CPD Seminar: Designing with Nature’s Intelligence - AI-Informed Ecological Design: A Non-Human-Centred Approach to Self-Regenerating Nature-Based Solutions

Date: 27 November 2026 (Friday)

Time: 7pm - 8:30pm

Language: English supplemented with Putonghua

CPD Hours: 1.5

Admission: HK$100 / Member; HK$200 / Non-member

Quota: In person: 80; Zoom: 500 (First-come-first-served)

Delivery: Hybrid (Pre-registration required)

Registration: Here

Overview:

Nature is a living asset whose condition and value change through growth, seasons, disturbance and care.

Landscapes continue to evolve after completion, interacting with changing climate and weather. Yet

conventional design processes often lack the continuity needed to anticipate and respond to these

interactions. How can architects make observation, prediction and adaptation a continuous design process?

This seminar introduces Predictive Ecological Design, connecting a comprehensive, high-resolution

understanding of a site with simulation, continuous observation and learning. It explores design criteria

beyond appearance and planting coverage—including thermal comfort, water regulation, biodiversity, habitat

connectivity and resilience. AI-assisted modelling helps reveal future risks and opportunities and compare

design responses before intervention. Continuous sensing and ecological observation then test predictions

against actual responses, allowing design and maintenance to adapt as conditions change. The seminar

reimagines nature-based solutions as living systems whose ecological and social value must be understood,

nurtured and evaluated over time.

Speakers:

Mr. Haoran Wang

Founder and Director, Dycepher

MArch, AA Diploma

Architectural Association School of Architecture, London

Mr. Edward Wan Chi Hang

Project Lead, LivingOrigin

HK Tech 300 Seed Fund team member (Factgie)

Moderator:

Ar. Anne Zhang

CTO, Co-Founder of AAL INNOVATION

Registered Architect (HKIA)

Member, CPD Office, HKIA