12/2014 Final Presentation : MAKING | MAPPING | MEDIATING
Urban Infrastructure Space
The Frontier Closed Area is opening up for infrastructure development projects for mutual benefit between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Hong Kong is renown for its infrastructure more than its architecture out of necessity and opportunity, this affects future morphology and
Urban Infrastructure Space
The Frontier Closed Area is opening up for infrastructure development projects for mutual benefit between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Hong Kong is renown for its infrastructure more than its architecture out of necessity and opportunity, this affects future morphology and
Rupture
Statement : In the present age of consumption and information, the architecture and city are affected by new social environment as RUPTURE, which include RUPTURE of time and space, RUPTURE between architecture and cities and RUPTURE between skin and interior of building.
Rupture
Statement : In the present age of consumption and information, the architecture and city are affected by new social environment as RUPTURE, which include RUPTURE of time and space, RUPTURE between architecture and cities and RUPTURE between skin and interior of building.
SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE
With the grid reinvention, the street is reconstructed from its planar 2-dimensionality to extend vertically to the surfaces attached to it. From this the redesign begins with the softness of those surfaces. WHAT? The thesis of Soft Infrastructure is
SOFT INFRASTRUCTURE
With the grid reinvention, the street is reconstructed from its planar 2-dimensionality to extend vertically to the surfaces attached to it. From this the redesign begins with the softness of those surfaces. WHAT? The thesis of Soft Infrastructure is
Tactic Vs. Strategy
Among these rights in the making features the right to the city, not to the ancient city, but to urban life, to renewed centrality, to places of encounter and exchange, to life rhythmns and time uses, enabling the full
Tactic Vs. Strategy
Among these rights in the making features the right to the city, not to the ancient city, but to urban life, to renewed centrality, to places of encounter and exchange, to life rhythmns and time uses, enabling the full
Windowroom
Artifact Windows, allowing sight from inward and outward, is more than a physical opening. With the view created through an architectural opening it could reflect the occupants’ social status, provoke spirit of freedom and beauty, at the same time
Windowroom
Artifact Windows, allowing sight from inward and outward, is more than a physical opening. With the view created through an architectural opening it could reflect the occupants’ social status, provoke spirit of freedom and beauty, at the same time
MACHINE SAFARI
ARTIFACT WHAT? Ulaanbaatar Mongolia is one of the lowest population densities of any countries. The balance between urban and nomadic populations is expected to dramatically change in the future with more and more Mongolians migrating into the capital. Looking for
MACHINE SAFARI
ARTIFACT WHAT? Ulaanbaatar Mongolia is one of the lowest population densities of any countries. The balance between urban and nomadic populations is expected to dramatically change in the future with more and more Mongolians migrating into the capital. Looking for
Parallel Cities
So long as one- third of urban residents are migrants without legal resident rights, urbanisation in China will remain incomplete. Meanwhile, house prices have skyrocketed in cities, with the national average house price increasing by 250% in the decade between
Parallel Cities
So long as one- third of urban residents are migrants without legal resident rights, urbanisation in China will remain incomplete. Meanwhile, house prices have skyrocketed in cities, with the national average house price increasing by 250% in the decade between
RESPONSIVE ACTION to Human Coexistence
What? ‘Architects could thus be playing with the
RESPONSIVE ACTION to Human Coexistence
What? ‘Architects could thus be playing with the
City Stopper
WHAT? A Strategy of Treating Street Corners -New Habitation of Square My thesis is to design a strategy of designing the street where people stop. The objective is to slow down the living pace of HK people, and introduce
City Stopper
WHAT? A Strategy of Treating Street Corners -New Habitation of Square My thesis is to design a strategy of designing the street where people stop. The objective is to slow down the living pace of HK people, and introduce
Miniature Architecture
Artifact, Yicai Chen, 2014. “… 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 Humanist Rebel,
Miniature Architecture
Artifact, Yicai Chen, 2014. “… 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 Humanist Rebel,
MOVEMENT
