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Date(s) - July 5, 2025
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Dear Members and Friends of AIA Hong Kong
Please join us for the:
ACC x AIA 2025 Hsin Chong Foundation
Young Architects Fellowship Dialogue: Heritage + Architecture
The event will be held on Saturday, July 5, from 2:00 – 6:00 PM at the Sun Museum, when the Asian Cultural Council Hong Kong will award the inaugural Hsin Chong Foundation Young Architects Fellowship to Cynthia Leung, in partnership with AIA Hong Kong.
Cynthia will spend two months in Japan conducting research on traditional craftsmanship and local design, under the mentorship of renowned heritage architecture expert Tomoaki Tanaka, Professor, Department of Architecture, Meiji University.
This will be an opportunity to explore heritage architecture issues with Cynthia and Professor Tanaka, as well as to learn more about the value of research fellowships for young architects with insight from the 2025 fellowship jury members. You will also get a chance to tour the Sun Museum’s new space with Otto Ng, Assoc. AIA, of LAAB Architects.
To save your spot, please RSVP HERE by July 3.
We look forward to seeing you on the 5th!
Details
| Date |
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| Time | 2:00 – 6:00 PM | |
| Venue | Sun Museum, G/F & 1/F, 1 Sai Yuen Lane, Sai Ying Pun | |
| Fee | Gratis | |
| CES | 2.0 LUs |
Program
| 2:00 – 3:00 PM | Tour of Sun Museum led by Otto Ng; followed by a curator-led walkthrough of the Colours of the Universe exhibition |
| 3:15 – 4:30 PM | Dialogue between Cynthia Leung and Professor Tomoaki Tanaka on heritage architecture, followed by a brief panel discussion with the fellowship jury members |
| 4:30 – 6:00 PM | Networking Reception |
Fellowship Jury Members
Corrin Chan FHKIA HKIUD – Director, AOS Architecture
Eric Ho AIA – President, AIA Hong Kong
Prof Anderson Lee FAIA – Programme Director, Master of Architecture (Design), The University of Hong Kong
Alexandra Seno – Director, ACC Hong Kong
Roger Wu Assoc. AIA RIBA – Director, Hong Kong Design Centre
Ray Zee Assoc. AIA – Chief Designer, Chinachem Group
Cynthia Leung, RIBA, has experience designing institutional, hospitality and private buildings of various scales in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She is currently a Project Lead and member of the transdisciplinary Scandinavian design firm Snøhetta, while also serving as a guest design critic at The University of Hong Kong where she obtained her M.Arch. degree with Distinction in 2018.
Passionate about community art installations, Cynthia received the Design for Asia Hong Kong Young Design Talent Award in 2018 and was a guest speaker at Design Shanghai 2023.
Tomoaki Tanaka, AIA, is a Professor of Architecture at Meiji University, actively engaged in education and research on architectural design, site design and architectural planning. He served as Deputy Director of the Headquarters of International Collaboration from 2012 to 2016 and as a President’s Staff from 2016 to 2020.
A principal architect at FORMS, Tanaka is a registered architect in Japan and New York and is a member of the AIA Japan Board of Directors. He received a Merit Award from AIA Japan in 2008 and an Honorable Mention in 2018.
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