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Urban Safari: A Balanced City
Thesis statement draft 1.0 WHY? Thesis title: Urban Safari: A Balanced City Empowering of Nature: Planning Urban Systems that Work with Nature. Thesis statement: The focus of humanity has slowly shifted from biological evolution to socio-cultural revolution. Yet in spite
Urban Safari: A Balanced City
Thesis statement draft 1.0 WHY? Thesis title: Urban Safari: A Balanced City Empowering of Nature: Planning Urban Systems that Work with Nature. Thesis statement: The focus of humanity has slowly shifted from biological evolution to socio-cultural revolution. Yet in spite
Chinese imperialism
What? China emerges as a new form of imperialism. China is renowned for its powers of production not its appetite for consumption. Thanks to the remarkable growth of its output, it surpassed Japan to become the world’s second largest consumer since 2010.
Chinese imperialism
What? China emerges as a new form of imperialism. China is renowned for its powers of production not its appetite for consumption. Thanks to the remarkable growth of its output, it surpassed Japan to become the world’s second largest consumer since 2010.
A(ir)tmopshere Architecture
According to the social life of small urban spaces (William H. Whyte, 1980), human will automatically define individual space once come in to a public space. This is an atmosphere created by any individualso as to best fit for themselves.
A(ir)tmopshere Architecture
According to the social life of small urban spaces (William H. Whyte, 1980), human will automatically define individual space once come in to a public space. This is an atmosphere created by any individualso as to best fit for themselves.
Miniature Architecture
In that he [Aldo van Eyck] recognizes that there ought to be a child in every adult and that an adult’s city ought to remain a city for the child, built out of chaos and dreams. –Aldo van Eyck in
Miniature Architecture
In that he [Aldo van Eyck] recognizes that there ought to be a child in every adult and that an adult’s city ought to remain a city for the child, built out of chaos and dreams. –Aldo van Eyck in
Bangladesh: From the Graveyard of Ships, to a New Architecture
“If we forget for a moment that a steamship is a machine for transport and look at it with a fresh eye, we shall feel that we are facing an important manifestation of temerity, of discipline, of harmony, of a
Bangladesh: From the Graveyard of Ships, to a New Architecture
“If we forget for a moment that a steamship is a machine for transport and look at it with a fresh eye, we shall feel that we are facing an important manifestation of temerity, of discipline, of harmony, of a
09/2014 Thesis Statement Draft1.0
Rhythmi(city) WHAT Sound as a product of motion is the interconnection between men and space as it allows one to comprehend space through hearing1. This thesis sets to examine the constant dynamics between sound, motion and architecture, with the ambition
09/2014 Thesis Statement Draft1.0
Rhythmi(city) WHAT Sound as a product of motion is the interconnection between men and space as it allows one to comprehend space through hearing1. This thesis sets to examine the constant dynamics between sound, motion and architecture, with the ambition
Archi-social Community Urban Project
Archi-social Community Urban Project Domestic helpers working in Hong Kong have the short end of the stick. They not only have to live in a city that is foreign to them, but they also have to be away from home
Archi-social Community Urban Project
Archi-social Community Urban Project Domestic helpers working in Hong Kong have the short end of the stick. They not only have to live in a city that is foreign to them, but they also have to be away from home
Hovering Urban Fabric
Statement The city of Hong Kong has a good connectivity in terms of pedestrian pathways and infrastructure. The movement of people happens predominantly above grounds and in-between buildings (by bridges) without touching the ground. Moreover there is also people flow
Hovering Urban Fabric
Statement The city of Hong Kong has a good connectivity in terms of pedestrian pathways and infrastructure. The movement of people happens predominantly above grounds and in-between buildings (by bridges) without touching the ground. Moreover there is also people flow
STREETSCAPE EMANCIPATION
The streetscape in Hong Kong is an extreme two-edged phenomenon. Complete segregation of the people from the ground that handles most vehicular access is a dominant new town model, where the more traditional urban fabric has shops spilled out
STREETSCAPE EMANCIPATION
The streetscape in Hong Kong is an extreme two-edged phenomenon. Complete segregation of the people from the ground that handles most vehicular access is a dominant new town model, where the more traditional urban fabric has shops spilled out
Rethinking Architecture in the Age of Big Data
