Date 11.10.2025

Location Hong Kong

Curating Homes: A Guide to Residential Design for Ageing-in-Place

Published by the CUHK JC Institute of Ageing, this essential resource focuses on designing senior living environments, providing a toolkit of architectural and operational strategies, aligned with the World Health Organization's principles of Healthy Ageing. Funded by Chinachem Group, this public-private partnership represents a five-year collaboration that draws insights from professionals in medicine, social work, and the built environment, along with the lived experiences of older adults and their caregivers in Hong Kong.

Available for free download and at Hong Kong public libraries, the guide facilitates knowledge exchange among architects and encourages adaptations for mainstream housing and post-occupancy evaluations. This also invites community participation in the design process, aiming to foster a user-centered environment that enhances social inclusion and health equity, ultimately empowering individuals to express their needs and ensuring that designs reflect community values from the outset.

For more details, please visit https://www.hkia.net/en/awards...

Congratulations to our faculty members Prof. Mo Kar Him and Ms. Rina Ko for winning the HKIA Special Awards in Research & Publication. The publication Curating Homes: A Guide to Residential Design for Ageing-in-Place is the outcome of a 5-year research by Prof. Mo Kar Him, Ms. Rina Ko and Prof. Woo Jean. with with the support of a dedicated team including Richard Lee, David Lin, Regina, Esther Ng, and Kenji. The project is generously funded by Chinachem. The work is a collaboration between CUHK JC Institute of Ageing, CUHK School of Architecture, and Happy Ageing Lab ( @happy.a.lab )

Open access to the guideline .