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19TH CUHK MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE 57 points of inflection
57 points of inflection 19TH
GRADUATION
MASTER
OF
ARCHITECTURE
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Editorial Team
LEI Weng Kei Apple, Editor LEUNG Dik Man Andy, Editor LIU Sui Lung Simon, Editor WONG Ting Hong Chris, Editor WU Ching Kwong Neo, Editor YAU Pui Ting Serena, Editor
Graphics Team
AU Yan Ting Eunice, Designer WONG Chun Kit Marco, Designer WONG Sau Yin Samuel, Designer
Publishing
LO Ka Kei Karmeo, Organizer
Photo Credits
WU Ching Kwong Neo, Interview Photography LAI Wing Kai, Final Review Photography
All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior approval of the publisher. School of Architecture The Chinese University of Hong Kong AIT Building Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China T +852 3943 6583 F +852 3942 0982 E architecture@cuhk.edu.hk Designing buildings. Building careers. For more information about the school, please visit http://www.arch.cuhk.edu.hk/ 57 points of inflection represents theses, seminars, researches, events and exhibitions from the 2014-2015 academic year. For more information about the graduation show, please visit https://www.facebook.com/cuarchshow2015 352 pages, 155 x 230 mm ISBN 978-962-8272-16-7 First published in May, 2015 Printed and bounded in Hong Kong Š School of Architecture, CUHK
Content
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Director’s Address
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Foreword
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Preface
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Acknowledgements
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Advisors’ Words Thesis Project
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Building Technology and Sustainable Design
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Design Methodology and Practice
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Digital Technology and Computational Design
DTCD
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History, Culture and Conservation Design
HCCD
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Urban Design and Landscape Urbanism
UDLU
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Dialogues with Professionals
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Theme
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Contributors
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Sponsors
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Publication
BTSD DMP
INDEX
THESIS
017 BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN 019 LEUNG Dik Man Andy . CONTINNUUM: ALTERNATIVE LIVING IN THE CITY 023 LIU Sui Lung Simon . CULTURAL EDGE: RETRIEVAL/RELIEF OF TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT ART 027 SIN Wing Lan Dana . CITY AS THEATRE : A NEW MIDDLE GROUND FOR SHATIN 031 LEE Tsz Ping . SPORTS URBAN SURFACE : REDEFINE SPORTS IN CITY 035 WONG Wing Man Venus . THE EPHEMERAL EFFECT : CITY REVITALIZATION CATALYST 039 YUNG Long Ming Melvin . LIVE WITH NATURE : THE UPOTIA OF SLOPE HABITATION 043 YUNG Susan . AQUA DEPTH : AN ALTERNATION SEAWATER LEISURE 047 LAM Yip Cheong Bobby . FUNG WONG TSUEN : VERTICAL CONTINUATION OF STREET AND MARKET 051 TSANG Wai Ching Billy . CIVIC REUNION : TOWN HALL COMPLEX AS CIVIC STATION 055 DU Qiongwei Winnie . TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY : ALTERNATIVE FOR RELACATING MASHIPO VILLAGE OF FANLING 059 NG Chun Lun Tommy . ARCHITECTURE IN EXTREME CONDITION 063 NAN Tian . REFINDING LOST COURTYARD : ELDERLY COMMUNITY CENTRE AND NURSING HOME FOR NORTHERN CHINA 069 DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND PRACTICE 071 CHEN Yongqi . ZHONGSHAN NORTH RAILWAY STATION : AN EXPLORATION OF VERTICAL RAILWAY STATION 075 LI Huagang . REBUILD FOR RETENTION : AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL FOR WAH FU ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT 079 ZHOU Xiao . FROM FIGURE TO SPACE : SPATIAL TRANSITION OF CHINESE GARDENS 083 CHEUNG Hiu Hei Jonny . ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR HK HOSPITALS 087 LAU Pui Yin Jim . HONG KONG HEGEMONY .RECLAIM CENTRAL :WEALTH GAP IN SOCIETY IS REFLECTED IN URBAN BUILT FORM 091 MA Sin Cheung Chris . THE HIDDEN DEPTH : VICTORIA HARBOUR WATER CULTURE EXCHANGE BODY + CITY + WATER 095 CHAN Yuk Wa . SHIPYARD+ : INTERFACE BRIDGING THE FLOATING AND TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES 099 LEI Weng Kei . TRANSISTANCE : SOAKING UP EAST KOWLOON 103 CHAN Hoi Him Justin . PROGRAMMING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY : SPORTING USES OF URBAN SPACES 107 HO Wan Yee . BUILDING IN-BETWEEN : A STUDY OF TENSION BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE 111 LO Man Kiu Albert . ON MOTION PERSPECTIVE : VISUAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN THROUGH ISOVIST 115 AU Yan Ting Eunice . 1812 OVERTURE : INTEGRATION OF MUSIC AND SYMPOSIUM 119 CHEUNG Chi Ying Shirley . KONG KID REFORM : SPACE AS THE ANCILLARY PEDAGOGY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 123 TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas . CITY OF MOVEMENT : ENRICHING EVERYDAY URBAN EXPERIENCE 127 LEE Kui Yuen Raymond . ANTICIPATORY MUNICIPAL ARCHITECTURE 131 CHAN Chi Meng Michael . ART INK-UBATOR : THE COLOANE ART VILLAGE 135 CHU Kwan Nok Benjamin . THEATREACTION : INTERACTION BETWEEN PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES 141 DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTERAL DESIGN 143 NG Kei Yiu Alex . ADAPTIVE ORNAMENT : A SEMI AUTOMATIC TEXTURE GENERATING MACHINE 147 LAI Wing Yan Grace . MACHINE FOR ESCAPISM : FOR HEALING DEPRESSION OF URBAN POPULATION THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE REALIT Y 151 CHENG Sum Yee . URBAN NOMADISM : PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE V.S.TEMPORARY INFILL 157 HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONSERVATION DESIGN 159 LEE Sin Kiu Abby . COMMUNITY GENE : THE CHANGING COMMUNITY 163 NG Wui Chun Alex . REMNANTS : RE-THINKING CONSUMERISM AND AUTHENTIC VALUE OF ‘THING’ 167 LO Ka Kei Karmeo . LES LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE : SITE OF MEMORY: FROM TERRIAN TO TERRITORY 171 CHAN Hok Leung Joe . FISH TOWER : EVOLUTION OF FISHING INDUSTRY 175 LI Chi Wah Alice . RE-INTEGRATE THE ISOLATED : DRAMA THERAPY AS THREAD 179 WONG Po Yi Connie . RESONANCE SYMBIOSIS : CONVERGENCE OF NON-LIVING AND LIVING SYSTEMS IN ARCHITECTURE 183 LUK Yin Yung Claudia . URBAN REPOSITORY : IN REMEMBERANCE OF THE FORGETTING CITY 187 CHAN Chi Yan Amos . PIG CO-OPERATIVE : LIVING AND LEARNING FROM OUR FOOD 191 WONG Shu Wan Jocelyn . THE SENSORIUM : CONFRONTING AIR POLLUTION 195 WONG Ting Hong Chris . A JOURNEY TO ARCADIA : EXPLORING SITE-SPECIFICITY WITH THE MAN-MADE 199 DOCEKAL Nikola . THE RUIN AND LIQUOR CO. : BREWING PAST IN SHAM TSENG 203 AU Sin Man Sophia . ALGAEMY FACTORY : PRODUCING SALUTOGENIC ECOLOGY 207 HO Tsz Wai Jimmy . THE YELLOW : ARCHITECTURAL INTERROGATION OF LOCAL SOCIAL ACTIVISM 213 URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE URBANISM 215 WAN Ka Ki Anson . THE AUCTION HOUSE : STAGING THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE 219 WONG Chun Kit Marco . 2070+ 223 WONG Sau Yin Samuel . CITY OF RESISTANCE : 84 DAYS AND BEYOND 227 LOK Chin Wa Katherine . URBAN REGENERATION : RETHINKING HONG KONG LANE AS ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SPACE 231 CHAN Sum Tei Cindy . ORGANIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING 235 TSUI Kwok San Barry . DIGNITY TO ABSENCE : RESPECTFUL STATUS AND JOURNEY 239 WU Ching Kwong Neo . HYPER CONVENTION CITY : FRONTIER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS UNITED NATIONS 243 CHAN Hiu Ling Leila . POST-APOCALYPSE : ARCHITECTURE FOR UNCERTAIN FUTURE 247 YAU Pui Ting Serena . URBAN RECOVERY : ACUPUNCTURE AND REINTEGRATION OF URBAN DECAYING FABRIC 251 KEI Ka Yat Darren . URBAN HOUSE : PUBLIC VECTOR FOR ‘NEET’ REINTRODUCTION 255 LEUNG Oi Chi Riva . MUSICAL VENUE : REINTERPRETATION OF CONVENTIONAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE VENUE IN MONG KOK 259 LAM See Man Clare . IN MEMORIAM : IN THE MEMORY OF
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DIRECTOR’S ADDRESS Professor Nelson Chen Director, School of Architecture
My warmest congratulations to all the graduates of the Master of Architecture professional degree programme of the Class of 2015. This is the 19th year that graduates of the School of Architecture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong have organized an annual public exhibition and published a book of their final year thesis projects. Remarkably, it seems that each successive year manages to improve on the last, and this year’s Grad Show has been exceptional in raising that bar even higher.
the same time, there are very real social issues that require urgent attention. The Occupy Movement of the past year was not solely about the lack of universal suffrage, but highlighted concerns about the wealth gap, hegemony and inequities in our society. Several of you began to advocate for those values that you embrace in your thesis projects with both positive and creative responses that reflected not only your ability to speak out as designers but also to listen well. To adapt Simone Weil’s definition of art, architecture can be seen as “the symbol of the two noblest human efforts – to construct and to refrain from destruction.”
For our graduating students, you have survived countless late nights and perhaps some moments of doubt along the way to reach this point. We celebrate your achievements as culminated in your thesis projects which, in fact, represent not so much an ending but a beginning – a launch pad for your critical thinking and continuous discovery as a person and professional. And, now, the hard part begins! As you enter the profession to serve the needs of society, you will no longer be a student designing for yourself, but a professional designing for others. For, if you design for yourself, you may consider yourself an artist; but, when you design for others, you become an architect.
Designing our built environment is a great privilege. Architecture can be a career that is challenging, creative and potentially influential when responding innovatively to social needs. But, this privilege comes with responsibilities – which is why architecture must be practical, collaborative, resilient and performance-based in the first instance, but ultimately innovative, inspiring and beautiful. It is essential for you to be both competent and creative, both pragmatic and poetic, both grounded and visionary. In your eventual designing of buildings and in building your own careers, I hope that you will become “grounded visionaries” who will contribute to shaping a better world for the future that we all want. May God bless you all.
I believe there is no more exceptional time and place to practice architecture and urban design than now in Hong Kong, China and Asia, where our 21st century cities are changing and growing with unprecedented speed and scale. Yet, at
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FOREWORD 57 POINTS OF INFLECTION Patrick Hwang Thesis Coordinator
Instead, it is for them to develop architectural intelligence and skills that are mobile and fluid so they can contribute and maneuver reflectively according to the circumstance.
Inflection is the genetic element of the variable curve or fold. Inflection is the authentic atom, the elastic point. Inflection is the pure Event of the line or of the point. Gilles Deleuze
The 19th Master of Architecture Graduation Exhibition titled 57 Points of Inflection is a thematic idea with much connotation and imagination. Implicit to the idea of point of inflection is the notion of transitioning from one spatiality onto another, of repurposing its a priori, of moving towards a state of deterritorialization. Within the context of architecture, deterritorialization is the norm to practice today; it is not an exception but an expectation. Students of architecture in droves will either work in an unfamiliar territory or on projects with which its disposition is foreign. Under this assertion, what are the means and what is the end to the path of education in preparation for this evolving practice? In other words, what and how should the form of knowledge in architecture be conveyed and learned? More importantly, upon familiarizing with the knowledge, what should the students do with it?
The process involved in the thesis project is one of the key attributes that enables this possibility: of defining a topic that is curious to the individual students but also relevant to the discipline of architecture; of deciphering through the overwhelming research to distill its core knowledge; of thinking independently without the safety net previously expected from the studio instructors; of choosing the tools and methods to develop the work; of developing the patience to sustain the thesis for two semesters; of staying the course during many temptations to deviate from the crux of their intent; or simply, to figure out which first steps to begin. These are important struggles that require long consultations with their advisors and intense collaboration with colleagues, but much more often, it requires the student to think through reading, drawing and making in solitude. I hope students feel rewarded with this experience, and more importantly, that this experience paves the way into the architecture of deterritorialized practice, so someday; 57 points of inflection will expand into 57 explorations of events, each one unique, fulfilling their individual inquiries and aspirations.
What is the end? Although we can hope and anticipate what the end may become but no one can guarantee for sure. In the architecture of deterritorialized practice, the end is not about producing students with architectural knowledge catered to a particular industry or locality.
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PREFACE WONG Sau Yin Samuel President of 19th CUHK Architecture Graduation Show Committee
2014 - the Year of Inflection in our society. 2014 - also the Year of Graduation in our architectural studies. 80 days of Umbrella Revolution; 14 days of Class Boycott Campaign; during the 235 days of our final year study journey. We witnessed the resistance. We witnessed the unity. We witnessed the change in this era of Inflection in our society. The 57 projects in this Graduation Book present to you the reflections and our reactions at this Point of Inflection. Yet this is not the end. Our projects have only marked the beginning and welcomed the dawn of a new era. We will remember what brings us here; and with this experience, we will master this Point of Inflection and be the architects of our gernation.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS CUHK Master of Architecture Graduating Class of 2015
The graduating class of CUHK Master of Architecture 2015 would like to take this opportunity to thank those who have given their invaluable support during our time at the School of Architecture. For the 57 of us reaching for this moment of inflection, the past two years has been a pursuit of discovery and enlightenment, both in terms of academics and personal character. None of this would have been possible without the aid of everyone within the School of Architecture community.
put our ambitions into sharp focus and guide our curiosities from the initial inception to the final fruition of the thesis, leading our architectural thinking into maturity.
The graduation show and booklet is brought together with the full support from our generous sponsors and friends from the architectural profession. We are delighted to share a common passion for architectural research and design. We are grateful to Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers Ltd for their continued endorsement as Supreme Sponsor of the event.
A special thanks to Mr. Leo Wan Ming Dai and Mr. Hok Fu Lau from the department workshop for their technical advice and handson assistance.
Thank you to the department’s administrative team and technicians for their daily efforts to maintain the school’s operations and a particular acknowledgement to Ms. Olivia Cheung’s contribution to the planning of the graduation show.
Last but not least, we owe much gratitude to each of our peers, family and friends for their encouragements that have fueled our dedication towards our theses. At this pinnacle inflection point, as we look forward to our careers of infinite possibilities, we cherish the fond memories of our lives as students.
We would like to thank each thesis advisor for their unwavering support in nurturing the development of our thesis projects. They help
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ADVISORS’ WORDS CHEN Nelson Congratulations to all the graduates on your achievements – you should be deservedly proud of your outstanding efforts and accomplishments just as your professors are proud of you for your courage and commitment throughout your academic studies at our School of Architecture.
PROFESSOR OF PRAC. IN ARCH.; DIRECTOR, SCHOOL OF ARCH. BA (Hons); MArch (Dist) (Harvard); FHKIA; FAIA; RIBA; HKICON; Reg Arch (HK, US); AP (Architect)
For my own talented and dedicated students, Jim Lau and Jonny Cheung - you both identified extremely challenging thesis subjects with important social agendas, then managed to fulfill those objectives and goals beyond all expectations – both yours and mine. Your thesis projects were thoughtfully conceived, faithfully realized and elegantly designed. It has been my privilege to witness your journeys of design and discovery.
CHANG Ping Hung Wallace At a time of dramatic changes, both socially and culturally, architects-to-be are facing uncertainties of an unparalleled multitude in the region. For what have been taught and learnt in the School are immediately becoming obsolete, but one thing that may persist if you still remember is the “can-do” spirit that keeps your eyes looking far and deep into the future. Inherit spirit as the sons and daughters of Hong Kong Architecture!
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BA (AS) (HKU); BArch (Dist) (HKU); SMArchS (MIT); Havard-Yenching Visiting Scholar (Havard University); HKIA; RIBA; AIA
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CHUNG Wang Leung Thomas From being an architect, to making architecture, hopefully… “So the university has nothing to do with the marketplace. It doesn’t disdain it, because it gets its support from the marketplace; but it still doesn’t teach it, because it’s useless to teach it… There is a teaching of the professional position; responsibility to other people.. responsibility to society – yes, all these things – but there is another responsibility, and that is to teach the man to be himself… not all having to do with design, not all with specification writing, but it somehow – all belongs to it. … The most important thing… is to know that architecture has no presence. You can’t get a hold of architecture. It just has no presence. Only a work of architecture has presence, and a work of architecture is presented as an offering to architecture. Architecture has no favourites, … it just sits there waiting for a work to indicate again, to revive the spirit of architecture by its nature, from which people can live for many years.”
