About
Trained as an architect, I am an independent researcher, designer, and lecturer based in Hong Kong and Paris; currently affiliated with the University of Hong Kong, University College Dublin, and City University of Hong Kong.
My research encompasses areas of activism, internet culture, consumer culture, food studies, infrastructure, and the politics of public space.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies and a Master of Architecture from the University of Hong Kong.
Projects
Speaking
The 20th IPHS Biennial Conference on 2-5 July 2024 at The Chinese University of Hong Hong.
14-17 December 2022 at National University of Singapore
20-21 August 2022
Exhibitions
Conception and Exhibition Design by Fai AU, Ying ZHOU, Jonathan YEUNG
involved in archival research of municipal services buildings
lead curator: Prof Nasrin Seraji and Prof Alain Chiaradia
curatorial assistant and co-editor of exhibition publications
project from MArch design studio of Prof Juan Du
co-designed and built architectural intervention for the public during the 6-hour closure of Des Voeux Road Central. The event is organised by WalkDVRC which advocates for pedestrianisation of the road, one of the main traffic arteries in the CBD of Hong Kong
Work Experience
Department of Architecture
working with Prof Eunice Seng on Design Research;
and Prof Ying Zhou on archival research of Urban Council Complexes (Municipal Services Buildings - MSBs) in Hong Kong
working with Prof Nasrin Seraji on research and publications about architectural education
Michael Graves College, School of Public Architecture
Fall 2023 Year 3 undergraduate course on History of Modern Chinese Architecture and Urbanism, 1840 – present
Fall 2023 Year 2 undergraduate course on Architectural Representation (Analogue vs Digital)
Spring 2024 Year 2 undergraduate course on Global History of Architecture, 18th-19th century
Spring 2024 Year 3 undergraduate course on Architectural Representation (Analogue vs Digital) - Presenting Architecture
Co-editor of the faculty research publication directed by Prof Nasrin Seraji (forthcoming)
Department of Architecture
Guest instructor for Spring 2024 common core course - CCHU9304 Architecture and Film led by Prof Eunice Seng
Department of Architeture
Fall 2022 MArch core history and theory course led by Dr Tao Zhu - ARCH 7117 The Count-Down-Town: Hong Kong Architecture & Urbanism from the 1840s to the Present
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering
worked with Prof Louie Sieh on a research project about public space governance and management
selected to be one of the 350 multilingual monitors in assisting site set-up and organisation of opening Place Charles de Gaulle to the public; welcome visitors and introduce the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude during the three weeks of the project.
Department of Architecture
Spring 2021 common core course - CCHU9304 Architecture and Film led by Dr Eunice Seng
Department of Architecture
worked with Prof Nasrin Seraji on courses / projects / exhibitions / symposia / publications
Department of Architecture
Fall 2020 MArch parallel design studio led by Prof. Nasrin Seraji and Dr. Tao Zhu
From Architectural Urbanism to Integrative Architecture : an alternative city for the 21st century?