About
Atelier In.
Comprising Veera Fung and Melody Yiu, Atelier In. is a design collaborative that aims to bring awareness to gender issues in everyday living through research and creative design initiatives.
Our works focus on women's everyday inhabitation. Using objects, settings, and people as the tripartite investigation lens, we document the day-to-day living of women as a way to explore how gendered experiences manifest in everyday spaces in Hong Kong. For us, mundane practices in these everyday spaces are not mere homogeneous occurrences in our society, but rather the very sources that define the unique identity of each woman, who dwells, make use of, and experiences the city in their own specific way. By identifying and foregrounding these individualities, we inquire how inclusive design can accommodate the diversified gendered needs.
This website is a working platform where we share our projects, findings, and ideas to evoke thoughts, discussions, and action plans for community implementation of a better living environment.
VISION
To create an inclusive city where every gendered bodies can feel safe, free, and belong
VALUE
Inclusivity
Stay curious
Long-term impact
MISSION
With research and active collaboration with different stakeholders, we promote inclusive design to address gender issues that exists in the built environment
Our Team
Fung Sze Wai Veera
Founder
Veera Fung is an architectural designer and research associate at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She recently completed her doctoral thesis on gender and domestic architecture, exploring women’s everyday practices in homes and neighbourhoods in rural China and their implications on traditional village revitalisation. With her profound interest in community empowerment and social innovation, she establishes an architectural collaborative Atelier In. and questions how design can contribute to creating a gender-inclusive city. Prior to her scholarly pursuit, Veera practised in overseas and local offices and engaged in various architectural projects.
Yiu Hoi Lam Melody
Creative Partner
Melody Yiu is an urban designer and researcher with focus in cultural architecture, institution, and public space. Her prior practice in urban design is recognized through award-winning projects of large-scale masterplan, sustainable development, and urban landscape. Since returning to Hong Kong in 2018, Melody takes this professional knowledge and insight, integrating with her interest in cultural practice to pursue research on urbanism and cultural development issues. She is currently a lecturer and PhD candidate at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.