HKU Department of Architecture
Fall 2026 Public Lecture Series
Collaborating

Collaborating involves working together toward shared goals. The UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 concluded by positioning architecture as an evolving practice grounded in interdisciplinary dialogue, research, and collaboration, all shaped by ongoing geopolitical, environmental, and humanitarian crises and their profound societal impacts. Within a discipline inherently collaborative in practice, collaboration is central to design studio pedagogy. Beyond teamwork, collaboration requires creativity, communication, and negotiation with individuals whose ideas, knowledge, and experiences may differ significantly. The strength of collaboration emerges when the focus shifts from the individual to the collective—from “I” to “us,” from “mine” to “ours,” encompassing our school, community, city, region, and planet—and when we recognize that creation is an act of care. This public lecture series will examine whom we collaborate with, how these creative collaborations occur, and who remains outside our current networks.

This lecture series is coordinated by Dorothy Wong (BAAS 2028), Victor Zhuang (BASc (Design+) 2027) and Prof. Eunice Seng.

Date: 11 Sep 2026 – 20 Nov 2026

Time:  6:30 pm – 8:00 pm (Regular sessions, except for 26 October 2026, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm)

Venue: Room KB318, 3/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong [map] (Regular sessions, except for 26 October 2026 – Room KB719)

Lecture Schedule

Friday, 11 September 2026 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

"Generic Specific" by Wtanya Chanvitan & Takahiro Kume, Co-Founder, Bangkok Tokyo Architecture, Thailand and Japan

[LIVE] via Zoom:

https://hku.zoom.us/j/97017147579?pwd=wX42Jt4Ooy77okQUQ0d1iv3gA60RGP.1
Meeting ID: 970 1714 7579
Password: 019617 

*Friday, 2 October 2026 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

"Collaboration Through Multiple Mental Models: Case Studies of Architecture and Exhibition Design by Atelier Lu+Architects" by Lu Xiang, Founder and principal architect, Atelier Lu+Architects

[LIVE] via Zoom:

https://hku.zoom.us/j/98173013575?pwd=LWhG15qWMSBRl0wC5Z9qQ82scd13od.1
Meeting ID: 981 7301 3575
Password: 069557

Monday, 26 October 2026 (12:00 pm – 1:30 pm)

“Biogenic Tectonics” by Paul Lewis, Professor, School of Architecture, Princeton University

[LIVE] via Zoom:

https://hku.zoom.us/j/93739437086?pwd=xWYKL570pJhSeAQOvMhXcIkWSotWE2.1
Meeting ID: 937 3943 7086
Password: 039051

^Friday, 20 November 2026 (6:30 pm – 8:00 pm)

“Cool by Design” by Belinda Tato, Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

[LIVE] via Zoom here

https://hku.zoom.us/j/98134300582?pwd=CqBMNM6qL0hWRc3mAFgsRHInMKQw2Y.1
Meeting ID: 981 3430 0582
Password: 402488
^This public lecture is co-hosted with the Division of Landscape Architecture, HKU. 

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Enquiry: arcevent@hku.hk

*With the support of Luke Him Sau Educational Foundation

此活動由陸謙受教育基金贊助 

All lectures are open to the general public. 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.

If you wish to add the Lecture Series to your Google calendar, please select the following link: https://bit.ly/3Hd9QIg

Remark: By default, shared calendars won’t show up on smartphones. In order to change these settings, you must click on the following link and turn on the ‘HKU Lecture Series’ calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect