilities to work with model 

material to approach issues of building material. 

A first draft of the booklet is in the process of being 

revised in preparation for publication in the cuhk 

architecture monograph series. 

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He Jie 

The main research trend of HE Jie is investigating the quantitative value of 

natural landscape resources on urban visual perception and its potential 

and impact on urban planning and management. His recent works and 

publications concentrate on: 1) to formulate a scientific model in order 

to quantitatively interpret visual perception quality of natural landscape 

resources in high-density urban context; 2) to develop methodology of 

implementing this model in a multi-discipline decision-making support 

approach, which integrate natural resource management, visual analysis, 

urban planning on a GIS platform; 3) to explore the evaluation criteria 

of balancing visual and ecological performance of urban forest. These 

researches will improve the reliability of urban visual impact assessment 

(VIA), and suggest efficient urban/site/landscape planning and design integrating 

scenario for balancing visual impact, landscape appreciation, land 

use planning, and ecological contribution of natural landscape resources 

in high-density urban context. 

HE Jie’s research interests also include the supporting technologies of 

the above-mentioned topic in geographic information system (GIS) and 

remote sensing (RS), and their applications in urban and landscape history 

studies. 

Maggie Hui 

PhD Research topic 

Houses of Labrang: 

Sacred and profane spatial transfiguration in Tibetan vernacular 

Architecture at the cross road 

In Tibetan living culture, religion plays an important role in the Tibetans’ 

everyday living. In a Tibetan settlement, the Tibetan Buddhist monastery is 

always the core to villages surrounding it, on a spiritual, as well as a practical 

level. However, in the study of Tibetan architecture, the monastery is usually 

studied separately from the houses. This has led to a void in the field 

of Tibetan architectural study in understanding how these two building 

types form a complete system. 

Maggie’s PhD research takes Labrang, a Tibetan monastic site lies in 

southern Gansu as the main study. The research aims to identity how 

the architectural qualities of the religious space and the practical space 

juxtapose in Tibetan vernacular architecture extending from the monastery. 

The methodology combines architectural data collection with an 

anthropological approach which includes recording the material culture 

of each household, as well as participated observation. 

Since early 2004, Maggie has also started working as a volunteer architect 

for the Hong Kong based NGO: China Exploration and Research Society 

CERS, who concentrate their works in the Tibetan populated highlands 

across Yunnan, Sichuan and Qinghai. 

Liu Dan 

Liu Dan, the Ph. D. candidate in the Architectural Department, graduated 

from Tsinghua University as B. A. and CUHK as M. Phil., has been 

interested in the dynamic relationship between architecture and social 

culture in her academic research. Based on the multidisciplinary research 

about Chinese ancestral halls in the South of China in her M. Phil period 

and the fieldwork of historical architecture investigation in Europe after 

that, she has published the book of Traveling in Architecture in 2004 and 

several academic papers in Journals of different disciplines such as Architectural 

History, Tsinghua Sociological Review and etc. in the past two 

years. Now she is looking forward to going on exploring her academic 

interest in her Ph. D. study. 

Henry Lo 

Carving Jixiang 吉祥 

A Study of the Symbolic Language of Wood Carvings in Hong Kong’s 

Chinese Traditional Buildings 

This thesis aims to take architectural wood carvings as the medium to 

investigate the meanings of these symbolic motifs, both the denotative 

and connotative one, and their constitution to form a symbolic language 

of wood carvings in individual Chinese traditional building. This is also the 

intention to look into the symbolic identity of each house through the 

analysis of symbolic language of wood carvings spoken. 

A Chinese traditional building, an ancestral hall, study hall, house or temple, 

functions more than a container for human activities. They richly embody 

Chinese ideology and convey cosmological outlook of the Chinese race, 

reflecting directly the totality of man’s mental world. A Chinese house is 

a dwelling in which inhabitant can be one with the heaven and the earth 

ultimately. These messages are expressed in the ways the building is sited, 

designed, spatially organized, constructed, decorated and furnished. The 

houses speak for the Chinese. Through the symbolic ornamentations on 

architectural decorations, our forefathers deliberately express their desires 

to lives and promote moral teaching. These invocations can be rendered 

as jixiang 吉祥, Chinese’s idea of auspiciousness. 

postgraduate students

82 Bernard V. Lim 

Zhu Jingxiang 

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Lingnan University Community College, 

Tuen Mun, N.T., Hong Kong 

The project is to serve as the new academic block 

addition for the Community College of Lingnan 

University in Tuen Mun. The building consists of a 

number of rectangular blocks stacking and interweaving 

with each other like a ‘Jenga’ structure. 

