Cheung-Koon Yim

Cheung-Koon Yim, affectionately known as Chino Yim (11 December 1936 – 8 November 2025),[1] was a Chinese-born architect and university professor, active in Uruguay.[2]

Biography

Yim was born in Beijing. He arrived in Uruguay aged 16, together with his family, fleeing from the Chinese Civil War. Upon arrival in Montevideo, he started a quick adaptation process, learning Spanish in record time.[3] At age 19, he entered the School of Architecture at the University of the Republic, graduating as an Architect 9 years later. Soon afterwards, he became one of its most notable faculty members, leading a big project workshop for decades. He also participated in territorial planning for housing cooperatives and informal settlements in the interior of the country.[2] In the 1990s, he joined the infrastructure works monitoring committee for the Colonia-Buenos Aires bridge project.[4]

He decided to establish the Uruguay-China Cultural Integration Centre, becoming its first teacher. In 1985, he helped erect the monument to the philosopher Confucius in Parque Rodó.[2] He also worked as director of then newly established Confucius Institute in Uruguay.[3] He died on 8 November 2025 in Montevideo, aged 88.[5]

Yim married three times and was father of four: Nanshi, Ania, Yuyú, and Iang.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary of Cheung-Koon Yim". El Observador (in Spanish). 9 November 2025. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Cheung Koon Yim: el uruguayo nacido en China". Telemundo (in Spanish). 29 September 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b Laborde, Gerardo (5 April 2018). "Yim, el arquitecto chino y uruguayo que acerca dos culturas". Xinhuanet.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Comisión Nacional del Puente Buenos Aires-Colonia" (PDF). UdelaR (in Spanish). 21 November 1994. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. ^ Cheung, Jonathan Chun-Hei; Koo, Chi Hung; Lam, Koon Ngai (June 2021). "A Woman With Neck Swelling and Cardiac Arrest". Chest. 159 (6): e425–e427. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.077. ISSN 0012-3692.
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