Jade Garden, 3/F Causeway Bay Plaza. · 2017-03-15 · held on (Friday) 5 December 2014 at Jade Garden, Causeway Bay Plaza which was attended and well received by over 300 participants

HKILA 2014 Annual Dinner, 5 December 2014

Jade Garden, 3/F Causeway Bay Plaza.

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HONG KONGThe Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects

香港園境師學會

LANDSCAPE談園說境

The Institute’s 26th Annual Dinner was successfully held on (Friday) 5 December 2014 at Jade Garden, Causeway Bay Plaza which was attended and well received by over 300 participants including distinguished guests, members, government officials, management of public organizations, leaders of professional disciplines, academics and representatives of landscape industries. The Guest of Honour for the event was Mr. Paul Chan, M.H., J.P., Secretary for Development, HKSAR Government.

During the Dinner, our President, Mr. Tak Wong and Hon. Tony Tse, Legislative Council Member granted the Institute’s Landscape Awards 2014 to award winners. Our Vice-president, Mr. S.C. Lo presented the Institute’s Student Award of Excellence and scholarship to the 1st and 2nd year students of the MLA programme of University of Hong Kong. At the happy ending of the Dinner, there were lucky draws. It is our great gratitude to sponsors for the prizes of lucky draws.

The Dinner was full of joy and a cheerful occasion for the participants to socialize and communicate. Many thanks to the Event Organizing Committee, which was led by Mr. Francis Chiu, for their tremendous effort in organizing such a memorable event, and to all those who had supported the Institute’s 26th Annual Dinner in various ways. We look forward to your continuous support and seeing you again in the next Annual Dinner!


www.hkila.com [email protected] Winter 2014 Issue No. 24

Photos of the Annual Dinner

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It is my pleasure, on behalf of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, to welcome all of you to join the Institute’s 26th Annual Dinner. It is also our great honour tonight to have Mr. Paul Chan, MH, JP, Secretary for Development of the HKSAR Government, as the Guest of Honor of the event.

Tonight would be a great opportunity for me to share with you some highlights that the Institute had accomplished in the past year.

In the past year, the Institute was very busy in undertaking a number of special activities to celebrate its 25th Anniversary and promote the profession to the general public. As a major event of our 25th Anniversary celebration, the “Landscape without Boundary” Conference conducted in late July in Shenzhen was well attended by over 200 participants including government officials, academics and practitioners from the Mainland and Hong Kong. Followed up to this successful event, an exhibition titled “People + Nature = Community” was held at The Rotunda of One Exchange Square in late August to further engage and communicate with the public. Two months ago,

in October, the Institute had organized the biennial HKILA Landscape Awards. The Organizing Committee of the Awards had received about 70 submissions under 7 categories, the award winning entries are being shown in the venue for your appreciation. The results of the Awards will be announced later in the Dinner tonight and I would like to take this opportunity to thank the jurors for their time and efforts in adjudicating the submissions and selecting the award winning entries.

The Institute had also completed a review on our Professional Practice Examination (PPE) system early this year, and introduced a number of enhancements to the system. We are committed to strive for continuous improvement in the mechanism for establishing a high professional standard for landscape architects in Hong Kong and membership of the HKILA. I would like to thank members of the PPE Review Panel and Board of Examiners for all their hard works in conducting the review and preparing the PPE.

Since the establishment of The Young Landscape Architect Group (YLAG) in 2012, YLAG has played an instrumental role in promoting and introducing the Institute and the profession to landscape students and young members of other professions. I encourage YLAG to continue supporting and interacting with students, young members and maintaining the communications with other professional young groups.

Despite our small membership, I am delighted to note that our members are devoted and many of them providing concerted efforts to serve the Institute in their own time. For example, the Organizing Committee of tonight’s Annual Dinner had undertaken time consuming co-ordination works and logistic arrangement. Without their marvelous efforts, this Annual Dinner would not be realized and enjoyable. I also highly appreciate those members who have supported the Institute in many other ways, and would like to appeal for more. As the Institute develops and membership size steadily grows, more helping hands are required to provide services to members and interact with the general public. I am glad to welcome the return of our former Secretariat member, Ms. Jennifer Li. She will work closely with another Secretariat member, Ms. Elsie Law, to provide secretariat services to the Council and members.

Finally, I wish to express my heartfelt thanks to my Council members, various committee members, past presidents, YLAG, the Secretariat and all the members who had provided assistance or valuable advice to me. Without these contributions, it would not be possible for the Institute to function properly nor for me to manage the daily operation of the Institute.

