Rick Lam is the co-founder and director of Architecture Commons. He received his BA (ArchStud) from HKU and his M Arch I from Harvard GSD. He has extensive work experience in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Boston, and New York on projects that span every scale from residential renovations to master planning, and these jobs have endowed him with keen aesthetics acumen, knowledge in dense urban operation, and social awareness across cultures. Rick was recently selected as one of the winners of the “40 Under 40” Award recognizing creative young talents, and the AIA Merit Awards 2017, among others. Since the founding of ACL, Rick has been working with the government, non-profits, NGOs and the private sector tackling a mixture of deep rooted social issues, from alienated youth, elderly care, environment, to health and education.
林彥卓先生為註冊建築師。畢業於香港大學和哈佛大學設計研究生院,並獲得了核心獎、論文獎、設計學院獎和彼得·賴斯結構創新獎。林氏曾在香港、東京 、波士頓和紐約等地區工作,擁有從事各種項目的豐富經驗,包括總體規劃、建築和產品設計。 他亦和不同非牟利組織和社會服務機構合作,項目多於二十多個,涉及各階層的深層次議題,例如青少年困境,老人護理,環境,健康和教育問題。林氏被評選為「四十驕子」,亦帶領團隊獲得AIA國際設計獎榮譽獎,同時也在香港珠海學院的建築系擔任評審工作。
Architect, entrepreneur, and urban thinker passionate about architecture and urban environments that have a lasting impact on society, Eric Ho is the co-founder and Director of Architecture Commons, a design agency for urban innovation.
Eric studied architecture at University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University Graduate School of Design, where he was the recipient of the Faculty Design Award. In addition to his passion in architecture, Eric has started a civic start-up MILES: a real estate platform for neighborhood and community good through activating underused storefront spaces, and Good Goods: a next generation shared economy platform for retail.
Eric has been invited to speak at various panels and events including Harvard Innovation Lab, Northside Innovation, Columbia University Studio X and TEDxDumbo. He has served as the judge committee for Harvard University’s annual Dean’s Cultural Entrepreneurship Challenge. His work has been published in New York Times, Huffington Post, Fast Company, Good Magazine and PSFK.
Eric is currently also a faculty member at Parsons School of Design in New York and teaches design thinking and design strategy in their Global Executive Masters Program in Strategic Design and Management. He is also a part-time faculty at Chinese University of Hong Kong School of Architecture. In 2019, he started “Neighbourhood Innovation Lab” in 2019 to tackle how we might design human-centred cities, one neighbourhood at a time.
何力輝是一位建築師、企業家和提倡城市發展的活躍人士,熱衷於建築和城市設計等範疇。現時,他是Architecture Commons 的聯合創辦人,提供城市創新設計顧問。
他曾在賓夕法尼亞大學和哈佛大學設計研究生院學習建築學,並獲得了哈佛學院設計獎。除了建築學的熱愛之外,Eric還創辦了一間為公民服務的初創企業MILES-活化空置的商舖空間,以及Good Goods : 共享零售平台,為社區提供創新的房地產服務。
何力輝曾受邀到不同機構演講,分享他的創業經驗,其中包括Harvard Innovation Lab,Northside Innovation,哥倫比亞大學StudioX,TEDxDumbo等等。他亦曾擔任哈佛大學年度院長文化創業挑戰賽的評委。他的作品曾在紐約時報、赫芬頓郵報、Fast Company、Good Magazine 和PSFK上發表。
他是紐約帕森斯設計學院的講師,並在其為高級管理人員報讀的設計策略和管理碩士課程中教授設計思維和設計策略。他目前也在中文大學建築學院授教建築。在2019年,他創辦了鄰里關係研究所,與不同的持份者設計以人為本的社區。