Convocation Newsletter, Summer 2018

30 New Insights at Shanghai Study Centre Shanghai, a metropolis of both ultramodern skyscrapers and historic Jazz Age edifices, was the ideal city to set up the Shanghai Study Centre (SSC) a decade ago. Since autumn 2008, it has been home to hundreds of visiting HKU architecture and landscape architecture students, who spend one semester of their studies in Shanghai. Students gain unique perspectives by being in the financial heart of the Mainland, and where new architectural projects are going up every day. During their time at the SSC, they are encouraged to explore and expose themselves to everything from urban experiences like eating at “hole-in-the- wall” restaurants, to visiting rural village developments in the Yangtze River Delta. “Having HKU students spend the entire semester in Shanghai is an eye-opening experience, not only in the architectural sense, but also in contributing to their total learning experience as a world citizen.” Anderson Lee 李亮聰 Shanghai Study Centre Academic Director In June, 200 HKU alumni and representatives visited the Centre. Speakers included the then-Acting President Professor Paul Tam 譚廣亨 , Associate Vice-President (Research) Professor Mai-har Sham 岑美霞 , Associate Vice-President Isabella Wong 黃依倩 , and Bernadette Tsui 徐詠璇 , Director of the Development & Alumni Affairs Office. SUMMER 2018