Thank you and I wish you all a memorable evening!

Tak WONGPresident of HKILA

Speech by the President of HKILA

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MLA Student Award Winners (2013-2014)

Awards are given to the highest performing students in each year

Year 1, Miss Esther FUNG Yick NgaYear 2, Miss Rose TANYear 2, Mr. Nathan CHO Hing

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ConceptualDesign - Private

Design - PrivateDesign - PrivateDesign - PrivateDesign - PrivateDesign - Public

Design - Public

Design - PublicDesign - PublicDesign - Public

Management

Research

Research

StudentStudent

Student

ConceptualDesign - Public

Design - Public

Management

Research

Le Jardin D'Epure, Tsim Sha TsuiMaggie's Cancer Caring Centre Hong Kong, Tuen MunLime Stardom, HKAirhouse, KowloonHua Wei Gardens, Shenzhen PRCThe Wall House, SingaporeTransformation of Former Police Married Quarters, CentralD&C Cruise Terminal Building, Kai Tak, Kowloon EastD&C North Lantau Hospital Phase 1, LantauWo Hop Shek Crematorium, NTJoint User Complex at Bailey Street, To Kwa Wan ReclamationLandscape Enhancement Management Plan, Lung Fu Road, Tuen MunZero Irrigation Planting System, Lung Yat Estate, Tuen MunStudy of Green Roof, Shatin Sewage Treatment WorksAgeing Polis, A Landscape Planning SchemeSeed Peer Structure, A Biomimicry application, HKZM Bridge, LantauMyanmar Waterfront Development, Yangon, Myanmar

Fangshan Tangshan Geopark Museum, PRCRecreational Facilities on Jordan Valley, Kwun TongSewage Interception Scheme in Kowloon City Pumping StationsA Comprehensive Street Treet Management Plan for HKResearch into Tree Transpalnting in Hong Kong

Scenic LandscapeUrbis Limited

Lai Sai HongAdrian L NormanAdrian L NormanHuang XiaofengRyan Lin

Lin Wai Tung

Lin Wai TungRyan LinRyan Lin

Landscape Unit, Highways DepartmentTracy Lam

Tsang Hang Lun

Nathan Cho HingBosco So Ho Lung

Chan Meiyee

Hassell LimitedUrbis Limited

Tsang Hang Lun

Urbis Limited

Matthew Pryor

Landscape 2014 HKILA Design Awards

Merit

Silver

The Jurors for the Landscape 2014 HKILA Awards were selected by the HKILA Council, and comprised

Mr. William TSENG Yen WeiMs. Eunice MakMr. Joel ChanMrs. Liz Leven

HKIA representative HKIP representative HKIUD representative SLA from Government

Mr. Gavin CoatesMr. Scott MelbourneMs. Helen Chu

SLA from Private PracticeEducation SectorHKILA Council

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Fangshan Tangshan Geopark Museum, PRC Hassell Limited

Recreational Facilities on Jordan Valley, Kwun Tong Urbis Limited

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Sewage Interception Scheme in Kowloon City Pumping Stations Tsang Hang Lun

A Comprehensive Street Treet Management Plan for HK Urbis Limited

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Research into Tree Transpalnting in Hong Kong Matthew Pryor

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News / Announcements

The Greening, Landscape and Tree Management Section (GLTMS) of the Development Bureau has promulgated the “Pictorial Guide to Plant Species for Skyrise Greenery in Hong Kong” in the Greening website (www.greening.gov.hk) in December 2013. To further encourage a wider application of skyrise greenery, the GLTMS has enhanced the Pictorial Guide to include more than one hundred plant species and in bilingual form in December 2014. The objective of the Pictorial Guide is to provide specific data on the use of plant materials for skyrise greenery in the local context so as to facilitate proper plant selection and promote the principle of “Right Plant for the Right Place”.

You are welcome to read this Pictorial Guide by clicking the link –

http://www.greening.gov.hk/en/new_trend/pictorial_guide_to_plant.html

for more information. We hope you will enjoy the reading and find the information therein useful for your planning, design and maintenance of skyrise greenery projects in future.

