Lecture on Yi O & “Collection, Recording and Translating” Project 2 Review|ARCH3204: Engaging Infrastructure, Nature and Heritage in Sham Shek Tsuen In this project, students explored site analysis and documentation as they were derived from hands-on fieldwork. This project consisted of three steps, or phases of work, with each step building on the previous. In Collecting, students rapidly captured pre-selected categories, curated sketches, photos, and artifacts. Recording followed, reconstructing collections as an exhibit, exploring patterns and diversity, and their relation to the site. Finally, Translation utilized recordings and collective knowledge, generating design provocations. Combined with timeline and mapping projects, they speculated on future site conditions and interventions. Before the Review started, we invited Andrew Lam to give a lecture on the development of Yi O village in Hong Kong. The practical and inspiring lecture led students to think deeper in their own projects in Sham Shak Tsuen. Instructors: Natalia Echeverri Sylvia Ng Teaching Assistant: Li Ziyuan Lena #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #design #landscapearchitect #builtenvironment #village #Lantau #nature #fieldtrip

ARCH3204: Engaging Infrastructure, Nature and Heritage in Sham Shek Tsuen In Project 2, our focus will be on documenting and analyzing the physical, material, and spatial experience of the site. To achieve this, BA(LS)3 students embarked on a field trip to Sham Shek Tsuen, taking a prescribed walk through the site that started in Sham Wat's water catchment and ended in Sha Lo Wan ferry pier. This project comprises three components: Collecting, recording, and translating. Guided by the themes of Controlling water, Agriculture and animal husbandry, Built heritage, Expanding access, and Managing slopes from Project 1, our students employed a range of fieldwork techniques to document and translate the layers of the site's landscape. We invite you to stay tuned for the final review of project 2 to see the final outcome achieved by our students, and witness how they illustrate their deeper understanding of the site from collecting, recording, and translating. Instructors: Natalia Echeverri Sylvia Ng Teaching Assistant: Li Ziyuan Lena #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #design #landscapearchitect #builtenvironment #village #Lantau #nature #fieldtrip

⛰️Tuen Mun to Tsuen Wan West Coastal Trail Challenge🦵 Join us for a 20km walk with Paul Zimmermann @designinghongkong and landscape architecture students from HKU to explore, document and discuss the Tuen Mun to Tsuen Wan West Coastal Trail! Saturday, October 14th Meeting point: Tuen Mun Pier (9 am) https://reurl.cc/z6l980 Gold Coast Piazza (1pm) https://reurl.cc/p5rEyx Our MLA1 students in the ‘Landscape Peripheries’ studio analyse the recreational circulation network along the Tuen Mun – Tsuen Wan Coastal Trail and use the plan as a catalyst for imagining a more connected, more accessible, more equitable, more ecological, healthier city. The walk allows our students to get input from the community and discuss ideas and opportunities in action. #hkulandscape #MLA #landscapearchitecture #hku #tuenmun #tsuenwan

[Msc(SED) SEED 6303: Environmental Policy and Management for Megacities] The Master of Science in Sustainable Environmental Design (MSc(SED)) programme course SEED 6303 Environmental Policy and Management for Megacities is guiding students to understand the policy on climate change including adaptation, resilience and mitigation measures on the site visit to the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) and the Zero Carbon Park (ZCP). Besides guiding the students to understand the science and policy on climate change, this field trip also highlights how sustainable environmental design in terms of green building can help meet the challenges and target, including carbon neutrality. The initiatives of the Hong Kong Observatory (HKO) and Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) are selected as the showcases. #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #design #designer #landscapearchitect #environment #earth #nature #plants #sustainability #sustainable #tsimshatsui #hko #climate #carbonneutrality #zerocarbon #adaptation #mitigation #resilience #hongkong #landscapedesign #landscapelovers #models #fieldtrips #sitevisits

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! May the round moon bring you a happy family and a successful future.✨✨ Here we send warm wishes to all our students and alumni! #hkulandscape #studio #hku #landscapearchitecture #園境建築 #中秋 #midautumnfestival #中秋節快樂 #fullmoon

