Dr. Joseph Francis Wong received a Bachelor of Arts in architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, earned a Master of Architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed his Doctorate of Education at the University of Leicester. He taught architectural design and theory as an associate professor at the City University of Hong Kong for 19 years. He was also the vice principal of the Hong Kong Design Institute for four years. Dr. Joseph Francis Wong has been the executive director of the Hong Kong Design Centre since 2021.

Moreover, Dr. Joseph Francis Wong is a fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, where he served on both the Board of Internal Affairs and the Board of Educational Affairs, and chaired the Environment and Sustainable Design Committee. His research on open building and spatial/visual field analysis has been presented and published at many conferences and in various journals, including Design Studies, Habitat International, Environment and Planning B and Journal of Architecture. In recognition of his contribution to design education, Dr. Joseph Francis Wong was awarded the Berkeley Prize International Fellowship in 2014.