CHINA'S building construction projects will benefit from the advanced architectural information technology now being generated by Hong Kong professionals, an architecture lecturer said.
At the Information Technology Fair '94 organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dr Tsou Jin-yeu, director of the Architecture Computer Laboratory and a lecturer in the university's Department of Architecture, told Campus Post the mainland would use a new computer package put together in the territory.
'The Ministry of Construction (MOC) of China, which regulates all construction projects in the mainland, will use the Hong Kong-produced Architecture Teaching and Information System (ATIS) to learn about four prototypes of housing projects in Hong Kong and China,' Dr Tsou said.
'Even though they [China's architecture students and professionals] still cannot get into our computer network, they will be able to use CD-ROMs to read our information,' he said.
The Chinese University's Centre for Planning, Architecture and Development produced ATIS - a CD-ROM package supplemented with videos and text - in collaboration with the ministry, the Architectural Society of China and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Architectural schools, design institutes and professional offices in Hong Kong and China will have access to the ATIS project after a meeting in Beijing in April next year.
'We have to be very meticulous about disseminating the architectural information because there is a very huge responsibility behind it,' Dr Tsou said.