Date/Time
Date(s) - June 11, 2022
11:20 am - 1:35 pm

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• Tour

Dear Members

Our Haw Par Mansion Building tour will be held on June 11th, Saturday. As requested by the venue operator, all participants will be required to scan the LeaveHomeSafe app upon entry. Your Vaccine Pass is also required (please refer to the Vaccine Pass Guideline).

Event and Registration Details

Date: 11th June 2022 (Saturday)
Time: 11:20 AM – 1:35 PM (Check-in starts at 11:00 AM)
Venue: Haw Par Mansion, 15A Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang, Hong Kong (Map)
Fee: Gratis

Register HERE (AIA Members only)

Location Map
https://goo.gl/maps/CivoVx6Rpnpm7mEM8

Haw Par Mansion is located in a residential district next to The Serenade and The Legend, and opposite the True Light Middle School of Hong Kong.

Public Transportation

1. Minibus 21M
2. Citybus routes 11 & 41A (Serenade Bus Stop)
3. New World First Bus route 63 (Serenade Bus Stop)
(Please note that there is no guest parking at Haw Par Mansion)

Rundown

11:20 AM – 12:00 PM – guided tour of HPM (all participants to bring headphones)
12:00 – 12:20 PM – group photo in garden with mentorship program participants
12:20 – 1:35 PM – presentation by Roger Wu, Executive Director, Project Development of the Haw Par Music Foundation, at L1 Study Area 114

Lunch Arrangement

The Tipsy Restaurant & Bar (8 minute walk from Haw Par Mansion) and the Mustard Bar & Grill (15 minute walk) offer special discounts to AIA members / Assoc members / student members upon presentation of your AIA Member ID Card/Record:
1. Upon showing an AIA Member Card/Record, members will enjoy a 15% discount on all food items, including meal sets but excluding drinks
2. AIA student members showing a valid student ID will get a free non-alcoholic drink

Tour Leader

Roger Wu

Roger is currently the Executive Director, Project Development of Haw Par Music Foundation Limited (HPMF), a not-for-profit organisation set up to oversee the operations of the Haw Par Music Foundation – a centre for cross-cultural exchange through music, heritage and the arts based in the revitalised Haw Par Mansion in Tai Hang. Roger was also the Chief Curator of the 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Hong Kong) and is actively involved with both the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) where he is a member of both the Heritage & Conservation, and Education Development & Accreditation Committees. Roger has lectured at architectural schools in universities across the UK and taught design studios at the School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, as an Adjunct Associate Professor.

Born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK, Roger has worked for a number of practices, in both markets, on large-scale master-planning, commercial and mixed-use developments in China, Algeria, the United States, Italy, Russia, Turkey, the UK and Hong Kong. Roger has also been involved in the regeneration of many historic buildings, including Peter Jones, Kings Cross Station and the Royal Military Academy in London.