Lecture & Lunch: Tradition and Nature: A Preview of Wang Shu's Architecture in Hangzhou with Professor Wang Weijen at HKU

Date :
Saturday, 7 September 2024
Time :
Lecture: 11:00 - 12:30; Lunch: 12:30
Venue :
Ming Pavilion, 14/F, K.K. Leung Building, HKU, Pokfulam
Cost :
Lecture: $200 Member; $300 Non-member, Free for trip participants; Lunch $380
Limit :
40
Enquiries :
Monica Wong at [email protected] / 2241-5507

The HKU Museum Society is pleased to present a lecture organized in conjunction with the HKUMS’s upcoming tour Tradition and Nature: A Visit to Wang Shu’s Architecture in Hangzhou with Professor Wang Weijen.  Members and guests are welcome to attend this event.

The presentation previews the architecture visit to Hangzhou in October, focusing on the projects of Wang Shu, the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize winner. In addition to introducing selected works of Amateur Architecture, the discussion also foregrounds the following issues that have influenced Wang’s architecture. They cover the context that shapes Wang’s thoughts, the value and methods of his design, as well as the mode of his practice.

  • Modern Chinese Architecture
  • Place and Culture Tradition: Jiangnan and Hangzhou
  • Literati, Garden, and Landscape Painting of Song
  • Tectonic Culture and Natural Construction

The presentation will also include other projects in Hangzhou designed by renowned architects, including Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano, David Chipperfield, Tadao Ando, and Chang Yung Ho.

Speaker

Professor Wang Weijen is the Director of Wang Weijen Architecture, Andrew KF Lee Professor of Architecture Design and Director of Center for Chinese Architecture and Urbanism at University of Hong Kong.  Integrating architecture with landscape and urban-rural conditions, his design projects, covering schools, campuses, and community buildings, received design awards including HKIA 2022 Project of the Year, AIA Awards, HKIUD Awards and others.  With research focuses on typology of Chinese Architecture and Cities, his writings and designs have been published in numerous international and regional architectural journals.  He is also the Editorial Director of HKIA Journal, Curator for Hong Kong on 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale, Curator of 2007 Hong Kong Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.