Teaching and
Lectures (last updated: 2005)
Edward Y Y Ng BA(Hons)
Nott, BArch(Distinction) Manc, MBA(Distinction) Warwick, PhD Cantab, RIBA,
HKIA,, IESNA, FHKMetS, FRMetS, FRSA, Architect(UK), Architect(HK).
Edward teaches Architectural
Design Studios, an elective on Lighting Design, and a lecture course on
Building Systems Integration. His
teaching is rooted in his interest and philosophy of teaching architectural
design in an integrated, practical, technologically proven and creative
manner. He is particularly keen on
investigating the technologic and tactile quality of design. He calls this Technics. This involves sensibility and an appreciation
of the quality as well as the quantity of the environment, building dynamics,
gravity, production and process, and, most importantly, the human perceptual
and experiential responses and needs.
One of his mottos to his students is: To make a building energy
efficient and technologically sound is not that difficult, to make it beautiful
and poetic at the same time requires a lifetime pursuit.
Technics Design Studio (2004 - ) Details Here
ARC 4403A Topical Studies in Environmental Systems and
Design (elective, 2005 - )
The course will focus on how to design for
daylighting and natural ventilation of high density living in
ARC 5000J Research Elective – Urban Climatic Design
(elective, 2005 - )
This research study aims to understand aspects of
environmental design of high-rise, high-density spaces in
ARC 2420 Building Technology (environmental design)
(core lecture course, 2004 - )
Introduces the fundamental concepts of passive
environmental design. Examines the effect on buildings and their
occupants of environmental conditions of light, temperature, air movement, and
sound. Case studies are used to reviews
both traditional and current approaches of representative building types in
more depth. Prerequisite: ARC1411.
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Technics Design Studio (Semester I 2002-2003)
A pier for movement. The notion of movement and stability is very
much in the equilibrium of form and structure that we design.
Technics Design Studio (Semester II 2002-2003)
A performance theatre for
live drama for an audience up to 300 persons. · A group of international performers and artists
requires a structure / stage / architecture to travel to remote parts of
Technics Design Studio (Semester II 2002-2003)
A pavilion for
ARC 3020 Architectural
Design (Studio: Technics) (Semester I/II 2000/2001)
A NEW teaching programme will
be launched this year. The Dept will be organised based on "Foucses".
The focus of Edward's Stduio will be Technics. For more information, try here.
ARC 3020 Architectural
Design III (Design Studio, Semester II 1999/2000)
"Pas-que-Dieu! What
are your books" Tourangeau enquired. "Here is one." replied
Claude, opening the window of hiscell; he pointed to the Cathedral of Notre
Dame, whose two black towers, stone walls, and huge roof were silhouetted against
the starry vault of heaven, like a monstrous two-headed splinx in the middle of
the City. ... with a sigh, pointing his other hand to the printed book,
"Alas! this will kill that ... the small thing shall bring down the great
things; a tooth destorys the crocodile, the sword-fish kills the whale; the
book will kill the edifice." "He is mad!" Doctor Jacques
whispered. To which Tourangeau answered, "I do believe it." (The
Hunchback of Notre Dame, Vitor Hugo)
The thesis of the design
project builds on the notion that "the Library is not a container of
Knowledge, it is in itself a source of knowledge."
ARC 3010 Architectural
Design III (Design Studio, Semester I 1999/2000)
The design project
investigates urban housing at the threshold of culture, built form and living. The
site is located between, on the one hand, high density urban developments, and
on the other hand, low rise traditional villages. And on the one hand, temporal
dynamism of high speed urban life, and on the other hand, timelessness of
community village living. This dichotomy of life and living will form the basis
of the studio.
ARC 3511 Building Systems
Integration (core Lecture course, 1999 - 2003)
This course consolidates
the fundamentals established in ARC2510 through a system integration of
structure, envelop, mechanical, and interior. The course first deals with the
Fundamentals of the Aesthetics, Theory and Practice of System Integration in
Architectural Design. The course then introduces the concept of
multi-disciplinary design and the roles of specialists in the design team. The
core of the course is placed on the implications of Building services systems -
HVAC, Artificial lighting, Water and Electrical, Fire Safety and Vertical
transport - on building design. Case studies will be used to illustrate the
concepts discussed. To round up the course, some of the topical issues facing
Hong Kong building industry, for instance, coping with high density compact
design, the use of renewable energy, reduction of the sunk costs of urban
living and the Green and sustainable movement will be introduced.
ARC 5000J Research Elective
– Daylighting (elective, 2002- 2004)
This research study aims to understand aspects of
daylight performance of high-rise, high-density residential spaces in
ARC 4402B Topics in
Environmental Technology - Lighting Design (elective, 1999-2001)
"Science deals with
things, and is compressed into laws and rules, and definitions; Art deals with
people, and ideas, and emotions. The need today is not so much to understand
things as to understand people. People need light in everything they do; our
job takes us to people, at work, at play, at business, at home. I think if we
take that side of it seriously we shall find that the art of lighting has no
frontiers." (Jeff Waldram, 1949)
PART 1 (2 weeks)The studies
of light is not an isolated subject. To fully appreciate its significance in
our design thinking, the cultural, historical, philosophical and psychological forces
shading human perception of the environment and the design of light will be
introduced.
PART 2 (7 weeks) Painters
paint, Sculptors sculpt, architects design, and light is a tool-kit of design.
To equip students with the know-how of designing in light, scientific
fundamentals, technological possibilities and design tactics will be
introduced. Lighting simulation software Lightscape and Radiance will be used.
PART 3 (5 weeks)
“Architecture is the fight for light against the forces of gravity”. Daylighting
is an important criterion of building design (especially residential
buildings). The fundamentals will be introduced. Laboratory works will allow
students an opportunity to conduct a piece of focused research.
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Professor Edward Ng
School of Architecture, Chinese University of HK, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong
Tel: +(852) 3943 6515 Fax: +(852) 3942 0982 Email: edwardng@cuhk.edu.hk