{"id":7192,"date":"2026-08-17T17:40:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T09:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fac.arch.hku.hk\/summer\/hk\/cdla\/?page_id=7192"},"modified":"2026-08-18T14:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T06:42:51","slug":"synthesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fac.arch.hku.hk\/summer\/hk\/cdla\/synthesis\/","title":{"rendered":"#SYNTHESIS #Day8-10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MODULE E : HOW CAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SYNTHESIZE COMPLEX SYSTEMS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In this final module, students continued to learn from local and global practitioners through talks, discussions, and reflections, with a focus on the landscape design process from concept to completion. Active engagement with experts in the field provides students with valuable insights into landscape architecture as a discipline, while a range of activities encouraged them to reflect on their full learning journey. Students integrated observations, mappings, fieldwork insights, narratives, conceptual strategies, and model-making skills into a final landscape intervention proposal. The final model synthesized micro elements, meso relationships, macro systems, and hybrid conditions, culminating in a public exhibition that showcases the work developed throughout the programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DLA by <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashley Scott Kelly <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BALS Program Director, Ashley Scott Kelly, presented the DLA\u2019s current diverse and unique programs, as well as the broad spectrum of career paths within the landscape discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Ashley Scott Kelly (DLA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From DLA to Practice <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Haven Lee, an MLA alumni and Committee Member of YLAG shares his professional career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathew is Associate Professor of Teaching and a landscape architect with more than 30 years\u2019 experience in nature-based landscape practice in Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the UK. He is a Fellow and Past President of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA), a Registered Landscape Architect in Hong Kong, and a Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute in the UK. He qualified as an ISA Certified Arborist in 2015, and is currently an HKILA Accredited Arborist. His landscape architectural practice has been recognized in design awards from HKILA and the Landscape Institute in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Mathew Pryor (DLA) & Haven Lee (YLAG)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Students showcased their final projects and presented key moments from their design processes. The exhibition brought together the work produced throughout the two-week CDLA journey, from research and mappings to models and design proposals. It also provided a space for conversations and reflections on the role of landscape architecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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