Dr. Yin-Lun Chan

Dr Yin-Lun Chan is a landscape architect and urban historian, current President of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects (HKILA); Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Design and Architecture at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi). He holds a PhD in Architectural History and Theory and Master of Landscape Architecture. He is also Chief Editor the HKILA Journal Yuanlin and Chair of the Centre for Community Cultural Development (CCCD). His teaching and research explore intersections of community arts and design and landscape architecture. He is editor of The Landscape Profession of Hong Kong, 1978–2015.

My Sustainability Goals for 2026:

• Initiating the landscape and ecological blueprint for Hong Kong
• Publishing the mini-forest guidelines
• Instigating the agenda on circular landscape practices