【Tech Sunday】Techformance–2025 UABB Hong Kong: Cultural Identity & Ritual in the AI-Enhanced Urban RealmThe Hong Kong Institute of Architects Biennale Foundation Company Limited
Tech Sunday is a series of small forums organised by the UABB curatorial team 2025 on weekends. Each forum presents curated topics by the participating exhibitors, and we invite the public to take part in the intellectual exchange. Participants will understand the speaker's background, the body of work and the design intention behind the exhibit through each talk.
This session explores how cultural and spiritual identity are reimagined through AI-enhanced architectural and urban experiences.
Topics:
1. Portal ( Speaker: Vicky Lam )
2. From Street Corners to AI Creations: Reimagining Hong Kong's Informal Shrines with Community Input ( Speaker: Jessica Kong )
3. Flower Market Imaginaries: Speculative Futures with AI ( Speaker: Ashley Wong )
4. Discussion + Q&A
Language:
English
Speakers:
Vicky Lam
Vicky Lam is an educator at RMIT Architecture with experience in Melbourne, San Francisco, and New York. A Harvard GSD graduate, her work focuses on inclusive cultural production and civic infrastructure.
Jessica Kong
Jessica Pui Sze Kong, co-founder of Afloat Studio, a Hong Kong architectural practice focused on innovative designs that explore the "in-between" spatial quality through blurred boundaries and tangled spatial experiences. Passionate about pushing creative limits, she has gained international and local awards, including First Prize in the 57th Central Glass International Architectural Design Competition, Second Prize in the 18th Shelter International Architectural Competition for Students, and First Prize in the 2014 Kai Tak River Design Ideas Competition (Open Group). Her work, showcased in the "Harmony in Diversity" (KL–NJ–HK Roving Architecture Exhibition), reflects her commitment to impactful, diverse design.
Ashley Wong
Ashley Lee Wong, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies at the CUHK and the Founder and Artistic Director of MetaObjects, a studio that facilitates digital projects with artists and cultural institutions. She is the author of a monograph, Ecologies of Artistic Practice: Rethinking Cultural Economies through Art and Technology (The MIT Press, 2025).