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Dr. Chris Cowell is a Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory at the Department of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong. He specializes in the historical interplay between architecture, urbanism, and societal health, with a focus on non-European contexts across the 18th to 20th centuries.
- Accepting PhD Students
- Research spans colonialism, infrastructure, and health impacts on urban development
His 2024 monograph Form Follows Fever examines how malaria shaped Hong Kong's colonial architecture through disease-driven urban planning and medical geography. This interdisciplinary work bridges architectural history with public health studies.
Current research interests include: colonial infrastructure, health-society-architecture dynamics, and postcolonial urban analysis.
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