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COLLECTIVE COLLECTIVE is an International Architecture Office practicing Architecture, Interiors and Urban Design.

They are a research and concept driven architecture practice that offer powerful narratives, insist on Clarity, Beauty and Function. While remaining dedicated to the realization of Architecture, COLLECTIVE also engage in Academia, Preservation, Strategies, Scenography, Exhibition Architecture and Experiential Art. Founded by Betty Ng in 2015, COLLECTIVE is co-directed by Juan Minguez, Katja Lam and Chi Yan Chan, consist of a very diverse team with an international background. The team members have previously practiced closely with international architecture offices including those of Pritzker Prize winning architecture studios of Rem Koolhaas/ OMA, Herzog & de Meuron as senior members, and at various renowned studios worldwide. COLLECTIVE is globally oriented and strongly rooted in Asia, headquartered in Hong Kong with studios in Madrid and San Francisco/ New York.

Shenzhen Ludan Water Depot Public Sports Hall - The Sports Hall sits right on top of an existing water depot that is loc...
04/08/2026

Shenzhen Ludan Water Depot Public Sports Hall - The Sports Hall sits right on top of an existing water depot that is located along the Shenzhen River, a border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong S.A.R.



The Sports Hall sits at an obliged angle addressing the public facing side towards the water filtration plant to the West and the more intimate side addressing the cluster of residential towers to the East. The accessible ridge of the building points towards Hong Kong to the South and Shenzhen to the North as viewing points towards both ends.



The enormous roof is an accessible public terrace that also performs as an over-scaled stepped drain collecting water for the park on ground level and the existing water depot underneath.



The Sports Hall hosts 2 levels of sports courts and community programs linking up with the planned Shenzhen River waterfront promenade in the making.

“The three principals of COLLECTIVE, a Hong Kong–based firm with global reach, first met at the Harvard Graduate School ...
28/02/2026

“The three principals of COLLECTIVE, a Hong Kong–based firm with global reach, first met at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.”

A Chinese, an American and a Spanish met at Harvard GSD, each accumulated experiences internationally. Met again in Hong Kong and now co-creating projects cross countries together with the team at COLLECTIVE composed of 8 nationalities.


House for an Art Collector in progress at Northfield, Massachusetts, USA
17/01/2026

House for an Art Collector in progress at Northfield, Massachusetts, USA


Tai Kwun tour led by our Director for .ethz ETH Zurich Department of Architecture’s Seminar Week in Hong Kong led by Pr...
01/11/2025

Tai Kwun tour led by our Director for .ethz ETH Zurich Department of Architecture’s Seminar Week in Hong Kong led by Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung – retracing the history and architectural transformation of a historical heritage site into a new cultural destination.

11月1日（土）13:00 - 14:30 DESIGNART GALLERY TALK EVENT[01] Brave hybrid今年のテーマを象徴する2組のクリエイター SpeakerZEN、Betty Ng（COLLECTIVE） ...
28/10/2025

11月1日（土）13:00 - 14:30

DESIGNART GALLERY TALK EVENT
[01] Brave hybrid今年のテーマを象徴する2組のクリエイター

Speaker
ZEN、Betty Ng（COLLECTIVE）

at DESIGNART GALLERY
*MEDIA DEPARTMENT TOKYO 3F

*予約推奨

▼お申し込みはこちらから
https://designartgallery-talk01.peatix.com

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Saturday, November 1st, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Design Art Gallery Talk Event
[01] Brave Hybrid: Two groups of creators featuring this year’s theme

Speaker: Betty Ng Zeng (group)

At Design Art Gallery
*Media Department Store Tokyo, 3rd floor

*Reservations recommended

▼link for tickets
https://designartgallery-talk01.peatix.com

COLLECTIVE’s first installation project in Tokyo, opening on 31 Oct at Media Department Tokyo, ShibuyaTeam COLLECTIVE: I...
28/10/2025

COLLECTIVE’s first installation project in Tokyo, opening on 31 Oct at Media Department Tokyo, Shibuya

Team COLLECTIVE: Ivan Santoso ( Concept to Completion) and Vinci Wong ( Concept ) 🫡

Headquartered in Hong Kong, with team members in London, Madrid, and Perth, COLLECTIVE remains globally oriented while strongly rooted in Asia.

