Team
Current
Jason Hilgefort//Changding Li(Richard)//Roy Fan // Yanchen Wang// Qi Huang//Boshi Chen//Zhicheng guo// Yubin Yan//Cheng Li// Furong Li // Heather Lam
Alumni
Michaela Ivanová // Vladimír Lengyel // Rita Wang // Adeline Kou // Lilian Chung // Carmen Kwok // Sylvia Yeung // Aijing Li // Erica Wong // Constance He // James Ng // Xiao Chen // Jiahua Zou// Jia Wei // Ruijie Liu // Sarah Cheang // Bryan Wong // Sabrina Chau // Angelica Fung // Klaus Li // Jennifer Yip // Stan Yu // Bobby Zhou // Ceas Chong // Nicole Lau // Mengran Zhang// Siyin Luo // Heather Lam // Guoyi Wang // Shuyi Zhang // Jiameng Tang // Ziyue Chen // Bihe Zhang // Haoshuo Qiu // Yunjie Jiang // Feiru Deng // Yunjie Jiang // Shijing Zhang
Founder, Director
Jason Hilgefort is an urbanist | architect who studied at the University of British Columbia, University of Cincinnati, and is currently a PHD candidate at RMIT. His work experience ranges from New York, Rotterdam, to Mumbai and includes working with Peter Calthorpe, Rahul Mehrotra, Maxwan A+U, and ZUS. He won Europan 11 in Vienna and subsequently founded Land+Civilization Compositions, a Rotterdam | Hong Kong | Shenzhen based studio exploring issues at the ever expanding edge of urbanism that views city creation as an art forum. Jason's teaching experience includes Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Finland, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. He was a subcurator in the Shenzhen/Hong Kong Urbanism/Architecture Biennale and a co-director of its educational platform. Currently he is an Adjunct Professor at Hong Kong University Faculty of Architecture and the Academic Director of Aformal Academy for urbanism | landscape | public art in Shenzhen. He is also a regular writer, contributing to assorted publications over the years including Volume, uncube, SITE and more. He recently co-founded the Institute for Autonomous Urbanism which is focused on how the disruptive developments of dispersed infrastructure frame a moment in time where we can fundamentally reconceive of how we make, fund, and even conceptualize the world that surrounds us.
Lead Urban Researcher
Elfie
Elfie has been collaborating with the office since early 2022. She is a keen researcher of the public realm and all its complexities. She also represents the office’s interests in animal rights and their habitat needs. Elfie’s networking abilities within our community has lead to deeper ties to, understandings of, as well as what it really means to be ‘a local’. She has consistently shared her beliefs on the need for more direct access to waterfronts for the public, the need for playscapes, and barrier free crossings. Her ongoing curiosity in regards to public space detailing, drainage issues, and waste management - consistently inspires the team to rethink what constitutes a quality shared inclusive environment for all. She also appreciates belly rubs, likes to chase [but not touch!] birds, and devours snacks of almost all varieties.
Also has aliases of ‘Wolfie’ and ‘Carrot’.