By placing one structure to another in different orientation, 

it not only creates a strong sense of form 

in three-dimensional manner but also leads to the 

different hierarchy of space. The whole interweaving 

structure could be divided into three zones 

embracing two major courtyards. One courtyard 

situates right in front of the main entrance under 

the administration office and the other courtyard 

is designed in a form of stepping landscape which 

could be easily perceived from the drop off area. 

The two main axles that organize the rectangular 

blocks are also act as the reference datum as well. 

The primary axis connects the existing campus to 

the main entrance of the Community College while 

the other axis connects the secondary entrance 

from the drop off area. The meeting point of the 

two axles is the location of the Chapel. 

The Chapel is located at the farthest of the site, 

however, it could still be prominently perceived 

from the western and northern sides of the site. 

The chapel is not a giant structure to house several 

hundred people, instead, it is intended to be a small 

and decent structure comparable to the buildings in 

the close proximity. The tranquil environment and 

the nearby greenery contributed to the spiritual 

and sacred atmosphere of the place. 

*In association with AD+RG (Architecture Design 

and Research Group Ltd). The project was completed 

in 2005 

Yancheng Medical School New Library, 

Yancheng, P.R. China 

Adjacent to the Main Lecture Building on 

campus, The Yancheng Medical School New 

Library was completed in 2003. These two 

buildings now are connected together by a 

skywalk stretched out from the library at 

the 1st floor level. It is a partial realization of 

a covered and elevated passage system on 

campus, which was planned when the Lecture 

Building design started in 1996. 

The first floor of the library can be seen as 

ìan artificial groundî. People on this floor have 

the unblocked view to most of the directions. 

This was a major concept to reflect the 

topographic feature of the surroundings ñ 

a narrow campus was close to a main road 

and the site level was much lower than the 

nearby bridge, which controlled the approach 

to the campus. In the final design, the library 

is separated from the nearby street on the 

east and can be easily accessed from the 

plaza on the west. 

Above the artificial ground, the functional 

rooms arranged in a windmill layout enclose 

a 3-story atrium covered by a saw-tooth roof. 

The openings on this roof and the vertical 

void of various heights and shapes around the 

mass contribute to the natural illumination 

and ventilation of the interior. 

built & published

Edward Ng 

“A BRIDGE TOO FAR”, summer 2005, 

Gansu, P.R. China 

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In Gansu province of the Northwest China, 

the Po River sharply separates a poor village, 

Maosi. A fragile wood-plank bridge is the only 

means of connection for children to go to 

school. During the flooding season, crossing 

the river is a threat to human lives. 

A Bridge Too Far, a charitable project led by a 

team of architecture professors and students 

of the Chinese University of Hong Kong , 

Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hong 

Kong University of Science and Technology 

as well as Xian Jiaotong University helped 

the children by building a safe and sustainable 

bridge. 

The bridge is about 90m long making up of 

20 sections. It spans across the river with steel 

tubes and sits on the river bed with steel cage 

gabions bases. PVC coated steel gabions are 

used as the foundations. They rest on the river 

rock bed. They are 1.5m high. The gabions 

are filled with rubbles and other recycled 

concrete and brick cores. These provide the 

tonnage required to weigh down the gabions 

firmly on the bed. On top, galvanized steel 

RHS and CHS sections are anchored to the 

gabions. They form the walking planks. Rope 

handrail is provided. 

Participants: 

Chan Pui-ming, Fok Lik-kan, Ankur Gadi, Ankit Gadi, Kiang Ngai Sze, Kwok Sze-ming, Mu Jun, 

Ng Wun-lui, Poon Chi-wa, Wong Cheuk-ting 

built & published

AIA Scholastic Awards 

In 2005, our Department nominated 4 stu- actual expenditure together with a written 

Richard Hassell, WOHA Architects 

DIVERSE CONSTRUCTIONS 

2004 . OCT . 15 

John Margolies 

PALACES OF DREAMS: 

THE AMERICAN MOVIE THEATER 

2005 . MAR . 09 

The American Institute of Architects Hong 

Kong Chapter offers the AIA Scholastic 

Award to one outstanding undergraduate 

student from our Department. 

