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SUMMARY:Learning from Hong Kong:  On Possibilities for a Contemporary Urba
 n Vernacular - Prof. Thomas Chung\, Visiting Research Fellow\, Department 
 of Architecture\, University of Cambridge
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CONTACT:Peter Armitage
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:* This talk considers Hong Kongʼs contemporary vern
 acular through case studies\,\nparticularly on selected areas in Central a
 nd the historical fabric of adjacent precincts. The cityʼs\nurban image i
 s often read as a seductive architecture of spectacle fuelled by a relentl
 ess neon-\ncapitalism\, an urbanscape of indeterminate anonymity prolifera
 ted via property speculation and\ninfrastructural efficiency\, or ones in 
 which singular motifs such as verticality\, density or\nʻdisappearanceʼ 
 dominate.In contrast\, the talk focuses on how the cityʼs topography\, ur
 ban\nsettings and architectural types condition as well as evolve out of e
 veryday living - the co-\nexistence of disparate peoples and technologies 
 within a culture of congestion and accelerated\nexistence.\n\n*Biography:*
  Thomas Chung currently teaches in the School of Architecture\, The Chines
 e University of Hong\nKong. He was educated at Cambridge and has practiced
  in London prior to joining CUHK in 2006. His research\ninterests include 
 urban transformation and heritage in Hong Kong as well as the problem of c
 ommemorative\nspace in Japan. He was co-curator for the 2007 Hong Kong & S
 henzhen Bi-City Biennale of\nUrbanism\\Architecture\, and has exhibited at
  the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2010.
LOCATION:First-floor Classroom\, Department of Architecture\, 1-5 Scroope 
 Terrace\, Cambridge\, CB2 1PX\, www.arct.cam.ac.uk.
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