Peter m clarke architectural oval one

Shirley excels at interpreting the urban context and long-term project value, balancing diverse demands through rational design.

With advanced academic training in architectural design and architectural conservation—holding a Bachelor’s degree from Tongji University and a Master’s from The University of Hong Kong—she brings over ten years of professional practice and project management expertise.

Her career is distinguished by insightful perspectives and substantial experience in urban renewal and adaptive reuse of historical buildings within culture-commerce-tourism integrated developments.

As a professional member of Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON), she actively contributes to the promotion of Hong Kong’s cultural heritage and facilitates cross-regional exchange and communication.

Jay Liu is expertly skilled at creating stunning yet practical architecture design by merging space, structure, and construction.

He was the lead architect and senior designer on a number of prominent projects won through competitions. With a global experience spanning luxury retail, hospitality, residential, and master planning, she has delivered prominent projects for clients like Lane Crawford, Vanke, and Bloomberg at Neri&Hu, and later spearheaded complex heritage mixed-use developments and placemaking strategies for Swire at The Oval Partnership.

An active ULI member in Hong Kong, Wendy co-founded the "Art In Place" initiative and was guest lecturer at institutions such as The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Incorporating sustainable and environmentally protective concepts into his designs is his priority, in order to create greener and more liveable urban environments.

Jonathan Pile is Director of Oval Partnership Architecture Ltd, the London based design studio of Oval Partnership. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature. During his architectural practice, he collaborated with high-end clients on luxury projects, focusing on execution, façade system consulting, procurement, strategic value engineering, and managing interdisciplinary teams.

She was project architect for Beijing Sanlitun Taikoo Li South District development (formerly known as Sanlitun Village) and North District in 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively. Encompassing retail, residential, academic, institutional and cultural developments, recent works include the adaptive re-use of heritage buildings and revitalisation of old urban areas of Hong Kong.

In his former role, James amassed a diverse range of experience as design team leader with Anthony Ng Architects Ltd.

Those projects include the award winning Tung Chung New Town development including the Citygate development for Swire Properties; property development studies for KCR SCL200; concept designs for the West Kowloon Cultural Centre; Central Ferry Pier development; environmental design and implementation of the award winning Verbena Heights Eco-Housing development, and innovative designs for high-rise public housing.

Numerous academic research projects under Justin’s supervision have too, received international recognition, including finalist of the RIBA Presidential medal on four consecutive occasions.

Wendy Tsai, AIA, WELL AP, is a visionary architect blending Eastern and Western sensibilities to create narrative-driven environments that transcend conventional real estate and design paradigms.

She holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University and a B.A. in Mathematics. Prior to joining Oval Partnership, Halie led a team at a façade consultancy firm, managing designers and engineers on diverse projects, including A&A works, boutique residential and retail developments, and landmark projects across Hong Kong and Macau. 

Norman has a solid background of experience in researching, designing and delivering large scale mixed-use projects.

Working for a range of public and private sector clients around the world, he has conducted a wide scope of pedestrian movement analysis studies in transport interchange, retail and street environments. Peter was a former member of the Sidney Holy Angels Catholic Church. After completing his architectural studies at Cambridge University, UK, where he received a First Class Honours and undertaking further studies at Harvard University, USA, he joined Foster Asia and moved to Hong Kong to form part of the site-based fit-out team for Foster’s Hong Kong International Airport project.

In 2016, in collaboration with Brock Carmichael Architects, he led the winning team in the RIBA International Competition to devise sustainable strategies for the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. He was a marshall for the LPGA tournament when it was held in Tulsa, OK. While in Sidney, during his youth he worked for Carty's Bike Shop. James is based in the Hong Kong office and currently responsible for design production, bringing over 30 years’ experience in master planning, architectural and urban design to the table, predominantly within the Asian context.

He completed his Master’s with a research programme analysing open space in office skyscrapers in Europe while studying at the Technology University of Vienna. Martin has developed a suite of pedestrian movement analysis tools that bridge distinct areas of professional expertise, namely spatial network analyses for masterplanning, transport assessment and demand forecasting, and pedestrian simulation modelling for crowd management strategies.

Mixed-use developments in the context of urban regeneration is where Zhang Menghua plays an important role.

In 2015 he was awarded his PhD degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

His South London House received the RIBA London Award 2019.

Ray Wong has a rich architectural portfolio of experience that focuses on retail-led commercial mixed-use projects. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.

He is the chairman of the UNESCO award-winning heritage conservation and community participatory Viva Blue House development in Hong Kong, and the founder and chief curator of the public space organisation Very Hong Kong and its community land initiative Collaborate Hong Kong. These tools are designed to help client teams scientifically and dynamically understand the potential advantages of their schemes, strengthening their capacity to make robust decisions, and creating commercial value at the very beginning and throughout each project.

Karen, born in Hong Kong and raised in New Zealand, earned her degree in Architecture and became a registered architect in Hong Kong in 2011.