The research group held its annual research review meeting on the 23rd of October 2013 and invited Prof Edward Ng to give an open lecture as part of the day.
Over 50% of the world's population now lives in cities. The number of mega and high density cities are on the increase. How to design for a quality, livable and sustainable urban environment is a task for engineers, architects, planners and policy makers. The lecture took us through a journey that started after the SARS episode in 2003, on how Hong Kong - a high density city - has since tried to address the issue.
Professor Ng is an architect and the Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He is the Director of the M.Sc. Sustainable and Environmental Design Programme at CUHK. As an environmental consultant to the Hong Kong Government, he developed the performance based daylight design building regulations, the Air Ventilation Assessment (AVA) Technical Guidelines, and the Urban Climatic Map for planners. Among many other honours, he has twice been the recipient of the International Awards of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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