WHAT High speed is nomal in Hong Kong, people move fast everyday, for work, for food … During this movement they go through streets, buildings, and even ocean , anyway, people experience different space in different time and events will
MOVEMENT
WHAT High speed is nomal in Hong Kong, people move fast everyday, for work, for food … During this movement they go through streets, buildings, and even ocean , anyway, people experience different space in different time and events will
Public archipelago
What The thesis will try to question the overall public space system– the planning and the regulating– by finding out how people invent their public life. The site is located in the central business district of
Public archipelago
What The thesis will try to question the overall public space system– the planning and the regulating– by finding out how people invent their public life. The site is located in the central business district of
Metamorphic Altar
WHAT? The masses have four schools where they can be instructed in the high truths of art. These four schools are : the Museum, the Street, the Monument, and the Book(Criticism and the Newspaper). —–Henry Provensal, L’Art de
Metamorphic Altar
WHAT? The masses have four schools where they can be instructed in the high truths of art. These four schools are : the Museum, the Street, the Monument, and the Book(Criticism and the Newspaper). —–Henry Provensal, L’Art de
12/2014 Final Presentation
Rhythmi(city) WHAT This thesis is interested in the soundscape of the city, which is a subject that has gained increasing attention towards the late 19th century, after R. Murray Schafer had found the World Soundscape Project which initiated the
12/2014 Final Presentation
Rhythmi(city) WHAT This thesis is interested in the soundscape of the city, which is a subject that has gained increasing attention towards the late 19th century, after R. Murray Schafer had found the World Soundscape Project which initiated the
MIGRANT VILLAGE
ARTIFACT The artifacts shows how could a basic standard module of dwelling develop to become a cluster of clan or even further. The thesis should focus on not only design the module itself, but also the method of expanding the
MIGRANT VILLAGE
ARTIFACT The artifacts shows how could a basic standard module of dwelling develop to become a cluster of clan or even further. The thesis should focus on not only design the module itself, but also the method of expanding the
PERMEABLE CRACK
Thesis Statement Permeable crack is intended to use the concept which is extracted from nature and Peter Zumthor’s projects to regenerate the harbor-front district in the northwest of Hong Kong Island. The long section showing by the artifact is intended
PERMEABLE CRACK
Thesis Statement Permeable crack is intended to use the concept which is extracted from nature and Peter Zumthor’s projects to regenerate the harbor-front district in the northwest of Hong Kong Island. The long section showing by the artifact is intended
FRINGE
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 attempts to conserve elements of the existing rail infrastructure, while integrating new programs: providing an artist’s hub, small
FRINGE
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 attempts to conserve elements of the existing rail infrastructure, while integrating new programs: providing an artist’s hub, small
The Footbridge Park
Proposal: The Footbridge Park Central Hong Kong This thesis would like to explore the possibility of placing urban public parks above footbridges in Hong Kong. Also, by using the ground as the medium between human and the built environment, this
The Footbridge Park
Proposal: The Footbridge Park Central Hong Kong This thesis would like to explore the possibility of placing urban public parks above footbridges in Hong Kong. Also, by using the ground as the medium between human and the built environment, this
Vanishing in City
“What makes it so successful is that it’s not an architectural statement. It’s really about growing out of what was there in a very quiet way.” Said Ricardo Scofidio when talked about The High Line. Sometimes architecture should disappear and blend into
Vanishing in City
“What makes it so successful is that it’s not an architectural statement. It’s really about growing out of what was there in a very quiet way.” Said Ricardo Scofidio when talked about The High Line. Sometimes architecture should disappear and blend into
Degradable Olympics
This thesis explores a method to design and manage Olympics Stadium in a way that could contribute to the city. Instead of being abandoned after Olympics game and causing problems, the degradable stadium could degrade and fits in a
Degradable Olympics
This thesis explores a method to design and manage Olympics Stadium in a way that could contribute to the city. Instead of being abandoned after Olympics game and causing problems, the degradable stadium could degrade and fits in a
