Events

9 Feb 2023

7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Tse Chiu Kit Room (CK TSE) (G/F), CUHK

Prof. TSUI Chung Man Carmen

Carmen C. M. Tsui is an architect and urban historian. She is an associate professor in the Department of History at Lingnan University. She obtained her Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses have been on the housing history of China and Hong Kong, heritage conservation and management, urban history, and architectural modernism in Asia. She is the author of Everyday Architecture in Context: Public Markets in Hong Kong (1842–1981).

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GE Salon 2022-23 Day in, day out: Critical Insights into the New Normal

How to address the challenges we encounter in our daily life under the many new circumstances? This year’s GE Salon theme title is “Day in, day out”. Through a series of talks and screenings, we will reflect with you on our new daily life from a variety of perspectives such as the art of life, pop music, finance and economics, architecture and cities, sustainable development, food and body, science and humanities.

Since the 1930s, the Modern Movement of architecture, which emphasizes the functionality, economic benefits, and production methods of buildings, has widely influenced architectural design in Hong Kong. The city’s public buildings, such as markets, schools, and town halls, best embody the spirit of architectural modernism. Their plain and efficient design meets the social and economic needs of the modern era. They are everyday architecture that is closely tied to people’s daily life. Because they can be found in every district, public buildings are easily mistaken as unimportant or ordinary. In this talk, the speaker will examine the ways Hong Kong’s everyday architecture adapts to the challenges of modern society.

Free admission, all are welcome.