Posts Tagged 'infrastructure'
Identity of Architecture in the epoch of Infrastructure
Quick links – content Annotated bibliography – Inspiration Thesis Statement Description of Project intended to test the thesis statement Infrastructure in the 21st century Characteristics of infrastructure Core values of historical infrastructures Important events and projects in chronological order 1.
Identity of Architecture in the epoch of Infrastructure
Quick links – content Annotated bibliography – Inspiration Thesis Statement Description of Project intended to test the thesis statement Infrastructure in the 21st century Characteristics of infrastructure Core values of historical infrastructures Important events and projects in chronological order 1.
The slum, the city and the outsiders
Favelas are not only a physical manifestation of the past urban development, or the social distribution of the city, but they are dynamic urban areas with its own qualities and necessities, which have been increasingly studied and observed by
The slum, the city and the outsiders
Favelas are not only a physical manifestation of the past urban development, or the social distribution of the city, but they are dynamic urban areas with its own qualities and necessities, which have been increasingly studied and observed by
Taming Desertification
What Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife. This forever expanding sand is caused by varies factors, mainly climate
Taming Desertification
What Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a dry land region becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife. This forever expanding sand is caused by varies factors, mainly climate
Hydrophilic Urbanism – Exploration of new community with hydraulic structure
Thesis Statement The urbanization in China is developing in a high speed which was not seemed before. Also the supporting infrastructures have to build up in the same time, like the reservoirs. The reservoirs play an important role in water
Hydrophilic Urbanism – Exploration of new community with hydraulic structure
Thesis Statement The urbanization in China is developing in a high speed which was not seemed before. Also the supporting infrastructures have to build up in the same time, like the reservoirs. The reservoirs play an important role in water
Temporal Interference
Temporal Interference CHENG CHING 2008064789 Thesis Statement It is often baffling, that one maybe travelling from the thirtieth floor to the ground in an elevator, and yet another may have already travelled from Prince Edward to Mongkok on a train
Temporal Interference
Temporal Interference CHENG CHING 2008064789 Thesis Statement It is often baffling, that one maybe travelling from the thirtieth floor to the ground in an elevator, and yet another may have already travelled from Prince Edward to Mongkok on a train
Displacing Centers: Railway Terminal of a New Agenda
Thesis Statement ‘…architecture is getting better but the city is getting worse’, quoted from a recent Rem Koolhaas interview by Urban Flux, speaking of China as the scale of architectural intervention failing to address bigger urban issues like congestion and
Displacing Centers: Railway Terminal of a New Agenda
Thesis Statement ‘…architecture is getting better but the city is getting worse’, quoted from a recent Rem Koolhaas interview by Urban Flux, speaking of China as the scale of architectural intervention failing to address bigger urban issues like congestion and
(Trans)Mail Urbanism: Reforming the Postal Infrastructure
Thesis Statement The form of interpersonal communication has been shifting in the changing social situation. The postal service for mails has been challenged by the substitution of physical mails by emails. Still, the postal service is remained a functioning network
(Trans)Mail Urbanism: Reforming the Postal Infrastructure
Thesis Statement The form of interpersonal communication has been shifting in the changing social situation. The postal service for mails has been challenged by the substitution of physical mails by emails. Still, the postal service is remained a functioning network
Critical Stretches to a Generic City
Urban Flux vol.32, 2013 ‘…architecture is getting better but the city is getting worse’, quoted from a recent Rem Koolhaas interview by Urban Flux, speaking of China as the scale of architectural intervention failing to address bigger urban issues
Critical Stretches to a Generic City
Urban Flux vol.32, 2013 ‘…architecture is getting better but the city is getting worse’, quoted from a recent Rem Koolhaas interview by Urban Flux, speaking of China as the scale of architectural intervention failing to address bigger urban issues
One Country, Two (infrastructural) System
Thesis Statement Infrastructure contributes to the structuring of the city by determining the flow of people, information and goods. Hong Kong has a well-developed infrastructural system which allows Hong Kong function as a self-contained city and connected to before the
One Country, Two (infrastructural) System
Thesis Statement Infrastructure contributes to the structuring of the city by determining the flow of people, information and goods. Hong Kong has a well-developed infrastructural system which allows Hong Kong function as a self-contained city and connected to before the