Tete-Beche: Re- examining the public/private in Urban Hong Kong

Why? Thesis Statement ‘If you’re asking people to be content with less private space, then you have to give them more shared space – but it has to be great space, public space that people want to use…’ – Bing

Tete-Beche: Re- examining the public/private in Urban Hong Kong

Why? Thesis Statement ‘If you’re asking people to be content with less private space, then you have to give them more shared space – but it has to be great space, public space that people want to use…’ – Bing

Commemorating Through Architecture

STATEMENT Hong Kong has long been troubled with the problem of after-death infrastructure, not only the supply of columbarium is not matching with the growing demand, but the most severe problem is the segregation of after-death services being dispersed in

Commemorating Through Architecture

STATEMENT Hong Kong has long been troubled with the problem of after-death infrastructure, not only the supply of columbarium is not matching with the growing demand, but the most severe problem is the segregation of after-death services being dispersed in

ArkeMergenc(y)e

What? During the past hundreds of years, humans face hundreds and thousands of natural disasters, shipwrecks and air crash accidents. Nowadays we have wars of ocean resource. How architects can support and co-operate with adventures, fishermen, search and rescue (SAR)

ArkeMergenc(y)e

What? During the past hundreds of years, humans face hundreds and thousands of natural disasters, shipwrecks and air crash accidents. Nowadays we have wars of ocean resource. How architects can support and co-operate with adventures, fishermen, search and rescue (SAR)

MALL 2.0

MALL AS CITY GENERATOR Mall has different meanings in the world and is related to different aspects, but there is only commercially driven meaning in Hong Kong. Mall is also the core activity area for Hong Kong people and tourists,

MALL 2.0

MALL AS CITY GENERATOR Mall has different meanings in the world and is related to different aspects, but there is only commercially driven meaning in Hong Kong. Mall is also the core activity area for Hong Kong people and tourists,

MEGA (municipal services) BOX

Hong Kong as a tourism-driven and a high density city, there are hundreds of malls are occupying so much space and mainly serving the tourists nowadays. On the contrary, the supply of municipal services is unstable, some districts are even

MEGA (municipal services) BOX

Hong Kong as a tourism-driven and a high density city, there are hundreds of malls are occupying so much space and mainly serving the tourists nowadays. On the contrary, the supply of municipal services is unstable, some districts are even

Street Reclamation

Rehabitation of Road Space Through redesigning the road median barrier to become a park space. This thesis hopes to reengage with the possibilities of pedestrian habitation within the road network, to reveal and continue the history of Connaught Road.   WHAT? This thesis hopes

Street Reclamation

Rehabitation of Road Space Through redesigning the road median barrier to become a park space. This thesis hopes to reengage with the possibilities of pedestrian habitation within the road network, to reveal and continue the history of Connaught Road.   WHAT? This thesis hopes

Constructing the Absence

  WHAT: Urban Parks as Historic Memorials for Vanished Community Opposing to what we invent, this thesis would emphasize on what we lost. The thesis is to commemorate the history and development of Hong Kong, by investigating the spatial and

Constructing the Absence

  WHAT: Urban Parks as Historic Memorials for Vanished Community Opposing to what we invent, this thesis would emphasize on what we lost. The thesis is to commemorate the history and development of Hong Kong, by investigating the spatial and

Entropy

Thesis Statement: The thesis proposal is trying to explore the possibility of architecture to mediate between ‘modern democracy’ and ‘capitalist.’ What? Plugging in 10m x 10m grid in the public spaces of Hong Kong such as in Statue Square, Central

Entropy

Thesis Statement: The thesis proposal is trying to explore the possibility of architecture to mediate between ‘modern democracy’ and ‘capitalist.’ What? Plugging in 10m x 10m grid in the public spaces of Hong Kong such as in Statue Square, Central

Station Fortress’s Way Out

Ng Hin Lung Sa What? This thesis seeks alternatives of railway-integrated architecture which suits lower density context, in response to the current massive station area development model. Railway station is a large stretched piece of land for railway, which normally

Station Fortress’s Way Out

Ng Hin Lung Sa What? This thesis seeks alternatives of railway-integrated architecture which suits lower density context, in response to the current massive station area development model. Railway station is a large stretched piece of land for railway, which normally

Responsive Inaction

Architecture is being affected by other external forces. The expectation of constancy only lasts for a moment. Then the physical form of architecture will start to decay or change. The material can capture the moment of environment and experience of

Responsive Inaction

Architecture is being affected by other external forces. The expectation of constancy only lasts for a moment. Then the physical form of architecture will start to decay or change. The material can capture the moment of environment and experience of