‘Pictorial Guide to Plant Resources for Skyrise Greenery in Hong Kong’ (Enhanced Edition) on the Greening website

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‘CENTRAL Cityscape’ Streetscape Enhancement Project

In December, Urbis Limited received a Merit Award in the Built Project Category of the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design Awards (2014) for the design of ‘CENTRAL Cityscape’ for Hongkong Land. ‘CENTRAL Cityscape’ is a streetscape enhancement and upgrading strategy to reinforce the character and identity of the core area of Central, Hong Kong’s primary business district. Implemented in stages, the project was launch in 2003 with a Pilot Scheme between Prince’s Building and Statue Square. Designs subsequently evolved to meet new requirements that emerged as the project was put to use. These have been progressively applied to streetscapes around Gloucester Tower, Edinburgh Tower, Landmark Atrium and York House and sections of Des Voeux Road, Chater Road and Ice House Street. The latest schemes to be completed were at Jardine House in 2009, and at Jardine House’s West Plaza and Connaught Garden in 2012. By serving as a testing-ground for new design approaches that address the unique requirements of Hong Kong’s streets, CENTRAL Cityscape has been recognized as an important step in the development of the city’s iconic urban environment.

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“DIALOGUES” with JAPANESE DESIGNS

We are a group of designers cum travelers, including landscape architects, architects, engineers and planners who share the same visions of art and design and have the same interest in Japanese culture. Visiting Japan became one of the important annual events in the past years. Up to now, we have visited more than 30 famous landscape architectural and architectural projects, parks, museums, art exhibitions and authentic handcraft designs in various prefectures of Japan. As the article title described, we have a comprehensive “dialogue” with many forms of Japanese design in the past years. Some selected snap-shots are included in this article for sharing.

Article by Wai-kin HEUNG

2014 Team (left to right): Kin, Catherine, Ada, Siuman, Vincent Au, Mrs. Au, Michelle and Dave); photo taken at the Moerenuma Park Sapporo

2013 Team (left to right): Catherine, Ada, Sandy, Michelle, Dave, Kin, Peter, Vincent Au, Mrs. Au); photo taken at Church of Light Osaka

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + ARCHITECTURE

Japanese landscape architecture and architecture always play a leading role in design disciplines within Asia and even in other parts of the world. The early traditional design on Japanese gardens and houses were greatly influenced by Zen (a stream of Buddhism) and Chinese Garden especially in Tang Dynasty. During the entire design evolutions, many Japanese gardens and architectures have been developed with their own unique styles. Many contemporary projects are still inherited and developed according to the metaphor and ideology of Japanese vernacular design. In order to understand how Japanese landscape and architectural designs could be represented and interpreted through a contemporary design approach, we have visited various famous traditional Japanese gardens and temples in Kyoto and Nara. Of course, many works by The Pritzker Prize winner - Tadao Ando must be included.

Landscape Architecture + ArchitectureTop: Tea House at Okayama-korakuen with Japanese garden at foregroundMiddle: Reflective lake at Okayama-korakuen, the best three Japanese garden in Japan)Bottom: 1. External view of Church of Water in Sapporo by Tadao Ando; 2. Chikatsu Asuka Museum in Osaka by Tadao Ando; 3. Sculptural and geometrical land form in the Moerenuma Park Sapporo.

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MUSEUMS

We visited several museums. Each of them had its unique design language and typology in expressing their design characters to suit the theme and the surrounding natural landscape. They included Teshima Art Museum, Benesse House Museum, Chichu Museum and Tadao Ando Museum, in which were located at Teshima and Naoshima (The out-laying islands). Taking ferry in the very early morning supplemented us with extraordinary experiences.

Landscape Architecture + Architecture-Left: Internal view of Church of Light in Osaka by Tadao Ando. Middle Column: 1. External view of Church of Light in Osaka by Tadao Ando; 2. Chikatsu Asuka Museum in Osaka by Tadao Ando. Right Column: 1,2. Sculptural and geometrical land form in the Moerenuma Park Sapporo; 3. External view to Exhibition Pavilion of Moerenuma Park Sapporo; 4. Internal view to Exhibition Pavilion of Moerenuma Park Sapporo.MuseumsLeft Top: Chichu Art Museum in Teshima by Tadao Ando; Right Top: Tadao Ando Museum in Teshima; Right Middle: Hyogo Prefectual Museum of Art by Tadao Ando; Bottom: Art installation at the pier - Pumpkin in Naoshima by Yayoi Kusama.

ART EXHIBITION + VENUES

Several art exhibitions in Sapporo and local Japanese ritual festival in Otaru really widened our horizons. There were several festivals scheduled in a year. All were related to the celebration on their unique local cultural traditions and industries. It gave a good chance to experience the Japanese culture. On the other hands, apart from installation arts, drawings and paintings, there are many exhibits incorporated with various innovative visual, audio and multimedia elements. They were tailored made for stimulating all the five senses of human. All exhibits were placed and integrated with the landscape settings, such as Trick Art Museum and Sapporo Art Park.

