Contiguous Hospital- Hospital as Public Housing Revitalization

<Statement> Patients in hospitals are suffering from double isolation, from both the green belt of hospital and the long & stationery stay in hospital. Roslyn, Lindeim a hospital design expert claimed that patients are subjected to high level of stress

Wards Getting Out of Isolation

<Statement> Hospital is a place to accommodate people when they are either physically or mentally weak. It helps supporting a stable society.  Under the pressure of shortage of bed spaces in an aging city Hong Kong, the thesis investigates how

Wards getting out of Isolation

{Thesis statement} The emergence of SARS in Hong Kong ten years ago has aroused our fear towards contagious disease.  Its impact is deep-rooted in Hong Kong people’s mind. You will get displeased even you just cough once or twice inside

Wards getting out of Isolation

Hospital is a place to accommodate people when they are either physically or mentally weak. It helps supporting a stable society; nevertheless no one prefers living in a hospital. Not only its cold and unwelcoming appearance, but also the soulless

Learning from the blind

Learning from the blind What the blind do we cannot do Blind people live by their extreme sensitivities in hearing, touching, smelling, all except seeing. Yet, in many people’s mind, optic sense is what we cannot live without. With the

Hospital- Architecture of hope

Hospital- Architecture of hope Hospital in Poor health Hospital is a sacred place where most people were born and die. It accommodates people when they are most physically and mentally sensitive. A stable society cannot lie without the support of

Architecture for the visually impaired / Future healthcare landscape in Hong Kong

First Topic: Architecture for the visually impaired:   Visual perception is highly being relied in experiencing the world, hence also in the field of creating architecture. We are used to suppress and eliminate our other senses, reducing our experience solely