Date: 20 May 2025 (Tuesday)

Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm

CPD Hours: 1.5

Fee: HKD100 / Member; HKD200 / Non-member

Venue: HKIA Premises or via Zoom

Quota: 80 In-person / 500 Zoom

Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/6YH6qU8wKU

Speakers:

Mr. Sky Lo Tian Tian

Assistant Professor

School of Design

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Director of AiCID Lab

Year Coordinator

CAADRIA PGSC Chair

World16

Ms. Yuting Chen

PhD student

School of Design

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University AiCID Lab

Moderator:

Ar. Anne Zhang

CPDO Member

HKIA

Architecture has always been a discipline of boundaries—between form and function, material and void, tradition and innovation. Today, we stand at a new frontier: the seamless fusion of physical and digital worlds, or Phygital Realities. This paradigm shift reimagines space not as static or singular, but as a dynamic, layered ecosystem where buildings breathe with data, environments respond to human intuition, and stories unfold across both tangible and virtual dimensions.

At its core, phygital design challenges architects to think beyond bricks and mortar. Imagine structures that adapt in real-time through augmented overlays, or public squares where historical narratives are resurrected through holographic layers. Envision collaborative design processes where stakeholders inhabit shared virtual models, refining spatial flows through immersive interaction. These are not distant fantasies—they are emerging tools to enhance sustainability, cultural resonance, and human-centric innovation.

Key to this evolution is spatial storytelling—embedding narrative into the built environment. A museum’s walls might “speak” context through AR, while a smart city block could visualize climate data as pulsing lightscapes, making invisible forces tangible. Similarly, human-environment symbiosis invites architects to integrate multi-sensory feedback: haptic surfaces that mimic natural textures, or acoustics tuned to augment emotional resonance.

Phygital Realities also democratize access. Virtual twins of heritage sites preserve legacies while inviting global interaction, and adaptive AR wayfinding transforms chaotic transit hubs into intuitive journeys. For architects, this convergence isn’t just technological—it’s a call to redefine placemaking in an age where digital layers are as vital as physical foundations.

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