Su Chang is Assistant Professor in Architectural Design at the University of Hong Kong and Principal of Su Chang Design Research Office. His current research explores a water-centric perspective for understanding architecture, development, and conservation in Hong Kong, the Greater Bay Area, and Asia context. Navigating the shifting dynamics between inland and coastal areas, he has developed design experiments with a material-based approach to rejuvenate spaces and regenerate social fabrics for communities undergoing transformation. His design collaboration with contemporary art and cultural institutions has built a reputation for its sensitivity to emerging cultures, new economies, and the expanded notion of sustainability.

At HKU, Chang teaches design studios, leads design-build workshops, and directs a design research seminar on architecture and subtropical environments. His advising framework for graduate-level design thesis encourages independent explorations, empowering students to establish creative relationships with society for critical practice in the future.

The work of Su Chang Design Research Office has been exhibited at the Hong Kong Pavilion of La Biennale Architettura di Venezia (Venice), the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Shenzhen and Hong Kong), Harvard University Druker Design Gallery (Cambridge), HKU PMQ Architecture Gallery (Hong Kong), RNH Space (Hong Kong, solo exhibition), and Cloud Gallery (New York, solo exhibition). Awards and grants include the Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, Design Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects, Japan International Design Pioneer Awards, Kyoto Global Design Awards, IDA International Design Awards, Design for Asia Awards, Perspective A&D Awards, BLT Design Awards, and the Design Trust Seed Grant. The office was selected as one of the Emerging Architecture Offices in China by Archiposition from 2023 to 2025.

Chang’s writing and translation work similarly connect architecture’s physical presence to its participation in a more extensive geography of ideas, most recently in the Chinese edition of Iñaki Ábalos’s The Good Life: A Guided Visit to the Houses of Modernity (Tongji University Press) and Valerio Olgiati’s Non-Referential Architecture. Additional publications include peer-reviewed writings for Landscape Architecture Frontier, Built Heritage, and academic contributions to Urban Environment Design, Taiwan Architecture, and HKIA Journal. Public-facing writings include essays, interviews, commentaries, and projects for Ocula, Wallpaper, and the Harvard GSD Platform. Chang has served as a founding member of Tangent Essays, an online and paper-based publishing platform that periodically features writings about architecture.

Chang is a licensed architect, a member of the Architectural Society of China, the American Institute of Architects, and an associate member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects. Chang received his Master in Architecture with commendation and Dean’s Merit Scholarship from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Previously, Chang was educated at Peking University, ETH Zürich, and received a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies with First Class Honour and a full scholarship from the University of Hong Kong.