An honorarium of HK$3,000 would be 

offered together with a frame citation. Some 

scholarships are nominated by Faculty of 

Social Science or different colleges in the 

dents to participate: 

Lau Man-kuen, Gary Chan Koon-wah, 

Joey Fung Chung-yan, David Mao 

HKIA Overseas Excursion 

The HKIA Academic Exchange Committee 

plans a study excursion every year. In 2004, 

and illustrated report which details the 

itinerary of the travel; the places visited; the 

observations, reflections and findings of the 

trip in respect to the study theme; and the 

benefits gained, both academically and personally, 

must be submitted to the donor for 

information, and a presentation to share the 

experience with fellow students will also be 

required after return from trip. 

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Ai Weiwei 艾未未 

MATERILIZATION OF INTENTIONS 

2004 . NOV . 04 

Ken Greenberg 

STRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS: 

PLANS & PROJECTS 

2005 . FEB . 16 

Robert Mull 

Head, Department of Architecture, 

London Metropolitan University 

DUTY OF CARE 

2005 . MAR . 14 

Edwin Chan 

Partner, Gehry Partners, LLP 

A NEW VISION FOR OUR SKYLINE: FRANK 

GEHRY’S HONG KONG MUSEUM COM- 

PLEX 

2005 . MAR . 14 

University every year.: 

Chiu Fuksan Scholarship, Nominated by 

Faculty of Social Science, HK$1,500 

香港中文大學夏威校友會獎學金 

Nominated by Faculty of Social Science, 

HK$2,500 

M.Y. Tsai Scholarships, Nominated by New 

Asia College, HK$3,000 

Awarded Student: Chan Pui-ming 

Formica Scholarship 

the Committee planned a 10-days study 

excursion to Prague, Vienna and Budapest 

for our Department. 

This Travel Scholarships would be offered to 

2 students selected from HKU, CityU, Chu 

Hai College & CUHK. 

Awarded Studentt: Mavis Fan Tze-hong 

KONE Elevator (HK) Ltd. Scholarship 

The scholarship is offered to a full-time final 

year undergraduate student majoring in Architecture. 

It is based on the academic merit 

in his/her next-to-final year study. 

The value of each award shall not exceed 

HK$50,000 plus an economy class return 

air ticket. 

Applicants should graduated with a Bachelor 

of Social Science in Architectural Studies or 

be in the first year of the Master of Architecture 

programme; Hong Kong permanent 

resident; good academic performance; able to 

demonstrate an outstanding overall ability in 

architecture and a strong potential for further 

development; an active participant in campus 

life and the community and demonstrate 

financial need. 

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lectures 

SCOPE 4 ARCHITECTURE 

Johnson Chang, Curator 

Vincent Lim 

MORE THAN JUST NUTS AND BOLTS 

2005 . FEB . 17 

THE POWER OF THE WORD - 

THE ART OF CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY IN 

POETRY, LITERATURE, AND PAINTING 

2004 . OCT . 13 

Lu Ping, Writer 

EXCHANGING IDEAS - 

LEARNING BETWEEN TWO CULTURES 

2004 . OCT . 27 

Dr. Hector Rodriguez 

MINOR TECHNOLOGIES - 

THE GREAT GAME TO COME 

2004 . NOV . 10 

Gu Wenda, Artist 

THE MIDDLE KINGDOM TO BIOLOGICAL 

MILLENNIUM 

2004 . NOV . 17 

Stanley Wong Ping Pui, Artist 

DISLOCATION - 

REBUILDING HONG KONG 

2005 . JAN . 12 

Karen Meyerhoff, Director of Exhibition 

Design, Guggenheim Museum 

GUGGENHEIM DESIGN - BUILDING, 

EXHIBITIONS AND DESIGN 

2005 . JAN . 24 

Roland Frei + Lisa Ehrensperger 

LIGHT – SPACE – MATERIAL 

光.空間.材料 

2005 . MAR . 23 

Ackbar Abbas, Professor, University of 

Hong Kong 

LEARNING ABOUT CITIES AND PLACES 

FROM WALTER BENJAMIN 

2005 . MAR . 02 

Claire Hsu, Director, Asia Art Archive 

BEYOND THE LIBRARY - 

THE ASIA ART ARCHIVE 

2005 . MAR . 16 

The scholarship is offered to a full-time 

undergraduate student of the Department 

of Architecture. It is based on the academic 

merits of student. 

The amount of scholarship is HK$6,000 

Awarded Student: Alice Wong Chui-kwan 

4th National Architectural Schools Design 

Studio Projects Competition 

全國高等學校建築科專業第4屆大學生建 

築設計作業觀摩和評選活動 

Nominated students are the students of 

architecture in different universities from 

Mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Macau. 

