ABOUT
THE AUTHOR

Joshua Bolchover is an architect and Professor at The University of Hong Kong. His work focuses on innovating design strategies in developing regions undergoing rapid urbanization. He started a new impact enterprise in 2020 - District Development Unit - to scale initiatives designed to change how developing regions grow. He has written three books, Becoming Urban, 2023, Border Ecologies: Hong Kong’s Mainland Frontier, 2017, and Rural Urban Framework: Transforming the Chinese Countryside, 2014. He set up Rural Urban Framework with John Lin in 2005 with the remit to create a not-for-profit agency as a platform for design and research. Their projects have received international awards and have been exhibited globally. In recognition of Rural Urban Framework’s contribution to architectural discourse, their work has been acquired by MOMA, New York (2020) and the CCA Archive (2020)

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