Supporting Organisation

Tin Ka Ping Foundation (The Foundation) is a registered non-profit charity organisation in Hong Kong, founded by Dr TIN Ka Ping in 1982. The Foundation upholds its mission to “promoting moral education and Chinese culture, and cooperating with the world to improve and dedicate to the quality of basic education in China”. It is the belief of the Foundation that the future of China lies in education, and it strives to support the education sector and other charitable endeavours through various projects.

About the competition

"STEAM Education: 3D Chinese Cultural Architectural Design Competition” (The Competition) is organised by the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology of the Education University of Hong Kong. The Competition seizes opportunities of the advancement of STEAM education and 3D-printing technology. Contestants are required to apply knowledge on Chinese culture, creativity and aesthetics to delicately design and 3D-print architecture or architectural compound model with Chinese cultural significance.

The Competition is divided into two phases, which are
(1) 3D model design competition, and
(2) exhibition of the outstanding models.

In the first phase, contestants of each team should demonstrate the history of Chinese architecture in the past century, and create an architecture or architectural compound model with Chinese cultural significance by using 3D-printing technology. Contestants may refer to traditional Chinese construction techniques, or the historical and modern architecture of more than 60 countries of the “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)”, in order to showcase the influence and contribution of Chinese culture around the world. After the Competition, all outstanding entries will be on public exhibition around the campus of the Education University of Hong Kong and at other appropriate venues.