Medical Nemesis Review 2.0

MEDICAL NEMESIS REVIEW 2.0 The Statement|The Medicalization in HONG KONG With the reality of epidemic based cultures and the necessity for preventative care to its ever growing population, Hong Kong is a place in the hot spot highly demanding for medical

Medical Nemesis Review 2.0

MEDICAL NEMESIS REVIEW 2.0 The Statement|The Medicalization in HONG KONG With the reality of epidemic based cultures and the necessity for preventative care to its ever growing population, Hong Kong is a place in the hot spot highly demanding for medical

Cultivate – Conserve – Community

Cultivate – Conserve – Community This thesis aims to put Agriculture into the consideration of urban planning. Learnt from the community farm examples, through designing a New Prototype of Public housing in Singapore as a testing ground to prove that

Cultivate – Conserve – Community

Cultivate – Conserve – Community This thesis aims to put Agriculture into the consideration of urban planning. Learnt from the community farm examples, through designing a New Prototype of Public housing in Singapore as a testing ground to prove that

public archipelago

  Tittle: public archipelago   The thesis will try to examine the potential of small-scale spaces in terms of creating public spaces.   Why The scale of architecture and city has been dramatically enlarged in the last century, due to the

public archipelago

  Tittle: public archipelago   The thesis will try to examine the potential of small-scale spaces in terms of creating public spaces.   Why The scale of architecture and city has been dramatically enlarged in the last century, due to the

Sunlight Recognition

Sunlight Recognition This thesis aims to investigate the sun path movement and the impact of sunlight on spatial quality of architecture in terms of time. To derive a building methodology of using sunlight as a driving force in architectural design

Sunlight Recognition

Sunlight Recognition This thesis aims to investigate the sun path movement and the impact of sunlight on spatial quality of architecture in terms of time. To derive a building methodology of using sunlight as a driving force in architectural design

Architecture In-Between

WHAT Being Hong Kong as one of the most dense and compact cities in the world, it had given rise to good connectivity. Every building is connected to each other in this whole urban fabric through different layers either below

Architecture In-Between

WHAT Being Hong Kong as one of the most dense and compact cities in the world, it had given rise to good connectivity. Every building is connected to each other in this whole urban fabric through different layers either below

Soft Infrastructure

This thesis explores a new direction of shops on street level and the housing above. With Kennedy Town as the site, the focus of the redeveloping urban form is the small shops of variety as well as open space, which

Soft Infrastructure

This thesis explores a new direction of shops on street level and the housing above. With Kennedy Town as the site, the focus of the redeveloping urban form is the small shops of variety as well as open space, which

Infrastructure as Architecture

The Revitalization of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge What? Wuhan lies at the heart of Central China and is a transportation hub between the heartland in northern China and the trading ports in southern China. Yangtze River seemed an obstacle set by nature, separating the

Infrastructure as Architecture

The Revitalization of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge What? Wuhan lies at the heart of Central China and is a transportation hub between the heartland in northern China and the trading ports in southern China. Yangtze River seemed an obstacle set by nature, separating the

Not 2d Not 3D

Thesis statement | This thesis seeks to explore the relationship between Drawing and Architecture, the design media and representation between two-dimensional drawing and three-dimensional form and space. By investigating and integrating the potential technique of 2.5 dimension relief representation and creating

Not 2d Not 3D

Thesis statement | This thesis seeks to explore the relationship between Drawing and Architecture, the design media and representation between two-dimensional drawing and three-dimensional form and space. By investigating and integrating the potential technique of 2.5 dimension relief representation and creating

Thesis Review 2 : URBANature Terrain

      What In Hong Kong, lands are limited and reaching their maximum capacity. The density of public spaces are also pointing to supreme. The social concerns push urban sprawl for extra spaces. Completely shovelled down the hills results

Thesis Review 2 : URBANature Terrain

      What In Hong Kong, lands are limited and reaching their maximum capacity. The density of public spaces are also pointing to supreme. The social concerns push urban sprawl for extra spaces. Completely shovelled down the hills results

Windowscape Behaviorology

BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOK Banham, R.,The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment, The Architectural Press, London, 1969. Lampugnani, V.M., The Architecture of the Window, YKK Architectural Products Inc, 1995. Heinich, N./ Eidner, F., Sensing Space, Jovis Verlag GmbH, 2009. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory, WindowScape,

Windowscape Behaviorology

BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOK Banham, R.,The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment, The Architectural Press, London, 1969. Lampugnani, V.M., The Architecture of the Window, YKK Architectural Products Inc, 1995. Heinich, N./ Eidner, F., Sensing Space, Jovis Verlag GmbH, 2009. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto Laboratory, WindowScape,

The Contested Corner

THE CONTESTED CORNER WHAT The Winnipeg Canadian Pacific Rail Yard is a site rich in history, shroud in social dynamics and is in need of re-development. My thesis will attempt to use this site as the testing grounds to provoke

