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HKU Faculty of Architecture –Career Discovery in Landscape Architecture Workshops 2014

11 Aug 2014

Since 2009, HKU Faculty of Architecture has been organizing the “Career Discovery in Landscape Architecture” (CDLA) - an exploration program for high school students who are interested in bringing a more sustainable living environment to our city. CDLA offers a 3-week program each summer to young people to experience what it is like to be in the profession of landscape architecture.

This year, CDLA is taking students to install a 1:1 scale “Playscape” installation at HKU Campus, hoping to bring active participation to public spaces, and to induce new ways of interpreting landscape architecture by using Chinese steamers and plant materials. Through the themes of “Sit”, “Lie”, “Step”, “Cave”, “Reach”, and “Pass Through”, students will create play spaces that require visitors to perform the themed action in order to interact with plants selected.

The “Playscape” installation will be on display from Aug 15 (Friday) – Sept 19 (Friday), at the Top of Sun Yat Sen Steps at HKU Campus. Students will present their design ideas on Aug 15 (Friday).

Details of the event are as follows:

Date: August 15, 2014 (Friday)

Time: 2pm – 4:30pm (Please arrive at 1:45pm)

Venue: Top of Sun Yat Sen Steps (Run Run Shaw Podium)

Rundown:

2:00 Opening Remarks - Ms Vincci Mak, Program Director of CDLA

2:15 Students presents their design to Media

4:00 Closing Remarks – Mr Matthew Pryor, Head of Division of Landscape Architecture

4:10 Program-certificate Awarding Ceremony

For more information, please visit:

http://fac.arch.hku.hk/summer/hk/cdla/

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