CHINESE RENAISSACE ARCHITECTURE:

THE IDEOLOGY BEHIND THE AESTHETICS

King Yin Lei (Source: Lee Ho Yin, 2011)

Date: 22 April, 2016 (Friday)

Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Speaker: Dr Lee Ho Yin, Associate Professor, Division Head, Architectural Conservation Programmes, University of Hong Kong

Venue: Room KB417, 4/F, Knowles Building, Main Campus, The University of Hong Kong

Language: English

CPD Points: 1.5 CPD credit hours

Fees: HK$75 for HKICON Members; HK$150 for Non-HKICON Members; 2 free places for each HKICON Corporate Member, and participants should register on the HKICON website in advance (http://www.hkicon.org/joomla/)

FREE ADMISSION FOR CURRENT ACP STUDENTS!

About the CPD Talk: This talk will focus on Chinese Renaissance Architecture, a term that was coined in the English language by a group of American- and European-trained first generation architects who advocated for a nationalistic movement in post-revolution Republican China (1911-1949). Chinese Renaissance architecture was an integral part of the Kuomintang's ideology on nation identify during the Republican China period, part of a movement, a common ideology, to modernize Chinese architecture in terms of building materials, construction techniques and a clearly identifiable Chinese aesthetic appearance. It represents the vision of China's first generation Western-trained modern architects to create an architectural identity for the New China and develop an architectural language that combined the desire for Chinese aesthetic tradition and Western construction technology in architecture. The aesthetic character of Chinese Renaissance architecture was adopted by Christian churches in China during the early 20th century to serve its Sinification agenda, and in Hong Kong, the style is prevalent in many Christian buildings.

About the Speaker: Lee Ho Yin Dr. Ho-Yin Lee is a co-founder of China’s first university-level academic unit – the Architectural Conservation Programmes at The University of Hong Kong – dedicated to the discipline of architectural conservation, and has become its longest-serving director. In 2015, the unit was elevated to a Division, and he became the founding Head of the Division. Before joining HKU in 2000, he was an Associate Director of an architectural practice in Hong Kong. Besides being a well-published academic, he is also an experienced practitioner in built-heritage conservation, having been appointed by government agencies in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas as an advisor or a consultant for conservation projects. He is the Founding Vice-President of The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists, an Associate Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects, an Honorary Affiliate Member of the American Institute of Architects (Hong Kong Chapter) and a former member of the Hong Kong Government’s Antiquities Advisory Board.