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MA (Cantab); DipArch (Cantab); MPhil (Cantab); BA; MArch; ARB; RIBA; ARB(UK); HKIA
“The architect’s job, in my opinion, and I must close on this, is to find those spaces, those areas of study, where the availabilities, not yet here, and those that are already here, can have better environments for their maturing into those which talk and say things to you and really make evident that the spaces that you make are the seat of a certain offering of man to the next man. It is not an operational thing. You leave that to the builders and to the operators. They already build eighty-five percent of the architecture, so give them another five… take only five percent and be really an architect and not just a professional. A professional will bury you. You’ll become so comfortable. You’ll become praised, equally to someone else, that you’ll never recognize yourself after a while. You get yourself a good business character, you can really play all day and your buildings will be built anyway. But what the devil is that? What joy is there if joy is buried. I think joy is the key word in our work. It must be felt. If you don’t feel joy in what you’re doing, then you’re not really operating. And there are miserable moments which you’ve got to live through. But really, joy will prevail.” Louis Kahn, excerpts from Essential Texts
YANO Yutaka Dear Thesis-graduate students of 2015, With great happiness and joy I wish you all the best of luck for your bright future ahead. It’s been a wonderful experience to be part of the teaching staff during the academic year of 2014-2015 at CUHK and to have had an opportunity to meet and discuss with so many of you. Please come back to share your experience and keep us updated of your wonderful achievements in the future. Congratulations! ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BSc; GradDipArch (Lond.); RIBA; RegArch (UK)
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CROLLA Kristof
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MArch (Arch. Assn., UK); Civil Archi. Engineer (Ghent, Belgium); LicArch (Belgium); LicArch (UK); RIBA
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FOURNIER Colin Because this year’s crop of final Theses has been particularly impressive, both in terms of the quality of the projects and in term of their diversity, it leads one to reflect upon the key question: what is it that makes a good thesis? What are the essential criteria that the students, largely on their own accord, seek to embrace and satisfy during their final year of architectural education at CUHK? I would like to suggest that the good thesis has, possibly, ten essential attributes: 1) It has to be totally self-motivated. It should spring from an irresistible inner urge to pursue a particular line of enquiry, sometimes even to the point of becoming an obsession. It has to be passionate. 2) It has to be informed by a broad social agenda, to touch, either directly or indirectly, upon issues that are politically important, that are to do with the wellbeing of society at large. 3) It also has to be deeply personal. Paradoxically, perhaps - in the context of the underlying social agenda mentioned above - it has to an opportunity for the student to discover, quite egotistically, his or her own philosophy, voice, design language and style. 4) It has to be acutely aware of the current architectural discourse and design practices taking place around the world, including the work done by other students, not only within CUHK, but also within the thriving culture of other leading schools internationally. 5) It has to be innovative, experimental, brave, not afraid of taking risks, of taking a leap into the unknown. This spirit of innovation can manifest itself in different realms: technical, philosophical, conceptual as well as through all kinds of different types and scales of design experimentation: no matter what form it takes, the urge to innovate has to be there. 6) It has to show an eagerness to broaden one’s knowledge, to learn from other disciplines and to demonstrate one’s ability to use different techniques and media: not only writing, drawing, scripting, rendering, model-making, but also, if and where necessary, photography, industrial design, cybernetics, robotics, painting, film, dance, musical composition, fashion, etc. 7) It has to be a work of art, a creative achievement that is aesthetically challenging, poetic and emotionally engaging in addition to being intellectually sound and technically competent. 8) It has to be experienced by the author as an on-going process of thought, a journey of discovery and surprise, and it has to be communicated as such to the observer, rather than as a finished product. 9) It has to fully draw upon all the skills and talents of the author in order to reach a high level of design resolution, 10) It has to demonstrate a potential to have a lasting impact, to be a seed of things to come, the start of a true research journey that will be of lasting significance for the author and, ideally, for society. I am happy to say that my three Thesis students this year, Anson, Marco and Sam, have - not only individually but also collectively, though mutual support and encouragement - done remarkably well in meeting these ten criteria of excellence, with three very distinct projects that have emerged in spontaneous response to the recent events of healthy political questioning and social upheaval in Hong Kong. This year, many other students in the school, with varying degree of success but with equal determination, have also pursued very essential agendas, which is a very cheerful and encouraging sign for the future. Page 4
VISITING PROFESSOR AA Dipl (Arch. Assn. Sch. of Arch., Lond.); RIBA
FUNG Stanislaus 5 Points for Working on Thesis Projects 1. Work with secondary modifications of abstract nouns. After saying that your project is about “Nature” in Week 1, you can zoom in and talk about Latour’s take on “nature”, or a specific way of politicizing the discussion of nature in Week 2. 2. Don’t use keywords to make your ideas sound nice. In particular, if you use a big word that you are unable to elaborate with a few extra sentences, it might be a good idea to drop it quietly after a few weeks. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BSc (Arch.) (Hons) (UNSW); PH.D. (Syd)
3. Working with texts is not like making mashed potatoes. Some texts are opposed to each other; some illuminate different ideas and procedures that end up working together. So we are often looking for ways to characterize these relationships. 4. Understandings that emerge when you get a handle on the relationships between your readings and case studies can be used to think about site selection or the articulation of program and structure. 5. The pretense of doing some social or moral good in a thesis project can be tempered by a call to show how architectural skills and sensibilities are evident in a final review.
GU Daqing In recent years I often puzzled about a simple question: what can a student really learn about design in today’s architecture schools?
PROFESSOR BArch (Southeast); MArch (Southeast); DSc (ETH-Zurich)
Looking at the enormous production of well crafted models and nicely printed graphic panels in the thesis final review, I realized that there is no a simple answer to the question. Referring to my won study years, we spent a lot of time to master the skill of ink wash rendering. However, not too many years after graduation, computer rendering replaced the traditional method and ink wash has no use except as a form of art. But, I have learned something else which has a long lasting impact on my understanding about architectural education. This is the skill to design a building by articulating parts into a whole. Comparing to today’s studio, we spent much less time in producing ideas but more time in studying plans, sections, and elevations. For a quite long time I was critical about my own education. But more and more I begin to see its unique value and appreciate a lot what I have learned. I am sure you are thinking about the same question as me at the time completing your professional training and you will be continuously puzzled with the question in your career. I hope that you can discover something more substantial behind those well crafted models and nicely printed graphic panels. Good luck!
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LOVELL Jenny Thesis has enabled you to both address important contemporary social, cultural and environmental issues; but also to detach yourself from them as a purely intellectual pursuit. However, do not separate the issues you have addressed from the world of practice you are now entering! As architects, we have never have been more responsible for the state of the environment than we are today. It is the quality of architecture itself that can contribute in a positive, or negative, way. So, take a stand, ask questions, make changes, and be leaders. Do not focus only on the “object” of building; engage holistically with the big picture, since everything we do can play a part in the longevity and sustainability of the (built) environment.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BA (Manc.); DipArch (Lond.); RIBA; RegArch (UK)
Go and make a difference! Best Wishes & Good Luck
MAING Minjung Thesis is a journey with a means but not an end. It marks the beginning of the next part of your architectural education as you enter into practice. Your learning experience during your year long thesis and the discovery of yourself during difficult moments will form solid backing to help you strive for your dreams. Do not forget your convictions, your visions, your sensibilities and more so, keep strong your passion to make places for not only your dreams but a place for others to dream too. It has been a pleasure to watch you grow strong and put up your efforts even in challenging times of reconciliation. To approach a thesis topic may be daunting and one constantly seeks reassurance but courage is to search within, understand the issues and form the case that will assert your intention. The thesis depicts aspirations in the field of architecture and allows for opportunities for differentiation. The development process is rich of discoveries and being within a vast range of thesis topics allows for a truly prolific learning environment. Process, knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and proposal-planning are all vital steps that can be applied to any discipline and yet only in architectural education, more so in thesis, these all happen simultaneously. These critical thinking steps will continue to serve students of architecture well. The master’s thesis uses research as the foreground for discourse and design to forge spectacles of negotiations and propositions of the formulated thesis agenda. I wish the graduating class the very best and success in their next journey and hope to continue to see you all grow stronger and dream bigger dreams.
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BA; BSc (U. Pennsylvania); MArch (MIT); MS (Stanford); Professional Engineer (USA); Associate AIA (USA); LEED BDC Professional (USA)
TIEBEN Hendrik The following three thesis projects were developed in the Design Research Unit (DRU) Urban Design and Landscape Urbanism and explore issues related to Hong Kong’s high density. Katherine Lok investigated underused alley spaces and pocket parks in Mong Kok to create an alternative public space network serving existing and new residents.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIRECTOR, MSC IN URB. DESIGN PROG. DipArch (TUBS); Post Dip (ETH ZURICH), DSc (ETH ZURICH), AKNW
Cindy Chan explored the potential of Hong Kong’s steep hills as places for new types of affordable housing, developed by small-scale investors, and allowing closer experiences of nature and alternative lifestyles. Barry Tsui addresses how in an extremely dense urban environment, places can be created which give dignity to the deceased.
TSOU Jin Yeu It’s so exciting to witness your progress no matter in school or society. With 2-year professional training, you eventually receive the ticket that ships to your destination. Your study path is like a no-end curve that depicts your growth from a green hand to a master. Hardworking brings you power and confidence. Difficulties you overcome raise your courage and wisdom. But never forget the curve also reflects your life. Here’s always good time and bad, just like “convex” and “concave”. Never give up your dream and stick to it. You will see the Inflection points shimmering and splendid alongside your perseverance. Wish you all every success in the future career and life. PROFESSOR BS (Taiwan), MArch, DArch (Mich)
LAM Tat Your time changes, and now risk is the new safe. Many things you originally consider as safe is no longer safe, which is obvious but frustrating to many. You are trained not only to act inside the box, but to think out of the box and break the box. So you are fully equipped to get into the risky and explore your own dream. Take off from the school and dream your biggest dream!
ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BSsc (CUHK); MArch (Col.); PhD (UCL)
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LAW Sai Hung Sebastian 57 Points of Inflection The inflection point is the moment when a change in concavity occurs. In architecture, people must be able to be flexible in their decisions and understand that creativity does not have only one straight path. Innovation and creativity is a curve and with its changes in concavity, people must adapt and bring forth new creations and ideas that the world may not be familiar with. Humans are inclined to follow a pattern and replicate the already explored. In order to be considered “great”, people must explore the unexplored. By utilizing resources from the two-year Master Degree program, students will be better prepared for adapting during the change in architectural paradigms.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR BA; MArch; HKIA; ARB; RIBA; ARB (UK)
WU Tsan Sum Roger Perhaps there are more than 57 points of inflection. Apart from the 57 graduating thesis students all with their future careers at that vital point of inflection, I feel something of an inflection, though to a much lesser extent, myself at this point of every year - this year is no exception. It is not because my I feel my career is about to take a different trajectory or because I claim to have anything to do with these 57 exciting points of inflection at all, but because I have gained so much from the students’ enthusiasm, verve, curiosity, imagination and ingenuity in the process of getting to this point together with them. It has been my pleasure and thank you all for making it ‘57 plus a little’ points of inflection. All the best with whatever curves lie ahead of you. ADJUNCT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR BSc; BArch (Bath); RIBA; HKIA
YUET Tsang Chi Congratulations on your graduation. With the efforts and commitments given to this two year study, I believe everyone of you have achieved a good level of intellectual development with necessary knowledge and skills that prepare you well for architectural profession. The time spanning this academic year has been unusual for Hong Kong. Many of us raised questions about our city and our society. In this point of inflection I hope you all remain optimistic and passionate about our future. Knowing that each one could be a vital part of it, you are willing to work for building it and collectively be the ones that our society can count on. My best wishes!
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ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR BA (AS) (HKU); BArch (HKU); HKIA; A.P. (List 1); RegArch (HK); RIBA; RegArch Qual (PRC)
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Building Technology and Sustainable Design
Design Methodology and Practice
Digital Technology and Computational Design
History, Culture and Conservation Design
Urban Design and Landscape Urbanism
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LAM Yip Cheong Bobby, FUNG WONG TSUEN Vertical Continuation of Street and Market
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YUNG Susan, AQUA DEPTH An Alternative Urban Seawater Leisure
DU Qiongwei Winnie, TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY Alternative for Relocating Mashipo Village of Fanling
LIU Sui Lung Simon, CULTURAL EDGE Retrieval/Relief of Traditional Handicraft Art
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LEUNG Dik Man Andy, CONTINUUM Alternative Living in The City
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SIN Wing Lan Dana, CITY AS THEATRE A New Middle Ground for Shatin
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LEE Tsz Ping, SPORTS URBAN SURFACE Redefine Sports in City
YUNG Long Ming Melvin, LIVE WITH NATURE The Utopia of Slope Habitation
NAN Tian, REFINDING LOST COURTYARD Elderly Community Center & Nursing Home Design for Northern China
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NG Chun Lun Tommy, ARCHITECTURE IN EXTREME CONDITION
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WONG Wing Man Venus, THE EPHEMERAL EFFECT City Revitalization Catalyst
Chapter A / Page 17
BTSD THESIS ADVISORS LOVELL Jenny MAING Minjung TSOU Jin Yeu ZHU Jingxiang
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN (BTSD) DESIGN RESEARCH UNIT Design and Technology are inseparable in attaining Sustainable Design solutions. BTSU is based on an understanding that successful architecture is a seamless integration between the two, where comprehensive and innovative solutions can be explored through a broad spectrum of applications, including responses addressing: climate, comfort, construction, material resources, and use. This platform will enable and support investigations in Building
Technology and Sustainability at multiple scales in order to develop integrated design strategies that are appropriate to specific design problems, and that support solutions for the longevity of the built environment. Sustainability is a way of thinking, implementing, and designing that informs a user-motivated architecture, placing primary value on our environment. “Sustainability and bad design are contradictions in terms. It is the quality of architecture itself that contributes to both personal well-being and longevity of the built environment� (Matthias Sauerbruch)
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BTSD
Advisor | LOVELL Jenny
LEUNG Dik Man Andy
DMP
CONTINUUM ALTERNATIVE LIVING IN THE CITY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Nga Tsin Wai Village, Kowloon Programme: Mixed Use
Email: andyleung.dk@gmail.com Mobile: 9631 0247
In Hong Kong, land use pressures have resulted in high demand and values of all available potential sites. Escalating land values, under these commercial considerations, means old building fabric is constantly under threat. The old village of Nga Tsin Wai Village is one of the historic walled villages in Hong Kong, it is the last remaining walled village in Kowloon today. Although now almost abandoned, it embodies an urban ‘memory’ of the values of village community living, of close relationships between inside and out, between live and work, between threshold and circulation. The village is a remnant of urban fabric integrating live & work – the high-rise buildings
that surround it are the result of a policy to separate places of residence from places of work. Four residential towers, each over 100 m high, over the village site are proposed to be built – the repetition of tower block formula – separating people from the opportunity to live and work in the same place and defining only one formulaic way for us to live. Through extensive investigation of Kowloon village history and of live work models, this proposal seeks to present a new perspective of historic fabric for Hong Kong, one understood through presenting alternative ways to live in the city based on its history of a dense fabric of mixed use and community living.
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LEUNG Dik Man Andy | Continuum
Top: Reconnecting to Kai Tak River Bottom left: Atrium Bottom right: Courtyard and playground
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LEUNG Dik Man Andy | Continuum
Top: Central square - event space Middle: Live and work - event space Bottom: Urban section
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BTSD
Advisor | LOVELL Jenny
LIU Sui Lung Simon
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
DMP
CULTURAL EDGE RETRIEVAL/ RELIEF OF TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT ART Location: To Kwa,Wan, Hong Kong Programme: Adaptive Reuse Warehouse, Live/Work, Exhibition and Performance Space Email: liu_sui_lung@yahoo.com.hk Mobile: 6701 1757
Hong Kong’s cultural heritage is being marginalised through the acceptance of global urban & economic models. The specific identity of place & culture is being eroded and, in many cases, lost. Traditional festivals and their associated crafts provide a vehicle for our cultural heritage in Hong Kong. There are a number of arts and trades attributed to the specific eighteen traditional festivals celebrated each year for example, paper crafts and bamboo structures. However, the number of master craftsmen (Sifu, 師傅) in the paper crafts industry in Hong Kong alone has dropped significantly over the last decade, economic growth and urban development is pushing the old shops to
close down leaving aging craftsmen with few apprentices and little prospect. These traditional and iconic crafts are in danger of disappearing in a city where space is limited. This rich and precious cultural heritage of Hong Kong can be embodied in a new architecture, and the creative industry of handicraft art can be re-activated. This thesis seeks to retain & retrieve Hong Kong’s cultural and handicraft art value, providing a comprehensive settlement & platform for people to live & work within the same district, and to celebrate our cultural roots. This cultural & arts development is proposed as a new type of central urban village stitching together old neighbourhoods and the proposed new master plan for Kai Tak.
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Workshop - Flower Board
Workshop - Lantern
Workshop - Lion Head
2.5m
Leisure Space - Bamboo Plantation
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12.5m
25m
LIU Sui Lung Simon | Cultural Edge
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LIU Sui Lung Simon | Cultural Edge
2.5m
Above left: Public circulation of ground floor with exhibition of cone Above right: live | work space, showroom and workshop Middle: Bamboo pavilion with traditional handicraft art performance Below left: Leisure bridge in Bamboo Park Below right: Thesis panel & model Facing page Top: Continuous circulation for public, transforming the old warehouse into new Live | Work unit Bottom: Whole journey for celebration of handicraft art industry and festival
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Advisor | LOVELL Jenny
BTSD
SIN Wing Lan Dana
CITY AS THEATRE DMP
A NEW MIDDLE GROUND FOR SHATIN
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Shatin, Hong Kong Programme: Theatre Email: danasin@hotmail.com Mobile: 6595 5282
Theatre experience is a socio-cultural event. Theatrical performance may or may not occur in traditional, formal theatre buildings. Audience experiences are not solely governed by what happens on the stage. The entire theatre arrangement, its associated public space, and location within the city are all important elements that brings meaning to the audience experience. The traditional Chinese bamboo theatre goes a step further by promoting a sense of temporal community belonging through event, siting and architecture. In Hong Kong, there is a great discrepancy between performing venues and population density. Most performing venues are located in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, while the N o r t h b a n k greater population density is to the north of the
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New Territories. Additionally there is a lack of medium scale venues in Hong Kong. This thesis explores the possibility of addressing the imbalance in formal theatre provision by creating a medium scale theatre together with a new “middle ground� to bridge two communities with a connective tissue of public event space. This new landform provides a pedestrian infrastructure and surface of urban activity connecting north and south, inside and outside. Thresholds align with existing circulation to allow a seamless flow of activities mediating the river edge, public space and the city.
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Hong Kong Heritage Museum
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SIN Wing Lan Dana | City As Theatre
Jetty
Open stage
Viewing deck
Light control room Box office and cloak room
Bar
Auditorium
Stage
Side Stage
Side Stage
Urban beach
Urban bath Meeting room
Venue store Rehearsal room
Rehearsal room
Discussion room
Discussion room
Conference room
Administration office
House office Practice room
Theatre Main Entrance Level +7.00m ď Ž
Extend the water edge to bring the two bank closer
Shatin Town Hall
Top to bottom: View from south riverfront level looking east Theatre main entrance level plan View looking to north and south bank Design concept
Site
Facing page Left: View from south pedestrian link looking north Middle: Theatre main entrance (Left) New bridge (right) Right: Section cut through theatre
Site Proposed Theatre
Balancing The Two Banks Through Introducing A Theatre As An Anchor On The South Bank
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Food and Beverage
Dragon boat observation kiosk
Bridge
Open stage
Public foyer
Performing space
Back of house
Pedestrian walkway and cycling route
Tai Chung Kiu Road
Riverfront Level +0.00
Main Road Level +3.50
Theatre Main Entrance Level +7.00
Theatre Balcony Level +12.40
SIN Wing Lan Dana | City As Theatre
BTSD
Advisor | TSOU Jin Yeu
LEE Tsz Ping
DMP
SPORTS URBAN SURFACE REDEFINE SPORTS IN CITY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong Programme: Sports Facilities
Email: tszping_2011@hotmail.com Mobile: 98556191
Sport is a miracle thing giving dreams to people and society. Uncountable advantages are brought through sports and its relative events. However, sport is not taken seriously in Hong Kong nowadays. This thesis aims to explores the possibility of shaping the city by sports. It redefines the position of sport in city and studies on the relationship between local athletes and the public, also evaluating the effects of new sports facility towards surrounding community.
In order to arouse people’s attention on sports and provide good and suitable hard-ware for sports development, urban linkage and urban surface are injected into the city. Urban renewal construction on Kai Tak River acts as the linkage joining up the future Multi- purpose Sports Complex at Kai Tak, the site and the existing Hammer Hill Road Sports Complex. The new extension of existing sports facility will act as an urban surface embracing different people to do free sports.
Three main problems leading to contempt of sports are found in the research phase. They are insufficiency in sports facility, isolation of sports facility and over protection in sports fields. An existing sports complex, Choi Hung Road Sports Complex is chosen as site to test out new typology in urban sports facility.
The surface works as an object and a landscape at the same time. By minimizing the hard boundary and obstruction, free sports activities and movement are possible on site. Fundamental professional sports facility is arranged in the sandwich level of the surface to meet the athletes’ needs.
