02/2015 Thesis Review 1.0 : MAKING | MAPPING | MEDIATING
Designing the City as a Resource
“Designing the City as a Resource” refers to the fact that instead of the frequent practice of tabula rasa –demolishing and building a new – the projects should take existing social, economic and cultural structures into consideration, making use of
Designing the City as a Resource
“Designing the City as a Resource” refers to the fact that instead of the frequent practice of tabula rasa –demolishing and building a new – the projects should take existing social, economic and cultural structures into consideration, making use of
Oil Painting Trading Market
1. Thesis Statement Dafen is suburb in Shenzhen, which is famous for its reproduction of famous western oil paintings for the mass market. 1989 hong kong businessman huang jiang established his factory there, hiring a group of labour painters constantly
Oil Painting Trading Market
1. Thesis Statement Dafen is suburb in Shenzhen, which is famous for its reproduction of famous western oil paintings for the mass market. 1989 hong kong businessman huang jiang established his factory there, hiring a group of labour painters constantly
Parasitic market
“粤谓野市曰虚。市之所至。有人则满, 无人则虚。满时少, 虚时多,故曰虚也。”–《广东新语》 Spontaneous market named “墟”(means void) in Canton Province. If market fills with people is “full”, then empty is “void”. Mostly the market is empty, so that is why it names “墟”. Definition of “墟市” :In the south
Parasitic market
“粤谓野市曰虚。市之所至。有人则满, 无人则虚。满时少, 虚时多,故曰虚也。”–《广东新语》 Spontaneous market named “墟”(means void) in Canton Province. If market fills with people is “full”, then empty is “void”. Mostly the market is empty, so that is why it names “墟”. Definition of “墟市” :In the south
Architecture In-Between
WHAT Hong Kong, with it’s given land of around 1,100sq.km has to accommodate 7 million people. The city is one of the most extremely compact and density cities in the world. Due to the overwhelming population, the city keeps on
Architecture In-Between
WHAT Hong Kong, with it’s given land of around 1,100sq.km has to accommodate 7 million people. The city is one of the most extremely compact and density cities in the world. Due to the overwhelming population, the city keeps on
Temporary Identity
WHAT: Guangzhou has become the most popular immigrant destination for West Africans (mostly from Nigeria) since a decade ago. The West Africans frequently travel between West Africa and Mainland China for garment wholesale trading business between the countries. There are
Temporary Identity
WHAT: Guangzhou has become the most popular immigrant destination for West Africans (mostly from Nigeria) since a decade ago. The West Africans frequently travel between West Africa and Mainland China for garment wholesale trading business between the countries. There are
Spatial Media
Reinventing spatial relationships with the influence of social media.
Spatial Media
Reinventing spatial relationships with the influence of social media.
Civic Square
Development of Plaza in China There is no space as ‘civic plaza’ in traditional city in China. There were two kinds of public space whose function act like plaza in ancient Chinese cities, one belonged to the royal family,
Civic Square
Development of Plaza in China There is no space as ‘civic plaza’ in traditional city in China. There were two kinds of public space whose function act like plaza in ancient Chinese cities, one belonged to the royal family,
Shangrila Rejuvenation
Side A Side B WHY After the conflagration, Shangrila has lost some parts of both cultural media and commercial platform. As a result, there are both cultural and commercial reasons to challenge rejuvenating Shangrila. On one hand (Side A), Shangrila is a place with
Shangrila Rejuvenation
Side A Side B WHY After the conflagration, Shangrila has lost some parts of both cultural media and commercial platform. As a result, there are both cultural and commercial reasons to challenge rejuvenating Shangrila. On one hand (Side A), Shangrila is a place with
PREMEABLE EXTENSION
Hong Kong starts land reclamation process since 1980s. Indeed, modern Hong Kong is a reclaimed city, almost 25 percent of developed land is built on reclaimed land. From the iconic Hong Kong skyline to the industrial hubs in the New
PREMEABLE EXTENSION
Hong Kong starts land reclamation process since 1980s. Indeed, modern Hong Kong is a reclaimed city, almost 25 percent of developed land is built on reclaimed land. From the iconic Hong Kong skyline to the industrial hubs in the New
Street Museum
Statement A Street Museum in Dongjiadu 160 years ago, Dongjiadu was just a stepped wharf beside Huangpu River with small population in Shanghai. With the development of ship transportation, this area became thriving. During the years before 1949 and after
Street Museum
Statement A Street Museum in Dongjiadu 160 years ago, Dongjiadu was just a stepped wharf beside Huangpu River with small population in Shanghai. With the development of ship transportation, this area became thriving. During the years before 1949 and after
Responsive Action
Thesis Statement The spatial form shall be reacted to external forces without the limitation of structure. The existence of spatial form became the proposition by time and movement. The moment of space is individualized. What? A prototype within urban context
