“Mobile City Lab 2022: Co-Creating Livable and Healthy Places” consists of a two-week exhibition at the atrium of the Central Market, and two forums discussing the present countryside regeneration in Hong Kong, cultural heritage conservation of the South Lantau Island, and the development for islands of Hong Kong and abroad.
In the past ten years, the Chinese University of Hong Kong has practised transdisciplinary research, teaching and learning in the urban realm, bearing wonderful fruits for sharing and further exploration.
In 2012, the Department of Geography and Resource Management and the School of Architecture jointly organised an interdisciplinary undergraduate Urban Studies Programme, aiming to train future urban leaders equipped with sustainability thinking and problem-solving skills. In that same year, the Master of Urban Design Programme was set up to nurture future urban designers, who would contribute to building economically vibrant, liveable, sustainable and socially just cities. The Institute of Future Cities was then established in 2014, positioning itself as a multidisciplinary research hub, a teaching and learning platform as well as a knowledge transfer centre.
Over the years, our colleagues and students have engaged in research, teaching and learning vigorously, turning our city into a co-learning and knowledge co-creation space – as a Mobile City Laboratory. Students, teachers, professionals and local communities have continued to discuss multifaceted urban issues collectively, cultivating place-based knowledge and deepening multifarious understanding.
Exhibition
Date and Time 04.06.2022 – 18.06.2022, 10:00 – 22:00
Location 2/F, 24-hour Passageway, Central Market, 93 Queen’s Road, Central, Hong Kong
Opening Ceremony
Date: 04.06.2022 (Saturday)
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: G/F Oasis, Central Market, 93 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Rundown:
Opening Remarks
- Prof. Chiu Chi Yue | Dean of Social Science, CUHK
- Prof. Hendrik Tieben | School Director, Professor, School of Architecture, CUHK
- Prof. Ng Mee Kam | Professor, Vice-Chair of the Department of Geography and Resource Management, Director of the Urban Studies Programme, CUHK
- Prof. Fung Tung | Professor, Chair of the Department of Geography and Resource Management & Director of Institute of Future Cities, CUHK
Roundtable Discussion
Title: Co-Creating Livable and Healthy Places
Moderator: Prof. Jeroen van Ameijde | Assistant Professor, Director of MScUD Programme
Speakers:
- Mr Donald Choi | President of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects and Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design
- Mr Alvin Yip | Chief Catalyst of Chinachem Group
- Ms Corrin Chan | Director of AOS Architecture
- Prof. Amy Cheung | Artist, Adjunct Assistant Professor of HKU Faculty of Architecture
Activity 1: “Regenerating Hong Kong’s Countryside” Forum
Date and Time 11.06.2022 (Saturday), 15:00 - 17:30
Location Tin Ching Plaza and Tin Shui Plaza, Tin Shui Wai
This forum includes two sessions discussing the present countryside regeneration in Hong Kong and cultural heritage conservation of the South Lantau Island. More details can be found here.
Activity 2: “Islands and Ideas” Forum
Date and Time 18.06.2022 (Saturday), 20:00 - 22:00
Location G/F Oasis, Central Market, 93 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong
This forum discusses the development for islands of Hong Kong and abroad. It will be held in a hybrid mode. More details can be found here. You may join the Zoom session with details as follows:
Zoom link: https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/97367935212
* All visitors are required to present their Vaccine Pass to show their vaccination record or exemption certificate in order to access the building.
