Gallant Ho Experiential Learning Centre Seminar Series
Academic-Community Partnership in Supervising Student Learning
Time: 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Run Run Shaw Building Room 321, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker: Mr. John Lin (Faculty of Architecture, HKU)
Abstract
Experiential learning involves collaborative, reflective investigation of real-world issues from a variety of personal, social and disciplinary perspectives. Discussion will focus on the problem-solving strategies, and determine how to deal with challenges that arise when using experiential learning as a teaching and learning pedagogy. The seminar will introduce the Design Studio for Year 1 Architecture undergraduate students, which involves the design of a public space culminating in a one-week construction project in Conghua Village in Guangdong, China.
About the Speakers
John Lin is an architect and currently an Assistant Professor at The University of Hong Kong. His current projects include the design of severalschool buildings, a village community center, a hospital and a sustainable house prototype in China. His research and work has been published widely and exhibited in various places including the Hong Kong & Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2007 and 2009, the Beijing Architecture Biennale 2008 and at the Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008 and 2010. He has received two AR Awards for Emerging Architecture in 2009 and 2010 for his Qinmo Village School and Taiping Bridge Renovation projects. He is the 2010 recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award at The University of Hong Kong. He won the prestigious international Architectural Review’s Housing Competition 2012 with his project “The Shijia House” (House for All Seasons) in Shaanxi Province, which began as an Experiential Learning workshop that focuses on Chinese lifestyles in transition.
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