WHAT? “…, by now almost nothing that happens benefits storytelling; almost everything benefits information . . . It is left up to him to interpret things the way he understands them, and thus the narrative achieves an amplitude that information
Rethinking Architecture in the Age of Big Data
WHAT? “…, by now almost nothing that happens benefits storytelling; almost everything benefits information . . . It is left up to him to interpret things the way he understands them, and thus the narrative achieves an amplitude that information
Aircraft City
The thesis topic assumes that the use of private aircraft is very popular in the future. So there will be three kinds of transport: underground, ground, in the air which can form to a intersecting network. At the same time,
Aircraft City
The thesis topic assumes that the use of private aircraft is very popular in the future. So there will be three kinds of transport: underground, ground, in the air which can form to a intersecting network. At the same time,
Tracing Beat
| ARTIFACT | TRACING BEAT From Human Interaction to Urban Formation | WHAT | This thesis is a direct reaction to the way the frequency of beat generated by any of the individual, in performance spaces, be contributed to the formation of
Tracing Beat
| ARTIFACT | TRACING BEAT From Human Interaction to Urban Formation | WHAT | This thesis is a direct reaction to the way the frequency of beat generated by any of the individual, in performance spaces, be contributed to the formation of
Learning from Macau
Since the termination of the local gambling monopoly in 2002, Macau, once known as the tranquil neighbor of Hong Kong, has become the gambling city in the world, with revenue reaching seven times that of Las Vegas, and a GDP
Learning from Macau
Since the termination of the local gambling monopoly in 2002, Macau, once known as the tranquil neighbor of Hong Kong, has become the gambling city in the world, with revenue reaching seven times that of Las Vegas, and a GDP
Revolutionary Windowscape Era
Thesis Statement Trace back to the history of windows were just holes in a wall in its earliest time. Later, people learnt to cover windows with animal skin, paper, cloth, or wood. Shutters that could be opened and closed came
Revolutionary Windowscape Era
Thesis Statement Trace back to the history of windows were just holes in a wall in its earliest time. Later, people learnt to cover windows with animal skin, paper, cloth, or wood. Shutters that could be opened and closed came
CUAN.CHUAN
WHY 1800 years ago, the people named Cuan ruled the south of China. Among the four hundred years of their rule, they created a unique culture: Cuan culture. Qujing was the cultural center. One word, Cuan, represents a grumous cultural
CUAN.CHUAN
WHY 1800 years ago, the people named Cuan ruled the south of China. Among the four hundred years of their rule, they created a unique culture: Cuan culture. Qujing was the cultural center. One word, Cuan, represents a grumous cultural
Decay, Erasure and Rebirth
WHY? We are in an era of instant city and rapid urbanization. With diverse actors rigorously participating in the urban formation process, there is an inevitable temporality of contemporary urbanism despite the desire for permanence.1 Habitats emerge, grow
Decay, Erasure and Rebirth
WHY? We are in an era of instant city and rapid urbanization. With diverse actors rigorously participating in the urban formation process, there is an inevitable temporality of contemporary urbanism despite the desire for permanence.1 Habitats emerge, grow
Connectivity and Building Infill between Urban Framing
Rethinking experiences in a building as snapshots taken as life evidence Connectivity and Building Infill between Urban Framing Description Mobile devices have become overly important for everyone’s life in a city because those devices store thousands of photos inside documenting
Connectivity and Building Infill between Urban Framing
Rethinking experiences in a building as snapshots taken as life evidence Connectivity and Building Infill between Urban Framing Description Mobile devices have become overly important for everyone’s life in a city because those devices store thousands of photos inside documenting
Biodiversity and Urbanization: Nature, Cities & Architecture
Thesis Statement Urbanization describes the growth of the urban area while biodiversity describes the diversity of life from genes to ecosystems and spans every level of biological organization. Urbanization is a rapid modern phenomenon among all the developing countries. However,
Biodiversity and Urbanization: Nature, Cities & Architecture
Thesis Statement Urbanization describes the growth of the urban area while biodiversity describes the diversity of life from genes to ecosystems and spans every level of biological organization. Urbanization is a rapid modern phenomenon among all the developing countries. However,
Architecture beyond the Sign