So thankful to our Japanese friends Kumiko Ikada and Misako Fujimoto .llc for sending over snippets 🤍❤️
Gratitude to Akio Aoki for including us and Chihiro Aldeen for the introduction 🙏🏼

One of our favourite displays COLLECTIVE designed for “The Strength of the Lord” by Georgiana Houghton, 1864.12.08Georgi...
14/10/2025

One of our favourite displays COLLECTIVE designed for “The Strength of the Lord” by Georgiana Houghton, 1864.12.08

Georgiana Houghton (1814-1884) performed a séance in which she communicated with her sister Zilla, an accomplished artist who had passed away nine years earlier, this incident convinced her that the session was not only real but a blessing from God compatible with her devout Christianity.

Houghton then entered training to become a medium and would channel a number of spirits in the production of these extraordinary watercolors. On their reverse are annotations, handwritten by the artist in the voice of the spirit she was channeling.

The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale Séance: Technology of the Spirit, Seoul Museum of Art

Photo: COLLECTIVE


One and a half month into COLLECTIVE’s 5th year at The School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong for the o...
13/10/2025

One and a half month into COLLECTIVE’s 5th year at The School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong for the one year Master of Architecture design research studio, our Directors are bringing 11 students to Shangri-Li and Cizhong Village in Yunnan, China for a one week field trip this week.

This studio mobilizes Architecture’s Agency as a diplomatic practice, rejecting the fiction of it producing merely autonomous objects. Our test site for this investigation will be in Yunnan, China, where we will be visiting 4 wineries meeting winemakers and their team on the field, at one the world’s highest altitude up to 2,700 meter above sea level.

We see architecture as a device where the diplomacy of production, from microbes, soil, climate, geology, human, economy to tourism etc, composing the notion of ‘terroir’ must be spatially negotiated.



Our biggest gratitude for the wine makers and their team to receive us during their very busy harvest season, allowing us to see and experience it all - very much look forward to the week!
.muxin .wine


#木杺酒庄 #小圃酿造 #小圃

Image Credits: Right - Dominio del Águila, La Aguilera, Burgos, Spain_Photo by Estanis Núñez / Left - Ao Yun winery, Yunnan, China_Photo by Tomohide Yamaguchi

This is the 5th year our COLLECTIVE Directors co-teach a Master of Architecture design studio together at The School of ...
04/09/2025

This is the 5th year our COLLECTIVE Directors co-teach a Master of Architecture design studio together at The School of Architecture, at Chinese University of Hong Kong

On the Master program orientation week, our Director Professor Chi Yan Chan was invited to give a guest lecture on behalf of COLLECTIVE, sharing our work culture, current projects and how we integrate research and teaching with architectural practice.

COLOR MANIFESTO“Séance: Technology of the Spirit”The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale2025.08.26-2025.11.23Authors: Anton Vi...
22/08/2025

COLOR MANIFESTO

“Séance: Technology of the Spirit”
The 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale
2025.08.26-2025.11.23

Authors: Anton Vidokle, Hallie Ayres, Lukas Brasiskis, Sanna Almajedi, Ben Eastham, nonplace studio, and COLLECTIVE

Color is not secondary.

We reject the neutral space.

Color is a medium of experience.

We use color to organize the exhibition.

Gradients replace transitions.

Color is political.

There is no such thing as “pure” color.

Color is embodied.

Color is therapeutic.

Color is not institutional.

Color is the structure.

Full Manifesto link on Bio:
https://mediacityseoul.kr/en/tomorrow/research/color-manifesto-for-the-13th-seoul-mediacity-biennale

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