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Ms Mak, Wing Sze 麥詠詩

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Senior Lecturer

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Ms Mak, Wing Sze 麥詠詩

Title:
Senior Lecturer

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
University of Southern CaliforniaB.Arch.
Harvard UniversityMLA
Biography

Vincci Mak is a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong.

Mak received her architectural training and obtained a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) degree from the University of Southern California. She pursued her further studies in landscape architecture and received a Master in Landscape Architecture (MLA) degree from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University.

She has practised in both Hong Kong and London, with projects ranging from urban landscapes to large-scaled regional planning.

Mak is currently the Program Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies (BA(LS)) Program. She is an experienced design studio teacher, and has published the article titled “The Spark of Contemporary Landscape Creativity – The Foundation Landscape Design Studio in the University of Hong Kong” in the Landscape Architecture Frontiers journal in 2019. Mak is specialised in experiential learning, and “Shaping the Landscape” is a key teaching project she has in this pedagogy.

Mak received both the HKU Faculty of Architecture Teaching Award and the HKU Outstanding Teaching Award in 2021.

She is a Senior Fellow in Advance HE (Higher Education).

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
Lau, FM
Tong, PL
Coates, GS
Kong, CHM
Leung, CY
2024-02-01HKU Teaching Development Grant Award
Teaching Accomplishment
2021-10-01HKU Outstanding Teaching Award: HKU
Teaching Accomplishment
2021-12-01HKU Faculty of Architecture Teaching Award: HKU Faculty of Architecture
Research Achievement
2022-06-01The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust - Grant 2021-22: The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
Research Achievement
Chan, YLJ
2016-11-01“Hong Kong Platforms: Towards a Sustainable City” - Merit Award from the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA) Design Awards 2016 – Landscape Research Category: Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects
Research Achievement
Decaudin, MC
2021-11-01Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme: HKSAR Government
Research Achievement
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Water systems in Hong Kong and other Asian cities
Public open space networks in contemporary Asian cultural settings
Landscape architectural design and theory
Landfill aftermaths in Hong Kong
Brownfield redevelopments in China
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Cantonese, Putonghua英語、粵語、普通話
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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