Melody YIU
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Presented at ANCER Research Camp | Most of the public cultural facilities in Hong Kong nowadays were built in the 1970s / 80s, a period of active public construction. It was followed by a second wave around the 2000s, resulting in landmark projects such as the WCKD. The debates and controversies during their development have
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Jan-Apr 2025 | Public space installation for performance | with Veera Fung as AtelierIn Ground Music is a unique initiative designed to create a platform that connects emerging musicians with the resources of privately owned public spaces. As the space designer for this project, our role is to design and create inclusive installations—referred to as “curious
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Presented at the SoA Research Seminar, CUHK Hong Kong | Abstract: The last three decades of colonial rule in Hong Kong is a period of active construction of public buildings, including town halls in the new territories and municipal service buildings in the urban area. These civic service buildings often include cultural facilities such as
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Presented at the UIA Forum 2024, Kular Lumpar | co-author with Dr Veera Fung as Atelier In | Paper Abstract: Although gender-inclusive design has received increasing awareness in recent years, the nominal consultation process tends to lack an in-depth understanding of female users’ genuine needs and experiences. A reason could be that women in Asian
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Presented at the NTUA Conference 2024 Dialectics of Cultural Values: Dialogue and Practice, Taipei | This presentation draws from my ongoing research about cultural architecture and public life – specifically, the typology of the CULTURE CENTRE. While debating about the dichotomy of cultural architecture as a “palace” for elites – or – an everyday space
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Presented at the Hong Kong History Day 2024, Hong Kong | Built to achieve a “balanced lifestyle” for living and working, as well as leisure, the new towns are planned with amenities such as parks, sports grounds, and cultural facilities — the town halls. My sharing today will be about the cultural buildings of the
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2024 Collaborative Research Initiative between Fine Arts, Architecture, Media and Cultural Studies | how do people, space, and technology works together in arts and cultural practice? In the last few decades, “participation” has emerged as a topic in social science and humanities with growing significance to urban and cultural development. The involvement of the user
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Presented at the International Planning History Society Biennial Conference, Hong Kong | Paper Abstract: A cultural city is represented by its iconic cultural architecture, often attributed to the capacity for urban transformation vis-à-vis the legacy of Bilbao. However, cultural landmarks were conceived in urban development plans long before emerging on the architect’s drawing board. Meanwhile,
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Jun-Jul 2024 | co-curator of Hong Kong exhibition | organized by the Consulate Generals of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Honorary Consulate of Slovakia, Czech Centres In recent years, V4 countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia) and Hong Kong have been confronting various challenges in the conservation of their modern architectural heritage under rapid urban redevelopment.
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2024/25 CUHK Knowledge Transfer Fund | [Project Description] The world-famous artists and musicians performing in Hong Kong every year have inspired many young people to be interested in musical performance. However, while they take it as an extracurricular or leisure activity, pursuing a professional music career is a much harder path, especially in the start-up
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