Within a world of myriad forms of persuasions, our society is greatly dependent on the means of advertising communications. While the methods of persuasion were based on sight and smell of the 5 senses in the past, the majority of
Architecture beyond the Sign
Within a world of myriad forms of persuasions, our society is greatly dependent on the means of advertising communications. While the methods of persuasion were based on sight and smell of the 5 senses in the past, the majority of
Evolution of Wet Market
“People are interested in what happened and the stories behind genuine historic places. History is not a list of what happened, but a story about what happened.” WHAT? In the Chinese cultural context, market means a constant place with collective
Evolution of Wet Market
“People are interested in what happened and the stories behind genuine historic places. History is not a list of what happened, but a story about what happened.” WHAT? In the Chinese cultural context, market means a constant place with collective
Negative Architecture
As human create, we see building as objects against the rest of the world. What if an object, an incident, a space or even a city is lost? Absence inspires perception and re-examination while disappearance raises ques- tions of duration
Negative Architecture
As human create, we see building as objects against the rest of the world. What if an object, an incident, a space or even a city is lost? Absence inspires perception and re-examination while disappearance raises ques- tions of duration
SCREENING IDENTITIES: ARCHITECTURE OF EXILE
THESIS STATEMENT When globalization is gaining its significance worldwide, it seems that there is a preconception that the world is suffering from uniformization. However, can globalization arise the awareness of localization? How is the difference between cultural invasion
SCREENING IDENTITIES: ARCHITECTURE OF EXILE
THESIS STATEMENT When globalization is gaining its significance worldwide, it seems that there is a preconception that the world is suffering from uniformization. However, can globalization arise the awareness of localization? How is the difference between cultural invasion
Adapting Structure
Why The adaption of the drive-through’s for the car invited innovative usage of different structures and tectonic surfaces and made new spatial experiences in the physical realm and also virtual representations of boundaries from circulation and temporary rules. By looking at these transitional spaces, crowded at
Adapting Structure
Why The adaption of the drive-through’s for the car invited innovative usage of different structures and tectonic surfaces and made new spatial experiences in the physical realm and also virtual representations of boundaries from circulation and temporary rules. By looking at these transitional spaces, crowded at
Relocating the Rail Yards: Remediating and Re-Investing within the City Limits
Thesis Statement The relocation of rail yards and rail infrastructure within the cityscape to beyond the city limits provides a safer environment for existing neighborhoods while releasing land for further urban development. These post industrial zones provide the opportunity to
Relocating the Rail Yards: Remediating and Re-Investing within the City Limits
Thesis Statement The relocation of rail yards and rail infrastructure within the cityscape to beyond the city limits provides a safer environment for existing neighborhoods while releasing land for further urban development. These post industrial zones provide the opportunity to
THE OFFSTAGE MISE-EN-SCENE: housing homeless in montage urbanism
THESIS STATEMENT Spaces are remembered according to its perceptibility. Human minds sometimes work like montage sequence in filmmaking – fragments of spatial perceptions on various destination places are remembered, for the events and interactions occurred or simply for its visual
THE OFFSTAGE MISE-EN-SCENE: housing homeless in montage urbanism
THESIS STATEMENT Spaces are remembered according to its perceptibility. Human minds sometimes work like montage sequence in filmmaking – fragments of spatial perceptions on various destination places are remembered, for the events and interactions occurred or simply for its visual
The Death and Life of Old City
WHAT As an accelerated urbanization in China, the traditional culture has been approaching died out during the process of old city renewal. The demolition forced out and moved away original inhabitants from old city, most of them lost their place where
The Death and Life of Old City
WHAT As an accelerated urbanization in China, the traditional culture has been approaching died out during the process of old city renewal. The demolition forced out and moved away original inhabitants from old city, most of them lost their place where
Research on Shopping Mall
WHY Shopping malls basically are separated into 2 main groups; one is by private sectors, another is by the Government. For private ones, because of the economy-driven design, malls are celebrating consumerism and luxurious lifestyle and shops are selling similar
