Collaboration with the LivableCityLAB at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou

Building Beauty announces a new collaboration with the LivableCityLAB at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, led by Bin Jiang, Professor of Urban Informatics. This coincides with the publication of the Chinese edition of The Nature Of Order, Christopher Alexander’s magnum opus.

Building Beauty, through its international postgraduate program and network of affiliated initiatives, has been committed to advancing awareness of “living structure” and implementing the “living process” in the built environment. LivableCityLAB at HKUST (GZ) is dedicated to research and education in living structure and AI-assisted design. Both institutions share a common mission: to foster wholeness, beauty and life in human-centered and sustainable environments.

In recognition of these shared values, these two programs have agreed to work together to establish offerings that make The Nature of Order and jointly sponsored courses with schedules that accommodate East Asian and Pacific time zones.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed at the recent 62nd International Making Cities Liveable conference in Potsdam, Germany.

Jim Brainard, Leslie Barrett, Michael Mehaffy, Yodan Rofe’, Marina Marino, and Bin Jiang. Photo by Ann Daigle