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CUHK School of Architecture Presents 21st Master of Architecture Graduation Show
The 21st Master of Architecture Graduation Show organized by the School of Architecture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) will be held from 19 May to 28 May, at Exchange Square, Central. Dr. Edward Yiu, Legislative Councillor (Architectural, Surveying, Planning and Landscape Functional Constituency), renowned architect and artist Mr. Raymond Fung, as well as other guests of honour from leading architecture firms will officiate at the opening ceremony on 19 May (Friday). The second phase of the Exhibition will take place at the AIT Building on CUHK campus from 5 June to 16 June, while selected projects will also be displayed at Times Square, Causeway Bay, from 9 June to 18 June.
Apart from celebrating the 21st graduating class of the CUHK Master of Architecture programme, this year’s Graduation Show also presents to the public the professional education offered by the CUHK School of Architecture and potential directions of architecture. In the exhibition, more than 50 individual thesis projects draw inspiration from a wide variety of topics, including housing, conservation, city planning, traditional construction, parametric design, education and community transformation. All the exhibited drawings, diagrams and models aim to communicate critical positions in response to some of the pressing issues of society today, both in Hong Kong and in the world.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/CUHK.MArch.GradShow/
Members of the public are welcome to visit the Graduation Show. Admission is free. Details of the show are as follows:
Phase 1 Exhibition:
Date: 19 May – 28 May 2017
Time: 11:00 am – 9:00 pm (daily)
Address: Level Three, the Rotunda, One Exchange Square, Central
Opening Ceremony: 6:30 pm, 19 May 2017 (Friday)
Phase 2 Exhibition:
Date: 5 June – 16 June 2017
Time: 9:00 am – 7:00 pm (Monday – Saturday)
Address: Exhibition Zones, 1/F, AIT Building, School of Architecture, CUHK, Shatin
Phase 3 Exhibition:
Date: 9 June – 18 June 2017
Time: 10:00 am – 10:00 pm (daily)
Address: G/F, Covered Exhibition Area, Times Square, Causeway Bay
Enquiries:
School of Architecture, CUHK: 3943-6583
Jason Ho, Graduation Show Committee: 9609-9671
Ivy Ip, Graduation Show Committee: 6026-2072
E-mail: cuhkarc2017.pr@gmail.com
CUHK School of Architecture 25th Anniversary
The CUHK School of Architecture is celebrating its 25th Anniversary in 2016-17. With the theme of ‘IMAGINE．INNOVATE．IMPACT’, the year-long celebration programme aims to illustrate how architectural concepts can be transformed into creative designs that engage meaningfully with the world. More information is available at the School website: www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk.
IP Yi Lok, Ivy An Immediate and Mobile Theatre: Experiment as Part of the Establishment This experimental proposal of a mobile, transformable theatre is not to abandon or better the existing establishment, but to build on top of it and bring theatre to our everyday life.
LAM Kin Kwan, Kenji The LABRARY: Imagining the Future of Library for Civic Innovation A design proposal for LABRARY, a new typology of library in the digital age as an active co-learning laboratory for sharing and creating knowledge, with an emphasis on social interaction as the main drive of learning.
YEUNG Ho Yin, Gary Learning from the Past Fading and Rising Through architectural design, this thesis project explores the possibility of turning urban waste into useful resources to make our hyper-dense living environment more sustainable.
LEUNG Ka Ki, Kaka From Bond to Living Fabric: Regenerating Density Dwelling for the New Territories This thesis project explores the potential of adopting a brick structure for housing design in Hong Kong, strengthening the connection of different housing units with an interlocking arrangement of brick models.
