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Context
Mei Tung Estate Glossary Stores (closed down)
Frontage stores were benefited from the local communities & Kowloon walled city
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Kowloon Walled City (1972 Dec)
Kowloon Walled City Cluster


Create pedestrians accessible alleys,yards like river generated communities

Present
Huge Renovated Kowloon walled City Park
A place for temporary leisure
Kowloon Walled City Park (Present)


Nearby Churches








LIVE TOGETHER: THE COLLECTIVE HOUSE
Religious buildings(dark grey) & Educational(grey)
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Site Context


Stone garden is located at port of Beirut, Capital of Lebanon — Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon,buried 7 times through the ages, the city tells the story of wars.

Strategies
Building skin is custom designed. It is all labored and crafted by the hands of the many workers with mixture of projected earth, cement, and fibers. Matching the textures and colors of typical Beirut buildings.



The Windows are recessed and the walls are very thick, the recessed thickness worked as a passive sun shading devices, it also created a scnery of battle field with buildings full of bullet holes, as the openings are deep, a very strong shadows is casted resulting in a high contrast with the cladding.

