Workshop
Exhibiting Architecture
Sharing the experience of curating architecture and urbanism exhibitions as a starting point, students are encouraged to express what their interests in architecture and urban design by imagining what architecture means to them and carry out some quick online research on their chosen area/topic. The students will then be asked to express how the would like to share their ideas with others by producing a paper model of a scaled exhibit. It is hoped that there will be a mini architecture and urbanism exhibition curated and designed by the students at the end of the workshop.
Roger Wu
from MIRO
Field: Architecture
Born in Hong Kong and raised in the UK, Roger has worked as an architect for a number of practices in both markets on large-scale master planning, commercial and mixed-use developments ranging from China, Algeria, the United States, Italy, Russia, and Turkey, UK and Hong Kong. With extensive experience leading complex restoration projects in the UK, China and Hong Kong, Roger has put his knowledge, experience and interest in the regeneration of historic buildings, including Peter Jones, Kings Cross Station and the Royal Military Academy in London. Between 2014 and 2022, Roger was the Executive Director, Project Development of Haw Par Music Foundation Limited (HPMF), a not-for-profit organisation set up to oversee the operations of Haw Par Music - a centre for cross-culture exchange through music, heritage and the arts based in the revitalised Haw Par Mansion in Tai Hang, Hong Kong.
In 2023, Roger co-curated “The Full Gamut” and “Re: Full Gamut exhibitions for Hong Kong Design Centre’s Design Spectrum programme and, in 2022, Roger co-curated “Beyond Territories – Made . Make . Making” – Hong King Institute of Architects’ Urbanism and Architecture Exhibition for Excellence to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administration, which was shown in Hangzhou, Beijing, New York and Hong Kong. Roger was also the Chief Curator of the 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong) and co-curator of the 2015 edition of the Biennale. Roger is actively involved in the Royal Institute of British Architect (RIBA), where he is a member of the Membership Board Committee, and the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA), where he is an advisor of the Heritage & Conservation Committee and Planning and Deputy Chair of the Planning & Urban Design Committee. Roger is currently lecturing in Hong Kong University’s MSc in Conservation and HKU Space’s MA in Art and Cultural Enterprise. 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.