Christophe Barthelemy

I was born in 1963 and lived in Italy then the UK until I was 8-year-old when my parent moved back to France, I studied in Paris and graduated in Architecture in 1987. My first professional experiences were in London then Paris. In 1996 I passed an M.Phil. in Architectural History and soon after I moved to HK where I taught architecture at the Chinese University Department of Architecture. From 1998 to 2019 I have been involved in a wide range of architectural projects locally and abroad. Parallel to this I have been studying and documenting the biology of the local bees and wasps, publishing over 20 scientific papers on the subject. I started R-Farm HK, a regenerative organic farm out of Kam Tin in 2021, with the aim to supply through Community Supported Agriculture local families with high quality nutritious vegetables devoid of any chemical agents and, in addition to this I set aside 10% of my production supplying vegetables to charities.

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Increase the awareness of the need of farms and farmers with government departments
2. Decrease our dependency on imported farm products (vegetables)
3. Increase biodiversity