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LEE Tsz Ping | Sports Urban Surface
Above: Sectional perspective Above left: External view from Kai Tak River Above right: Interior view of Main Practice field Middle left: Ground floor free movement zone Middle right: Seating area next to industrial area Below left: 1 to 150 Sectional model Below right: Model photo Facing page Exploded Axonometric - Circulation Page 33
LEE Tsz Ping | Sports Urban Surface
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BTSD
Advisor | TSOU Jin Yeu
WONG Wing Man Venus
DMP
THE EPHEMERAL EFFECT CITY REVITALIZATION CATALYST
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Disaster/Riots Sites and Dangerous Neighborhoods Programme: Medical, Securioty and Livabilities Kiosk
Email: venuswwm@gmail.com Mobile: 9820 3152
A common strategy to catalytically attracts masses to an urban setting is to place art installations in the immediate area. The ephemeral effect, hopes to achieve the same concept on a much larger scale. In the case of this thesis, the usage of temporary architecture acts as the artistic installation, which in turn, acts as the catalyst to revitalize down and out cities, disaster/riot sites, and dangerous neighborhoods. As an immediate response to not only the ominous site, but also the desperate situational context revolving it, the design process is narrowed down to a very specific form of architecture. It must be expandable, modular, and easy to construct. For the ephemeral effect to fully take place, the temporary architecture must serve not only to immediately stabilize the current situation but also to potentially create a successful community in the neighborhood.
By implementing deployable origami structure and prefabricated modular system together, the systems coherently and symbiotically rely on each other to provide the fundamental qualities and needs of living to the surrounding area while creating communal spaces - essential to nurturing a successful community in long term, becoming an ideal system for such a situation. Through studying and implementing all the required qualities in architecture to such situation, The Ephemeral Effect is a type of architecture that hopes to speed up the process of city revitalizations all over the world, not only by responding to emergency needs, but also through the potential of recreating successful communities.
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WONG Wing Man Venus | The Ephemeral Effect
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WONG Wing Man Venus | The Ephemeral Effect
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BTSD
Advisor | TSOU Jin Yeu
YUNG Long Ming Melvin
DMP
LIVE WITH NATURE THE UTOPIA OF SLOPE HABITATION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: West Lantau Island, Hong Kong Programme: Housing
Email: yunglongming@gmail.com Mobile: 5344 1704
In the past, people living on slope are actually living with the slope. They did not have the elevators, elevated walkways or any flattened open spaces. The relationship between people and ground was once very close. Their habitation depends on the landscape profile which makes their development pay total respect the nature. Even until today, people in some traditional area are still sticking with this type of living. They really enjoy it. In review of the slope housing in HongKong, the situation is totally different. People would even ask “Why? Why do we want people to live on the slope ? � To me, that is the key question. People in Hong Kong do not show much interest in slope living. In response to the question to recall such interrelationship between
people and the ground. We hope to bring such enjoyment of living into the slope housing in Hong Kong. This thesis introduces an eco-living model which promotes a new healthy and enjoyable living style on sloping site. The main direction is to recall the conventional layout and living method which buildings, activities and ecology are all respecting the topology. The model promotes the organic living which optimizes the potential on slope. Different types of urban farming are adopted to encourage healthy living, reform the communities and benefit the bio-diversity. It shall focus on the planning of the housing development.
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DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
SENIOR COMMUNITY
COMMUNAL GARDEN
NEIGHBORHOOD FARM
FARMING PLAZA YUNG Long Ming Melvin | Utopia of Slope Habitation
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PUBLIC COMMUNITY
SENIOR COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY CENTRE
YUNG Long Ming Melvin | Utopia of Slope Habitation
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BTSD
Advisor | MAING Minjung
YUNG Susan
DMP
AQUA DEPTH AN ALTERNATIVE URBAN SEAWATER LEISURE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong Programme: Diving Training Email: yungsusan125@gmail.com Mobile: 97702023
Hong Kong is facing the problem of insufficient and uneven distribution of recreation facilities, in particular, water leisure. The lack of land resources, high population density and increasing fresh water demand are adding to a water shortage crisis and water leisure facilities only add to the problem since they consume mostly fresh water supply. Therefore the inevitable path is the limitation of the development of urban water leisure facilities. Therefore, this thesis poses the question of what are the alternative urban water leisures and how can architecture play a role in displaying and laminating these leisure activities with water processes and existing infrastructure. The thesis through research identified the potentials of seawater as a sourceline to explore
water leisure to provide awareness, spectatorship and enriching urban experiences. The target site is Yau Ma Tei seawater reservoir garden, which is a sloping site of 7000m2 within an area of population density of 43000/km2 but yet a place seldom used. The design intends to reactivate the slope by retreating and revealing the underground water content for public leisure as diving training and water institute, merging the cross flow of human movement and water, and further enhances the experience for people moving up the hill. The building design uses the concept of folding with nature to assimilate movement up the slope through ramps and nodes of water leisure activities of varying scales that are part of the seawater treatment flow process.
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YUNG Susan | Aqua Depth
Above: Section with overall water process Below left: Outdoor swimming pool and cafe garden Below right: Water garden and algae filtration gallery Facing page The diving training tank Page 45
YUNG Susan | Aqua Depth
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BTSD
Advisor | MAING Minjung
LAM Yip Cheong Bobby
DMP
FUNG WONG TSUEN VERTICAL CONTINUATION OF STREET AND MARKET
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Sheung Fung Street,Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong Programme: Municipal Building Email: bobbylam98@gmail.com Mobile: 9876 5432
In Hong Kong, low density living environment was always being threatened by massive redevelopment. Old districts were being wiped out and densified with the aid of Urban Renewal Authority (URA) through purchasing the development right from the original owners. Old districts were home to multiple generations and they bear deep traditions and collective memories, and especially the street life. However the development force would induce the huge hunger of the private developers and resulted in a total demolition of this urban treasure.
Before considering increasing the density of a developed district, should we also consider the people who are living in, engaged to and depended on this place? The people have their own choice. Either well keeps their home or giving up their rights. The only goverment building, wet marker and carpark, in the district were under-use and had a high potential to re-glamourize the whole area by re-thinking the form and space.Through increasing the social and economy value of this place, they would have a good faith to do the right decision.
This place was my home, and should we consider our built-environment so easily be replaced, and tear things down only because of the age of the buildings?
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LAM Yip Cheong Bobby | Fung Won Tsuen
Above: Section Below left: Market and retail space Below right: Children library main space Right: Roof Garden and View Facing page Isometric of the building and details Page 49
LAM Yip Cheong Bobby | Fung Won Tsuen
ROOF RESTAURANT PLAYGROUND GREENERY
FOURTH FLOOR CAFE PERFORMACE SPACE OFFICE LIBRARY
SECOND FLOOR RETAILS THIRD FLOOR CHILDREN LIBRARY CLASSROOM
FIRST FLOOR SEMI OUTDOOR EVENT RETAILS
GROUND FLOOR WET MARKET DISTRICT FORUM STREET EVENT
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | SCHNABEL Marc Aurel & MAING Minjung
TSANG Wai Ching Billy
CIVIC REUNION TOWN HALL COMPLEX AS CIVIC STATION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Shatin, Hong Kong Programme: Civic and Cultural Email: bbillytsang@gmail.com Mobile: 6125 9848
The roles of civic buildings nowadays are mainly administrative and cultural, for instance, government offices, town halls and libraries. The expression of bulkiness, solidity and inhuman scale appears to be a sarcastic symbol projecting the unequal position between the governing and the governed as well as advocating unidirectional communication. The fading spirit of these buildings is scaring citizens away from using the civic space composed. Thus, activities in the current civic space are regularized and limited in types and patterns, visitors could only treat those ‘open space’ as circulation routes rather than their actual usage of social venues. In the past, the location of town hall complexes were mostly at the city centre, allowing a larger
catchment size in comparidon to other areas within the town. Till now, the satellite urban planning in Hong Kong still complies with this pattern, especially in suburb districts like, Shatin and Tuen Mun, etc. With certain geological advantages, the town hall complexes should be able to draw up a larger pedestrian flow and promote civic program, such as public lectures, civic forums, and accommodates NGO offices. The thesis attempts to explore the spatial relationship between different human activities. Taking Shatin Town Hall as an example, it studies how the architectural design could be influenced by re-introducing the civic society back to the public in an intentional and proactive role.
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TSANG Wai Ching Billy | Civic Reunion
Above: Path isovist along city center Left: Civic architecture study Right: Plans Bottom: Research on visual angle, hiddent dimension and circulation Facing page Re-introducing civic atmosphere to the town hall complex Page 53
TSANG Wai Ching Billy | Civic Reunion
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BTSD
Advisor | ZHU Jingxiang
DU Qiongwei Winnie
DMP
TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVE FOR RELOCATING MASHIPO VILLAGE OF FANLING
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Fanling, Hong Kong Programme: Vegetable Factory and Housing
Email: qiongwei.du@gmail.com Mobile: 6480 8912
My intent is to explore the possibility of utilizing the hidden land of Hong Kong, the roof area of industry buildings. The Mashipo Village of Fanling will be demolished because of the North East New Territories New Development planning. The villagers launched fierce protest against this top-down scheme. In fact, the urban fabric of Fanling is quite diverse and the village habitants have a harmonious relationship with other residents in this community. Considering this, my scheme is trying to preserve the village fabric by transplanting it to the roof of industry buildings in this area. The boundaries of industry blocks act as cutting edge to crop the existing village fabric then create a image of vertically fabric collage in this area.
My proposal is to use a soft solution to respond the land shortage issue and to rethink the relationship between land and constructions. Also, it provide alternative choice of housing and create a life with dignity for low income people. But above all, farmers, farming and villages are indispensable parts of an agriculture community. If we want to preserve agriculture community in Hong Kong to conduct sustainable agriculture for self-sufficiency, providing living space for local farmers is not enough. Most importantly, they need working opportunities and social bonds with other people in this transformable community. Thus, In this scheme, local farmers could keep hydroponics farming in green factory in the extended roof area and live in one floor above.
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DU Qiongwei Winnie | Transformed Community
Left above: Transplant village fabric to the roof of industry buildings Left below: Image of urban connection Right: Master plan Facing page Bird view
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DU Qiongwei Winnie | Transformed Community
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | ZHU Jingxiang
NG Chun Lun Tommy
ARCHITECTURE IN EXTREME CONDITION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Everest Base Camp, Mount Everest Programme: Trekker Hostel
Email: tommy4ng@hotmail.com Mobile: 9606 5307
Mount Everest is located in between China and Nepal. Being the highest mountain (8848 m) in the world, it is commonly related with challenges and adventure. Every year, thousands of adventurers attempted to submit the peak. The Everest region also attracts tourists from the world, trekking to the Everest Base Camp (EBC). The trek to EBC has been translated to an icon of Nepal tourism.
Form originated from truncated octahedron with a cut in the south side address climatic concern. Larger volume is created with smaller surface area. The design consists of nine volumetric structure modules. Sliding and folding panel compete the form. The modules are prefabricated in factory and assembled in the nearest city with airport- Lukla. They are then transported to and constructed at EBC by helicopter.
Nevertheless, the cultural sensitivity together with the material transportation and climate issues leads to potential of this thesis. Thanks to technology development, prefabricated lightweight construction system provides the opportunity for a further research in precedent case study and geometry study.
Modules support each other to form a stable structure. The living/bed module provides compact living for trekkers. Support module provides control of building. Service module provides power supply, water and air warming, and sewage treatment. Space in between each module creates common area for social activities.
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Above: Section through the living/ bedroom and common area Below left: Living/ bedroom - Day Below right: Living/ Bedroom - Night Right: View to snowy mountain from room Facing page Geometry study of Plaonic solid and Archimedean solid Page 61
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Truncated Octahedral
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1069 m2 3000 m3 948 m2 17.5 m 0.356 0.887
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1106 m 3000 m3 951 m2 17.3 m 0.369 0.860
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1114 m2 3000 m3 970 m2 16.8 m 0.371 0.870
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Truncation
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Truncation
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1501 m2 3000 m3 1168 m2 26.5 m 0.500 0.778 1
1298 m2 3000 m3 1065 m2 18.6 m 0.433 0.821 1
1190 m2 3000 m3 983 m2 16.7 m 0.397 0.826 1.482
1114 m2 3000 m3 970 m2 16.8 m 0.371 0.870 1.97
1069 m2 3000 m3 948 m2 17.5 m 0.356 0.887 2.83
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
1061 m2 3000 m3 917 m2 18.6 m 0.354 0.865 4.83
Rhombicuboctahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Truncated Cuboctahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Truncated Octahedral
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Octahedral
Octahedral
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Cuboctetrahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Truncated Tetrahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Tetrahedron
TeTrahedron
1062 m2 3000 m3 911 m2 18.1 m 0.354 0.858 4.23
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
1012 m2 3000 m3 809 m2 18.1 m 0.337 0.800 7.96
Snub Dodecahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Icosidodecahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
1038 m2 3000 m3 896 m2 18.4 m 0.346 0.863 5.70
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
1031 m2 3000 m3 881 m2 18.9 m 0.344 0.855 8.449
Rhombicosidodecahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Truncated Icosidodecahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
1043 m2 3000 m3 863 m2 19.4 m 0.348 0.828 10.1
1073 m2 3000 m3 902 m2 18.6 m 0.358 0.841 4.81
2010 m2 3000 m3 791 m2 11.4 m 0.670 0.394 1
1007 m2 3000 m3 1005 m2 19.8 m 0.336 0.998 Infinity
Truncated Icosahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Icosahedron
Icosahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Hemi-Sphere
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Sphere
1089 m2 3000 m3 928 m2 17.9 m 0.363 0.852 3.21
1107 m2 3000 m3 934 m2 17.9 m 0.369 0.844 2.87
1047 m2 3000 m3 997 m2 20.3 m 0.349 0.952 11.03
1188 m2 3000 m3 814 m2 16 m 0.396 0.685 1.21
1248 m2 3000 m3 832 m2 15.9 m 0.416 0.667 1
Sphere
Truncated Dodecahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Dodecahedron
Dodecahedron
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Snub Cube
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Truncated Cube
Surface Area(SA) Volume(V) Total Floor Area(TFA)* Height(H) SA/V Ratio TFA/SA Ratio Max FA/Base FA
Cube
Cube
DESIGN EXPLORATION in EVEREST BASE CAMP
ARCHITECTURE in EXTREME CONDITION
GEOMETRY STUDY
NG Chun Lun Tommy | Architecture in Extreme Condition
BTSD
Advisor | ZHU, Jingxiang
NAN Tian
DMP
REFINDING LOST COURTYARD ELDERLY COMMUNITY CENTER AND NURSING HOME DESIGN FOR NORTHERN CHINA
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Xingtai, Hebei, China Programme: Elderly Home
Email: nantianmb@msn.com Mobile: 9342 0930
Through my study on vernacular courtyard in Northern China, I found the long courtyard along south-north direction very meaningful for Northern China. Only this kind of courtyard can get more sunlight and increase its FAR of the whole courtyard house. But when we look at today’s urban fabric in northen cities in China, we have lost this kind of spatial organization. The building blocks are always arranged along East-West direction for south facing. Yet, no one cares the in-between spaces. It makes the in-between outdoor space is totally covered by shadow and abondoned in the winter time. As shown in the photos, if we rotate some of the building blocks to form the courtyard spaces, we can get many sunny
courtyards to achieve better outdoor spatial quality. Also the buildings on different sides can share the sunlight in different time during the day, like the vernacular courtyard house. What I want to do is to use this idea from vernacular courtyard to renovate the current urban fabric to improve the spatial value in between the builidngs in Northren China. The site is in a typical conmmunity in Northern China. The programme is elderly home. By the study for this topic, I propose my design strategies on the urban design level, organization of spatial blocks and construction with furniture modules. Also, I depict three long courtyards with different characters in the design to achieve my thesis topic, refinding the lost courtyard.
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COURTYARD STUDY OF VERNACULAR HOUSE IN NORTHERN CHINA PROPORTION AND AREA INDEX
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Building Technology and Sustainable Design
Design Methodology and Practice
Digital Technology and Computational Design
History, Culture and Conservation Design
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ZHOU Xiao, FROM FIGURE TO SPACE Spatial Transition of Chinese Gardens
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LI Huagang Norman, REBUILD FOR RETENTION An Alternative Proposal for Wah Fu Estate Redevelopement
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CHEN Yongqi, ZHONGSHAN NORTH RAILWAY STATION An Exploration of Vertical Railway Station
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LAU Pui Yin Jim, HONG KONG HEGEMONY Reclaim Central - Wealth Gap in Society Is Reflected in Urban Built Form...
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MA Sin Cheung Chris, THE HIDDEN DEPTH Victoria Harbour Water Culture Exchange Body + City + Water
AU Yan Ting Eunice, 1812 OVERTURE Integration of Music & Symposium
CHEUNG Chi Ying Shirley, KONG KID REFORM Space As The Ancillary Pedagogy for Early Childhood Education
TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas, CITY OF MOVEMENT Enriching Everyday Urban Experience
LEE Kui Yuen Raymond, ANTICIPATORY Municipal Architecture
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CHAN Chi Meng Michael, ART INK-UBATOR The Coloane Art Village
LEI Weng Kei, TRANSISTANCE Soaking Up East Kowloon
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LO Man Kiu Albert, ON MOTION PERSPECTIVE Visual Experience Design Through Isovist
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CHAN Yuk Wa, Shipyard+ Interface Bridging The Floating & Terrestrial Communities
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CHEUNG Hiu Hei Jonny, ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR HK HOSPITAL
HO Wan Yee, BUILDING IN-BETWEEN A Study of Tension Between Inside & Outside
CHAN Hoi Him Justin, PROGRAMMING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Sporting Uses of Urban Spaces Chapter A / Page 69
CHU Kwan Nok Benjamin, THEATREACTION Interaction Between Performers & Audiences
DMP THESIS ADVISORS CHANG Ping Hung Wallace CHEN Nelson GU Daqing HWANG Cheng Chun Patrick LAW Sai Hung Sebastian YANO Yutaka
DESIGN METHODOLOGY AND PRACTICE (DMP) DESIGN RESEARCH UNIT DMP comprises experienced educators and practitioners who have excellence in designed and built architectural works. Faculty members within DMP are committed to current social issues, constructional methods and pedagogical approaches as their design and research agenda. This DRU seeks to rebuild the fundamental bridge between praxis and theory by emphasizing “engaged-process� as its principal pedagogical approach in design and research. Specifically, this occurs in two ways: Design Studio (MArch) Each studio addresses a specific research agenda by tackling the issue through methodical problem exercises developed by the professors. The process encourages students to analyze and think critically before engaging them to design
responsively and concretely. Recent topics from the DMP unit ranges from Re-using Residual Urban Spaces to Memories and Artifacts, through the design of an urban archive. Students within the DMP unit design projects through a range of methodical approaches, starting from the experimental or metaphysical, and towards the concrete and articulated, reinforcing the notion of research advancing practice and practice reinvigorating research. Research Projects (Grants) Adopting theme-based research approach, this DRU provides a platform of engaged process for faculty members of the School to pursue and undertake projects in architecture and related fields. DMP Unit invites student participation for its on-going projects, and actively seeks collaborations within and beyond the School, with other Design Research Units, faculty members and outside professionals.
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | GU Daqing
CHEN Yongqi
ZHONGSHAN NORTH RAILWAY STATION AN EXPLORATION OF VERTICAL RAILWAY STATION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Zhongshan, China Programme: Railway Station
Email: Yukservice0807@gmail.com Mobile: 9062 8066
The term ‘vertical’ has bacome popular in architectural field, such as vertial urban farming, vertical villages, vertical theme park, etc. Based on this background, in order to cater to this trend, a vertical train station is presented. With the scale of train stations become larger and larger, many new problems appear in traditional station: 1. Long Walking Distance The horizontal layout of tracks leads to a long walking distance for passengers to enter and transfer. It cost a lot of time that results in seriously inconvenient problem and make travellers feel uncomfortable during their journey. 2. Large Consumption of Land There is a large consumption of land resources which is not economically efficient and infeasible for some high-dense cities. And those tracks will also occupy a large piece of land, bringing great impact to the city and including the countryside.
