Degree(s):

 

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


Professional Membership(s)
Fellow, The Hong Kong Institute of Architect; Registered Architect (Hong Kong); Class 1 Registered Architect (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:
Co-writer, Three Genealogies: The Spatial Production of Social Publics in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
Public Space in a Chinese Megaregion: Contemporary Urban Practices and Design Strategies of the Greater Bay Area, 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, ‘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):

 

Curator, ‘Harmony in Diversity: In-between’, Kuala Lumpur-Nanjing Architecture Exhibition
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects/ CreateHK HKSAR Government

MiC Requirement Research and Detailed Conceptual Design and BIM Model of Traditional Housing
Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd., HKUST

Incorporating Informality: Tin Shui Wan Dawn Market Research
Principal Investigator, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

 

Full CV

 

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