Dean:

 

Faculty of Science and Engineering

 

Degree(s):

 

B.A.(A.S)(Hons)(HKU), M.Arch.(Distinction)(HKU), M.Sc (Arch. & Urban Design)(Columbia U), Doctor (International Real Estate and Construction)(PolyU)

 

Professional Membership(s):

 

Fellow, The Hong Kong Institute of Architect; Registered Architect (Hong Kong); Class 1 Registered Architect Qualification (PRC); Member, Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design

 

Research area(s):

 

Informality and Urbanism, Contemporary Architectural Design and Theory, Construction & Professional Practice

 

Teaching area(s):

 

Urbanism; Architectural Design and Theory, Holistic Approach in Sustainability, Professional Practice

 

Taught previously at:

 

The University of Hong Kong, City University of Hong Kong

 

Selected output(s):

 

Publications:
Editor and Writer, 'Harmony in Diversity: In-between'
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects/ CreateHK HKSAR Government, Dec 2026
 
Chapter Writer 'Informal Market Places: Experiment with Urban Reconfiguration'
Nai010 Publishers, Sept 2023
 
Chapter Co-writer, 'Emerging Public Realm of the Greater Bay Area: Approaches to Public Space in a Chinese Megaregion'
Taylor & Francis/ Routledge, Jan 2021

Editor and Writer, 'More Than High-rise – Exploring Hong Kong through Architecture'
HKSAR HK Economic and Trade Office, the HK Institute of Architects, Sept 2019

Contributing Editor, 'Villages in the City: A Guide to South China's Urban Informality'
HKU Press and University of Hawai'i Press, May 2014

Contributing Editor and Chapter Writer, 'Factory Towns of South China: An Illustrated Guidebook ' HKU Press, May 2012

Conference Paper:
'Impacts from Building Geometries on Urban Wind Environments'
Thilakaratne, R., Chu, P., Xiao, Y. (2017), WSBE Conference, 5-7 June, 2017

Reversing Impacts from the ‘Hyper Podium & Towers' Residential Typology on Pedestrian Wind Environments
Thilakaratne, R., Chu, P., Xiao, Y. (2017), World Sustainable Buildings
Conference, Hong Kong

Optimization of Hong Kong Residential Building Design Guidelines to Improve Urban Air Ventilation
Thilakaratne, R., Chu, P. & Xiao, Y. (2016), Architectural Science
Association Conference, Adelaide, Australia

 

Current project(s):

 

Incorporating Informality: Tin Shui Wan Dawn Market Research
Vienna University of Technology/ Austria Science Fund, Austria
'Harmony in Diversity: In-between', Kuala Lumpur-Nanjing Architecture Exhibition
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects/ CreateHK HKSAR Government
Research and Consultancy for Multicultural Community Space (Phase I, II and III) at Ping Lai Path, Kwai Chung, N.T.
Urban Renewal Fund
 
Basic Community Assessment and Local Consultation for the Project of Nano Parks in Dundas Street Cluster in Yau Mong District
Urban Renewal Fund