3. A Monotonous Space A monotonous space with a big flat floor can be easily found in most of the large-scale train station. The reason for this is the horizontal layout of tracks. Without coming up with a new idea, this kind of monotonous space is inevitable. 4. Expensive Construction cost and Limitation With recent technology, structure is a major issue for the railway stations and the tracks. Normally, the cost of the structure part occupies a reletively large propotion of the whole project. However, this tradition structure seriously limits other possibilities of designing a station. Therefore, an innovative proposal has been presented in my thesis: to put the tracks verticlly rather than horizontally by using a new technology. The thesis is about an exploration of a new-type train station that solves these problems.
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CHEN Yongqi | Zhongshan North Railway Station
"TRACKLESS TRAIN TECHNOLOGY" BY TUBULAR RAIL
Features: - Structural beam(post and beam/cantilever) - Span length is function of car length - Car is always supported by 3 or 4 columns - Wheels, propulsion and suspension are stationary within rings Advantages: -Grade separated system -Small footprint -Quicker installation time -Easement rather than Right-of-way -Lower costs per mile -Lightweight structure
ELEMENTS OF TUBULAR TRAIN
Ring Column
Vertical Lifts
Train
TYPE EXPLORATION
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Turning Table
CHEN Yongqi | Zhongshan North Railway Station
LOBBY
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From top to bottom: Section perspective Elevation Renderings Overview Facing page Above: Tubular rail Middle: Tubular rail elements Below: Type exploration Page 74
BTSD
Advisor | GU Daqing
LI Huagang Norman
DMP
REBUILD FOR RETENTION AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL FOR WAH FU ESTATE REDEVELOPMENT
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Southern District, Hong Kong Programme: Public Housing
Email: normanlih@gmail.com Mobile: 6346 9969
Public Housing Policy in Hong Kong is over six decades since 1950s. Today, 22 aged estates are proposed to be redeveloped by the Government and Housing Authority due to the growing maintenance cost, and to increase the number of units in an urban area. Wah Fu Estate will be firstly considered to redevelop among them. Planning strategy and design method for public housing had been changed massively in past decades. From Standard Block Design to Modular Flat Design, layout plan has become more efficient and indoor living area has increased, but the quality of enclosed outdoor public space is still lost. Slab type were replaced by podium-tower type in recent redevelopments, such as Ngau Tau Kok Lower, Lam Tin, Pak Tin, Lei Muk Shue, etc. The enclosed space is the extension
of indoor living area for residence, and creates a quiet and comfortable space in crowded urban area, like an oasis in desert. Although there is no architectural proposal for Wah Fu redevelopment, it is not difficult to image that might be the next one. This thesis proposed an alternative design apart from tower blocks. It aims (1) to retain the courtyard outdoor public space quality, and (2) to retain sea view of maximum numbers of units. Two groups of blocks maintain current Estate I and II layout, and form two large enclosed space, which subdivided to present scale courtyards by interlaced blocks. Terraced building form not only favour the prevailing wind, but also maximised sea view to southwest.
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LI Huagang Norman | Rebuild for Retention
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LI Huagang Norman | Rebuild for Retention
Top: Section Bottom: Aerial view Facing page Left column: Massing studies, courtyard view and master layout plan Right column: Floor plan LG, G/F, 5/F and unit floor plan
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BTSD
Advisor | GU Daqing
ZHOU Xiao
DMP
FROM FIGURE TO SPACE SPATIAL TRANSITION OF CHINESE GARDENS
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Lantau Island, Hong Kong Programme: Tea Garden Hostel
Email: kittyxiaoni@gmail.com Mobile: 66797576
Traditional Chinese architecture is a miniature of the long-standing history and culture of China. It is obviously characterized by the region, nationality and times. Traditional Chinese architecture, which has distinctive features in single building, building complex and architectural art, is an outstanding example of the ancient oriental architectures. During the past 20 years, China is a place that is constantly changing. The skyline of Beijing is changing everyday. The face of China’s capital is changing so fast, gigantic structures pop up in the CBD almost over night. Within Beijing’s vast sprawling urban landscape there are ancient temples and seats of power, there are monuments and buildings that commemorate times of revolution, and now there are gleaming towers that symbolize yet another new era for China.
On the other hand, there is another historic city in Shandong Province, China, which is called Qufu,the hometown of Confucius. It is listed in the first group of 24 national famous cities of historical and cultural relics designated by the State Council. However, different from Beijing, ‘modern Chinese architectures’ in Qufu is in blocky shape with fake traditional Chinese roofs. I wonder, is there underlying traditional Chinese design or cultural influences within these modern towers in? How can traditional Chinese culture influence modern Chinese architectures? So what I want to study is to transform traditional Chinese architecture language, especially space language, to modern architecture in China.
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ZHOU Xiao | From Figure to Space
Above: View from staircase Middle left: View from teahouse Middle right: View from pantry Below left: View from roof garden Below right: View from restaurant Right: Sectional perspective to show the garden in the center Facing page Site plan and isometric view Page 81
ZHOU Xiao | From Figure to Space
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | CHEN Nelson
CHEUNG Hiu Hei Jonny
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR HK HOSPITALS
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong Programme: Hospital
Email: jonnycheung89@hotmail.com Mobile: 6258 7697
In Hong Kong, we are fortunate to have a comprehensive healthcare system both public and private. And, hospitals clearly need to be functional and efficient to address patient treatment as the first response. But, two key questions arise: (1) Do current models of hospital design adequately address the essential need not only for patient treatment but also patient recovery in more humane and healing environments? How to treat patients holistically – not just body but also mind and spirit. And, (2) in a high-density urban environment like ours, how do hospitals meet all these challenges in a high-rise typology? It has been said that “the six best doctors anywhere are Sunshine, Water, Rest, Air, Exercise and Diet.” Not just as a machine for treatments, but a healthcare community for healing.
The thesis aims at de-insitutionalizing such complex built form through studies of relationships between patients, designed to offer the experience of autonomous healing villages rather than a part of a much bigger building and that each would be designed with its own ambiance closely related to the perception of the unit. Patients not only receive medical treatment as the basic, but are also treated psychologically through what they see, hear and the activities they take part in. The sum effect of such de-insitutionalization reduce anxiety and bed ridden isolation of patients, increase social engagement and places more responsibility and challenges in patient care in the hands of the staff especially in that unit.
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CHEUNG Hiu Hei Jonny | Alternative Medicine for HK Hospitals
Top left: Chapel- indoor/outdoor meditation (healing of the spirit) and music therapy. Top right: Obstetrics ‘Living Room’ - overlooks children playroom and features the new born babies glass box. Top center left: Paediatrics ‘Playground’- enclosed/public play areas to cater different agegroups and to seperate the sick from visiting children. Top center right: Geriatrics ‘Park’- pocket zones to reach at ease for rehabilitation, way-finding. Bottom center left: Out-patient ‘Spa’- spa environment for repetitive procedures and treatment. Bottom center right: Visitors’ entrance- public drop-off next to existing Ruttonjee Hospital Bottom: Western facade- vertical expression featuring private sky-gardens. Page 85
CHEUNG Hiu Hei Jonny | Alternative Medicine for HK Hospitals
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BTSD
Advisor | CHEN Nelson
LAU Pui Yin Jim
DMP
HONG KONG HEGEMONY RECLAIM CENTRAL - WEALTH GAP IN SOCIETY IS REFLECTED IN URBAN BUILT FORM...
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Central, Hong Kong Programme: Judiciary System
Email: jimlaupuiyin@gmail.com Mobile: 6448 4272
Hegemony is defined as authority, control or influence by one dominant group over another. In Hong Kong, land supply is strictly controlled by Government; development is largely controlled by a handful of large developers. Together, Government and developers dictate urban development to maximize their respective profits. The increasing gap between rich and poor is reflected in the increasing gap in urban places that are economically affordable by the majority of people. For example, Central is the urban core of our city but no longer affordable by most except for the highest end of commercial offices and retail, and increasingly at the expense of diversity and neighbourhoods, of people and places.
In particular, high land prices and high density developments cause public space to be viewed as prohibitively expensive to provide and maintain. Public space is generally neglected and, when provided, is often residual, leftover space. Objective of this thesis was to design a project that demonstrates the essential need to integrate more truly accessible public buildings and public spaces within the context of monopolistic urban developments – urban places and spaces that serve as both public destinations and connectors within the city.
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LAU Pui Yin Jim | Hong Kong Hegemony
Above: Civic Concourse between judiciary system and public, a contemporary agora that serves our society the freedom of exchange. Middle Left: Civic Concourse Entrance, connecting Statue Square, leading public onto a new grade over Connaught Road and out to the water front. Middle Right: Urban Public Axis - 1:300 sectional model, serve as a connector from the heart of the city to the edge of water front, also creating varies of destinations along both the linear and lateral direction. Right: Mega Court, introducing Mega Court in to Hong Kong’s Judiciary System to serve the high-profiles court cases that are subject to intensive media attention. Viewing gallery and public deck staked vertically to promote high transparency between the system and public. Facing page Left: City - Water Front Connection, a linear strip of development that responds to the site condition and stitch the city fabric together. Right: Urban experience, varies of spaces that serve the public’s activities both indoor and outdoor, generate a new urban experience to the public. Page 89
LAU Pui Yin Jim | Hong Kong Hegemony
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BTSD
Advisor | CHANG Ping Hung Wallace
MA Sin Cheung Chris
DMP
THE HIDDEN DEPTH VICTORIA HARBOUR WATER CULTURE EXCHANGE BODY + CITY + WATER
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kai Tak Runway Park, Hong Kong Programme: Water Culture Museum and Open Water Swimming Pool
Email: masincheung@gmail.com Mobile: 5165 4028
“Undoubtedly Victoria Harbour has always been and will always be the greatest asset in Hong Kong, it is a major symbol of Hong Kong, our natural and historical heritage, but is the harbour a dwindling asset as the government continues to reclaim land ?” “We have stopped the reclamation of land in Victoria Harbour 10 years ago, so what are we going to do next? .......... Is our harbour for trading and business or a public space for the Hong Kong community?” “This project aims to reconnect, educate and inspire generations to come, rekindling the connection to Victoria Harbour which for many Hong Kong people has sadly been lost.”
The proposal is not only in reaction to the pragmatism and water quality, but also as a means for reconnecting with the intimate, local and social life. By cultivating the communities on the harbour, the architecture can contribute to increasing the togetherness and co-ownership in the city. My thesis proposed an architectural transition from land to water, making it possible for the citizens among all ages in Hong Kong to go for a swim safely and regularly within the metropolitan, and understanding the Hong Kong Water culture. The project is to reorient the city life and functions towards the harbour, and through this strengthen the relationship between land and water. Extending the public life into our Victoria Harbour. “What is the role of Victoria Harbour in today’s modern society?”
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MA Sin Cheung Chris | The Hidden Depth
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BTSD
Advisor | CHANG Ping Hung Wallace
CHAN Yuk Wa
DMP
SHIPYARD+ INTERFACE BRIDGING THE FLOATING AND TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Programme: Fishing Culture Education
Email: cyukwa@gmail.com Mobile: 97444403
The thesis explores the space of living and working of the fishing community and its relationship to the city development at Shau Kei Wan, which has one of the last surviving urban fishing communities in Hong Kong. The research showed latest reclamation and construction of highway in 1990s. The lack of infrastructure for nurturing fishery community and culture had resulted in spatial segregation of fishing community and urban dwellers, as well as the decline of the vibrant amphibious fishing communities in Shau Kei Wan. Shipyards at Shau Kei Wan Typhoon Shelter, as the surviving element related to fishing community, were studied. Not only for repairing boats, the shipyards form an interface connecting the floating and terrestrial world. However, some
of the shipyard space is now rented out for office use and car repairing due to its dropped utility rate. The space and structure of the shipyards was studied for the possibility of converting usage which can benefit the community. By transforming part of the existing shipyards, and re-designing waterfront plaza around Tam Kung Temple connecting to the artery of Shau Kei Wan - the Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, it is aimed to create an interface bridging the floating and terrestrial communities for engaging the public into fishing culture with different experience, providing support to the fishing community to sustain, as well as strengthening the bond of the fishing community within the city.
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CHAN Yuk Wa | Shipyard+...Interface Bridging the Floating and Terrestrial Communities
Above: Library and park for fishermen and workers Middle row left: Library interior emphasizing the emptiness of shipyard Middle row right: Hostel on higher floors for visitors in an operating shipyard Bottom row left: Community art workshop and gallery Bottom row right: Salt fish making class, restaurant and shops Facing page (from above): Proposed plan to revitalize waterfront around Tam Kung Temple for leisure and fishing culture education Intertwining new and existing programmes in shipyards Page 97
CHAN Yuk Wa | Shipyard+...Interface Bridging the Floating and Terrestrial Communities
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BTSD
Advisor | CHANG Ping Hung Wallace
LEI Weng Kei
DMP
TRANSISTANCE SOAKING UP EAST KOWLOON
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: East Kowloon Waterfront, Hong Kong Programme: Comprehensive Development Area
Email: applelwk@gmail.com Mobile: 6475 7174
Hong Kong used to be a habitable waterfront city, which had been rose as a traditional fishing community. It was where people built a close relationship between the sea and the society. From the land-side to the water edge and further to the water-side, various kinds of activities took place along the waterfront. Nowadays, waterfront in Hong Kong is losing its original qualities because of rapid growth of the urbanized city and that the water-land relationship is interrupted by mega infrastructure. Reclamation has become the main solution to tackle problems like increasing population and lack of land. However, this has also led to the disappearance of the intimate relationship between the city and water. Today what reminds are solely waterfront park without any function or relation to the water itself. It is time to rethink about the future interaction between the city, people and our precious
harbor. In order to study the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;transistanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; process between the water and land, various kinds of experiments like Chinese ink painting, paper crafting and model making were taken in place together with series precedent studies. This thesis project provides a new urban planning design vision and method to build a sustainable and habitable waterfront, which maintains the living condition and fulfills the high dense development. Instead of preparing another new master layout plan for the East Kowloon waterfront, this project introduces a new adaptive design strategy and a co-owned waterscape design guidelines for a long-term re-generated coastal environment planning development where people can live closer to the water without sacrificing or privatizing the public realm and create a new mode of living that is both traditional and innovative.
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LEI Weng Kei | Transistance
Current
Cut and Fill
Future
Above: Imaginative scenario animating a long-term future for the new re-generated waterfront Below left: Planning and design methodology Below right: New Hong Kong waterfront and recreation of neighborhood by the introduction of canals Facing page: Model Page 101
LEI Weng Kei | Transistance
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BTSD
Advisor | YANO Yutaka
CHAN Hoi Him Justin
DMP
PROGRAMMING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SPORTING USES OF URBAN SPACES
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kowloon East, Hong Kong Programme: Sporting Culture
Email: hhjchan1@gmail.com Mobile: 6756 1593
Being active is one of humanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most persistent recreational pursuits. Whether playing on the playground as a kid in which the sole purpose is fun, or a competitive game of basketball requiring skills and energy, we derive pleasure from the exertion of energy in all possible ways. Contemporary practices in urban planning have denied the diverse patterns in favor of standard sports facilities such as sports ground and sports center, which do not necessarily reflect the activity pattern of urbanites. As individuals we are far more active in spaces that are found in our daily surroundings, practicing our own spatial knowledge. As the setting for physical activity is reduced to the standard sports facilities, engagement in more spontaneous and casual movements is becoming ever more difficult within an urban
situation - sports becomes a peripheral part of our daily lives. Within the limitation of existing planning framework, I question if sports could be perceived as a much broader concept in relation to the entire community. Sports in this context is reinterpreted as physical expression in its many forms - moderate or intense, organised or improvised. I speculate that a new urban typology less defined but conductive to different active pursuits is central to restoring the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s activeness, characterised not only by increased possibility for physical activity but also greater social interaction and cultural exchange. My work therefore puts forward the notion of architecture as less preoccupied with the design of individual buildings, and instead focuses on the spaces between buildings and a wider context.
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CHAN Hoi Him Justin | Programming Physical Activity
Above: Aerial view, moment where the walkway element becomes less linear and adapts to varying urban conditions. Below left: Physical model, walkway and activity node prototypes. Below right: Section through walkway, looking South towards To Kwa Wan. A redefinition of the value of infrastructure through applying parameters of movement culture and urban life. Here, infrastructure becomes a tool to negotiate and recontextualise urban conditions to support the need to be active in a more spontaneous way. For the first time, distance is exploited as an element of sports and considered advantageous. Facing page Section through activity node, located in the new open space at the heart of the former Kai Tak Airport The built structure stands as an animated object in a landscape. Parts transform and spaces expand and contract in correlation to the events taking place in the city, coordinating a range of uses across time. The intense area of activities, a continuation of existing fabric, provides incentive for cross-district movements. Collectively, the nodes and walkways are part of a larger system that functions at the scale of the city and remains activated in a wide time span. Page 105
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | YANO Yutaka
HO Wan Yee
BUILDING IN-BETWEEN A STUDY OF TENSION BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Programme: Residential Building
Email: tammyho777@gmail.com Mobile: 9730 9212
What do we mean when we speak of architectural quality? As explained by Peter Zumthor that quality in architecture does not mean inclusion in architectural guides or histories of architecture but it is when a building manages to move a person and it is about atmosphere. Aspects such as the tension between inside and outside and the light on things help constitute certain atmosphere in architecture. Hong Kong is well-known for its extreme developments. Consideration of architectural quality such as tension between inside and outside, and quality of light usually has less concern and is not fully explored in high rise building development. As refer to Martin Heidegger, it is not the problem of housing shortage we have but the problem is about the nature of dwelling, i.e., a genuine building gives form to dwelling in its presencing and house this presence.
In this research, the quality of architecture was explored by studying the concept of building boundary and its possibilities in enhancing architectural quality of building space and the diversity of spatial experience. By giving equal importance and dominance to the outside qualities, the relationship between inside and outside becomes ambiguous that built space, i.e., the inside, is no longer the opposite of the outside but as an element of connection to engage the outside. The unity between inside and outside creates something further that opens up the opportunity for multifarious spatial experience in the living space and provokes diverse interaction for the inhabitants.
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HO Wan Yee | Building In-Between
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HO Wan Yee | Building In-Between
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BTSD
Advisor | YANO Yutaka
LO Man Kiu Albert
DMP
ON MOTION PERSPECTIVE VISUAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN THROUGH ISOVIST
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong Programme: Retail Architecture
Email: albert_mankiu303@hotmail.com Mobile: 60937754
As a student, I often ask myself, what is the origin of space that we design? What kind of space could we design if we wouldn’t work with references anymore? If we have no bias, if we had no preconceptions, what kind of space could we design if we could free ourselves from our experience? In Hong Kong’s retail architecture (or most of the architecture around us), the spatial experience is mostly homogenous...because we are limiting ourselves from our preconceptions, we kick off the design by types, like where we should place an anchor shops or atriums. “On motion perspective” demonstrates an alternative design methodology using persectives
to define space and programmes. The design method used computational scripting as to organize data like visual depths, overlapping visual fields and turning angles on walking paths. The site Sham Shui Po is chosen to demonstrate the design method as it is a common gridded planning area in Hong Kong. Retail is the programme as it relates to wayfinding issues. “On motion perspective” suggests that architecture is designed through a pre-designed visual experience. The project also suggests, we as architects, should begin to think about designing not the object, but a process to generate objects.