The number of student nomination is according 

to the 2% of total number of registered 

students in the Department. Generally, our 

Department nominates 4 students every 

year. 

The amount of the scholarship is HK$10,000 

in cash and a trophy. The awardee also be 

invited to participate in a 5-day trip to KONE 

Kunshan Elevator Factory, China provided 

by the donor. 

Awarded Student: Lam Tat 

Lee Hysan Travel Scholarship 

The Lee Hysan Foundation has donated 2 

travel scholarships to the Department of 

Architecture annually. 

The award is for travel, study or apprenticeship 

in an architectural office, or any combination 

of the three. The travel shall be for a 

minimum of four weeks to be taken in the 

same year as the award, and shall be to one 

country only in order to focus on one culture 

and its related architecture. The applicants are 

expected to provide a well-thought-out and 

detailed travel plan. An account of the 

Awarded Student: Emily So Ching-han, 

Karen Yick Lai-shan 

The RIBA President’s Medal Student 

Awards 

The aim of the Awards is to promote excellence 

in the study of architecture, to reward 

talent and to encourage architectural debate 

world-wide. 

Schools/Departments of Architecture can 

nominate 2 of best graduate design project 

at Part 1 (1st degree) and 2 from Part 2 

(2nd degree) and 1 dissertation from either 

Part 1 or Part 2. 

In 2005, our Department nominated 5 students 

to participate the Awards 

Part 1: Lam Tat, Charles Wu Kwun-hang 

Part 2: Larry Tsoi, Benny Chan Kwok-wing 

Dissertation: Leo Cheung Yu 

awards & scholarship

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Research Professor 

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Associate Professor 

陳炳祥 Daniel CHAN 

許文博 Bernard M B HUI 

Helena SANDMAN 

李文景 LI Wenjing 

周家明 Benny CHOW 

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Research Assistant 

Assistant Computer Officer 

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鄭炳鴻 

陳丙驊 

張玉崑 

趙勳 

周志偉 

周天朗 

顧大慶 

Wallace CHANG 


Nelson CHEN 

Adjunct Professor 

Hector CHEUNG 

Adjunct Associate Professor 

Frank CHIU 

Adjunct Assistant Professor 

Kelly CHOW 


Tynnon CHOW 


Raymond COLE 

Visiting Professor 

Ronan COLLINS 


Baruch GIVONI 


GU Daqing 


Dean HAWKES 


何培斌 

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林雲峰 

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劉宇揚 

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吳恩融 

吳享洪 

HO Puay-peng 

Professor 

Eymen HOMSI 


Jeff KAN 

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Andrew LI 


Bernard V. LIM 


John LIN 

Professional Consultant 

LIU Yuyang 


Elizabeth Gill LUI 

Artist-in-Residence 

George MANHO 

PT Instructor 

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Miho HIRABAYASHI 

PT Lecturer 

Edward NG 


Anthony NG 

Honorary Professor 

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譚善龍 

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夏兵 

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Branch Librarian 

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Benny CHOW 

HE Jie 

HE Zhengjun 

Maggie HUI 

LIU Dan 

Winnie CHAN 

MU Jun 

CHEUNG In-fong 

CHOW Wing-keung 

HO Kin-wai 

Frankie KOO 

PAN Nyun-ling 

TONG Kit-man 

WONG Ming-bun 

XAVIER Elfrida 

YEUNG To-lai 

YUNG Chi-hong 

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Department of Archecture 

The Chinese University of Hong Kong 

5th Floor Wong Foo Yuan Building 

Shatin, New Territories 

Hong Kong SAR, China 

中國香港特別行政區新界沙田 

王福元樓 

香港中文大學建築系 

Tel: +852 2609 6517 

Fax: +852 2603 5267 

E-Mail: architecture@cuhk.edu.hk 

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Tai Po Road 

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Yuan 

Building 

Chung Chi Road 

Lingnan Stadium 

Esther 

Lee 

Building 

KCR 

Station 

University 

RESEARCH UNITS 

A R C H I T E C T U R E L I B R A R Y 

U R B A N I Z AT I O N 

TECHNICS 

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COMPUTER LAB 

AV LAB 

Rm. 608 

E X H I B I T I O N S P A C E 

G E N E R A L O F F I C E 

RESEARCH 

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FACULTY OFFICES 

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Editor: Liu Yuyang 

Design assistant: Alvin Kung 

Production assistant: Rex Yee 

Proofreader: Kelly Chow 

Images & texts: Staff & Students unless otherwise noted 

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