Responsive Action
Thesis Statement The spatial form shall be reacted to external forces without the limitation of structure. The existence of spatial form became the proposition by time and movement. The moment of space is individualized. What? A prototype within urban context
miniature city: Orphanage As A Home
STATEMENT Miniature is an idea closely associated with architecture due its ability to shift perception across scale and dimensions. While miniature is a recurrent theme in novel, and is widely discussed in architectural literatures like The Poetics of Space and
miniature city: Orphanage As A Home
STATEMENT Miniature is an idea closely associated with architecture due its ability to shift perception across scale and dimensions. While miniature is a recurrent theme in novel, and is widely discussed in architectural literatures like The Poetics of Space and
INNOVATION.CONNECTION
Thesis statement Culture, contains three parts: material, combination of material with heart, and heart part. Housing as a physical carrier of culture, shows a nation’s cultural psychological structure in different degree, including ethics, aesthetic pursuit, value orientation, national character
INNOVATION.CONNECTION
Thesis statement Culture, contains three parts: material, combination of material with heart, and heart part. Housing as a physical carrier of culture, shows a nation’s cultural psychological structure in different degree, including ethics, aesthetic pursuit, value orientation, national character
Medicalization in Hong Kong
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 and health care
Medicalization in Hong Kong
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 and health care
Macau Palimpsest
WHAT: This thesis, Macau Palimpsest will consider architecture remnants, the ghost of the past, as site conditions that architects must be sympathetic with. The mentality is not for the sick of conservation, but as an act to participate in the
Macau Palimpsest
WHAT: This thesis, Macau Palimpsest will consider architecture remnants, the ghost of the past, as site conditions that architects must be sympathetic with. The mentality is not for the sick of conservation, but as an act to participate in 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
Nature Regeneration
Bibliography: Ibañez, Daniel, and Nikos Katsikis. Grounding Metabolism. , 2014. Print. Kipnis, Jeffrey. 2001. Perfect acts of architecture. New York: Museum of Modern Art. Badarch, Dėndėviĭn, Raymond A. Zilinskas, and Peter J. Balint. Mongolia Today: Science, Culture, Environment and Development.
Nature Regeneration
Bibliography: Ibañez, Daniel, and Nikos Katsikis. Grounding Metabolism. , 2014. Print. Kipnis, Jeffrey. 2001. Perfect acts of architecture. New York: Museum of Modern Art. Badarch, Dėndėviĭn, Raymond A. Zilinskas, and Peter J. Balint. Mongolia Today: Science, Culture, Environment and Development.
City Layering by Imaginery Connection
My thesis aims at analyzing the virtual spaces that construct by one’s imaginations. Looking into different framing systems providing limited information which would inspire one to perceive the world from a visual and ‘superficial’ perspective. By adapting the study into
City Layering by Imaginery Connection
My thesis aims at analyzing the virtual spaces that construct by one’s imaginations. Looking into different framing systems providing limited information which would inspire one to perceive the world from a visual and ‘superficial’ perspective. By adapting the study into
MALL 2.0
Hong Kong as an international city which depends on economy and tourism. Shopping malls become one of the main tools to make money and they are everywhere in Hong Kong. Their quantity and size now has become a vital
MALL 2.0
Hong Kong as an international city which depends on economy and tourism. Shopping malls become one of the main tools to make money and they are everywhere in Hong Kong. Their quantity and size now has become a vital
Marginalizing In Coexistence
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
Marginalizing In Coexistence
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
Rhythmi(city)
THESIS STATEMENT The Hong Kong government’s Pedestrianisation Scheme limits vehicle access to certain streets as means to improve the overall pedestrian experience. These periodic open space attracted the occupation of street performers and hawkers who would transform the ordinary streets
Rhythmi(city)
THESIS STATEMENT The Hong Kong government’s Pedestrianisation Scheme limits vehicle access to certain streets as means to improve the overall pedestrian experience. These periodic open space attracted the occupation of street performers and hawkers who would transform the ordinary streets
[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
Aerate/Recreate
STATEMENT This thesis will experiment with parking garages, the bottom massing of HK residential towers, to explore the potentials of using air as one medium to active architectures. The goal is to figure out how air is related to
Aerate/Recreate
STATEMENT This thesis will experiment with parking garages, the bottom massing of HK residential towers, to explore the potentials of using air as one medium to active architectures. The goal is to figure out how air is related to