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LO Man Kiu Albert | On Motion Perspective
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LO Man Kiu Albert | On Motion Perspective
ARCHITECTURE DESIGNED BY PRE-DEFINED VISUAL EXPERIENCE
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BTSD
Advisor | HWANG Cheng Chun Patrick
AU Yan Ting Eunice
DMP
1812 OVERTURE INTEGRATION OF MUSIC AND SYMPOSIUM
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Justice Drive, Admiralty, Hong Kong Programme: Symposium
Email: eunice-au@hotmail.com Mobile: 9508 3288
The thesis is originated from an orchestral work 1812 Overture by the Russian composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Classified as programme music, the piece of music is an attempted narration of the war between France and Russia via the signification of different objects into music. By analyzing and visualizing the piece of music into a graphic score, different layers of composition method from soundscape, motif and melody in the musical language are performed into architectural compositions. 1812 Overture has been applied to various in varies contexts and inspired a wide range of art forms. A common thematic idea with the notions of revolution and explosive momentum was found through the studies of art works from illustrations to movies that are related to the
piece of music. The powerful emotion projected by the 1812 Overture has the ability to inspire and generate relationships between music and revolution. With reference to the analytical and empirical research, a symposium is defined as the process of absorption and the generation of ideas. By dividing 1812 Overture into phrases, ambient forces, circulation and programme are defined. Situated in Justice Drive at Admiralty, the site is set in between two wartime heritages, the former explosive magazine and the air raid precaution tunnel during 1920s. The symposium is a journey for discovery and voice. The monumental space performs as a platform for provoking the exchange of values and facilitates the generation of constructive force for the city.
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AU Yan Ting Eunice | Integration of 1812 Overture and Symposium
CONCEPT
CIRCULATIONS
Translation from musical notes to tangible energies
Translation from tangible energies to building masses
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AU Yan Ting Eunice | Integration of 1812 Overture and Symposium
ROAD TO VOICE Landscape Forum
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BTSD
Advisor | HWANG Cheng Chun Patrick
CHEUNG Chi Ying Shirley
DMP
KONG KID REFORM SPACE AS THE ANCILLARY PEDAGOGY FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Specific LCSD Public Pleasure Ground Programme: Kindergarten
Email: cycheungshirley@gmail.com Mobile: 6774 0027
Kong Kids, the new generation of children nowadays in HK who are accused of being incapable of self-care, lack of social competence, indulgence of parents, and materialistic. The project suggests how the early childhood learning environment is related to a child wellbeing. With the notion of ‘space as the ancillary pedagogy’, the proposed strategy will inform an alternative for the existing kindergarten market in Hong Kong, serves as a case to demonstrate how the new type of kindergarten benefits from the selection of specific sites while space acts as the third teacher for the children. Reallocation of kindergarten is based on the need of ample outdoor space for children, the constraints of existing parasitic kindergarten and the urge of government support for the running of the
kindergarten in renting an appropriate site. Applicable across districts in HK, the project utilizes LCSD public pleasure ground as the new school sites. Derived from the Reggio Emilia Pedagogy, the proposed kindergarten is a case to illustrate 4 principles, the core of the new type of kindergarten in Hong Kong. ‘Autonomous Learning’, ‘Central Piazza as Pedagogy of Relationship’, ‘Osmosis with surrounding’ and ‘Semi-Protection’ is tailored for whom we termed as ‘Kong Kid’. Attempts to nurture them through the proposed learning environment, while socially, the kindergarten propels the local kindergarten market which have deteriorated to a mere business; serving as a reminder that education of all levels are equally important, especially for our youngest generation!
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CHEUNG Chi Ying Shirley | Kong Kid Reform
Cloakroom Outdoor Freeplay Area
Staffroom
Washroom
Indoor Freeplay Area
Storytelling
Teatime
Reading
Art Atelier
Exercise
Workshop
Aqua Play
Gardening
Food Preparation
Dance / Music Workshop
Forest Field
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CHEUNG Chi Ying Shirley | Kong Kid Reform
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BTSD
Advisor | HWANG Cheng Chun Patrick
TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas
DMP
CITY OF MOVEMENT ENRICHING EVERYDAY URBAN EXPERIENCE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Central-Mid-Levels Escalator Programme: Recreation and Entertainment
Email: nick_tsaoao@hotmail.com Mobile: 93046094
Hong Kong is typified by non-places: blank corridors and nondescript atria - empty shells for monotonous movements. In response to an urban environment which is becoming increasingly generic, the thesis aims to create a city which is dynamic and interactive. The Central-Mid-Levels Escalators, though powerful in its ability to enliven an entire district through movement, fails to connect directly with the city - physically nor programmatically. It maintains a distance with its context, isolating itself in an alien world of super-modernity. Parkour was used as a catalyst to analyse relationships between the body and urban space. Parkour takes urban furniture and architecture, typically seen as obstacles and turns them into opportunities. A park bench or balustrade
becomes a performance stage of a thousand potentials interactions. The project takes Parkour not only as a physical activity but also as an architectural strategy. Existing urban conditions are exploited and reinterpreted based on their inherent potentials. The final design is an extension of three lowefficiency office towers. A process of addition and subtraction formed an integrated cluster of buildings connected by inhabited bridges. Program distribution is core to the project it is the generator movement. Public functions and commercial programs are inter-woven as it is believed that, when properly understood, the combination of the two provides the greatest potential for successful spaces in Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recreational culture.
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TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas | City of Movement
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TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas | City of Movement
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | LAW Sai Hung Sebastian
LEE Kui Yuen Raymond
ANTICIPATORY MUNICIPAL ARCHITECTURE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong Programme: Mixed-Use Public Building
Email: kuiylee2@gmail.com Mobile: 93170793
Municipal Services Building is no longer represents the local identity of districts in Hong Kong. It should be the most important public building in districts, like cathedrals were many years ago. One asks the most impressive public building in Hong Kong nowadays, Central library in Causeway Bay and Central government complex in Tamar Site would come to peoples’ mind immediately. However, as local citizen of Hong Kong born before 1990s and growth in public estate, I would answer Municipal Services Building. Nowadays, the municipal building is being disregarded because capitalism rules our daily life by inserting a globalized city planning. Endless air-conditioned shopping mall,
luxurious multi-purpose clubhouse and colossal skyscraper takes many people’s fancy. On the face of it, those development enriches people’s livelihood. But after examining it closely, the overpowered capitalism do irreparable harm to the cultural identity of Hong Kong. Therefore, this thesis would approach to the question what role does Municipal Services Building should play in the future. The aim of this thesis is to redefine the role and reimage the model of municipal architecture in districts with the focus on the social aspects including desire of users, cultural identity of districts and fusion in urban fabric.
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Circuit of Sham Shui Po
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LEE Kui Yuen Raymond | Anticipatory Municipal Architecture
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BTSD
Advisor | LAW Sai Hung Sebastian
CHAN Chi Meng Michael
DMP
ART INK-UBATOR THE COLOANE ART VILLAGE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Coloane, Macau Programme: Art Village
Email: chanchiming_mo@hotmail.com Mobile: 9505 0048
A drop of ink drips into a port of water. Did water diluted that drop of ink or did ink dyed black the port of water? This phenomenon not only apply to this physical situation, but also to architecture. What effect has been made to the city or community when an architecture is being built. It is interesting that the power of a public building changes a city and this power of public building fascinated me to have a deeper look into how a public building transform a city. Moreover, the relationship between ink and water drive me to Chinese painting and also to the meaning behind them. I am thinking of bringing Chinese painting and its meaning to the public and by experiencing the beauty and spirit of Chinese painting through architecture to reshape and transform the city.
Vacant ship yards in Coloane are selected to be the site of the thesis. A-10-minute-walk from the Coloane town center with nice landscape, with mountain at the back and water at the front; the beautiful ambience and history make it perfect as a site to develop the art industry of Macau. I therefore proposed the site to be renovated into an art village. As ink drops into water, it dissolves and spreads. The proposed art village may also act like ink dyed water; it changes and improves the art culture and industry of Macau. For the planning of the village, Public Exhibition, Art commercial and Art Development is the catalyst of forming the village.
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CHAN Chi Meng Michael | Art Ink-ubator
Use of Ink 墨法
Broken Ink 破墨 As Wet as a Pound 濕如池水
Public Transport Connect to Taipa & Macau
Artist’s Entrance & Car-park
As Dry as Straw 乾如稻草 Layered Ink 積墨
As Dark as Coal 焦黑似炭
As Thick as Glue 濃厚如膠
As Light as Cloud 輕淡如雲
Coloane Art Village
Splashed Ink 潑墨
Use of Brush 筆法
Public Entrance of Coloane Art Village
Coloane Town Center Journey of Heritage Village
虛實 REAL & UNREAL Chines painting is drawn between real and unreal. Empty space is a void but also a solid space. Trees, stone, mountains are unreal in reality but they are existed in Chinese painting.
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散點透視 SCATTER PERSPECTIVE Scatter perspective suggests a time-space concept which people see the drawing is actually experiencing the journey that the painter designed.
疏密 DENSITY Density of different element in Chinese painting is actually creating different kind of space. Dens areas are close and block zone while sparse areas are making a depth into the painting and guiding viewer to think of going in.
MLP Concept | Drops of Ink
穿插 INTERLOCKING Interlocking method is used to increase the spatial quality on Chinese painting. Interlocking creates certain complexity that may make view to make their own interpretation on that drawing.
ENTERTAINMENT & COMMERCIAL
EXHIBITION
ART DEVELOPMENT
層次 LAYERING Layering is making the actual depth of the painting. There are 3 major methods in Shansui paint, which is far, high, deep, to show the depth of the painting.
Zoning & Circulation
Art Development
Public Entrance
Central Plaza
Art Commercial
Service Access
Public Circulation
Artist Entrance
留白 EMPTY SPACE
Public Exhibition
Emptiness in Chinese painting is not really empty. Like if a boat drawn on a white surface, the white surface is interpreting water body.
Promenade
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CHAN Chi Meng Michael | Art Ink-ubator
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BTSD
Advisor | LAW Sai Hung Sebastian
CHU Kwan Nok Benjamin
DMP
THEATREACTION INTERACTION BETWEEN PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Ping Shan, Hong Kong Programme: Contemporary Theatre
Email: benjaminchu04@gmail.com Mobile: 9685 4334
Theatre industry was greatly influenced by the development of media. As the technology advanced, people access performance easily via different new medias, such as television, film and internet media. The interaction between performers and audiences has become indirect, and hence theatre industry became less familiar to the society. Due to these changes, the career path of a performer and what he/she experienced can flux a lot more than it used to be. In response to that, some actors are intent to seek new way to engage with the society. In the past hundred years, numerous of theatre theories tried to confront the audience perception and thus there was a great change in the theatrical culture.
The research was chosen to focus on the development of contemporary theatre. Instead of traditional proscenium theatre, different forms of theatres were experimented with various dramatic spaces. As a milestone to the development of theatrical culture in local community, the thesis attempts to introduce a new performance architecture with three contemporary theatres in Hong Kong, which provides different conditions for a variety of theatre forms. Through the cooperation between three theatres, the performance architecture extends the theatrical experience to the community through the perception of public movement. The site chosen is an existing school in Ping Shan area, a place that owns a very strong community surrounded with high connectivity.
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CHU Kwan Nok Benjamin | Theatreaction
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Building Technology and Sustainable Design
Design Methodology and Practice
Digital Technology and Computational Design
History, Culture and Conservation Design
Urban Design and Landscape Urbanism
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NG Kei Yiu Alex, ADAPTIVE ORNAMENT A Semi Automatic Texture Generating Machine
LAI Wing Yan Grace, MACHINE FOR ESCAPISM For Healing Depression of Urban Population Through An Alternative Reality
CHENG Sum Yee, URBAN NOMADISM Permanent Infrastructure vs. Temporary Infill
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DTCD THESIS ADVISORS CROLLA Kristof
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN DESIGN RESEARCH UNIT
AND (DTCD)
The Digital Technology and Computational Design (DTCD) unit focusses on the impact computation has on the architectural industry from conceptual design over project implementation down to digital fabrication. Through a series of elective courses, design studios and thesis projects, students are introduced to various aspects of computation, including logics, procedural and algorithmic design methodology, complex geometry, and computational design theory. The unit reevaluates generative design methodologies with regards to structural form, construction detailing, environmental systems, and crossdisciplinary processes and works out concepts between design, mathematics, natural systems, and new technological fields.
Currently ongoing research projects focus on the strategic appropriation of computational tools within the local construction context. One project introduces real-time physics engines in the early conceptual design stages of lightweight, bending-active, bamboo grid shell structures using traditional locally available bamboo scaffolding craftsmanship for its implementation. Another project applies the latest 3d metal printing technology for the fabrication of structurally optimized metal nodes that are combined with off-the-shelf timber elements in the definition of frame structures for complex geometrical spaces. A third research project introduces 100% natural materials for building envelopes, investigating its technological production in collaborative realtime platforms between architectural design and structural performance.
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BTSD
Advisor | CROLLA Kristof
NG Kei Yiu Alex
DMP
ADAPTIVE ORNAMENT A SEMI AUTOMATIC TEXTURE GENERATING MACHINE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: WKCD, IFC, HKCEC Programme: Cultural and Commercial
Email: ngyiu@hotmail.com Mobile: 6038 8816
According to Adolf Loos “... [ORNAMENT] is a crime against the national economy that it should result in a waste of human labour, money, and material. Time cannot make good this damage” Ornament & Crime 1908. Ornament, once condemned by Modernism would compare to a crime to a nation.
Nowadays, the primary applications of ornament are shifting towards commercial architecture. An autoplastic adaptation environment can be combined with Ornament, as adaptive ornamentation which ornament receiving and changing based on the input parameters such as program, site & context.
A Hundred years after Loos’ publication, contemporary ornament returns gradually, amplified by innovations in digital design. Digital tools have facilitated designers’ access to geometry, colour, pattern, topology and have freely incorporated these into digital fabrication processes. While digital fabrication is replacing human labour and allow us to work on new form and geometry, therefore ornament is making a huge come back.
As a testing ground for the concept of adaptive ornament, Art Basel is proposed as a vehicle to explore architectural design strategy applied within a cultural & commercial context. This thesis has created an adaptive ornamentation design machine while speculate through adaptive design for future culture commercial architecture and design unique ornament for flexible adaptive purpose of brand identity.
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NG Kei Yiu Alex | Adaptive Ornmanet
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BTSD
Advisor | CROLLA Kristof
LAI Wing Yan Grace
DMP
MACHINE FOR ESCAPISM FOR HEALING DEPRESSION OF URBAN POPULATION THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Signal Hill Garden, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Programme: Mixed Use
Email: wingyangrace@hotmail.com Mobile: 91672202
“In order to live in a civilized society, you have a tendency to hold back our urges and repress our impulses. However, these urges and impulses must be released in some way.” - Sigmund Freud To solve the depression problem of working population, one of the solutions could be seeking a way of escape. The project would be an Architectural Machine of Escapism, which can bring occupants to a state of mind in which one can temporarily dissociate oneself from daily routine and can experience a sense of release from the pressures of life whether it is from work or study commitments or social responsibilities.
Throughout architectural and media history, different elements such as geometry, materiality and texture help to create the sense of alienation from the familiarity. The transportation hub, Tsim Sha Tsui, is chosen as the site because all of the target users would pass by in parts of their day. There are several on ground and underground transportation networks stacked on top of each other. Digital tools are adopted in this high-rise project to avoid top-down design, to create unexpected yet sophisticated freeform spaces and to enhance the fusion of ‘Maze Circulation’ and ‘Skeletal Structure’. Occupants can actively circulate in hollow tubular structures and experience sensorial journey throughout their exploration.
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LAI Wing Yan Grace | Machine of Escapism
Above right: Powder 3d Print Model - Facade Abovr left : Acrylic Model - Tubular connection Below right : Gypsum Model (made with balloon) - Interaction Below left: Resin SLA Model - Details Facing page Plans and Sections Page 149
LAI Wing Yan Grace | Machine of Escapism
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | CROLLA Kristof
CHENG Sum Yee
URBAN NOMADISM PERMANENT INFRASTRUCTURE V.S. TEMPORARY INFILL
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Happy Valley Racecourse Sports Field, Hong Kong Programme: Mixed Use krnncheng@gmail.com 9728 8222
Nomads, traditionally defined as groups who move from place to place in search of source of life necessities. In modern days, the essence has transcended from mere physiological needs. Hong Kong is an efficient city, with extensive and comprehensive travel networks. As multifaceted as it is, the built environment in Hong Kong indeed is homogeneous and repetitive. Public space is usually commodified and thus monopolized with iconic mega-structures. Most are in top-down design frameworks set by the government or developers, without empty, un-programmed public spaces that may allow grassroot or voluntary events to occur. This became very obvious during Occupy Central, when thousands of youngsters and people of all ages occuped and transformed public space at their own will, defining unforeseen programmes.
There is a more need for urban space that allows for grassroot design. Situated in a confined and bounded society, urban nomads strive to re-established an autonomous ground for living, particularly regaining their sovereignty in choice of lifestyle. As a first study case of this urban system Happy Valley racecourse sports ground has been selected as a test site for urban nomadic settlement. Through studies in indigenous urban nomads settlements, precedents in evolution architectural projects and bottom-up social movements. It leads to the question of permanent infrastructure v.s. temporary infill. When people move around in the city, what could designers, provide to facilitate nomadism in the city.
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CHENG Sum Yee | Urban Nomadism
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CHENG Sum Yee | Urban Nomadism
Facing page Left above 1 Current Building TypologiesWhat factors hinder urban nomadism? Left above 2 Urban Nomad SettlementsHow do unprogrammed public spaces evolve? Left middle Possible Temporary Fill-ins In Nodus and Viae Left bottom 1 Evolutionary SystemGrowth with Time Left bottom 2 ReplicableTo Other Sites in Hong Kong Right Urban System in Network With Nodes and Connections Current Page Imaginary Occupied Land with Various Voluntary Fill-ins Left bottom Nodes and Connections Model of scale 1:200 Right Network Site Model of scale 1:1500 Model credit to: Calvin Wong Circle Yuen Crystal Chung Enkar Cheung Gary Man Karen Cheng Man Lai Luka Ng Michelle Ho Marco Chan Ophenia Wong Popo Chung Rina Ko Vishaka Kenton Sin
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Building Technology and Sustainable Design
Design Methodology and Practice
Digital Technology and Computational Design
History, Culture and Conservation Design
Urban Design and Landscape Urbanism
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LO Ka Kei Karmeo, LES LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE Site of Memory From terrian to territory
WONG Ting Hong Chris, A JOURNEY TO ARCADIA Exploring Site-specificity with The Man-made
DOCEKAL Nikola, THE RUIN AND LIQUOR CO. Brewing Past in Sham Tseng
LI Chi Wah Alice, RE-INTEGRATE THE ISOLATED Drama Therapy As Thread
WONG Po Yi Connie, RESONANCE IN THE SYMBIOSIS Convergence of Non-living & Living Systems in Architecture
LUK Yin Yung Claudia, URBAN REPOSITORY In Rememberance of The Forgetting City
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AU Sin Man Sophia, ALGAEMY FACTORY Producing Salutogenic Ecology
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WONG Shu Wan Jocelyn, THE SENSORIUM Confronting Air Pollution
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CHAN Hok Leung Joe, FISH TOWER Evolution of Fishing Industry
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CHAN Chi Yan Amos, PIG CO-OPERATIVE Living & Learning from Our Food
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NG Wui Chun Alex, REMNANTS Re-thinking Consumerism & Authentic Value of ‘thing’
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LEE Sin Kiu Abby, COMMUNITY GENE The Changing Community
HO Tsz Wai Jimmy, THE YELLOW Architectural Interrogation of Local Social Activism
HCCD THESIS ADVISORS HO Puay Peng WU Tsan Sum Roger FUNG Stanislaus CHUNG Wang Leung Thomas
HISTORY, CULTURE AND CONSERVATION DESIGN (HCCD) DESIGN RESEARCH UNIT This DRU focuses on conservation, architectural history and culture, with specific interests and strengths in the local context of Hong Kong as well as China. China-related issues in conservation, Hong Kongâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heritage and the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s architecture history frame research output, ongoing competitive grants, PhD supervision, design studio topics as well as required and elective course content. Furthermore, this cluster of research foci has informed the core curriculum for the MSc programme in Architectural Conservation and Design (ACD).