On the Road
Rehabitation of Road Space To reexamine the use of traffic specific road space as a multi-programmatic space for pedestrian occupation. What? This thesis hopes to examine road space as a place of spectacle, a stage for everyday life. To design
On the Road
Rehabitation of Road Space To reexamine the use of traffic specific road space as a multi-programmatic space for pedestrian occupation. What? This thesis hopes to examine road space as a place of spectacle, a stage for everyday life. To design
Active Windowscape
“What concerns me is that the individual preson becomes less and less important in building or in the city. We hand over the whole responsibility to companies or architects. We walk around through our cities feeling that we have not made them or
Active Windowscape
“What concerns me is that the individual preson becomes less and less important in building or in the city. We hand over the whole responsibility to companies or architects. We walk around through our cities feeling that we have not made them or
MEDICAL NEMESIS
MEDICAL NEMESIS Rapid advancement in technology is no doubts driving the progress of medicalization in Hong Kong, yet there is gap between the development of the space and the technology in the issue of medicalization in Hong Kong. In the
MEDICAL NEMESIS
MEDICAL NEMESIS Rapid advancement in technology is no doubts driving the progress of medicalization in Hong Kong, yet there is gap between the development of the space and the technology in the issue of medicalization in Hong Kong. In the
Towards A DenCity
ARTIFACT This thesis attempts to create a hybrid programmatic architectural model plugged to strategic peripheral mass transportation nodes in order to counter city sprawl, while challenges the predominant model and conception of vernacular and ‘traditional’ ways of occupy and
Towards A DenCity
ARTIFACT This thesis attempts to create a hybrid programmatic architectural model plugged to strategic peripheral mass transportation nodes in order to counter city sprawl, while challenges the predominant model and conception of vernacular and ‘traditional’ ways of occupy and
Oil Painting Trading Centre
What? Dafen Village in Shenzhen is best known for the production of fake oil painting. The Oil painting industry was brought to Dafen Village by a Hong Kong merchant in 1989. Currently there are about 800 galleries and over 6000 artists.
Oil Painting Trading Centre
What? Dafen Village in Shenzhen is best known for the production of fake oil painting. The Oil painting industry was brought to Dafen Village by a Hong Kong merchant in 1989. Currently there are about 800 galleries and over 6000 artists.
An Unceasing Evolution of Education
Artifact What Nanyang Technological University My thesis topic aims at investigating and challenging the role of art school with urban city nowadays, and reorienting it by incorporating with the concept of “self-learn.” Self-learn is defined as the study of something
An Unceasing Evolution of Education
Artifact What Nanyang Technological University My thesis topic aims at investigating and challenging the role of art school with urban city nowadays, and reorienting it by incorporating with the concept of “self-learn.” Self-learn is defined as the study of something
Final Presentation
WHAT? The thesis is aimed to give a tendency design for the future city, when the individual aircrafts play an important role as the cars today. Then it will give the city layout a totally refresh and update. there will
Final Presentation
WHAT? The thesis is aimed to give a tendency design for the future city, when the individual aircrafts play an important role as the cars today. Then it will give the city layout a totally refresh and update. there will
Vessel Architecture: Deconstruction & Reassembly
My thesis investigates how decommissioned large ships could be dismantled and remodeled into architecture, with a focus on the material and structural properties of steel and the connections between new and reused steel parts. The thesis experiments with
Vessel Architecture: Deconstruction & Reassembly
My thesis investigates how decommissioned large ships could be dismantled and remodeled into architecture, with a focus on the material and structural properties of steel and the connections between new and reused steel parts. The thesis experiments with
CONSPIRACY EMANCIPATION
This thesis will explore the design of a 2020s event space in extreme densities. It will emancipate the undermined potential of an existing streetscape and invent an approach to a hidden conspiratory eventscape in the era of political instability. MONG
CONSPIRACY EMANCIPATION
This thesis will explore the design of a 2020s event space in extreme densities. It will emancipate the undermined potential of an existing streetscape and invent an approach to a hidden conspiratory eventscape in the era of political instability. MONG
