Ar. Sing Yeung Sunnie LAU (HKIA) is the founding director of SOSArchitecture Urban Design Studio. Her professional development focuses on human-centered design, promoting inclusive communities through innovative sustainable design strategies.
She implemented the "Smart City" and "Sustainability" initiatives at the MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node (2019-2024) as director. She co-taught and led the 2021 "Hacking Kowloon East" IAP workshop and spring course with Professor Brent Ryan (MIT); and the 2022 "Beyond Smart Cities - 10-min Self-Sustainable Neighbors in Island South" IAP workshop with Professor Kent Larson (City Science Group, Media Lab, MIT); and Urban Technology Week 2023-2024 with MITDesignX, MAD, MIT.
Taking on the roles of both practitioner and educator, she has been promoting architecture through design, exhibition, writing as outreach, and community engagement. Her published research includes: “Inclusive Innovation and Growth in Kowloon East,” “Urban Mobility and Smart Infrastructure,” “Urban Resilience by Design: Adaptive Landscapes for Public Relations Development,” etc. She was a co-curator and exhibitor at the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture (Hong Kong)* in 2017 and 2019, and an exhibitor at the 2021 Architecture Biennale (Hong Kong)* in Venice.* Sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (formerly known as Create Hong Kong of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government).