Besides Hong Kong, recent design studios have worked in cities such as Beijing, Hankou, Chongqing and Dali. Studio discussions are informed by several areas of research in history and theory, and context and fabric are studied at various scales in order to investigate local constraints as opportunities for formulating design strategies. The intention is to allow students to work on real sites and neighbourhoods, gaining understanding of localities through documenting built fabrics and engaging communities, thereby understanding the reciprocity between cultural continuity and inevitable contestations that constitutes the urban process.
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BTSD
Advisor | HO, Puay Peng
LEE Sin Kiu Abby
DMP
COMMUNITY GENE THE CHANGING COMMUNITY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Programme: Integrated Community Hub
Email: leesinkiu@gmail.com Mobile: 9096 5895
The youth is a specific group in the structure of social community, containing as a mixture of fear and fascination. They are in a development period not only of uncertainty and identitysearching but also of great creativity and personality. They are undergoing a critical state from childhood to adulthood. Place and space allocated to youth in the city should be provided with some standard and required characteristics to allow the variation of identity construction of the youth. This thesis is focusing on empowering the youth to create their own architecture with some extent of limitation. In order to develop the Kwun Tong waterfront into a integrated youth creativity hub, the project is divided into two parts, the fixed public communal centre with facilities like activity room, restaurant, flea
market, and public workshop; the other part of the project is a flexible structure extended to the water, consisted of platforms and containers which are designed by the youth as a kit-of-parts. The essence of the architecture is the freedom to create the various spatial organizations by platforms and containers, which can be translated to the language of community reconstruction. Principles of the design included: a) connection with social community, urban context, historical development; b) architecture as a space for youth to explore and express their individual identities; c) flexibility to allow different program usage and spatial organisation; d) youth as stakeholders to participate in the construction of the architecture; e) architecture as machine allowing the transportation of space.
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LEE Sin Kiu Abby | Community Gene
Youth Society The relationship between individual and community
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LEE Sin Kiu Abby | Community Gene
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BTSD
Advisor | HO Puay Peng
NG Wui Chun Alex
DMP
REMNANTS RE-THINKING CONSUMERISM AND AUTHENTIC VALUE OF ‘THING’
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kwun Tong, Hong Kong Programme: Upcycling Alchemy
Email: alexcharlesng@gmail.com Mobile: 9753 9273
What is ‘waste’? What is the definition of ‘waste’ in the consumer society which is full of extremely attractive visual images and advertisements which have controlled our desires, subconsciously manipulating our consumption choices. Somebody thinks a piece of wood which was the last remaining piece of ornaments of ancient Japanese temple is a priceless treasure, but somebody thinks that it is just a piece of trash. The execution of Waste Management nowadays needs a relatively huge amount of money and resources. Consumers have to pay for it but not all waste would be ideally recycled. On the other hand, it is not a realistic way to reduce the consumer demand in the modern society in order to reduce the production of waste.
Re-thinking the authentic value of a thing playing a key role in this thesis, furthermore, what is the role of architecture in this dilemma? In an attempt to utilise and realise the value of unwanted objects in a world where resources are diminishing and the rate of mass production in our consumer society is rapidly increasing, could architecture tackle the problem? The thesis seeks to collect so-called ‘waste’ and feed the objects and materials back into the society. The proposal is made up of a collection of entities that allow the unwanted objects and materials to be collected, sorted, valued, catalogued, stored and then recycled or upcycled.
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NG Wui Chun Alex | Remnants
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BTSD
Advisor | HO Puay Peng
LO Ka Kei Karmeo
DMP
LES LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE SITE OF MEMORY: FROM TERRIAN TO TERRITORY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Programme: Mixed Use
Email: s991529@gmail.com
Old spatial organization and network of the community has broken down by rapid change of economic growth. The phenomenal world changed too fast and we even started to have nostalgia of present. We desperately gathered as many materials as we can to archive them. In result, we preserved everything but also preserved nothing. “Memory is blind to all but the group it binds.” As Pierre Nora said, “Memory is a perpetually actual phenomenon, a bond tying us to the eternal present; History is a representation of past”, since our ‘Will-toremember,’ memory is different from history. Festivals in Shau Kei Wan is a crystallization of culture and memory, yet facing a crisis of decline and losing inheritance in recent years. A new architecture is designed in three aspects:
site context material, make use of the historical quarry site to recall memory; symbolism, the rock-like form of corresponding the site and reflecting the past; and functional, where housing programs of remembrance of past, present community function and incubator of future cultural successor. The cave-like structure provide spaces for communal function and festival use. By regular participation, memory is strengthened, extended and shared during the festival across generations and classes. Festival is the carrier of memory; and Architecture is the carrier of Festival. We do not archive, but stimulate ‘Identity’ and ‘Memory’ active and alive in plural and metamorphosic nature.
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LO Ka Kei Karmeo | Les Lieux de mĂŠmoire
Top to bottom Daily activities inside the architecture, performing and training Yulan festival takes place between rock cliff and architecture Model of architecture in relation to nearby site context Facing page Sections showing the functions around the architecture Page 169
LO Ka Kei Karmeo | Les Lieux de mĂŠmoire
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BTSD
Advisor | WU Tsan Sum Roger
CHAN Hok Leung Joe
DMP
FISH TOWER EVOLUTION OF FISHING INDUSTRY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong Programme: Fishery
Email: joechan1126@hotmail.com Mobile: 5647 0560
In the past, Hong Kong was a fishing village. Most people were working in the aquaculture field. However, time goes by, fishing industry has been declining because of the following factors. Reclamation and huge demand of land for development has destroyed the bare rural land and aquatic animal living environment. Pollution destroys the marine ecosystem ,so the wild fish catching amount decreased in return. Imports from mainland is regarded as the competition to local fishing industry. Local fish industry is still a part of local sector, but what would it become after 20 or 50 years
later? If we want to retain the local fishing industry, an evolution is undoubtedly needed. The new integrated system of fishing industry which increases its competitiveness will become a critic and manifestation for the critical condition. Besides, the technology of indoor vertical fishing can enhance the productivity, compactness and resistance to environment. The thesis, therefore, is to recreate an innovative prototype fishing tower for plugging in different districts, which serves as a new form of fishing industry including the indoor fish farming, fish processing and market.
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CHAN Hok Leung Joe | Fish Tower
Fish tank module
Louvers
Steel tube frame
Lifting system
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CHAN Hok Leung Joe | Fish Tower
Fish processing line
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BTSD
Advisor | WU Tsan Sum Roger
LI Chi Wah Alice
DMP
RE-INTEGRATE THE ISOLATED DRAMA THERAPY AS THREAD
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong Programme: Halfway home + Drama Performing School
Email: aliceli1013@gmail.com Mobile: 6352 9059
This thesis project departs from the phenomenon of isolation and marginalization of young exinmates in Hong Kong, in the senses of the physical, mental and sensual. On the other hand, the morbid pursuit of rapid development and luxurious lifestyle brings the urbanite an unhealthy state of mind. There is a need to pause and reflect in ourselves about our inner cravings, for example, to express the authenticity and individuality and to communicate. The hypothetical question is whether architecture can provide a grey space as alternative to re-integrate the isolated pieces dispersed in our society? Drama therapy has been chosen as a thread and healing program
and to inter-connect the young ex-inmates and public through the shared performing learning activity. A new type of halfway home is tested by hybridizing living units and a drama performing school with: 1. flexible layout which allows for different scenarios according to usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; behaviour and needs and 2. intertwining circulation to serve as interface between groups of users. Yau Ma Tei was chosen as testing ground since there is a symbiosis of integrated local performance community at old Yau Ma Tei and isolated new cultural district on West Kowloon. The thesis can be tested to connect and facilitate the traditional and new performing art forms.
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LI Chi Wah Alice | Re-integrate the Isolated
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Jason enjoys his improvised drama creation with therapist most in afternoon after having vocational training. Today is his first time to join the rehearsal in drama studio with performing school tutor and schoolmates.
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LI Chi Wah Alice | Re-integrate the Isolated
Above: Open performance in atrium Below: Section Facing page Top left: Plan Top right: Outdoor performance at Entrance Plaza Middle left: Bridge connecting halfway home and performing school Middle right: Public approaching the atrium Bottom: Design strategy diagram
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BTSD
Advisor | SCHNABEL Marc Aurel & WU Tsan Sum Roger
WONG Po Yi Connie
DMP
RESONANCE
IN THE
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CONVERGENCE OF NON-LIVING AND LIVING SYSTEMS IN ARCHITECTURE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Tsing Yi, Hong Kong Programme: Natural promenade Email: connie.wpy@gmail.com
We inhabit a city which has been built for speed and efficiency. Research shows theat quality of life is affected by the quality of biodiversity of a city. The thesis attempts to explore the potential of the convergence of non-living and living systems in architecture. It is a spatial concept of liberating people form a linear and homogeneous living style, providing an alternative of space and pace of living. It could be a contemporary space in which we loosen ourselves from the clothes of civilization in order to freely go wandering as new nomads. Plants in architecture now are always controlled which limits the possibility of the reaction between plant and architecture. A sustainable architecture should be capable hosting the everchanging plants & events. Like in a jungle, some
plants grow from top down, some are in another way. Different spaces are generated for different â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;parasitesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to inhabit. Local waterfront is selected as the testing ground for the project. Waterfront in a new town is usually not architecturally designed. Lots of programmes occur along it but all are very inward-looking. A communicator is needed to attract the locals to go out. Varieties of event spaces like communal gardens or markets can be introduced. The waterfront edge becomes a gradient to enhance architectural experience between the city, edge and water. A liveable, nature-friendly and ever-evolving public space responsive to a variety of programmes is defined within the composition of architectural elements and plants.
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WONG Po Yi Connie | Resonance in the Symbiosis
The City is not a panorama of buildings, bridges and streets. Nor is it a static structure of several classes or a dozen districts. The City is a giant, teeming set of countless lives of individuals, each of whom is aiming to live unlimitedly. Mita Munesuke
‘Nature Experience’ could mean literally nature, like a walk in the forest, but it could also be an abstract meaning of nature, like changes of light during the day. Currently, green architecture reads green rather literally. It is either green equals ecology and sustainability or green equals vegetation. One performs through to the building technology, and the other through the building external expression. None of them relates to the spatial characteristics and experience. Covering buildings green by vegetation has become a trend in contemporary architecture, so architectural green means mainly facade materiality. ‘Sensation of Green’ is about the mental process like touching, seeing, hearing, or smelling, resulting from the immediate stimulation of landscape forms, plants, trees, wind and water. It triggers a feeling of scale, cheerfulness, calmness and peace. The spatial performance of sensation of green is created by a physical interaction between the language of space and the language of nature. Green could penetrate in to the space. It could grow out from the space. It could shape the space. The idea is a mutual participation of nature in architecture.
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WONG Po Yi Connie | Resonance in the Symbiosis
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BTSD
Advisor | WU Tsan Sum Roger
LUK Yin Yung Claudia
DMP
URBAN REPOSITORY IN REMEMBERANCE OF THE FORGETTING CITY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kai Tak, Hong Kong Programme: Communal Archive
Email: claudia.luk09@gmail.com Mobile: 6175 1959
Memory, architecture/place and time are interrelated with each other. Memory of a city not only houses history and identity, but also culture and story of the community, civilization of the city. Hong Kong as an amnesia city, due to scarcity of land and sped-up culture, most of the valuable places are being demolished to meet the needs of new development. Only a few of the heritage under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance are being preserved. The rest are unfortune that they cannot be preserved physically but they have very high value in most Hongkongeseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point of view. These can only become part of our memories. These memories are stories of the community, reflecting the more lively part of the grass root public. We used to know the past from our parents, grandparents or elderlies. Recently
the issue of intangible heritage is getting more attention and a digital archive was set up. With the strong bonding between architecture and memory, what will be the role of architecture in keeping these stories instead of just digitalising everything? This thesis is in search of a way to enhance the inheritance of intangible heritage through architecture. Through the design of an urban repository integrated with the Kai Tak new development, maximising the chance of people gathered around the city. It is not purely a data archive but a repository allowing visitors to share their stories, archived them through Chinese text and printed with movable type printing which retains the texture of stories, or expressing through means of creation and performance.
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LUK Yin Yung Claudia | Urban Repository
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LUK Yin Yung Claudia | Urban Repository
From top to bottom Isometric- model View to time capsule pavilion Facing page Above left: Concept, floor plans Above right: Moveable type workstation- communal square at MTR exit Middle left: Along circulation bridge- overview Middle right: Pocket story telling platform
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BTSD
Advisor | FUNG Stanislaus
CHAN Chi Yan Amos
DMP
PIG CO-OPERATIVE LIVING AND LEARNING FROM OUR FOOD
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Sheung Shui, Hong Kong Programme: Educational Camp , Food Factory
Email: amos.ccy@gmail.com Mobile: 9465 2808
This project is an animal welfare educational camp with evolving food factory. It challenges the hypocrisy of the existing meat industry - the over production of meat & mistreatment to factory animals. The goal of this project shows cruelty of a slaughterhouse and intensive farm as a place of reflection for current eating style. The project partially relies and exploits the existing slaughterhouse in Sheung Shui. The remote locality of the site provides a suitable place for camping away from the urban area. The project is developed with tripartite programs, including animal welfare educational path (1. framed corridor and 2. meat factory line) & 3. vegetarian training camp. Animal welfare educational path is a narrative for meat eaters to reflect on the reality of meat industry. The second is the education on knowledge of the meat industry.
The final one is a habitual learning camp where the meat-eaters can receive training to become vegetarians. The factory blocks are progressively framed to express the production line of existing slaughtering process. The education path interlocks with the corridor and enclosed space and ends at the amphitheater, where participants could take side to either revisiting the path or participate in the vegetarian camp, thus enriching the whole experience. The linearity from the slaughter house is the inspiration of single way circulation of educational path in order to maximize the efficiency of learning which allows visitors to witness a pig from its birth to its death.
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CHAN Chi Yan Amos | Pig Co-operative
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Cooling & Storing
CHAN Chi Yan Amos | Pig Co-operative
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Advisor | FUNG Stanislaus
BTSD
WONG Shu Wan Jocelyn
THE SENSORIUM
DMP
CONFRONTING AIR POLLUTION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kennedy Town CDA, Hong Kong Programme: Museum of Climate
Email: jocelynwong2110@gmail.com Mobile: 6078 8226
This thesis serves as a museum and a laboratory to investigate the relationship between architecture and the polluted envrionment. The museum is sited on the post-industrial site of the demolished Kennedy Town Incineration Plant. On the dumping ground on Kennedy town Waterfront, the museum records human traces on the polluted air and reckons public awareness. The museum negotiates the movement of visitors through a constantly changing exterior atmosphere, the conditioned exhibition zone and a filtered indoor atmosphere. Air movement inside a water scrubber suggests the organization and sequence of the journey. The museum acts as a filter with filtered exhaust. Filtered air enters the cooling chamber along the wind direction and enters the hybrid chamber. Heating and cooling effects are maximized to maintain constant air movement.
Public circulation is motivated by completing the connection between public exhibition area and private research area. Meandering path, which traverses the hybrid chambers of different climatic conditions, connects the museum wing (data collection) and the visual chambers (data interpretation) on the laboratory wing. Varying climatic demands of different species of plants in each hybrid chamber accounts for their terraced organization and tilted orientations, thus, three climatic parameters: temperature, daylight and relative humidity are varied. Structural and programmatic organization are intrinsicly responsive to the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s technical requirements.
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WONG Shu Wan Jocelyn | The Sensorium
Above: Exploded axonometric- circulation and program Below from left to right: Interior View to Heating Hall Interior View to Cooling Hall Facing page Above : Construction of the Hybrid Chamber Below left to right: Interior view to Hybrid Chamber 1 Diagram-air movement Diagram-maximize heating and cooling effect
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WONG Shu Wan Jocelyn | The Sensorium
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BTSD
Advisor | FUNG, Stanislaus
WONG Ting Hong Chris
DMP
A JOURNEY TO ARCADIA EXPLORING SITE-SPECIFICITY WITH THE MAN-MADE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Po Toi Island, Hong Kong Programme: Gallery and Marriage Facilities
Email: tinghwong3@gmail.com
As Bruno Latour states in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Politics of Natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, we aim not to protect nature but to focus on our participation in it, keeping it untouched is no longer the ultimate goal, and our renewed interest in site-specificity is fast replacing the holistic approaches (Politics of Nature, 2004). This thesis explores the relationship between the natural and the man-made, considering site as a driving force and architecture as a tool to express the presence of nature. In principle, fragility and resilience coexist on the same site but opportunity is often missed because it is either left unattended or too vast to be comprehended, and I propose a small site of an ignored river and a large site of mountain with rocky outcrops to discuss these. The role of
architecture is twofold, it serves as an instrument to reveal the ignored landscape and to redefine movements in the wilderness respectively. This thesis technically examines different approaches towards diverse site identities and the goal is to create more adaptable strategies that can be applied in natural counterparts for the future. Alongside the creation, weather and climate are considered as the external factors to augment our senses towards landscape, thus combining the ever-changing sceneries with the aesthetic of the man-made. The delivery is carried out through resarching about the available strategies and techniques, and it supports the assumption that the experiential quality should be half done by human and half done by nature.
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WONG Ting Hong Chris | A Journey to Arcadia
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WONG Ting Hong Chris | A Journey to Arcadia
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BTSD
Advisor | CHUNG Wang Leung Thomas
DOCEKAL Nikola
DMP
THE RUIN AND LIQUOR CO. BREWING PAST IN SHAM TSENG
HCCD
Email: nikoladocekal@gmail.com Mobile: 5332 9478
It is year 2001, The old Sham Tseng brewery does not exist anymore.
UDLU
DTCD
Location: Sham Tseng, Hong Kong Programme: Marketplace, Brewery, Hostel, Public Bath, Observatory
In the past months it has turned from a ruin into a Void for the pragmatic intentions of the developer and his plans to build high-end residential towers with all its lavishness. With my project I aimed to utilize this open condition as an opportunity to ascribe a fictional layer to the story of this demolished industrial complex. A layer that resurrects the industrial past and hopefully does more than that. A project that would reconcile the smell and sweat of the industrial past with the tidiness of the developerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision.
There is space for both in Sham Tseng. Space for both programms from the past and the future, the brewing and the shopping mall, parking and housing. Part of the old factory remains in place and part is relocated further inside the village along the river stream, which thus became link and internal part of the designs. The design is incorporating tension between old and new, natural and manmade, rich and poor. Creating architecture that acknowledges several authors, the stronger influence of the former the better. Architecture that, as the ruin, fuses the disharmony of the eternal human urge for imperfection, with the pleasure of form.
