Site Visit: Luen Wo Market
Event Date:
27/04/2024
Event Time:
3:00 pm
Event Location:
Luen Wo Hui, Fanling, New Territories
| CPD Event: | Site Visit: Luen Wo Market |
| Date: | 27 Apr 2024 (Saturday) |
| Time: | 3:00pm to 4:30pm |
| Speakers: |
Ms Wendy Ng, Director, Revival Heritage Consultants Limited Ms. Fanny Wong, Project Manager, Lutheran Luen Wo Market – House of Urban & Rural Living Limited |
| Venue: | Luen Wo Market, 51 Luen Wo Road, Fanling, New Territories
(Please reach the gathering point: East Plaza of Luen Wo Market, 10 minutes before the starting time.) |
| CPD Points: | 1.5 CPD hours |
| Language: | Cantonese |
| Fee: |
HK$ 120 for HKICON Members, HK$ 150 for non-HKICON Members, and HK$ 50 for HKICON Student Members. Registration for friends and Non-Members opens on Apr 15, 2024. |
| Remark: | N/A |
About the Site Visit
Luen Wo Market is one of the historic buildings included in the Batch V of the Revitalising Historical Buildings Through Partnership Scheme. It is a Grade 3 Historic Building that was completed in 1951, making it the first privately built market in the post-war Hong Kong. Designed as a modern architecture, Luen Wo Market featured a functional form with notable Art Deco features at the main entrance. It is recently revitalised into the House of Urban and Rural Living by the operator, “Lutheran Luen Wo Market—House Of Urban and Rural Living Limited”. The market began operation on 28 March by the Hong Kong Lutheran Social Service, LC-HKS.
This tour will mainly introduce the architectural design of Luen Wo Market, the major works done for the adaptive reuse and conservation of the building, as well as the challenges during the revitalisation of the building. The operator will also introduce their objectives and work carried out in Luen Wo Market.
About the Speakers
Wendy Ng
Ms. Wendy Ng is the heritage consultant of the Luen Wo Market revitalisation project, who has been involved in a great variety of architectural conservation projects, ranging from academic research to conservation works for restoration and adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Her research focus is in a wide range of western-styled buildings and Chinese tenements, who has conducted numerous conservation-based research, including preparing CMP and HIA for heritage projects. She is also involved in a number of Government revitalisation projects, including Old Tai Po Police Station, Haw Par Mansion, the former French Mission Building, and Luen Wo Market. She is the President of HKICON and a member of Docomomo HK.
Fanny Wong
Ms. Fanny Wong is the Project Manager of Lutheran Luen Wo Market – the Urban and Rural Living Company Limited, who has been involved in Retail Fashion Business and marketing over the past 15 years. Her working experience mainly focus on Brand building, leasing negotiation, retail and operation, staff training, marketing and promotion for wholesale and retail business.