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About the CPD 

Initiated by the Hong Kong International Photo Festival (HKIPF), the former Chuen Lung Koon Man School has recently been repurposed into Koon Man Space for learning, exchanges, and experimentations on contemporary photography. Koon Man Space now serves as a communal space to strengthen relationships, generate conversations and vitality from within the scenic village of Chuen Lung.

This site visit aims to explore the synergies and challenges of adaptively reusing historic buildings to provide opportunities for art and cultural organizations. We will hear from representatives of HKIPF  who have undertaken such a project, as well as heritage conservation consultant, to understand the process from initial concept to exhibition design, as well as the technical considerations of heritage preservation. Through this knowledge sharing, we hope to identify ways that historic buildings can be leveraged to support contemporary arts and culture programming.

About the Speakers

Leon Suen

Leon Suen is a founding member, former Vice Chair, and current Board Member of the Hong Kong Photographic Culture Association, who oversees the operation of Koon Man Space. He was formerly veteran photojournalist and editor who twice served as the chairperson of the Hong Kong Press Photographers Association. He is also a co-founder of Lumenvisum and examiner of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. Now semi-retired, Suen focuses on photography education and promotion as a guest lecturer of graduate students in the Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Journalism and teaches various photography related subjects at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Suen began practising aquaponics in 2014 and has since founded the social enterprise FishPlant Limited. He visited the United States to study commercially scaled aquaponic systems in 2015 and 2018. Since 2015, he has run an experimental farm in Tai O to test the feasibility of aquaponics in benefitting the aging population.

Fanny Ang

Fanny Ang is a conservation architect and the founding director of ANG Studio Ltd., with over 15 years’ experience in architectural conservation in Hong Kong. Past conservation projects include the award-winning Restoration of Duddell Street (HKIA Special Architectural Award 2019/20  – Heritage and Adaptive Reuse and Architectural Research and HKICON Conservation Awards 2020 – Special Mention (Restoration Category) ), Revitalization of Blue House Cluster in Wan Chai (HKIA Medal of the Year of Hong Kong and Special Architectural Award 2017/18 – Heritage and Adaptive Reuse  and UNESCO Asia-Pacific Conservation Award, Award of Excellence 2017), and the Conversion of the Old Supreme Court into the Court of Final Appeal (HKIA Medal of the Year of Hong Kong and Special Architectural Award 2015 – Heritage and Adaptive Reuse).  She is the Project Architect of the adaptive reuse of the former Koon Man School.

Remarks:

1. Video recording of the field trip may conducted for recording. If participants prefer not to be included in the video, please let us know on the date before the field trip starts.
2. If the Hong Kong Observatory issues an Amber Rainstorm Warning, or Typhoon Signal No. 3 or above, HKICON will notify registered participants via email regarding cancellation of the event and arrangement for rescheduling or a refund at least 2 hours before the scheduled event time.If the weather deteriorates after the field trip has started, HKICON reserves the right to amend the itinerary.