PangArchitect (PA) is a design practice established in 2010.
Based in Hong Kong and the United States, the office produces functional and original design solutions while embracing the unique qualities of each architectural problem. Site and program—to respect site context and to meet functional needs of the program—are our two guiding principles. Each project and each proposal is the result of methodical questioning and investigation, always challenging conventional standards and seeking innovations and alternatives. The dialogue between research and built forms provides balance between intellectual scrutiny and pragmatic solutions.
Current and past projects include a 6,000sqm dormitory on a bucolic university campus; a 10,000sqm university library renovation and the interior of a new learning commons addition; 2,500sqm office for a construction company; 1,000sqm, four-storey house for a multi-generational family with 3 branch households; and concept designs of a 30-storey office tower and a Buddhist learning center of 1,200sqm.
PangArchitect maintains a rigorous research agenda and situates academic research at the foundations of our design process. Major research projects include a study on Socialist cities conducted at Harvard Graduate School of Design; a commissioned study by M+, a new museum in Hong Kong, on contemporary museum typologies and interpretations of visual culture to define the vision and program of its 60,000sqm proposed facility at the West Kowloon Cultural District; and an on-going project on modern Japanese master Shinohara Kazuo, funded by the Graham Foundation and the Japan Foundation and in collaboration with Washington University in Saint Louis and the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich.
For project inquiries please email info@pangarchitect.com
For work opportunities please send CV and portfolio to jobs@pangarchitect.com
People
Angela Pang is the principal of PangArchitect, an independent design practice based in Hong Kong and Boston. Pang earned her Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and Master of Architecture II from Harvard Graduate School of Design. Before establishing PangArchitect, she worked in the office of Rafael Moneo in Madrid and SANAA in Tokyo. She was the Visiting Associate Professor at the Sam Fox School and has taught both option design studio and the master thesis Degree Project.
Chung-yin Po joined PangArchitect since 2011. He stations in the Hong Kong studio. Po earned his Bachelor of Architecture from University of Greenwich, London and Master of Architecture from The University of Hong Kong. Before joining PangArchitect, he worked in the office of Foster and Partners in London and HTA in London, participated in large scale master planning and public infrastructural design.
Previous Collaborators
Eric Chan, Sum-yee Cheng, Mau-yuen Cheng, Cheryl Cheung, Pui-kin Cheung, Wilson Fung, Keith Hui, Natalie Lau, Kai-sun Luk, Siu Man, Anthony Yip
List of Works
New Asia College 300 Place Student Dormitory
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013 - 2023
Lingnan Library Spatial Reorganization and Information Commons
Lingnan University, 2016- 2022
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library Extension
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2022
The Hong Kong Literature Hub
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021
Digital Scholarship Lab
The Chinese University of Hong Kong University Library, 2016
University Library Spatial Reorganization and Renovation
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011-2014
The Learning Garden
University Library at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011-2014
Proposal for Exhibition “Dismantling the Scaffold” and Old Bailey Galleries Furniture
Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, 2017
The Harbour School New Campus
The Harbour School, Hong Kong, 2015
Concept Design for Office Headquarter at Wing Hong Street
Cheung Sha Wan, 2014
An Office Space in Sheung Wan
Hong Kong, 2015
Oncology Medical Clinic
Hong Kong, 2016
Private House Renovation Project in Kowloon Tong
Hong Kong, 2005
Private House Concept Design and Feasibility Study
Ting Kau, Hong Kong, 2016
Small House, Farm & Recreation
Taipo, Hong Kong, 2017
Montmatre Market Competition
Paris, 2016
Lithuanua National Science and Innovation Center Competition
Nemunas Island, 2016
News
PangArchitect is hiring an Architectural Assistant. Please send CV and portfolio to jobs@pangarchitect.com
PangArchitect receives two HKIA Awards for New Asia College Dormitory, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library Extension.
PangArchitect receives Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library Extension.
Awards
HKIA Award of Hong Kong - Residential Building, for the Chinese University New Asia College dormitory, 2023
HKIA Special Award - Interior Design, for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library Extension, 2023
Architect’s Newspaper Best of Design Award - Library, for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Library Extension, 2022
World Architecture Festival award - Highly Commended, for the Chinese University New Asia College dormitory, 2021
Dezeen Design Award, Civic Interior, long-listed, for the Chinese University of Hong Kong University Library, 2021
Honorable mention, Walk DVRC International Design Competition, 2021
HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Award, 2019
FuturArc Green Leadership Award, 2016
Green Building Award from the Hong Kong Green Building Council, for the Chinese University New Asia College dormitory, 2014
Hong Kong Institute of Architect (HKIA) Annual Awards - Special Architectural Award, for the University Library and the Learning Garden, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013
Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards Top 10 Public Space in Asia Pacific, for the University Library and the Learning Garden, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013
Publications and Research
“The Same, The Difference - Architecture of Jan de Vylder”, a+u, 2017; editor
“M+ Research”, West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, 2011; editor
“Implementing Architecture: Cornell and the Education of Architects,” a+u, issue No. 428; editor
“A Primer to Modern Architecture: book review of Rafael Moneo’s Design Strategies and Theoretical Anxieties, Japanese edition,” Shinkenchiku, June 2008 issue
“Bi-Polar City: Urban development for the city of Wenzhou, China,” Shan Shui City: Urban Development in Wenzhou, China, Harvard Design School, edited by Peter Rowe and Wu Yue, 2001
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, Museum+ Research Consultancy, Hong Kong, 2011
Exhibitions
Shinohara Kazuo: ModernNext
Druker Design Gallery, Harvard GSD, 2019
Two Exhibitions / Shinohara Kazuo: On the Threshold of Space Making
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2014
ETH Zurich Gallery, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, 2016
Mutsuro Sasaki: Morphogenesis of Flux Structure
Steinburg Gallery, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2016
How to Learn Better: A Retrospective on the Learning Garden
Hysan Place, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Shenzhen Architecture Biennale 2017
How to Learn Better II
The Chinese University of Hong Kong University Library, 2018
Dissolving the core: A Landscape in Tower Design
Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition, 2018
Play DVRC, Walk DVRC competition entry
Youth Center Hong Kong, 2020
Credits
Website design: Neil Donnelly and Siiri Tännler
Website development: Julia Novitch