Redefined Dwelling
MY THESIS WILL FOCUS ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE FUNCTION OF WALLS BETWEEN SUBDIVIDED FLATS AND REDEFINE THE WALL AS A CONNECTING MEDIA FROM THE INSIDE OF THE LIVING CELL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIVING CELL. BY LOOKING INTO
Redefined Dwelling
MY THESIS WILL FOCUS ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE FUNCTION OF WALLS BETWEEN SUBDIVIDED FLATS AND REDEFINE THE WALL AS A CONNECTING MEDIA FROM THE INSIDE OF THE LIVING CELL TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIVING CELL. BY LOOKING INTO
Centre to Divert
What is a core? Core first existed in the building as a chimney, a service tube that provided heat for houses. At the age of high-rise, core is a representation of a transfer from the ground level vertically
Centre to Divert
What is a core? Core first existed in the building as a chimney, a service tube that provided heat for houses. At the age of high-rise, core is a representation of a transfer from the ground level vertically
CONNECTION
Connection I will start from the existing environment, and design a symbol architecture near Bai Shui Tang Scenic Spot, exploring the relationship between my site and Bai Shui Tang Lake.And then Bai Shui Tang Scenic Spot as the starting point,
CONNECTION
Connection I will start from the existing environment, and design a symbol architecture near Bai Shui Tang Scenic Spot, exploring the relationship between my site and Bai Shui Tang Lake.And then Bai Shui Tang Scenic Spot as the starting point,
Urban Infrastructure Space
This thesis is about making performative infrastructure at boundaries, exchange,distribution and gateway infrastructure. Infrastructure performance is viewed in terms of its productivity, growth and economic significance. These are becoming more a part of our visual culture and yet they are also strategic targets for multimedia and cultural productions.
Urban Infrastructure Space
This thesis is about making performative infrastructure at boundaries, exchange,distribution and gateway infrastructure. Infrastructure performance is viewed in terms of its productivity, growth and economic significance. These are becoming more a part of our visual culture and yet they are also strategic targets for multimedia and cultural productions.
PUBLIC OWNED ADVERTISING
WHAT? Public Space Exchange with Profit Shanghai, commissioned as the laboratory for China’s economic reform, has developed into a big commercial metropolis with a great amount of shopping malls. Taking the Xu Jia Hui Business Circle as the testing
PUBLIC OWNED ADVERTISING
WHAT? Public Space Exchange with Profit Shanghai, commissioned as the laboratory for China’s economic reform, has developed into a big commercial metropolis with a great amount of shopping malls. Taking the Xu Jia Hui Business Circle as the testing
Diasporic Community
The thesis will challenge and redefine the notion of community as a changing process that deals with the needs of different races through interstitial interventions that reshape the urban conditions, identity and mode of interaction between different diasporic groups.
Diasporic Community
The thesis will challenge and redefine the notion of community as a changing process that deals with the needs of different races through interstitial interventions that reshape the urban conditions, identity and mode of interaction between different diasporic groups.
Light Medium
WHAT? Void space as an existence of architecture space , its existence and narrativity can be perceived and haptic. This thesis will capture and operate the daylight and artificial light as a medium of void space to study
Light Medium
WHAT? Void space as an existence of architecture space , its existence and narrativity can be perceived and haptic. This thesis will capture and operate the daylight and artificial light as a medium of void space to study
Realize
What? Project Description: The thesis examines the significance and thus the potential of virtuality in the discourse of architecture. By looking at how virtual space is channeled to the real in the case of the protest of umbrella movement, it
Realize
What? Project Description: The thesis examines the significance and thus the potential of virtuality in the discourse of architecture. By looking at how virtual space is channeled to the real in the case of the protest of umbrella movement, it
PARASITIC MARKET
WHAT? Definition of “墟市” :In the south of China, the market named “市” is of fixed stores and address no., while “墟”, without consecutive time slot and space, serves as periodical city fair. With shifts of both time and
PARASITIC MARKET
WHAT? Definition of “墟市” :In the south of China, the market named “市” is of fixed stores and address no., while “墟”, without consecutive time slot and space, serves as periodical city fair. With shifts of both time and