Vincci MAK + Stephen SUEN

Vincci Mak is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Landscape Architecture, HKU Faculty of Architecture. She is also the founder and Principal Director of Vincci Mak Studio Ltd.Vincci received her architectural training and obtained a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree from the University of Southern California in the U.S.A. She then pursued her further studies in landscape architecture, and received a Masters in Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree from the Graduate School of Design (GSD) at Harvard University.As a design practitioner, Vincci sees no definite boundaries among the various design disciplines. She has been practising as a landscape designer (master-planner) urban designer in both Hong Kong and London, with projects ranging from smaller-scaled urban plazas to larger-scaled regional planning consultation.In 2011, Vincci participated in the design exhibitions of Chengdu Biennale and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale. The exhibited projects are were“Urban Regions: The Expanded Geographies of Daily Life” and“Symphony of Blades”（(as part of the“Counterpart Cities” Exhibition).

Stephen co-founded Groundwork Architecture + Urbanism London in 2007 and Groundwork A + U Hong Kong in 2010 with Manfred Yuen. He is a graduate of the University College London (BEng), the Barlett School of Architecture (MscUD), and Kingston University (DipLA). Stephen is a UK Chartered Landscape Architect and an urban designer. He had worked with EDAW London and Beijing and participated in large-scale masterplanning, urban regenerations and landscape design works in Europe, the Middle East and China. Some of his notable projects include the 2012 London Olympics, Legacy Masterplan and the Olympic Park design.Stephen is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong (School of Architecture, Landscape Division). He is also the founding member of the charity group“Blue Eyes Entity（BEEs）” an organisation which provides voluntary house improvement works and design consultations for non-government organisations in Hong Kong.


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TKT Land Production

13m length x 3.6m width x 2.4m height
Wood and plastic materials

In Hong Kong, most people understand “real estates” as the transction of apartments and houses, and the sky-rocketing prices for purchasing tiny little flats have been the most common topics of conversations among Hong Kong citizens. However, have any of us thought thoroughly about the core meaning of “real estates”?“Real estates” originally carried the meaning of any property related to the land, including all natural resources and potential yields that the land could produce. It is highly related to the environment as well as to the productivity of the land surrounding us. Therefore, this exhibition intends to represent Tsuen Wan’s and Kwai Tsing’s “real estates” in its original meaning, and to explain how, in fact, the significant roles that landscape play in forming, deriving, and allowing the emergence of the local culture, industry, and vibrant city life that TW/KT District now has.