The Visegrad Group countries (known as V4, consisting of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), as part of the Czech V4 Presidency, have partnered with the School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Docomomo Hong Kong to organize an exhibition, panel talks and walking tours focusing on the postwar modern architecture in V4 countries and Hong Kong.

In recent years, V4 countries and Hong Kong have been confronting similar challenges in the conservation of their modern architectural heritage under rapid urban redevelopment. This event will offer a timely opportunity to examine some of the paralleled issues in the two contexts in the past and future.

The exhibition includes two sections. The first is “ICONIC RUINS?”, a travelling exhibition organized by Czech Centres in cooperation with curators from all four countries (under the EU project “Shared Cities”) with a focus on the paralleled development of postwar socialist architecture among V4 countries. The second section showcases representative examples of modernist architecture in Hong Kong.Group countries (known as V4, consisting of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), as part of the Czech V4 Presidency, have partnered with the School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Docomomo Hong Kong to organize an exhibition, panel talks and walking tours focusing on the postwar modern architecture in V4 countries and Hong Kong.

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