Hydrological Enclave by MLA graduate Shuyang SUN @shuyangis_, supervised by Assistant Professor Xiaoxuan LU, was the Honor Award-Analysis and Planning recipient of the 2023 ASLA Student Awards! Project Title: Hydrological Enclave: Adaptive Management of Non-water Supply Reservoir Project Narrative: This project focuses on Shenzhen’s “urban waters,” particularly small-sized reservoirs that are undergoing rapid transformations due to the municipal-wide water supply centralization project launched in 2019. “Hydrological Enclaves” highlights three interconnected realities of these soon-to-be-decommissioned reservoirs while simultaneously sheds light on potential space of intervention. First, “Hydrological Enclaves” indicates the unique morphology where small-sized reservoirs are surrounded by densely built urban context. This project positions small-sized reservoirs as a unique urban heritage and argues that interventions are urgently needed to avoid the loss of these valuable social and ecological assets. Second, “Hydrological Enclaves” refers to the fact that these small-sized reservoirs have long been “out of sight, out of mind.” This project recognizes small-sized reservoirs as important public amenities and identifies the current decommissioning process as an opportunity to increase public access to much-needed urban recreational spaces as well as promote public awareness of the socio-environmental values of urban water infrastructures. Third, “Hydrological Enclaves” points out the lack of understanding of how small-sized reservoirs are part of an intricate network of water supply and situated within larger ecological and hydrological systems. This project aims to adapt decommissioned small-sized reservoirs into localized and decentralized water sources, creating a resilient water infrastructure that simultaneously serves as a much-needed educational infrastructure where the performance of landscape system and the critical role such performance plays in improving water security is visible to the public. #hkulandscape #hku #landscapearchitecture #landscapearchitects #MLA #ASLA #ASLA2023 #ASLAstudentawards #design

BALS3 10X10: 10 images by 10 students from a field trip to Sham Shek Tsuen in Northern Lantau, Hong Kong ARCH3204: Engaging Infrastructure, Nature and Heritage in Sham Shek Tsuen In their second project, BA(LS)3 students are exploring site analysis and documentation techniques as part of hands-on fieldwork to develop their abilities in recognizing, isolating, and projecting site characteristics. In their first site visit, students walked from the water catchment above Sham Wat valley, to the coastal bay of Sham Wat, along the Tung O Ancient Trail, detouring to San Shek Wan, and finally arriving to the Sha Lo Wan ferry pier. During the journey, students collected evidence, artifacts, sketches, rubbings, 3D scans, and photos related to water management, access, slopes, agriculture, built heritage, and natural conservation. The images collected here were taken by students as part of their documentary work. P1: Leung Hoi Ting Stephanie P2: Yao Renyu Maggie P3: Chung Pui Shan Jennifer P4: Law Man Ying Marita P5: Guo Jingyang JY P6: Wong Hei Lui Helen P7: Cheng Sum Yu Yannie P8: Ku Raymond Man Yim P9: Xiong Yuchen Celine P10: Wu Fan Lucy Instructors: Natalia Echeverri Sylvia Ng Teaching Assistant: Li Ziyuan Lena #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #design #landscapearchitect #builtenvironment #village #Lantau #nature #fieldtrip

Students in the MLA programme designed and built two gardens in a historic fishing village along Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan Province. Students gained valuable fieldwork and construction experience and reflected on challenges and opportunities related to heritage and cultural landscape conservation within the specific context of Southwest China. “Memories of Shell Mound” celebrates the long history of human-nature interaction around Dianchi Lake, revealing the irreplaceable role played by snail shells and clay in shaping the cultural identity and material outlook of the lake region. “Archive for Hauntology” creates an archive of histories and memories by reorganizing found landscape and architectural relics to echo the gradually disappearing building structures and the larger village context. Students: Mite CHAN King Yeung, Eddie CHAN Shu Fai, Jun HUI Sin Yee, Kanisa SATTAYANURAK, Nakarin DOLRASEE, XIANG Linyu, Ziv YANG Zihan, Vicki LIU Jiani, SHI Siyuan, LU Tong Instructors: Xiaoxuan LU, Francisco Daniel CEVALLOS BARRAGÁN Assistant Instructor: Aristo CHAN Hui Bun #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #design #planning #landscapearchitect #Kunming #art #artfestival #garden #village #history

MLA Landscape Design Studio I: Landscape Peripheries Project 1: ‘Exploring Interface’ - model pinup The design/research exercise focuses on the particular places, people, materials, species, effects, and atmospheres that are encountered along and alongside the Tuen Mun to Ting Kau Beach Coastal Trail. Students surveyed a section that is a part of or adjacent to the proposed coastal trail to identify and document points of interface. Simply put, an interface is a three-dimensional boundary that is activated by the exchanges across it. Students proposed an intervention that augments / adapts / modifies their interface for a single identified user or species. This design exercise focused on the rapid generation of ideas through site representation and modelling. MLA 1 instructors: TRUMPF Susanne, REN Chao, HILGEFORT Jason Teaching Assistant: CHAN Eddie Shu Fai, TANG Tat Chi Tat #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #design #landscapearchitect #builtenvironment

