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Thai-Myanmar Border Studio, Final Review

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Final-year Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies students presented their final proposals for landscapes impacted by a planned 60-kilometer water diversion tunnel in northern Thailand. During this capstone studio on the Thai-Myanmar border, led by Ashley Scott Kelly and Yuan Zhuang, our landscape undergrads develop and present a 100-page research report to civil society organizations, visit a diverse range of development projects and programs across northern Thailand, individually design strategic planning proposals, and have their work juried by a panel of experts from planning, sociology, ecology, geography, and design.

This year’s jury included: Prof. Kelly Shannon (International Center for Urbanism, KU Leuven); Naruemon Thabchumpon (Fac. of Political Science, Chulalongkorn Univ.); Warong Wonglangka (Fac. of Architecture, Chiang Mai Univ.); Vanessa Lamb (Dept. of Social Sciences, York Univ.); Winnie Law (HKU Centre for Civil Society and Governance); Barry Day (Asia Design Director, B+H Architects); Zali Fung (Inst. of Geography and Sustainability, Univ. of Lausanne); Sunita Kwangta (Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, KESAN); Phnom Thano (Co-founder of Indigenous Media Network, Thailand); Xiaoxuan Lu (NUS Architecture); Cecilia Chu (CUHK School of Architecture); Inge Goudsmit (CUHK School of Architecture); Peter Cobb (HKU School of Humanities); Elizabeth Leven (Asia Ecological Consultants, aec Ltd.); Anhua Liang (SWA Group, Shanghai); Olgierd Nitka (Studio94); and several planners and designers from HKU Planning, Architecture, and Landscape Architecture.

The students, Ashley and Yuan express their gratitude to the jury and to HKU for its continued support for fostering critical and essential discussions about landscape development across the regions. Congratulations to all students!

Yannie presenting at HKU Landscape’s Public Review. By Tang Chi Tat, 2025.
Yannie presenting at HKU Landscape’s Public Review. By Tang Chi Tat, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
Reforestation as self-determination: Broad-based integration of the framework species method in post-secondary education, Karen State, Myanmar. By Yannie Cheng Sum Yu, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
Jennifer presenting at the Final Review to a panel of experts from planning, sociology, ecology, and geography, in addition to designers and planners. By Vicki Liu Jiani, 2025.
Jennifer presenting at the Final Review to a panel of experts from planning, sociology, ecology, and geography, in addition to designers and planners. By Vicki Liu Jiani, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
From cut to connectivity: Challenging the planned mitigation of transmission-line corridors in the Karen highlands of northern Thailand. By Jennifer Chung Pui Shan, 2025.
Road ecology in Zomia's last frontier: Mediating the new economic geographies of transmission lines, interbasin water transfer and access roads. By Celine Xiong Yuchen, 2025.
Road ecology in Zomia's last frontier: Mediating the new economic geographies of transmission lines, interbasin water transfer and access roads. By Celine Xiong Yuchen, 2025.
Road ecology in Zomia's last frontier: Mediating the new economic geographies of transmission lines, interbasin water transfer and access roads. By Celine Xiong Yuchen, 2025.
Road ecology in Zomia's last frontier: Mediating the new economic geographies of transmission lines, interbasin water transfer and access roads. By Celine Xiong Yuchen, 2025.
Road ecology in Zomia's last frontier: Mediating the new economic geographies of transmission lines, interbasin water transfer and access roads. By Celine Xiong Yuchen, 2025.
Road ecology in Zomia's last frontier: Mediating the new economic geographies of transmission lines, interbasin water transfer and access roads. By Celine Xiong Yuchen, 2025.
Celine presenting at the Final Review to a panel of experts from planning, sociology, ecology, and geography, in addition to designers and planners. By Tony Tsui Ho Yin, 2025.
Celine presenting at the Final Review to a panel of experts from planning, sociology, ecology, and geography, in addition to designers and planners. By Tony Tsui Ho Yin, 2025.
Victor presenting at HKU Landscape’s Public Review. By Tang Chi Tat, 2025.
Victor presenting at HKU Landscape’s Public Review. By Tang Chi Tat, 2025.
Refugees and resilience: Scaling up community-driven natural resource management amid food security crises and mega-infrastructure development on the Thai-Myanmar border. By Victor Jorge Lew, 2025.
Refugees and resilience: Scaling up community-driven natural resource management amid food security crises and mega-infrastructure development on the Thai-Myanmar border. By Victor Jorge Lew, 2025.
Refugees and resilience: Scaling up community-driven natural resource management amid food security crises and mega-infrastructure development on the Thai-Myanmar border. By Victor Jorge Lew, 2025.
Refugees and resilience: Scaling up community-driven natural resource management amid food security crises and mega-infrastructure development on the Thai-Myanmar border. By Victor Jorge Lew, 2025.
Refugees and resilience: Scaling up community-driven natural resource management amid food security crises and mega-infrastructure development on the Thai-Myanmar border. By Victor Jorge Lew, 2025.
Refugees and resilience: Scaling up community-driven natural resource management amid food security crises and mega-infrastructure development on the Thai-Myanmar border. By Victor Jorge Lew, 2025.

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