Seminar Series 3: Energizing Urban Spaces and Sustainable Placemaking Strategies

 

Date         24 November 2018 (Saturday)

Time        10:00am-1:00pm (Registration starts at 9:30am)

Venue      Lecture Theatre S202, THEi (Chai Wan), 133 Shing Tai Road, Chai Wan, Hong Kong

*Get out of the MTR Hang Fa Chuen station at Exit A and walk along Shing Tai Road for approximately 10 minutes.

*By Car, public parking is available at public parking 5 mins from campus.

 

You are cordially invited to attend the SUSTAINABLE PLACEMAKING Seminar Series - Seminar 3 : 'Energizing Urban Spaces and Sustainable Placemaking Strategies' to be held on 24 November 2018. The seminar is organized by the Faculty of Design and Environment, THEi (Chai Wan). It serves as a key platform to exchange latest insights and knowledge on energizing urban spaces and sustainable placemaking strategies.

 

Topics and Guest Speakers:

 

1. Creative and Sustainable Placemaking Strategies in Kowloon East

 Mr. Edwin WONG

 Deputy Head, Energizing Kowloon East Office, Development Bureau

 The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

 

2. Arboriculture, Horticulture and Landscape Management

 Dr. Allen ZHANG

 Assistant Professor and Programme Leader, Faculty of Design and Environment

 Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi)

 

3. Mainstreaming Urban Design in Hong Kong – Towards a Livable and Sustainable World Class City

 Mr. Joel CHAN

 President, Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design

 Director, P&T Grouup

 

4. 3D Nature - Cities as Producers of Biodiversity

 Mr. Tihamér SALIJ

 Founder and Director, Space Intelligence Agency 

 

FREE Admission. All are welcome.

RSVP Required. Please complete the online REGISTRATION FORM

Language: English

 

REGISTRATION

 

Programme Rundown

*A Certificate of Attendance will be issued upon request in ONLINE REGISTRATION to those participants who attend the seminar on 24 November 2018.

*Attendees will get a SUSTAINABLE PLACEMAKING Seminar Series Booklet and souvenir for FREE.

 

#This seminar series was fully supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No.: UGC/IIDS25/H01/17).

 

For enquiry, please contact:

Ms. Anita KWOK (Tel.: 3890 8375 / Email: anitak@vtc.edu.hk) | Faculty of Design and Environment, THEi