Alongside the Village Commoning Exhibition, there will be two events: On 23 September from 3-5pm, local villagers from villages we worked with will share their experiences with the commoning process. Register now if you‘re interested in learning more about how they have approached village revitalisation taking into account their common goals, shared resources, and stakeholders. And on the following Saturday, you may attend our co-creation workshop on 30 September from 3-5pm! Attendees will get a chance to participate in the commoning process by learning about the needs of local villagers and by working together to create shared commons. Mark these dates on your calendar and be part of these exciting events! 🔺 Exhibition 🔺 📅 9 September - 2 October 2023 ⏲ Time: Mon - Fri: 2-6pm; Sat, Sun & Public Holidays: 12-8pm 🏢 Venue: Luk Heung Campus, Tai Po 🔸 Events 🔸 ① Sharing by Villagers 📅 23 September 2023 (Sat) ⏲ 3-5pm ② ”Village Commons“ Co-creation Workshop 📅 30 September 2023 (Sat) ⏲ 3-5pm 🙋 Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/3upsjkYf37 #Exhibition #VillageCommoning #Commons #Commoning #HongKongCountrysideConservation #RuralVillage #CCFS #HKU #LandscapeArchitecture #展覽 #鄉村互助自理 #鄉郊保育 #鄉郊 #鄉郊保育資助計劃 #香港大學 #園境建築

Despite facing a Typhoon Signal no. 10 and a Black Rainstorm Warning Signal in the last few weeks, our Village Commoning Exhibition was finally launched on 9 September! We want to extend a big thank you to our exhibition designer, Making on Loft, for their hard work, and to our venue partner, ELCHK Central Youth Service, for their incredible support. Come explore our exhibition that covers a wide range of topics, including theoretical concepts, international case studies, research on local villages, and recommendations for implementing commoning. Exhibition 9 September - 2 October 2023 Time: Mon - Fri: 2-6pm; Sat, Sun & Public Holidays: 12-8pm Venue: Luk Heung Campus, Tai Po 🔸 Events 🔸 ① Sharing by Villagers 📅 23 September 2023 (Sat) ⏲ 3-5pm ② ”Village Commons“ Co-creation Workshop 📅 30 September 2023 (Sat) ⏲ 3-5pm 🙋 Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/3upsjkYf37 (Link in bio) ♻ P.S. We have repurposed reclaimed wood from Y•Park @yparkhk , adding a sustainable touch to the exhibition experience. #Exhibition #VillageCommoning #Commons #Commoning #HongKongCountrysideConservation #RuralVillage #CCFS #HKU #LandscapeArchitecture #展覽 #鄉村互助自理 #鄉郊保育 #鄉郊 #鄉郊保育資助計劃 #香港大學 #園境建築

Join us for a Hong Kong Premiere! This is a unique chance to see Americaville (2020) by US-based filmmaker and educator Adam James Smith. The film screening is followed by a Director's Talk with Q&A. Moderator: Nikolas Ettel (Faculty of Architecture, HKU) Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House, The University of Hong Kong Date: Thursday, September 21 Opening: 6PM Screening starts at 6:30PM Admission is free; please scan QR code for registration only The evening is hosted by HKU's Common Core for 24 Frames; Communicating Ideas through Film (CCHU9082) and kindly supported by the Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre and HKU's Division of Landscape Architecture. Americaville (2020) explores an American Wild West-themed community on the outskirts of Beijing, where Chinese citizens attempt to live their interpretation of the American dream. The film is supported by the Asian Cinema Fund and the Whicker’s Foundation. Adam James Smith is an award-winning, US-based filmmaker and educator, originally from the United Kingdom. He holds degrees from Stanford and Cambridge, the latter of which he is currently an affiliated filmmaker at the university’s Visual Anthropology Lab. Adam is currently working on a series of observational documentaries on the American experience beyond the East and West coasts, collectively titled The Heartland Project, and a documentary remake in Japan of Sofia Coppola's 2003 film Lost in Translation, titled Forever Lost. Adam’s film work has been featured in The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Art Forum, and The New York Times. We look forward to see you all there! the 24 Frames Team #hku #hkulandscape #landscapearchitecture #movie #landscapearchitect #builtenvironment #architecture #hkucommoncore