Archinect - News 2024-05-05T14:53:09-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150411984/get-lectured-university-of-hong-kong-spring-24 Get Lectured: University of Hong Kong, Spring '24 Josh Niland 2024-01-10T11:49:00-05:00 >2024-01-10T13:33:57-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c4/c482797d17502db1821f059ca0c15b1b.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The <a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/1878/the-university-of-hong-kong" target="_blank">University of Hong Kong Department of Architecture</a> has shared its slate of Spring &lsquo;24 programming to go along with our <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/336082/get-lectured" target="_blank">Get Lectured</a> look at what&rsquo;s happening at various architecture schools.</p> <p>Lectures this term are organized under the theme 'The Good Life.' The school shares: "Increasingly scarce resources &mdash; from the biosphere to the economy &mdash; and extreme unbalances in their distribution call for action. The global model as we knew it requires some reconsideration if we are to prevent continuous meltdowns. If crises are opportunities to discern, and examine, what is <em>The Good Life</em>?"</p> <p>Paolo Tombesi begins the series on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.arch.hku.hk/event_/paolo-tombesi/" target="_blank">January 23</a>, with a look at the <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/268008/sydney-opera-house" target="_blank">Sydney Opera House</a> at 50. He will be followed on Tuesday, February 23, by a lecture from Bas Smets on microclimates and urban development. <a href="https://archinect.com/harvard" target="_blank">Harvard GSD</a> professor <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1115586/mark-lee" target="_blank">Mark Lee</a> follows Smets on February 29, preceding artist and television producer Christopher Roth on March 14.</p> <p>March will continue with the lecture 'Cities as Sites of a D...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/120678767/get-lectured-the-university-of-hong-kong-spring-15 Get Lectured: The University of Hong Kong, Spring '15 Justine Testado 2015-02-13T19:36:00-05:00 >2015-02-13T19:36:43-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d8/d8g4aonpt5wzoqbj.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/543658/2015-lectures" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015</strong></a></p><p>Archinect's <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/336082/get-lectured" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Get Lectured</em></a> is back in session! <em>Get Lectured</em> is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series&mdash;and their snazzy posters&mdash;for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.</p><p>The next featured poster comes from The University of Hong Kong, Department of Architecture.</p><p><em>Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to </em><a href="mailto:connect@archinect.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>connect@archinect.com</em></a><em>.</em></p><p>Listed below are upcoming lectures only. Unless noted**, lectures take place at 6:30 in Room 419, Knowles Building. Free + open to the public.</p><p><em>Feb 13</em><br><strong>Huang Sheng-Yuan</strong> / Principal, Fieldoffice Architects<br>"Living in Place and Time"</p><p><em>Feb 27</em><br><strong>Iain Borden</strong> / Professor, Architecture and Urban Culture, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL<br>"Moving Through The Public Realm: From Automobile Driving To Skateboarding"</p><p><em>Mar 6</em>: 6:30 pm - 8 pm&nbsp;<br><em>Mar 7:</em>&nbsp; 9 am - 6 pm<br><strong>Speculative City S...</strong></p>