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DOCEKAL Nikola | The Ruin and Liquor Co.
Above right: Maintenance stairs along the filtration system with the elevator tower The maintenance stairs are typical typology for Hong Kong, where every inch of land is registered and catered for. Above left: New water dam intruding the public bath Various objects in the scene intersect with each other in a way that it almost looks like as one would come before the other, rather than simultaneously by decision of single minded pen Below right: New promenade along the river bed The river was planned to be buried under elevated promenade, the outcome is compromise suggesting what was, could have been and is. Below left: Relationship between the former and new site Facing page: Relocated brew house and new rerouted river filtering system The relocated brewing facility incorporates old building of Kowloon workers dormitory and types of relocated sheds. It is reminiscence of excavation site. Page 201
DOCEKAL Nikola | The Ruin and Liquor Co.
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BTSD
Advisor | CHUNG Wang Leung Thomas
AU Sin Man Sophia
DMP
ALGAEMY FACTORY PRODUCING SALUTOGENIC ECOLOGY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Yuen Long, Hong Kong Programme: Alternative Paradigm for Sustainability (Mixed Use)
Email: auausophia@gmail.com Mobile: 9244 8137
Instead of seeing green architecture as buildings with added green features, can we imagine an architecture which heals and rejuvenates psychologically and environmentally, acting as a ‘detox machine’ for our citizens and city? This thesis investigates an alternative paradigm for sustainability. Algaemy Factory uses algae, a fundamental constituent and omnipresent organism in nature, as the primary generator to propose an organic, health-generating architecture based on ‘algaemical production’. Building on the redundant capacity of Yuen Long Sewage Treatment Centre, the design integrates algae cultivation with building systems, and considers building less as a systematic machine striving for maximum efficiency, but
more as a productive ecology of materials and experiences that integrally produced, transformed, recycled and rejuvenated in-situ. The multiple programmes combine algal decontamination with spatial experience and sensory stimulation for visiting urban dwellers, laboratories and offices for scientific researchers, and social enterprises and accommodation for rehabilitating mental patients. Referring to Yuen Long’s historical aquacultures, wetland ecology and future regional developments, the project contributes to a rethinking of placemaking through dovetailing the scientification of nature with an ecologicalisation of the social realm in a specific context. As such, Algaemy Factory speculates on a future vision of bio-social collective living with nature.
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Lower level gallery, converting redundant existing underground circular tanks to provide immersive experience and edutainment on algae, including interactive, multi-media spaces for exhibition, talks and events. New vaults with Algae-growing canopies spring from the centre of four tanks, spanning to cover bicycle parking on the upper ground level.
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Experience Chamber Algaerium Experience Chamber Multiple, sensory engagement with different forms of algae. Visitors can enjoy the algae sea at the bottom, or walk along to physically interact with algae through touching, smelling, blowing, while rising to the top to view the surrounding landscape through the filter of the numerous algae-growing tubes.
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Processing Hubs Robotic Arms for transferring materials and products Logistic Center Observation and relaxing duck
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Sewage pumping system Screening and degritting Primary sedimentation Biological treatment Algal biomass dewatering Final sedimentation Processing Hubs
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Algaemy Research Tower Algae cultivation and testing laboratory and office building
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Yuen Long Industrial Area
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AU Sin Man Sophia | Algaemy Factory
BTSD
Advisor | CHUNG Wang Leung Thomas
HO Tsz Wai Jimmy
DMP
THE YELLOW ARCHITECTURAL INTERROGATION OF LOCAL SOCIAL ACTIVISM
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Admiralty, Hong Kong Programme: Mixed Use (high-rise)
Email: jimmytwho@gmail.com Mobile: 9143 6750 http://jimmytwho.wix.com/portfolio
Post-Architectural Hong Kong: Architectural Interrogation of Umbra-cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spatial Practices of Protest - an architectural provocation combining the Umbrella Movement inspired interrogation of the instituionality of urban space with a constructivist questioning of Umbracityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s certain self-contradictory sedentary spatial practices with respect to its effectiveness for authentic protest. From the architecture of protest, to a protest on architecture in Hong Kong - arguably a post-architectural critique of the local built environment. The thesis depicts a manifesto of architecture and social activism that questions what architecture could contribute to social activism, since it is impracticable and infeasible to facilitate
with tactical and weaponized structures , nor to pursue utopian and amorphous urbanism inspired by the spontaneous public space. High obsession and self-fascination of subproducts have been documented as a result of advanced capitalism, featuring alienation and commodity fetishism. Architecture is the sum of established orders, compromises, and hierarchies. It is the status quo. If it is sarcastic, the reality is meant to be sarcastic. When the disparity of social hierarchy reaches its peak, architecture is not necessary. The architectural interrogation, reflects the brutality of the status quo, the status quo of obsession in commodified mode of protest. The focus on the problematique phenomenon must not be rejected. Architecture, afterall, could be avoided with the provocation.
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Building Technology and Sustainable Design
Design Methodology and Practice
Digital Technology and Computational Design
History, Culture and Conservation Design
Urban Design and Landscape Urbanism
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TSUI Kwok San Barry, DIGNITY TO ABSENCE Respectful Status & Journey
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CHAN Hiu Ling Leila, POST-APOCALYPSE Architecture for “un”certain Future
YAU Pui Ting Serena, URBAN RECOVERY Acupuncture & Reintegration of Urban Decaying Fabric
KEI Ka Yat Darren, URBAN HOUSE Public Vector for ‘neet’ Reintroduction
LEUNG Oi Chi Riva, MUSICAL VENUE Reinterpretation of Conventional Musical Performance Venue in Mong Kok
LAM See Man Clare, IN MEMORIAM In The Memory Of
UDLU THESIS ADVISORS FOURNIER Colin TIEBEN Hendrik LAM Tat YUET Tsang Chi
URBAN DESIGN AND LANDSCAPE URBANISM (UDLU) DESIGN RESEARCH This DRU organizes research and teaching activities in the areas of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture. The DRU focuses on sustainable approaches to urban regeneration and new town design under particular consideration of ecological and social-economic concerns in the context of Hong Kong, Macau and the Pearl River Delta. UDLU coordinates activities within the core Architecture programmes as well as the new BSSc in Urban Studies programme and MSc in Urban Design programmes at CUHK, aiming to create various synergies.
The creation of the two new urban programmes has allowed expanding and diversifying the teaching and research capacities with hiring new faculty members with backgrounds in urban economics, ecology and geography (as joint efforts of the School of Architecture and Department of Geography and Resource Management). This gives architecture students the opportunity to enroll in specialized courses related to urban issues and to integrate interdisciplinary perspectives into the courses ARCH4721 Land and City as well as ARCH5721 Urban Design and Planning. Studios are aligned with ongoing research projects, for instance, in the comparative design studio, Re-scripting urban rules in Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen (2014).
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Advisor | FOURNIER Colin
WAN Ka Ki Anson
DMP
THE AUCTION HOUSE STAGING THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Chungking Mansion, Hong Kong Programme: Auction House
Email: ansonwankaki@gmail.com Mobile: 9014 1620
Auction was dated back so far in history that no one really knows for sure when it started nor who started it. In truth, the very first documented auction event took place in 5th Century B.C. when the Ancient Babylonians brought maidens of marriageable age on stage to be auctioned off at a traditional event. Till now, we still observe a wide range of auction events such as tuna fish auction at Tsukiji Fish Market and thoroughbred horse auction at Paris. With little ambiguity, our economic cycle initiated very much from auctioning, where the total surplus from land is recorded as book value reflects the expected demand through transaction. And that auctioning of art works often take place at spaces of transience, surprisingly similar to that of land in its format
and process. Paradoxically, such important activity seldom claims any architectural form. It leads to the interest for one to seek how the physical architectural space and form can be justified through exploring the changing event. In 50 years from now, the Auction House for Organs will stand on the existing site of Chungking Mansion, enacting as the new â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ghetto at the Centreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. It shall demonstrate Auction as an alternative shopping power in the world of globalization. Let it be the place for the Faustians to witness the mutuality of social life and public performance, convincing of human behaviour as contextual, both reflecting and constrained by social expectations, governed more by expressive aims than instrumental tasks, more emotional than rational; more interactive than self-directed.
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BTSD
WONG Chun Kit Marco
DMP
2070+
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Xiang Gang (Hong Kong) Programme: Future Landscape and Architecture
Email: chunkitwongmarco@gmail.com Mobile: 6741 3444
The city is in panic, again. Some say, history repeats itself every 60 years. The idea of tomorrow being a day like today is a mere notion. Instead of confronting the existing situation of Hong Kong, this thesis constructs possibility, for Hong Kong as a site, in response to future political interventions. 2070+ is a symbol , a fiction, a sense of fear for an unpredictable eventuality but it is as real as a touchable reality. Politics is always a crucial factor affecting urbanization of a city. Architecture is a mirror which reflects what lies underneath policies which a government implements, and thus the
direction of economy, distribution of technology, separation between social classes, closure towards public activities, are present to hinder autonomy of urbanization and architecture. 2070 will be a time when political confrontation slows down, and the acceleration of power of the ruling party becomes rapid and highly centralized. The redevelopment of the city will be radical for sake of the strengthening of power and national defense. Owning such power, what interventions will our next generation face? What is the future of resistence?
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Advisor | FOURNIER Colin
WONG Sau Yin Samuel
DMP
CITY OF RESISTANCE 84 DAYS AND BEYOND
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Programme: Mix-use
Email: wongsauyin@gmail.com Mobile: 6543 2750
The Umbrella Revolution has demonstrated a rebellion against the totalitarian control of the Hong Kong Government. The reactionary events make evident the resistance against the eroded public realm and the eagerness in fighting for the core values that we stand for. The eighty-four days of revolution has not only demonstrated the society’s disobedience against the shift in recent political environment in Hong Kong, but it also reveals the formation of a new kind of city topology. It demonstrated how the city could reinvent itself from a bottomup approach; an approach that is clearly driven solely by the occupants with new interventions built from everyday materials, making use of social innovation and civic intelligence. The occupied zone was an manifestation of the idea of ‘City of Resistance’. Taking this new topology of city as a starting point, this thesis
tries to question what if the Umbrella Revolution continues, what if the streets continue to be occupied and the occupation area continues to grow for 10 years and beyond? This thesis would manifest how the future city would reinvent itself by rethinking its daily functions. A new alternative kind of city within the normal working city would be proposed. This city would be a city of nostalgia, where it resembles the value we hold today, it would also be a city of resistance that resists the unpredictable changes of our society. It would describe the coexistence of two cities, the action and reactionary force between the two and how the city of resistance becomes a city that addresses current urban issues as well as being a self-sustaining city in itself.
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WONG Sau Yin Samuel | City of Resistance
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Advisor | TIEBEN Hendrik
LOK Chin Wa Katherine
DMP
URBAN REGENERATION RETHINKING HONG KONG LANE AS ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SPACE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Mong Kok, Hong Kong Programme: Communal Facilities
Email: katherinelok@hotmail.com Mobile: 6142 5347
Compared to other developed cities, the amount of open space in Hong Kong is considered insufficient. Statistics show that there are only 2 sqm of open space per person in our urban setting, being 15 times less than that in London. Lanes as informal public spaces in Mong Kok have various functions including the city of making, the city of easy encounter and the city of desire. It constitutes part of the urban environment. Yet many of these informal public spaces are being eliminated in the upcoming redevelopment projects. Instead of these ideas of entirely clearing up a district, it actually makes more senses to integrate the old and the new through informal public spaces like lanes and provide cetrain urban experiences through conservation.
The current urban renewal strategy on one hand considers the importance of providing newly designed open spaces for the residents in the district, while on the other hand certain drawbacks arise. For instance, block wide transformation of an entire street leads to the displacement of the population structure. This gentrification process usually leads to the pushing out of the low income population, implying the neglect of them from certain urban experiences such as the usage of parks. The proposal suggests making use of the existing alley space and open space appropriately. Step-by-step development makes it easier to gain public support. Eventually, it would be a demonstration project and is expected to make positive impact to the surroundings.
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DMP
BTSD
Advisor | TIEBEN Hendrik
CHAN Sum Tei Cindy
ORGANIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Sham Tseng, Hong Kong Programme: Affordable Housing
Email: sumtei@gmail.com Mobile: 6754 7562
Squatters in Hong Kong have been an existing building phenomenon, they are built by dwellers themselves, which is a natural process of development. They often have close relationship with hillside, landscape, and street life of small alleys all over the place. However, squatters and cottages also have problems resulting to their own clearance; such as fire hazards as they were built with cheap and highly combustible materials of wood and iron sheets, unhygienic living condition is another concern as they lack sewage and drainage. They are also inconvenient for elderly and disabled people, and their low density is also not practical in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s highly populated Hong Kong society with scarce land supply.
In view of the above disadvantages, some squatters/ cottages were being demolished and built into new towns, such as Tiu Keng Leng and Tseung Kwan O; which are characterized by residential high rises built on podium, connected with shopping malls by bridges. They solved the basic needs of highly dense accommodation and facilities, but also lost the interesting street life, indoor and outdoor spaces connected with public spaces and nature. Therefore, I would like to solve the problems and revive the advantages of squatters/cottages, and achieve a more advanced solution for new affordable housing in Hong Kong.
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CHAN Sum Tei Cindy | Organic Affordable Housing
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Advisor | TIEBEN Hendrik
TSUI Kwok San Barry
DMP
DIGNITY TO ABSENCE RESPECTFUL STATUS AND JOURNEY
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kennedy Town, Hong Kong Programme: Cemetery Service
Email: barrytsui007@gmail.com Mobile: 6575 0599
The thesis is to study architecture in a highdense city that provokes dignity and respectful space for the absent. It will be a transitional space for the present to communicate with the absent through a spatial journey with sensation and ambience. What does architecture mean to cemetery serives? Perhaps it would be more accurate to name the deceased as 'the absent' as their spiritual influence or communication with the living would linger without a physical form. The permanence of buildings allows for spiritual connection between the present and the absent where history and civilization such as the living condition of ancestors can be described to the present. This is an architecture that promotes
profound communication via time and space. Most cemetery service buildings in Hong Kong are detached from urban areas and located at rural hillsides. The site at Kennedy Town is selected as a prototype for an alternative approach. Instead of a rural area, the site is located closer to an urban setting to better integrate with the city that allows for more interaction. I believe that locating cemeteries at silent hillsides would not be the most respectful towards ancestors. On the contrary, the architecture should encourage more interaction with the city for the absent as a sign of respect because people can more easily accept these types of buildings when they will in their vincinity. Isolation or hidden existence would not giving true respect to the absent.
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TSUI Kwok San Barry | Dignity to the Absence
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BTSD
WU Ching Kwong Neo
DMP
HYPER CONVENTION CITY FRONTIER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS UNITED NATIONS Location: Joint Security Area (JSA), Korean Demilitarized Zone Programme: Convention
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Email: neowuck@gmail.com Mobile: 64865501
In the contemporary age, the conflicts from geopolitics are generated from misunderstandings. Some of them are triggered off by ideological differences, terrorism, racism, etc. However, these geopolitic conflicts keep happening everywhere and still increasing constantly across different borderlands and the borderlands are the starting point of geopolitical conflicts and they never end. Elimination of conflict is the ultimate target that would provide a common ground to create a utopian society – equilibrium in one ideology achieves Peace. Differences in ideologies caused the conflicts in human history that lacked neutral power to interfere with them.
In this thesis project, a visionary of conflict elimination will be applied through global scale of architectural design for the United Nations (UN) – the largest but less influential neutral power in the world. To achieve Ultimate Peace, the function of the UN’s architecture is to provide a neutral convention place which can make two sides understand each other and to promote Peace that is defined by the United Nations. The interference and convention spaces are camouflaged into the new hyper convention city for United Nations. An occupied district – (Joint Security Area (JSA), Demilitarized Zone), between South and North Koreas which is a political no man’s land. – the state of extraterritoriality and the first experimental site to the UN’s conflict resolutions.
UNITED NATIONS
Pecaekeeping Cyber Force(PCF)
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Advisor | LAM Tat
CHAN Hiu Ling Leila
DMP
POST-APOCALYPSE ARCHITECTURE FOR UNCERTAIN FUTURE
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Kai Tak Terminal, Hong Kong Programme: Self-sufficient Living Typology
Email: leila.today@gmail.com Mobile: 5128 2202
Nowadays when we try to imagine the future, it is hard for us to be optimistic because everyone agrees that Global Warming is a real and inevitable problem. In addition, there are ecological and social problems driven by overpopulation, overconsumption & environmentally harmful technologies. All these catastrophes tell us that apocalypse is no longer a fantasy but it is ready happening; Apocalypse comes not as a problem, but as answer. So now we need to have a sense of urgency and be prepared for it. This thesis will define scenarios of Apocalypse by researching on contemporary Apocalypse in media, along with evidence of scientific reports. Since peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perception Apocalypse
is rather abstract and uncertain, I will use the narrative of five selected doomsday movies as my architectural pursuit. Under the lens of Apocalypse, possibilities of building alternative habitats/refuge for people to surf the inevitable post-Apocalypse scenarios. Rapid-prototyping will be the construction methodology since demand for immediate housing solution is expected after catastrophic disaster. Tracing back to post World War period, prefabrication was heavily examined by architects since it was a time and cost-effective building method. At the end of the thesis, a set of modular prefabrication design drawings will be produced; hence the Apocalypse architecture can be duplicated efficiently and promptly wherever to reconstruct the collapsed world.
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CHAN Hiu Ling Leila | Post-Apocalypse
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CHAN Hiu Ling Leila | Post-Apocalypse
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Advisor | LAM Tat
YAU Pui Ting Serena
DMP
URBAN RECOVERY ACUPUNCTURE AND REINTEGRATION OF URBAN DECAYING FABRIC
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Beijing, China Programme: Community Programmes
Email: serenayau29@gmail.com Mobile: 6257 0198
Urban decay is a decomposing process of urban fabrics, ever present around us. Various factors led to the failure and de-urbanization further resulting in consequences like social polarization. In my studies, an endangering yet valuable fabric was selected for further exploration. China currently is one of the most rapidly developing and urbanizing countries for the past few decades. Swiftly growing population has put great pressure on land supply and economic development, especially in large cities like Beijing. Hutong fabrics in Beijing were thus massively destroyed for modern development providing a better living quality and density. However, apart from demolishing the fabric along with their values that have been developed for thousands of years, can we achieve the same outcome while
at the same time retaining their values? Can we turn the problems of the fabric into advantages benefiting and welcoming more people? As an experiment, a system with a set of prototypes which act as stimulation and acupuncture for the decaying fabric has been designed. For the prototypes and upgrades, the spatial arrangement has been considered from the existing social environment of the courtyard houses yet with a better living quality and a higher yet restricted density. Besides, several urban nodes have been plugged-in, not only acting as a community hub, but also providing a centralized public infrastructure for the locals and migrants (new-comers) to share. With the system, the broken social structure can be re-completed and the fabric is allowed to sustain itself once again.