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DINING + ENTERTAINMENT + MUSIC PERFORMANCE

Just like other travelers, tasting delicious foods of Japanese was one of our agenda for the trips. We had tried a lot of good Japanese restaurants during the trip. It was not only for tasting the fleshy sashimi but also to experience the authentic Japanese dining culture. Another climax of the recent trip was that Ada and Kin were conducting a live music performance in Tanukikoji Shopping Street Sapporo while other friends showed supports. Appreciation from Japanese was received. This was a very memorable moment.

Dining + Entertainment + Music PerformanceTop: 1. “Cloud of Sea” scene and hotel apperance at Tomamu Resort; 2. Art piece at Arte Piazza.Bottom: 1. Night scene at Otaru; 2. Music performance at Tanukikoji Shopping Street Sapporp; 3. Famous “Crab” dinner at Osaka.

Art Exhibition + VenuesTop: Interview view of Tashima Art Museum showing water drop installation on the floor.Middle Row: 1. External view of Teshima Art Museum by Ryue Nishizawa; 2. Sculptural land form exhibit at Sapporo Art Park; 3. Art piece of Sapporo Art Festival in Sapporo Art Park.Bottom Row: 1. Installation Art of mist in Sapporo Art Park; 2. Wavy flowering pattern at Furano; 3. Drum-booths and drum performance at Otaru.

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With the refinement of technology in “brushless” motors, microelectronics, and lithium batteries in recent years, the civilian use of drones have been getting more common and less expensive. The term “drones” sounds “high-tech” and cybernetic, but in fact, they are rather similar to remote-controlled (RC) helicopters used by hobby enthusiasts. Probably the major difference is that that a drone may be fitted with a real-time camera and has a crash-proof control system, while a RC helicopter is mainly for aerobatics. Cheap market drones are now even equipped with GPS receptors and automated systems which allow them to hover in prescribed locations or to return back to their original take-off locations.

Drones are especially useful for projects in remote locations in Hong Kong, e.g. natural hillslope terrain; dense vegetation; coastal areas; and high rise locations. They offer a more rapid, controllable and accurate alternative to other forms of aerial imaging such as cameras mounted on helium balloons or remote sensing of vegetation from satellites (using NDVI technology). Drones can allow real-time appraisal of a site, generating accurate visual records of actual site conditions, which can then be cross referenced to traditional map and aerial photograph data.

Example 1 – Assessing damage by hill fire

The obvious advantage of anything that flies is its ability to provide an aerial view of difficult to access locations. We can climb a hill and walk through a woodland to see where and what damage a hill fire has done. But nothing will give a clearer picture of the overall extent like a drone.

Landscapes Technology Insight – Drone CamerasArticle by Lai Sai Hong

Top:Drone with GPS can follow a prescribed flight-path and can be set to fly back to its take off location if ret battery power drops or the control signal is lost. Mounted with a real-time video camera, the ‘pilot’ can control the drone without looking at the drone itself. Total cost is about HKD 10,000.

Bottom:No matter how ‘smart’ the drone is, it has to cope with the human brain that operates it. ‘Pilot’ training to control the drone is still required.

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Photo taken by a drone shows not only the extent of hill fire damage, but also different degrees of damage: some trees burnt to ground while others have been partially affected.

Example 2– Locating “endangered” or “rare” trees in a dense woodland

Individual tree location surveys are conventionally carried out by land surveyors, who rely mostly on optical surveying tools. For a dense, hillside woodland, such survey work is extremely difficult to implement unless all understorey vegetation is removed. This may unnecessarily damage the woodland’s ecosystem at the early stage of the project planning. GPS devices often give unreliable readings due to blockage by landform and tree canopy. Flying high above the sky, a drone enjoys uninterrupted signal reception from as many satellites as available at a given time for accurate triangulation. When a tree assessor or a landscape architect at ground has identified an “endangered” or “rare” tree, a drone can be instructed to fly directly over the tree using verbal directions given via mobile phone, and to record coordinates for the tree. If mobile phone reception is poor, the operator may use the drone’s real-time video camera to follow the direction from a tree assessor or a landscape architect who waves a handheld torch or a handheld mirror that reflects sunlight.