The Contested Corner

THE CONTESTED CORNER WHAT The Winnipeg Canadian Pacific Rail Yard is a site rich in history, shroud in social dynamics and is in need of re-development. My thesis will attempt to use this site as the testing grounds to provoke

Architecture Movability

Though architecture has kept moving over 1000years, it is transport the same function to different location. So the Thesis will study change the function of buildings by make it moves and in this stage, it may focus on the way

Architecture Movability

Though architecture has kept moving over 1000years, it is transport the same function to different location. So the Thesis will study change the function of buildings by make it moves and in this stage, it may focus on the way

Ground in the Air- Vertical Village

Thesis Statement    Traditionally ground level is where urban conditions take place – it is where streets locate, where the private ownership stops and public domain begins, where people gather, meet each other and go from one place to another,

Ground in the Air- Vertical Village

Thesis Statement    Traditionally ground level is where urban conditions take place – it is where streets locate, where the private ownership stops and public domain begins, where people gather, meet each other and go from one place to another,

OPPORTUNISTIC INFRASTRUCTURE

duality of [Infra]Structure Infra– refers to the prefix meaning below; infra-structure literally means below the structure. Below the transportation infrastructure of the city is where the homeless dwell upon. WHAT   This thesis aims to design an atemporal housing unit

OPPORTUNISTIC INFRASTRUCTURE

duality of [Infra]Structure Infra– refers to the prefix meaning below; infra-structure literally means below the structure. Below the transportation infrastructure of the city is where the homeless dwell upon. WHAT   This thesis aims to design an atemporal housing unit

center to divert (pamphlet)

  At the age of high-rise, core is a representation of a transfer from ground to top or vice versa.  These types of transfer including the structure and the circulation: 1) Structure – the shear wall or the column, transferring the

center to divert (pamphlet)

  At the age of high-rise, core is a representation of a transfer from ground to top or vice versa.  These types of transfer including the structure and the circulation: 1) Structure – the shear wall or the column, transferring the

The Informal City

  Since the rule of the British government, the population of Hong Kong has been increasing and high density living has become one of the iconic characteristics of Hong Kong. During late 1940s, there was a large influx of immigrants

The Informal City

  Since the rule of the British government, the population of Hong Kong has been increasing and high density living has become one of the iconic characteristics of Hong Kong. During late 1940s, there was a large influx of immigrants

Media Forest- Thesis Review 2.0

Media Forest- Experiments The Media Forest explores an autonomous medium of canopy that develops a new type of urban infrastructure connections and reintroduce the enchantment of the forest into an urban context through the vehicle of contemporary media and urban

Media Forest- Thesis Review 2.0

Media Forest- Experiments The Media Forest explores an autonomous medium of canopy that develops a new type of urban infrastructure connections and reintroduce the enchantment of the forest into an urban context through the vehicle of contemporary media and urban

[Green] Infrastructure

WHAT? GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE In Hong Kong, density is always a big concern of the city. To protect the countryside and to meet the needs of growing population, increasing plot ratio seems to be unavoidable. Plot ratio has increased to 15

[Green] Infrastructure

WHAT? GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE In Hong Kong, density is always a big concern of the city. To protect the countryside and to meet the needs of growing population, increasing plot ratio seems to be unavoidable. Plot ratio has increased to 15

City As A Mnemonic Device

What? Hong Kong has long been troubled with the problem of after-death infrastructure, not only the supply of columbarium is not matching with the growing demand, but the most severe problem is the segregation of after-death services being dispersed in

City As A Mnemonic Device

What? Hong Kong has long been troubled with the problem of after-death infrastructure, not only the supply of columbarium is not matching with the growing demand, but the most severe problem is the segregation of after-death services being dispersed in

center to divert

  At the age of high-rise, core is a representation of a transfer from ground to top or vice versa.  These types of transfer including the structure and the circulation: 1) Structure – the shear wall or the column, transferring the

center to divert

  At the age of high-rise, core is a representation of a transfer from ground to top or vice versa.  These types of transfer including the structure and the circulation: 1) Structure – the shear wall or the column, transferring the

OCCUPY/ the city

2017 HONG KONG Overcrowding is serious Public space becomes a luxury MONG KOK The hustle and bustle nevertheless becomes ever vigorous Extreme densities invite urban vibrancy. Overcrowding deters co-existence. This thesis will explore the design of a 2020s eventspace in extreme densities

OCCUPY/ the city

2017 HONG KONG Overcrowding is serious Public space becomes a luxury MONG KOK The hustle and bustle nevertheless becomes ever vigorous Extreme densities invite urban vibrancy. Overcrowding deters co-existence. This thesis will explore the design of a 2020s eventspace in extreme densities