A - Tell me a little about yourself. Where are you from? What’s your educational background? F - My name is Fiona. I come from HK and studied Interior design as a Bachelor Degree in Chicago. A - What made you enter architecture industry / profession? F - I am born to be loving art and design, especially interior design. That makes me studied interior design and links to architecture field. A - What is your design philosophy? F - Design is to make everything functional and beautiful at the same time. A - List a few of your favorites architects F - Santiago Calatrava, Toyo Ito, Zaha Hadid A - What is it like working in Hong Kong as an architect?
F - Working in HK is totally different from working in Western Countries. The rhythm in HK is much faster with tons of workload. Working in HK is not easy, but in other words, you can learn more and faster under pressure. A - How would you define your city’s architect? F - Hong Kog has a limited of space. It is a challenge for architects to design building to meet our needs and fulfill our spacious satisfaction. It is a reason to explain why hk buildings are narrow and tall
A - How do you see architecture and fashion together? F - Yes, architecture and fashion both based on different kinds of design styles. We are applying designs to our daily lives, like buildings and clothes. A - How do you see Hong Kong as a city? Likes and dislike F - I will only like HK when I am still less than 40 years old, since I am sure I cannot stand this fast rhythm when I am getting old.
A - What made you decide to work in Hong Kong? F - Just too used to HK rhythm and I need to take care of my parents here. A - How do you see the business developing in Hong Kong? F - Since HK is a well-developed city with limited of space, the land has already saturated. HK projects are usually worked for remodeling instead of new-built buildings.
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