Stephen Siu Yu Lau

Department of Architecture

University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

Associate Professor

Email: laustephensy@gmail.com; ssylau@hku.hk

Research fields:

Urban Heat Island Urban Study

Environmental Sustainability

Qualifications:

1981  Master of Science, The Bartlett, University of London, UK

1979  Bachelor of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

1977  Bachelor of Arts (Arch Studies), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

Publications (selected)

Book Chapter

1. Lau S.S.Y. & Coorey S.B.A. Hong Kong in Allan, G., Carmichael, S, Dol, M., Kempen,
2. A. & Kramer, M (Eds.) Multifunctional and Intensive Land Use – Principles, Practices, Projects and Policies, The Habiforum Foundation, 2007, 115-148

Paper

1. Lau S.S.Y. & Martinez G.P. (2012) Sustainable: the urban model based on high-density. High-rise and multiple, intensive land use: the case of Hong Kong, Architecture, City and Environment, 7(20): 81-94
2. Lau S.S.Y., & Zhang J. The formal versus the informal: a dogma of public spaces, Footprint, TU Delft, Under Review
3. Lau S.S.Y. (2011) The dogma of Hong Kong urbanism, designing for overcrowding, a visual anthology of Mongkok. Journal of Asian Urbanism,
4. 4: 20-23
5. Lau S.S.Y. (2011) Blurring the Boundary between Local and International – Hong Kong’s Void City Syndrome. SPACE, 516: 84-89
6. Yang, F., Lau S.S.Y. & Qian, F. (2011) Thermal comfort effects of urban design strategies in high-rise urban environments in a sub-tropical climate. Architectural Science Review (EI), 54 (4): 285-304
7. Wang J. & Lau S.S.Y. (2009) Gentrification and Shanghai’s new middle-class: Another reflection on the cultural consumption thesis. Cities (SSCI; 2009
8. Impact Factor: 1.246), 26(2): 57-66. Cited: 3
9. Lau S.S.Y. & Yang F. (2009) Adaptive reuse of historic buildings/neighborhoods in the mind frame of sustainable development. New Architecture, 2: 4-11. Times Cited: 5
10. Wang J. & Lau S.S.Y. (2008) Forming foreign enclaves in shanghai: state action in globalization. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment,
11. 23(2): 103-118 Times Cited: 4
12. Chen H.Y., Jia B. & Lau S.S.Y. (2008) Sustainable urban form for Chinese compact cities: callenges of a rapid urbanized economy. Habitat International (SSCI; 2008 Impact Factor: 0.876), 32(1): 28-40. Times Cited: 26
13. Lau S.S.Y. & Yang. F (2007) Two Tactics for the Adaptive Remodeling of Old Building: Renewal of Building Function and Technical Innovation for Energy Consumption. Architectural Journal (Top Chinese Journal), 6: 60-65. Times Cited: 28
14. Lau S.S.Y., Li F.M., Leung D.K.C., Tang G.W.K., Baharuddin, Ye A.M., Chau K.W. & Wong S.K. (2006) Compromising building regulations and user expectations in the design of high-rise domestic kitchens. Structural Survey, 24(3): 212-229. Times Cited: 1
15. Lau S.S.Y., Li F.M., Guo F. & Song D.X. (2006) Socio-cultural factors in housing design: Reconsidering the utilitarian and social roles of kitchens due to lifestyle changes in metropolitan Shanghai. Journal of Building Appraisal, 2(3): 223-239
16. Lau S.S.Y., Giridharan R. & Ganesan S (2005) Multiple and intensive land use: case studies in Hong Kong. Habitat International (SSCI; 2005
17. Impact Factor: 0.449), 29(3): 527-546. Times Cited: 14
18. Lau S.S.Y., Giridharan R. & Ganesan S. (2003) Policies for implementing multiple intensive land use in Hong Kong. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 18(4): 365-378. Times Cited: 5
19. Mahtab-Uz-Zaman, Q.M. & Lau S.S.Y. (2002) Difficulties in achieving open building in the mass housing in Hong Kong and implication of user participation. Architectural Science Review (EI), 45(3): 175-181. Times Cited: 1
20. Ganensan, S. & Lau S.S.Y. (2000) Urban challenges in Hong Kong: future direction for design. Urban Design International, 5(1): 3-12. Times Cited:
21. 9

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