Research on Shopping Mall
WHY Shopping malls basically are separated into 2 main groups; one is by private sectors, another is by the Government. For private ones, because of the economy-driven design, malls are celebrating consumerism and luxurious lifestyle and shops are selling similar
Junkspace
Why? “Junk space thrives on design, but design dies in Junk space. There is no form, but proliferation…” Rem Koolhaas (2005) There have been many definitions of junk space even just by the Koolhaas, who invented the term by reversing
Junkspace
Why? “Junk space thrives on design, but design dies in Junk space. There is no form, but proliferation…” Rem Koolhaas (2005) There have been many definitions of junk space even just by the Koolhaas, who invented the term by reversing
The Existence “Void” Space
_ -WHAT? Form is not keeping its focus status. Personally, form is as a tool of expression of space. This space experience is more associated with mentally impermanence that cultural aesthetic and artistic conception rather than finality. Steven Holl stated
The Existence “Void” Space
_ -WHAT? Form is not keeping its focus status. Personally, form is as a tool of expression of space. This space experience is more associated with mentally impermanence that cultural aesthetic and artistic conception rather than finality. Steven Holl stated
The Architecture of the City
Thesis Statement As the last project and the most important issue of my studying career, final thesis should be treated seriously. No matter what the topics are, who the advisor is, I am certain to try my best to study,
The Architecture of the City
Thesis Statement As the last project and the most important issue of my studying career, final thesis should be treated seriously. No matter what the topics are, who the advisor is, I am certain to try my best to study,
Lighting in Darkness Gap
THESIS STATEMENT In the present period of time, we are now hasty moving in dense and hectic urban , with rare nature landscape and few
Lighting in Darkness Gap
THESIS STATEMENT In the present period of time, we are now hasty moving in dense and hectic urban , with rare nature landscape and few
Living on Edges: A study of the edges of isolation and intergration
What: Edges as the place of encounter Edges, or boundaries, imply the existence of another entity, which that other being could be similar or very different. It generates a sense of otherness and self-identity, non-interference and freedom. An edge separates,
Living on Edges: A study of the edges of isolation and intergration
What: Edges as the place of encounter Edges, or boundaries, imply the existence of another entity, which that other being could be similar or very different. It generates a sense of otherness and self-identity, non-interference and freedom. An edge separates,
Archi-social Community Urban Project
Domestic helpers working in Hong Kong have the short end of the stick. They not only have to live in a city that is foreign to them, but they also have to be away from home and their loved ones.
Archi-social Community Urban Project
Domestic helpers working in Hong Kong have the short end of the stick. They not only have to live in a city that is foreign to them, but they also have to be away from home and their loved ones.
Hidden in the City
A. Thesis Title Hidden in the City B. Thesis Statement High-speed Railway is a different means of transportation, with higher speed, ballastless track and higher station platform, from the common train railway. Since 2008 when the first high-speed railway
Hidden in the City
A. Thesis Title Hidden in the City B. Thesis Statement High-speed Railway is a different means of transportation, with higher speed, ballastless track and higher station platform, from the common train railway. Since 2008 when the first high-speed railway
Architecture and Behavior
(WHY?) Architecture contains social activities and human behaviors. However, architecture is usually shaped by the function it serves, by the need of city, or by interests of architects instead of by the behavior of people. So I’m wondering if there
Architecture and Behavior
(WHY?) Architecture contains social activities and human behaviors. However, architecture is usually shaped by the function it serves, by the need of city, or by interests of architects instead of by the behavior of people. So I’m wondering if there
In Touch with Soil – Urban Agriculture
Statement Facing the ‘Urban-development’ in Hong Kong, agriculture land had long been changed into New Town to receive the demand of population. North East New Territories Development awakes people the importance of local agriculture not
In Touch with Soil – Urban Agriculture
Statement Facing the ‘Urban-development’ in Hong Kong, agriculture land had long been changed into New Town to receive the demand of population. North East New Territories Development awakes people the importance of local agriculture not