Department of Architecture
Research Lunchtime Presentation Series
Spring 2019

Time: 13:00 – 14:15

Venue: KB428, 4/F Knowles Building, HKU

21 Feb 2019 (Thurs)
Starting from a Hunch: Researching Urban Loopholes
Ying ZHOU, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture

14 Mar 2019 (Thurs)
Modern Urban Transport & the Imagination of Traditional Mountainous Cityscape: The History of Three-dimensional Urban Passenger Transport in Chongqing
CHEN Liran, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture

Primary supervisor: Dr. Tao ZHU
Co-supervisor: Prof. Weijen WANG

Image Credit: Ling Tao, “Lao Ma Tou De Ke Huo Lan Che (The Passenger and Freight Cable Cars in Old Ferries)”. Hong Yan Chun Qiu, no. 4 (2018): 66-71.

4 Apr 2019 (Thurs)
Chinese Homeownership in Barcelona: Transnational Housing Markets and Commodified Citizenship
Marta Catalan, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture

Primary supervisor: Dr. Cecilia CHU
Co-supervisor: Dr. Beisi JIA

18 Apr 2019 (Thurs)
The Spatial Metaphor: Migration and Contemporary Chinese Art
Sjoukje Van Der Meulen

Assistant Professor of Art History: Modern and Contemporary Art at Utrecht University

25 Apr 2019 (Thurs)
The Transition of Garden Thinking in Early Reform Era China
LUO Ran, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture

Primary supervisor: Dr. Tao ZHU
Co-supervisor: Prof. Weijen WANG

16 May 2019 (Thurs)
Reclamation and fishing village: Pearl River Estuary from the late eighteenth century
TIAN Mengxiao, PhD Candidate, Department of Architecture

Primary supervisor: Prof. Weijen WANG
Co-supervisor: Dr. Eunice SENG

All interested are welcome.

Enquiry: hieunice@hku.hk