Personal profile
Personal profile
Lok Hang Cheung is a PhD candidate with over five years of practicing experience in both commercial and research-based architecture offices in London and Hong Kong.
Research interests
His current research focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in human-computer interaction (HCI)-based architecture (conversational built environment) and development of AI tools for architectural design process.
Teaching
Position: Teaching Assistant
2025-06
DES105 - Design Language and Artificial Intelligence
ARCH711 - Design Studio (University of Liverpool)
2024-05
ARC411 - Practice Based Enquiry and Architectural Representation
ARC404 - Design Studio
2023-04
ARC411 - Practice Based Enquiry and Architectural Representation
ARC413 - Design Studio
ARC410 - Design Studio
2022-2023
ARC102 - Design Studio
2020-2021
DigitalFutures online workshop "Hacking Machine Learning Style Transfer 早期设计中的机器学习工作流"
ARC304 - Design Studio
2019-2020
ARC415 - Design Studio
Awards and honours
2025
1st Prize, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education (DoE) Scholarship (Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan PhD students)
Teaching Asisstant Award, Academic Excellence Award, XJTLU
Excellence Award & Creative Unit Award, 2nd Jiangsu Provincial University 'Chao Xing Cup' Graduate Information Retrieval Competition
2024
1st Prize, Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education (DoE) Scholarship (Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan PhD students)
1st Prize, Teaching Assistant Award, Design School Recognition Scheme of Education Excellence, XJTLU
2023
Artwork "Post-AI Era: The Spiritual Exploration of Robots" shortlisted and exhibited at AIGC Youth Immersive Creative Art Exhibition of 2023 Chinese Global Youth Development Summit (Shenzhen) & The Great Bay Youth Summit (Shenzhen, Hongkong, Macau)
2022
Postgraduate Research Scholarship (PGRSB211206), XJTLU
2021
Nominated for RIBA President's Medals - Silver Medal
Nominated for RIBA President's Medals - Dissertation Medal
Nominated for RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship
Student Prize - Best Model Award, XJTLU
2020
Student Prize - Best Environmental Strategy Award, XJTLU
2019
Master Entry Scholarship, XJTLU
2017
James Dyson Design Award, National Runner-up (Hong Kong), with MARS (Manifold Architecture Robotics Studio)
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Architectural Design (Distinction), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
2 Sept 2019 → 15 Jul 2021
Award Date: 15 Jul 2021
Bachelor, Arts in Architecture, University of Brighton
1 Sept 2013 → 22 Jun 2015
Award Date: 22 Jun 2015
Person Types
- Students
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Active
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TIF: DES Gateway - an AI-enhanced, TransNational design education platform
Lombardi, D. (PI), Tedjosaputro, M. (CoPI), Albano, S. (CoPI), Beech, H. (CoPI) & Cheung, H. (CoI)
1/10/25 → 31/08/26
Project: Internal Research Project
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AI-Enhanced Conversational Built Environment: A Case Study on a Meditation Zone Design for the Sustainable Future Competition 2024
Cheung, L. H., Lombardi, D. & Di Marco, G., 2026, SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology. Springer, p. 161-170 10 p. (SpringerBriefs in Architectural Design and Technology; vol. Part F1429).Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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AI-enhanced conversational design processes: A systematic review
Cheung, L. H., Agkathidis, A., Dall’Asta, J. C. & Di Marco, G., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Architectural Computing.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Agentic, Multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) with Behavioural Parameters and Self-iterative Capabilities for Conversational Architectural Design Processes
Cheung, L. H., Lombardi, D. & Di Marco, G., 14 Nov 2025, In: Architectural Science Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access -
Collaborative, Conversational Architectural Design Process between Human Designers and Multimodal Agentic AIs for Early-stage Design Exploration
Cheung, L. H., Wang, L. & Dall'Asta, J. C., 2 Jul 2025, CAAD FUTURES 2025: Catalytic Interfaces. Vol. 1. p. 177-192Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Proceeding › peer-review
Open Access -
Conversational, Agentic AI-enhanced Architectural Design Process: Three approaches to multimodal AI-enhanced early-stage performative design exploration
Cheung, L. H., Wang, L. & Lei, D., 3 Jul 2025, In: Architectural Intelligence. 4, 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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ConvoAI: a Conversational AI Design Partner for Early-stage Architectural Design Processes
Cheung, H. (Speaker)
30 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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ConvoAI: Conversational Use of AI in Design Process
Cheung, H. (Speaker)
23 Jan 2026Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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eCAADe 2026 (Event)
Cheung, H. (Reviewer)
Jan 2026 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review
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The 2025 Computational Design Symposium of Computational Design Academic Committee of Chinese Architectural Society2025计算性设计学术论坛暨中国建筑学会计算性设计专业委员会年会
Wang, L. (Participant), Lei, D. (Participant), Cheung, H. (Participant) & Zeng, Z. (Participant)
10 Nov 2025 → 14 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
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International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (Journal)
Cheung, H. (Reviewer)
Oct 2025 → …Activity: Peer-review and editorial work of publications › Publication Peer-review