January 30–April 17, 2026, 6:30pm
3/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road
Department of Architecture
852 Hong Kong
How does contemporary architecture respond creatively and responsibly to the global challenges facing society, cultivating viable and inclusive built environments? Beyond the traditional confines of building, architects innovate, curate, and design services and systems. Increasingly, architects and educators are recognising the importance of design resilience and acknowledging architecture’s complicity in unsustainable consumption, seeking ethically and socially responsible means to design. Emphasizing the importance of bridging research and design practice, this Spring public lecture series explores adaptive, resilient, and contextually sensitive design approaches, reflexive practices, and collaborations, featuring Beilei Fan, Yan Gong, Kumiko Inui, Catherine Seavitt and Marina Tabassum.
This lecture series is coordinated by Agnes Tong (BAAS 2026) and Yunfan Wu (BAAS 2028) and Prof. Eunice Seng, Head of Department of Architecture, HKU.
Venue: KB419, 4/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
Lecture schedule
January 30–April 17, 6:30–8pm
Friday, January 30
“Little Spaces and Architecture” by Kumiko Inui, Architect, Inui Architects, Tokyo;
Professor, Yokohama National University Faculty of Urban Innovation, Graduate School of Architecture (Y-GSA). Live via Zoom: Meeting ID: 989 4396 5968 / Password: 122779
Tuesday, February 10
"Plants as Inventors" by Catherine Seavitt, Meyerson Professor and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, Weitzman School of Design; Faculty Co-Director of the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Live via Zoom: Meeting ID: 946 7677 1752 / Password: 930588
Friday, March 27
“Architecture of Transition” by Marina Tabassum, Founder, Marina Tabassum Architects (MTA), Dhaka; Professor of Architectural Design for Climate Adaptation, Department of Architecture, Delft University of Technology. Live via Zoom: Meeting ID: 982 2217 9208 / Password: 651052
*Tuesday, March 31
“Form Follows Movement- Architecture Emerges from the Interaction between Action, Matter, and Time” by Beilei Fan, Founding Partner and Principal Architect, genarchitects, Shanghai. Live via Zoom: Meeting ID: 961 2291 6726 / Password: 059909
*Friday, April 17
“Museum of Change” by Yan Gong, Director, Power Station of Art; Professor, Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, Shanghai. Live via Zoom: Meeting ID: 914 8736 8504 / Password: 391635
Enquiry: arcevent@hku.hk
*With the support of Luke Him Sau Educational Foundation.
All lectures are open to the general public. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis and no prior reservation is needed. CPD Credit Hours and AIA CES Learning Unit Hours are offered to members of the HKIA and the AIA. An attendance record sheet will be provided at the venue entrances for members to register their attendance.
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