Machine Safari
60% of Ulan Bator’s inhabitants live in ger(yurt) settlements. Living conditions are precarious. In many places, running water and power are lacking. Improvised heating systems pollute the entire city. And yet, ger are more than a Mongolian analog of
Machine Safari
60% of Ulan Bator’s inhabitants live in ger(yurt) settlements. Living conditions are precarious. In many places, running water and power are lacking. Improvised heating systems pollute the entire city. And yet, ger are more than a Mongolian analog of
MOVING EVENT
The destiny of public space is not determined by the prescribed functions, but rather facilitating and inspiring movements and events. MOVEMENT The action or process of moving. Also, a particular act of manner of moving.The properties of movement is that
MOVING EVENT
The destiny of public space is not determined by the prescribed functions, but rather facilitating and inspiring movements and events. MOVEMENT The action or process of moving. Also, a particular act of manner of moving.The properties of movement is that
ArkeMergenc(y)e
• Pier Design For 3 different types of ark parking • Beyond the Ark design with connec4on: it is not a ship form. And it is a “pla>orm” which form sharp is not a ship! • Research sta4on design: Based
ArkeMergenc(y)e
• Pier Design For 3 different types of ark parking • Beyond the Ark design with connec4on: it is not a ship form. And it is a “pla>orm” which form sharp is not a ship! • Research sta4on design: Based
Cultivate – Conserve – Community
Can Agriculture be put into the consideration of Urban Planning? Even Urban Farming is definitely not a new thing, why this issue can never get into practice but only an utopia labeled as an unachievable dream of ‘green’? Is it
Cultivate – Conserve – Community
Can Agriculture be put into the consideration of Urban Planning? Even Urban Farming is definitely not a new thing, why this issue can never get into practice but only an utopia labeled as an unachievable dream of ‘green’? Is it
Media Forest- Thesis Review 1.0
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 infrastructure. It grows
Media Forest- Thesis Review 1.0
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 infrastructure. It grows
SEEKEEPING ARCHITECTURE
WHY FLOATING: Due to global warming, sea level is rising all over in the world. Hong Kong especially has limited land and it is difficult to construct such large scale facilities with existing land. Therefore, floating architecture is one of
SEEKEEPING ARCHITECTURE
WHY FLOATING: Due to global warming, sea level is rising all over in the world. Hong Kong especially has limited land and it is difficult to construct such large scale facilities with existing land. Therefore, floating architecture is one of
Urban Epiphyte
THESIS STATEMENT Infra- refers to the prefix meaning below; infra-structure literally means below the structure. Below the structure of the city is where the homeless dwells. Subjects = Infrastructure + homeless habitation My thesis aims to design an
Urban Epiphyte
THESIS STATEMENT Infra- refers to the prefix meaning below; infra-structure literally means below the structure. Below the structure of the city is where the homeless dwells. Subjects = Infrastructure + homeless habitation My thesis aims to design an
Sunlight Recognition
Sunlight Recognition My thesis aims at investigating the parameters in qualitative sunlight and the phenomenal transparency in architecture that the sensory sunlight as driving force in recreational facilities design. 1. APERTURE How Architecture Objectify Sunlight; How Sunlight project on Architecture
Sunlight Recognition
Sunlight Recognition My thesis aims at investigating the parameters in qualitative sunlight and the phenomenal transparency in architecture that the sensory sunlight as driving force in recreational facilities design. 1. APERTURE How Architecture Objectify Sunlight; How Sunlight project on Architecture
Thesis Review1: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 in damaging the
Thesis Review1: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 in damaging the
REDEFINE THE WORKPLACE
REDEFINE THE WORKPLACE My thesis explores how to redirect the ceramics industry in Jingdezhen by inserting new type of workplaces and generate negotiation with the exist urban context. What The Site locates in Jingdezhen (JDZ), Jiangxi Province, China. It is
REDEFINE THE WORKPLACE
REDEFINE THE WORKPLACE My thesis explores how to redirect the ceramics industry in Jingdezhen by inserting new type of workplaces and generate negotiation with the exist urban context. What The Site locates in Jingdezhen (JDZ), Jiangxi Province, China. It is
Syntactic Refabrication
Re-fabricating Shrinking Cities (L: Nodes of Intensities & Zoning,Original Illustration; R: Connectivity Diagram, Original Illustration) In response to the global phenomena of shrinking cities, the thesis aims to investigate the dynamics of growth and decline and factors in play.
Syntactic Refabrication
Re-fabricating Shrinking Cities (L: Nodes of Intensities & Zoning,Original Illustration; R: Connectivity Diagram, Original Illustration) In response to the global phenomena of shrinking cities, the thesis aims to investigate the dynamics of growth and decline and factors in play.