Dear Members and Friends of AIA Hong Kong

We are pleased to announce that Design Trust, in collaboration with AIA Hong Kong, HKICON and HKIUD, will host a Guided Tour and Sharing Panel titled Exceptional Transformations of Built Heritage and Collective Memory at Murray House on Saturday, June 14th.

This event will feature speakers who will share their expertise and insight regarding the transformation of this historical site. Additionally, respondents will engage in a discussion focused on the theme of Built Heritage and Collective Memory.

Speakers

Dr. William Lim FAIA - Participating Architect and Artist, Managing Director of CL3
Daphne Mandel - Participating Artist, Hong Kong
Wendy Ng HKICON - Heritage Research Advisor, Director of Revival Heritage Consultants

Respondents

Eric Ho AIA - President of AIA Hong Kong, Co-founder and Director of Architecture Commons
Roger Wu Assoc. AIA RIBA HKICON - President of HK Institute of Architectural Conservationists
Corrin Chan FHKIA HKIUD - Director of AOS Architecture

Tour Leader/Moderator

Marisa Yiu AIA - Co-Founder, Lead Curator/Executive Director, Design Trust

Details

Date

Saturday, June 14th, 2025

Time

4:00 – 6:00 PM

Venue

Murray House, Stanley

Quota

Fee

$100 - AIA / HKICON / HKIUD Members; $200 - Non-members

CES

1.5 LUs/HSW

Program

3:45 – 4:00 PM

Registration

4:00 – 4:45 PM

Guided Tour led by Marisa Yiu

4:45 – 5:30 PM

Sharing Panel: Exceptional Transformations of Built Heritage and Collective Memory

5:30 – 6:00 PM

Drinks Reception

About Design Trust Futures Festival 2025

DESIGN TRUST FUTURES FESTIVAL 2025: “The Art of Transformation” is a new micro festival where Design Trust researchers, scholars, global partners to innovative designers, participate in and share further their ongoing work, where small scale site specific commissioned works around themes of “Exceptional Transformations” of the historic site Murray House at Stanley Plaza, a 3-storey Victorian style building with architectural significance and its extraordinary heritage and natural context enlivens conversations on the public realm. Curated by Marisa Yiu (Co-Founder, Lead Curator/Executive Director) with Zheng Zhou (Head of Programmes/Associate Curator), this new initiative is conceptualized to shape, test ideas and speculate on the future of spaces, urbanism and the role of creativity, as we respond to global conversations around sustainability, placemaking, role of tourism to culture and heritage of Hong Kong within the Greater Bay Area, and international context, in positive and impactful ways.

“The Art of Transformation” explores spatial constructions and interactions of design and architecture to re-imagine, transform perspectives of city heritage and the culture of nature. Situated in Stanley called “Chek Chue” in Cantonese, a coastal town located on the peninsula of Hong Kong Island in the Southern District with beaches, historic piers, to the popular annual dragon boat festival, heritage monuments and the seaside culture of Hong Kong. This natural context, forms the beginning of a unique programmatic and research-driven learning programme to inspire and gather for community collaboration. DESIGN TRUST FUTURES FESTIVAL 2025: “THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION” collaborates with over 60 designers, artists, architects and curators, over a three-month programme at Murray House, Stanley Plaza where the 19th Century Victorian-era building, fronted by Blake Pier and Ma Hang Park, sets the stage for new perspectives on material ecologies, ocean connectivity that links the 263 islands of Hong Kong. Five key exhibitions and multiple public space installations, features lightweight interventions throughout the historic building to echo the Stanley waterfront, and its environs, as a space for dialogue to speculate on the future of spaces, urbanism and creative discovery.

By Marisa Yiu (Co-Founder, Lead Curator/Executive Director of Design Trust), 2025

Opening Date and Hours

March 29th – June 18th, 2025

Wednesday to Thursday

2:00 – 6:00 PM

Friday

2:00 – 9:00 PM

Saturday

11:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Sunday

11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Closed on Public Holidays unless announced for special programs. Please refer to the website for more details.