Betty is the Founder and Director at COLLECTIVE.
She is a Registered Architect in the Netherlands, a RIBA Chartered Architect in the United Kingdom and an Associate member of the AIA, United States. Betty holds an M. Arch. Post Graduate Degree from Harvard University and a B. Arch. Professional Degree from Cornell University.
Betty is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), co-teaching Master Architecture Design Studio with COLLECTIVE Directors Chi-Yan Chan and Juan Minguez. She is previously Visiting Professor of Architecture at the National University of Singapore, Adjunct Assistant Professor at CUHK advising Master Thesis, and Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. She has also acted as External Examiner and Final Review Jury at RMIT, SUTD, NUS, CUHK and HKU.
Prior to setting up COLLECTIVE, Betty was Design Director at OMA Rotterdam with Pritzker Prize Laureate Rem Koolhaas, she has also practiced at Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and Massimiliano Fuksas in Rome. Throughout her career, she has worked on architecture projects internationally, covering China, Europe, United Kingdom, United States, Russia, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East.
Betty is currently a Committee Member of Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Hong Kong Chapter, Nominating Committee of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Hong Kong Chapter, Member of the International Women’s Forum, a Fellow of the 2024 Class of the Aspen Institute's China Fellowship Program and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Betty also participates actively on alumni affairs as a Board Director of The Cornell Club of Hong Kong and previously as Board Director of The Harvard Club of Hong Kong.
