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This CPD event introduces the newly released book, Revitalization in Asia: Adaptive Reuse in Macao, Mumbai, and Penang, which offers a clear understanding of the value of sustainable adaptive reuse within an Asian context. Three highly urbanized places (Macao, Mumbai, and Penang) are considered in detail from conservation and planning perspectives (with essays and timelines for each). For each place, five case studies offer a comparative framework for understanding similarities and differences in adaptive reuse projects. Six essays examine adaptive reuse in terms of its connection to the three dimensions of sustainability, with reference to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. This book is envisioned as a continuation of Asian Revitalization: Adaptive Reuse in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore.

Editors and contributing essayists will share perspectives about the conservation approaches that shaped adaptive reuse (revitalization) practice in each of the three urban centers. They will discuss the driving forces behind a range of revitalization initiatives, from community-led transformations to landmark urban renewals, showing how adaptive reuse can breathe new life into cities while strengthening resilience in the face of global challenges.

Event Content:

1. Lynne and Lavina: Introduction to “revitalization and the SDGs” (a brief overview of the essays)
2. Imon and Jennifer: Understanding adaptive reuse in Macao, tracing some pivotal milestones and citing some key examples
3. Lavina and Lynne: Understanding adaptive reuse in Mumbai, tracing some pivotal   milestones and citing some key examples
4. Laurence and Lin Lee: Understanding adaptive reuse in Penang, tracing some pivotal   milestones and citing some key examples
5. Lavina and Lynne: Concluding notes
6. Q&A

About the Speakers 主講人介紹:

Ms. Lavina Ahuja

Lavina was trained in architecture and cultural heritage conservation at Mumbai University and The University of Hong Kong (HKU) respectively. She has been a lecturer for the Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong. She has collaborated with organizations such as UNESCO, ICOMOS, and HKICON to work on initiatives related to cultural heritage conservation and sustainable development, including research and publications. She is a registered architect with the Council of Architecture, India, an individual member of the Indian National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS India), and a Professional Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON).

Prof. Lynne D. DiStefano

Lynne D. DiStefano , PhD (UPenn), is a specialist in cultural heritage and urban conservation. Co-founder and past director of the University of Hong Kong’s Architectural Conservation Programmes, she is an adjunct professor at the university and a faculty associate at the Willowbank School of Restoration Arts. From 2006 to 2018, Lynne was an ICOMOS expert and technical evaluator for UNESCO World Heritage sites in Austria, China, Japan, Laos, the Philippines, and South Korea.

Previously, Lynne was a chief curator at Museum London and an associate professor at Brescia University College, Western University. Lynne has served on the board of directors of the Ontario Heritage Foundation (now Trust) at two different times and on Heritage Toronto’s Programme Committee.

Lynne is the co-author (with Nancy Z. Tausky) of Victorian Architecture in London and Southwestern Ontario: Symbols of Aspiration and (with Ho Yin Lee) has written a number of books and articles about cultural heritage in Hong Kong. In 2021, she co-edited (with Katie Cummer) the first of two books on adaptive reuse in Asia; in 2024, she co-edited (with Lavina Ahuja) the second book on adaptive reuse in Asia. In 2025, she co-authored (with Dan Schneider) The Ontario Cottage: Perfect of Its Kind.

Lynne lives in Toronto’s Annex, where she sits on the Annex Residents’ Association’s Heritage Committee and its Planning and Development Committee.

Prof. Sharif Shams Imon

Sharif Shams Imon is an urban heritage and heritage tourism management expert with 28 years of teaching experience in 4 countries and regions and professional experience as a consultant in projects for ICCROM, ICOMOS, UNESCO, UNESCAP, and various governments, especially in World Heritage capacity-building initiatives, impacting professionals, senior officials, and trainers across more than 17 countries. He holds degrees in architecture and urban planning, an MBA, and a PhD in urban conservation, with advanced training in integrated territorial and urban conservation. He is currently a professor of architecture at the North South University, Bangladesh, and the president of ICOMOS Bangladesh.

Prof. Imon is also an expert member of the International Committee of Historic Towns and Villages (CIVVIH) and the ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee (ICTC) and has conducted World Heritage advisory, technical evaluation, reactive monitoring, and impact assessment missions since 2005.

Dr. Jennifer Lang

Jennifer holds a PhD in Architectural Conservation from The University of Hong Kong. She is both an architectural historian and a conservationist with over thirty years of combined professional and academic experience in conservation and cultural heritage in Asia and the United States, including academia, built heritage conservation, environmental review, and sustainable development. From 2017 to 2022, she was the Director of the MSc(Conservation) at The University of Hong Kong, where she led the graduate program in architectural conservation with an emphasis on values-based conservation, management, and sustainability. She was the President of The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON) from 2017 to 2019.

Jennifer is a member of the United States National Committee of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS US), a member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Twentieth Century Heritage (ISC20), a member of Docomomo in the United States, and a board member of Docomomo New England.

Prof. Laurence Loh

Laurence, who holds an AA Diploma from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, is an adjunct professor at The University of Hong Kong. He has been conserving and sustaining cultural heritage through management and design for the past thirty-five years. His practice Arkitek LLA Sdn. Bhd. consistently creates conservation best practice exemplars through a process of cultural mapping, consensus building, and design ideation. He positions heritage conservation as a critical activity for maintaining the spirit of place, the preservation of knowledge, and the continuity of artistic expressions. He is a recipient of the 2019 PAM Gold Medal Award for his life-long contribution to the advancement of architecture in Malaysia as well as several UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Laurence has lectured about cultural heritage management in the first Architectural Conservation Programme (ACP) at The University of Hong Kong, and has lectured in the Getty Conservation Institute Urban Conservation Planning Course for ASEAN countries. He collaborates with UNESCO to develop and deepen its outreach through new programs and with the World Heritage Centre through ICOMOS to undertake site evaluation missions and technical reviews.

He is a Director of ThinkCity, a social purpose organization driven by impact that promotes cross-fertilization of ideas and knowledge-sharing to deliver sustainable urban solutions developed through an iterative data-driven visioning approach to city-making. He is presently engaged in promoting culture-based local economic development programs.

Ms. Lin Lee Loh-Lim

Lin Lee holds a MPhil from London School of Economics and was a Duncan Sandys-PATA scholarship awardee with the Conservation Foundation of Britain and the University of York. She has been a Senior Council Member of the Penang Heritage Trust since 1990, a Consultant for UNESCO Beijing for the World Heritage Site of Mount Lushan in Jiangxi Province, and a Trainer for the UNESCO Certification Programme for Cultural Heritage Guides. Lin Lee is co-conservator of Cheong Fatt Tze (the Blue Mansion), which received the Most Excellent Award at the 2000 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation and she is the author of the associated book “The Blue Mansion.”

Lin Lee is a consultant for the interpretation of cultural heritage sites, and she has been the convenor of Penang Heritage Trust projects, particularly those related to Intangible Cultural Heritage, such as the Living Heritage Treasures Awards of Penang and the Penang Apprenticeship Programme for Artisans (PAPA). She was also the initiator and prime mover of the Historic Street Names Blue Plaques in the George Town World Heritage Site and the author of the book by the same name.

Remarks 備註:

1. Video recording / Photographing of the talk will be conducted for promotional and archival purposes. If participants prefer not to be included in the video / photo, please let us know on the date before the talk starts.