Photo taken by a drone shows not only the extent of hill fire damage, but also different degrees of damage: some trees burnt to ground while others have been partially affected.

Drones cameras can also be used to capture live event data. They were used by university researchers recently to map the extent of the Occupy Central encampment in Admiralty, over the first few weeks in order to understand the dynamics of the protest movement.

When I first practised landscape architecture in Hong Kong after graduation 18 years ago, we still used conventional film cameras for site photos. Nowadays, multi-million pixel digital cameras have become commonplace and are small enough to be embedded in mobile phones. Cameras mounted on drones will only become more sophisticated. One day we will be able to mount lightweight infra-red cameras and laser distance measurers onto drones (at affordable prices), turning drones into remote-sensing equipment at a miniature scale. We may even be able to identify different species of trees from our offices by reading different wave signatures from a drone. As landscape architects, we should dare to try new technology; technology will not automatically present itself to be practically useful to us, unless we ourselves take the first step to explore its possibilities.

Smartphone Apps such as “Satellite Check” (make sure your phone has the genuine built-in GPS) offer a quick check on GPS satellite signal for your sites by showing the number of satellites available for triangulation, their signal strength and their locations on the sky at a particular time. In the example above, satellite nos. 1 & 30 are rather useless, not only because their signals are weak, but also because they are near the horizon, giving inaccurate readings.

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Exhibition -“PEOPLE + NATURE = COMMUNITY”人.境.共融展覽

An exhibition titled “PEOPLE + NATURE = COMMUNITY” “人.境.共融” was held at One Exchange Square from 14th to 28th August 2014, as a follow up event of the “Landscape Without Boundary” Conference to promote the landscape profession to general public . The exhibition featured the development of the landscape architectural profession in Hong Kong with display of selected key projects

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“Landscape Without Boundary” Conference無邊界景觀行業會議

HKILA conducted a conference titled “Landscape Without Boundary” on 25 July 2014 and a post-conference tour the day after in Shenzhen. The Conference covered three main aspects as follows:

1. Cross-boundary planning between Hong Kong and Shenzhen2. Exchange on professional development on landscape architecture3. Exchange on the development on landscape architectural education

The conference was well attended by over 200 participants including government officials, academics and practitioners from the Mainland and Hong Kong to exchange views and share their valuable experiences.

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Change of Membership and New Members (Period up to 31 Dec 2014)

Change from Associate to Professional MemberM211M212M213M214M215M216M217M218M219M220M221M222

CHAN Chun HoCHAN Yiu PongCHEUNG King HimHOI Lok Him, StanleySO Hoi Yan, VictoriaWONG Yeuk Ting, EuphenCHAN Fung YiuCHAN Tai Fung, SandyLAU Hiu ShekLEUNG Sau Yee, Jenny KUO Chao Ti, Charles LEE Tin Yan

陳雋浩陳耀邦張競謙許樂謙蘇凱欣黃若葶陳鳳瑤陳大鳳劉曉石梁秀怡郭肇廸李天恩

Change from Student to Associate MemberG364G371G372G375

KONG Lok LamCHO Hing, NathanSO Ho Lung, BoscoYAN Jue

江樂琳曹興蘇浩龍嚴玨

New Associate MemberG358G359G360G361G362G363G365G366G367G368G369G370G373G374

GUO FengWONG Siu LingLIN Jun YuBRANDT, John RichardFU Xianghao, FidersJAM Wing Sze, CherylKWOK King ChungSTROUD, Thomas ArnoldMELBOURNE, Scott JenningsHUANG Xiao FengCAI Mu ZiLO Ka YanLIANG Zhao Bo, OttoAPTE, Suvarna

郭峰黃小玲林俊玉

符祥浩湛詠詩郭勁聰

黃曉鋒蔡牧孜羅家恩梁兆波

New Student MemberS182S183S184S185S186S187S188S189S190S191S192

LOU BinjieXIAO HanZHANG ZihuiCHAN Wai YiCHENG Kwok CheongLAI Chun YinLAM Che Wing, LeoWOO Chau SuenCHEUNG Ming Sum, AliceNG Hei YuCHEN Yu Xiao

婁冰潔肖晗張梓卉陳慧怡鄭國鏘黎雋彥林賜穎胡秋煊張銘心吳晞瑜陳瑜潇

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Jade Garden, 3/F Causeway Bay Plaza. · 2017-03-15 · held on (Friday) 5 December 2014 at Jade Garden, Causeway Bay Plaza which was attended and well received by over 300 participants