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Advisor | YUET Tsang Chi
KEI Ka Yat Darren
DMP
URBAN HOUSE PUBLIC VECTOR FOR ‘NEET’ REINTRODUCTION
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Sham Shum Po, Hong Kong Programme: Hybrid
Email: keikayat@gmail.com Mobile: 9630 3305
One of the poorest communities in Hong Kong - Sham Shui Po lack of sufficient youth support, which has led to the highest number of NEET (Non Education Employment or Training) tennagers in the area. Meanwhile there are youth institutions in other parts of Hong Kong, which is a residential treatment centre providing an ‘entry to employment’ service to those NEET for solving their unemployment issues. However, this institution has enlabeled and created a social stigma of NEET in the surrounding community. As an inclusive community in Sham Shui Po, the thesis attempts to creat a hybrid building, by combining the youth centre and municipal centre in the heart of Sham Shui Po. By rearranging the
social and working spaces between public and NEET to benefit both parties. Surrounded by four very vital street environments, the existing municipal centre excludes the possibility of connection to the flexible activities around. Hawkers create great mobility when they are selling goods and when searching for place to store their goods. The design tries to resolve the main existing building problem - segreagation of horizontality, by integrating the vertical social and working spaces and introducing social platforms on ground and mid level. These social platforms create the ancher spaces for public while inducing interaction of NEET through these vertical social and working spaces.
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KEI Ka Yat Darren | Urban House
Top: Overall View Middle left: Urban Market Atrium from induction of Social and Hawker Ground Platform Middle right: Continous stands of Sport Arena from introduction of Cooked Food Market Bottom: Walkable sequences (juxtaposition of working and social spaces) Facing page from top: From Social Ground to Urban Market Atrium, from Cooked Food Market to Sport Centre. Activities from a single level may induce interactions between different groups of people to the vertical social and working spaces simultaneously, like what happening now on the streets in Sham Shui Po.
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Advisor | YUET Tsang Chi
LEUNG Oi Chi Riva
DMP
MUSICAL VENUE REINTERPRETATION OF CONVENTIONAL MUSICAL PERFORMANCE VENUE IN MONG KOK
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Mong Kok, Hong Kong Programme: Performance
Email: leungoichi@gmail.com Mobile: 9773 6208
In Hong Kong, there are over 15 district theatres provided and operated by Leisure and Cultural Services Department since 1930, which includes the Yau Mai Tei Theatre, Sha Tin Town Hall, Yuen Long Theatre, etc. The Hong Kong Government used to design the performance venues using the same prototype. Those theatres were designed based on the same appearance, type of scale and spatial arrangement. The conventional spatial setting of performance halls all adhere to the same logic of spatial relationship between audiences and performers. Under the social and cultural transformation, street performance has become the new trend of performance, social and cultural means of communication. By reviewing the existing phenomenon of street theatre in Sai Yeung
Choi Street, the performance habits and social needs has been changed regarding to aspects of interiority, scale of performance and social interaction. It is essential to break the conventional design parameters of the theatre, thus the conventional and site specific performance venue will be explored. The new potential performance space will be induced by recreating the urban surface. This thesis aims to reinterpret a conventional musical performance venue in Mong Kok base on the understanding of urban problems of the site, the existing constrains of district theatres and existing condition of street performances in Mong Kong.
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LEUNG Oi Chi Riva | Muscial venue
Top: Sectional perspective Above left to right: Access to experimental theatre Internal access of experimental theatre Middle left to right: Access to roof of main theatre Vision deck of main theatre Below left to right: Intermediate space between PTI below, platform and theatres. Intermediate space bewteen experimetal theatre and plaform Facing page Above: Interior view of experimental theatre Below: Interior view of main theatre Page 257
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Advisor | YUET Tsang Chi
LAM See Man Clare
DMP
IN MEMORIAM IN THE MEMORY OF
UDLU
HCCD
DTCD
Location: Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Programme: Funeral home & Columbarium
Email: clarelam@hotmail.com Mobile: 9642 0809
“Death is the irreversible cessation of organismic functioning.” This definition of death best reveals the brutality and the irrevocability of the biological termination - no one is immune regardless of sex, race or religion. We have complete recognition of death and it is constantly thrusted in our faces every day through media or other means. We seek to elude it due to the instinctive fear driven by the unknown and its ability to negate every other element of our lives - yet it is undeniable that we are all living towards the possibility of no longer having possibilities. “ The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero. The loss brings agony and deep sorrow to the bereavements. While religious rituals at funerals
and beliefs of different cultures help them along the journey, non-religious families are vulnerable to the pain without this kind of support. Architecture has the capacity to directly stimulate awe-struck experience that influences one’s emotional state. This thesis therefore seeks for a new way to support the bereavements through architectural design, with emphasis on the sequential journey. Hong Kong has a distinctive and rich cultural character and in this highly dense city, death is considered as taboo and it is seldom discussed or even a subject of avoidance. There has been general anxiety aroused from such architecture within the urban context. This thesis also attempts to ease the tension between such architecture and the city.
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LAM See Man Clare | In Memoriam
DENIAL . self defensive device . shut down & block out reality . buffers the immediate shock . going numb isolation
ANGER . reality & pain re-emerge . intense emotion expressed as anger . sense of helplesness isolation
BARGAINING . what if? what could have done? . wishful thinking mutual support from people sharing the same exiperience
DEPRESSION . acknowledge the loss . the deepest level of sadness . release all emotion . most vulnerable support from family & friends
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Dialogues with Professionals
吳永順： 當你完成畢業論文之後，經過這麼多的研究 和資料搜集，你會不知不覺間成為那範疇和 建築類型的專家。
吳永順 VINCENT NG 香港建築師學會會長 President of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) Q : 畢業將近30年，您有否實踐了您的畢業作品或一些以往夢寐以求的想法？ 回想我的畢業論文已經是三十年前，當時我的首選題目是重建赤柱大街，因為那是受歡迎 的旅遊景點，十分熱鬧和充滿香港特色。當時我的教授評論我，說既覺得赤柱大街很吸 引，那為什麼要改變它美好的現狀呢？最終題目被否決，可是在題目被否決的過程中，我 已經上了重要的一課，而這對我日後在香港保育， 本土文化處理，及至天星和皇后碼頭運 動都有深遠的影響。 即使我心繫赤柱大街，可惜事與願違，我的畢業論文結果以第二個選擇 － 教堂為題。 選擇 以教堂為題的原因是我本身是一名教徒， 當時教授問我教堂的位置在哪裡，我馬上回答在 中環， 無他，只是因為鄰近和方便。教授卻質疑說難道我想教徒穿著西裝駕車打上教堂， 接著建議我找一些比較平民化的地方。最後我只好選了一個比較偏遠的地方，也就是今天 沙田教堂和社區中心的位置。 在過程中我走訪了很多香港的教堂，從而了解教會背後的理 念，慶幸最後畢業論文得了很不錯的成績。同學們現在做的畢業論文可能影響你的一生， 多年後或許會有人問你為何不停重覆做你的畢業命題。 而我畢業後最常設計的就是和畢業 論文一樣的教堂，畢業後十數年我一共設計了十數間教堂。 現在也有一個教堂的設計項目 在九龍塘正進行中，較早前也有銅鑼灣的公理堂項目。這麼多年間，不論高低大小，室外 戶內的教堂設計項目也有 。 同學們會發現，當你完成畢業論文之後，經過這麼多的研究和資料搜集，你會不知不覺間 成為那範疇和建築類型的專家。所以請不要小看你的畢業論文啊！ Q : 請形容你和畢業論文教授的關係? 我認為教授的主要角色是否決你設計過程中不合用的東西， 而設計的意念和材料是靠自己 努力找回來的。我的畢業論文教授是龍炳頤教授。 當時是龍教授第一年在香港大學建築 系任教，他現在已經退休了。 我覺得老師對一個學生的影響可以很大 ，有時候甚至雙方也 不知道老師的一句說話可以深深地影響學生的一生！當時我有很多想法都是受龍教授的影 響， 比如說一般建築師都希望其建築對城市有一定的影響，就像是把自己的名字簽在城市 上作印記一樣。 但龍教授讓我體會到一個城市的特色、其歷史故事和文化的吸引之處 是 必須要經過日積月累，而絕非單單一個建築師，在一夜之間揮筆變出來的。 然而，一般建 築學校教學習慣讓學生獨自從頭到尾一手操作設計，讓學生產生一手創造世界的錯覺。直 至遇到龍教授，我深深體會到作為一個建築學學生或建築師並不是像日本劇集中的超人般 拯救世界，他也讓我體驗到怎樣使得建築和社會得以溝通。 遇上龍教授，於當時年少無知 的我有無可想像的影響！致畢業多年後我仍和龍教授保持緊密溝通，他也不時邀請我返回 母校，給予建築學弟妹設計上意見。更有趣的是，位於銅鑼灣的公理堂其實是龍教授的教 會。從畢業論文到廿多年後，自己竟有機會替教授的教會作設計，最終更確確切切，一磚 一塊地興建出來了！ 數年前我參觀公理堂時遇見龍教授，閒談之間他透露出我是他人生中第一個學生，回想這 段關係的確十分有趣。當學生全情投入在畢業論文之中，它定必可以帶領你到一個意想不 到之新領域。像我最初沒料想過最終竟會以次選的教堂作畢業論文題目，更始料不及我後 來的設計生涯中仍然不斷繼續著我的畢業論文。 Q : 回想起你在建築學求學時，對你日後作為建築師和管理層，甚至作為香港建築師學會主 席有什麼影響和啟發？ 其實以前我從來沒有計劃做建築學會的會長或任何一間建築公司的老闆。我是83/84年度香 港大學建築學會的主席，算是學生當中的活躍分子吧。回想起發覺很多事情其實是偶然而 之，順其自然地發生的。從當年學生會主席的我一步一步走到今天，成為香港建築學會主 席，當中沒有一個長遠的計劃。我只是每一刻也在認真地思考和滿腔熱情地做好當前的事。 我是確切的由衷的喜歡建築。只要你真心喜歡一件事便自然會做得好，相反假若你不喜歡， 即使有多週詳的計劃也不會做得好。我認為建築是需要像火一般的熱情，以及心懷夢想。 建築師就業多年後很容易失去求學時最初對建築學的熱情，可以分享你是如何保留那份熱 情三十多年之久呢？ 我會經常發現問題。當你對建築充滿熱誠的時候，你會發現實現夢想是一點也不容易，當 中有很多困難要去克服和解決。面對困難時，我們或會刻服它，或會逃避它。 生命中也 是同一個態度。當我們心裡面有一火，我會屢敗屢戰，迎難而上。當中所獲得的滿足感和 Page 266
吳永順 Vincent Ng 香港建築師學會會長 (15/16年度) 創智建築師有限公司董事 海港計劃小組委員會主席
知識是無可比喻的。另一消極態度乃得過且過。某些人甚至會以這消極之態去疏擺他人放 棄。生活在現今的香港，無可避免我們被迫接受不置可否的價值觀，例如把地積比率用盡 甚或實用率推至最高等。但我們心裏是清楚這絕非我們追求的夢想，我們要知道並非每一 刻每一件工作也帶著我們夢想。當我們處理與夢想無關的東西時，也不代表我們必要跟著 那條路一直走下去。 當我參與建築師 Zaha Hadid 的理工大學賽馬會創新樓時，我彷彿看到另一種建築師的態 度。我看見願景，我看見堅持，我看見什麼為走一條崎嶇孤身路。當領頭的建築師有強大 的願景時，整個團隊就會團結一致朝這個巨大的願景走下去。當然，我也被這美好的建築 願景深深打動。參與這項目時，我心中那團快將熄滅的火被重新燃起。讓我領會到，與其 去撲滅別人心中的火，同行中應該同舟共濟相互鼓勵。
Q : 你覺得有什麼是香港建築師學會可以幫助年輕的建築師保持對建築的熱誠？ 我認為建築師之間應該多溝通多討論，以及最重要的莫忘初衷。這是關於香港建築師學會 如何創造一個正面的環境讓建築師有空間去工作的問題呢！ Q : 可以分享你的初衷嗎？ 我當初選擇報讀建築的原因是因為熱愛畫畫，加上建築學並非硬啃書本的學科。我中學歷 届絕大多數的畢業生都成為醫生，所以當時我是離群少數呢！ 踩進了建築學的門檻後，我 才了解到建築物對社會的重要性，明白建築能貢獻社會和觸動人心。求學期間，我對建築 熱情的火時明時暗。慶幸即使那把火暗淡了，任何時間也能重新燃點它的。 Q : 那麼當年輕建築師要求你以會長身份去為他們發聲時你會怎樣處理呢？ 為建築師發聲是必然，但有很多不同的方法。社會在某些議題上對建築師專業的知識有一 定的期望，而我們寒窗六載不見得只是謀生和滿足一己設計的慾望 ，更重要的是貢獻社 會，讓我們專業知識和審美觀帶動社會發展。 許多的建築專業的議題上，不論是城市規 劃、文化保育、城市設計、 海濱規劃、市區重建 或樓宇安全 一系列的議題上，我相信建築 師業界中是沒有爭議的，也保持著共同的價值觀。建築師學會不妨發聲。而對於爭議性大 的議題例如政制改革，業界中本也有著撕裂便要用其他方法了。 Q : 你曾經說過要推動好的建築便要從社區公共建設開始著手，可惜很多同學畢業之後工作 的公司也只著重商業或住宅項目。這其實是一個惡性循環，你對此事有什麼看法？ 我的文章裡經常提到”怎樣的城市就有怎樣的建築”。而建築是誠實的，每一個建築物也 有其故事。例如雷生春保育建築細訴著香港怎樣爭取保留歷史建築的故事。當被社會的框 架控制的時候，我們可以選擇留在框架裡忍辱偷生，或選擇打破框架尋求突破。而打破框 架的過程中，許多事情已經是超出於建築本身。 Q : 打破現今社會的框架是推動你成為香港大學建築學會主席和香港建築學會主席的原因嗎？ 作為一個建築師久了，會反思是否應該在不同的框架去改變這個環境， 懷著那種不甘於現 狀的心態時，該思考我們會默言承受束縛，或者嘗試去作出改變。 Q : 這些年來，香港建築界的發展起了什麼變化？從你的角度看，三十年後又會怎樣？年輕 建築師應具備甚麼素質以迎接這挑戰？ 新生代的建築師應該面向中國面向世界，現今的科技令今天的建築沒了地域限制。從前建 築師需要用手一點一線畫圖，而今天已經全然數碼化了。全球化令全球的建築師都聚焦在 發展中國家例如中國、印度、俄羅斯等。第二，現今建築行業漸趨多元化，建築師的出路 也更見多樣化。我不時看見畢業生參與室內設計的項目。我認為比較兩輩的人的機會是沒 有意義的。畢竟大家生活在不同的年代背景，而且路終究是自己走出來的。 我對業界有一 個願境，就是令年輕建築師重燃那團熱情的火和希望。透過提供建築設計比賽的機會，和 讓他們參與公眾裝置藝術，讓他們發揮所能，創造新希望。 Q : 那個作品是你建築設計生涯的轉捩點？ 在我漫長的建築生涯中，相比起建築設計作品，某些經歷是更能稱得上是的轉折點。例如 剛踏進建築學的一刻，或者遇見我的畢業論文教授可能是我人生中另一個轉折點。 我認為 每件事情發生都有它背後的原因， 有著因果的關係。而在我那把火快要熄滅的時候參與理 工大學賽馬會創新樓的設計，也可能是我人生的其中一個轉捩點。 Page 267
姚仁喜： 建築有一個地方很特別，每一個建築都是地球上的一個點， 有著不一樣的環境，不一樣的環境氣候。
姚仁喜 KRIS YAO 姚仁喜〡大元建築工場創辦人 Founder of Kris Yao l ARTECH Q: 你對香港建築的印象如何？ 這就得分開建築和城市規劃兩方面來談。 跟其他亞洲大城市相比，香港的都市規劃是相對的成熟。每一塊所發展和規劃的地方都不 會是孤島，被四通八達的交通網絡和完的社區基建包圍住，這就讓小小的彈丸之地包住這 麼多的人。我突別喜歡這裡的山水。香港的都市規劃容下了山水，使山坡和海景結合在一 起，做得非常好！反之台灣的都市規劃是比較平面的。 樓房不重於向高發展。 香港大部份的建築都用作辦公樓或是住宅。原則上，建築是不錯的，香港是個現代城市, 幾 年前被香港建築師學會邀請做評審，更加深入了解香港建築業的運作。 房地產的價值有意 無意地滲透了建築業，也因此在香港比較不容易看到不實用，不合理的建築物。當然，瘋 狂的設計也就比較少。這對於一個城市來說是一個遺憾。一個城市有了不守規則的建築才 會有趣。看看台灣，我們就有很多亂七八糟的東西，比如說夜市。 Q: 就城市規劃的優劣來說，可以比較一下香港，台北或其他亞洲主要城市嗎？ 那就說說東京，新加坡和這裡吧！ 我特別喜歡東京。對一個旅人來說，那是一個完全沒有壓力的地方。從飛機降落以後就自然 會輕鬆悠然。那裡地方乾淨有序，人人彬彬有禮。林林建築和大街小巷有著傳統亞洲的味道。 而台北就像一個混亂的東京。台北人會自己加以發展出很多東西；東京人比較守傳統的規矩,。 當然，台北人也是待人客氣有禮！香港挺有趣，只要一踏足這裡就會自然地加快腳步。空氣中 籠罩著「時間就是金錢」的氣氛。香港是一個非常有效律和實際的地方，沒有一絲放肆浪費的 空間；沒有半個對經濟益用的設施。當然香港好方便，只是秒秒得保持屏氣斂息的狀態。 新加坡就很無聊，凡事規矩有板有眼，但了無趣味。行人於台北跟東京的城市規劃當中擔當 重要的一環，而香港則忽略了行人的重要性，特別是熙來攘往的中環商業區。能夠在城市的 馬路上吸口清新空氣，曬曬明媚陽光是多麼很樂的經驗！當然，這樣的城市就比較沒有效律。 Q: 可以比較一下東方跟西方的文化？ 東方人對外在客觀的現象跟主觀心靈的狀態有一種模糊的介線，西方人對這個東西看得比 較清楚，比如說水就是水。東方，包括印度，對外在的東西覺得不是這麼簡單。像中國人 畫山水畫，畫的是不寫實的，而是心境。這樣才會有「結蘆在人間」的東西出現。 Q:從實用性的角度看你覺得香港有沒有空間讓建築化做夢想？或者使冷冰冰的建築更人性化？ 建築通常是有委託性的，是一份差事。它不像畫畫，它是含目的的。至於能不能有一些比較 特別的東西出現，這並不是單方面的問題。追根究底，對一個建築師或創作者而言，創作最 重要的一刻，就是創作者拿著一支筆跟空白的紙，就是那沈實與孤單一刻。而這就是最基本 的創作狀態。如果創作者心的狀態是沸騰的話，那麼所創作的作品就是那個狀態的反映。但 如果這些東西是沉寂的，比如野心、人權、道德，可以減少的話, 那麼藝術的創作就會非常純 粹。這個純粹的狀態就有機會創作出一般人覺得瘋狂的東西。否則就會出現一些比較普通的 設。《老子道德經》第四十八章中提到「為學日益，為道日損，損之又損，以至於無為；無 為而無不為。」， 意指「為學」旨在日益增進知見，「為道」重在日漸減損執著！減損再減 損，減損到無所造作，無所執著的境地；無所造作、無所執著，便能無入不自得，自然而為。 建築師或創作者要追求完全自在, 沒有任何軒掛的狀態，在這個狀態中，什麼都可以做。反 而一直追求一個東西，是不會讓人自由的。不管那個東西是多麼的有道理。一個創作人的 腦袋一定要自由放鬆，東西才會不花力氣就出來了。像莫札特，他創作音樂是很自在的， 就像是邊玩邊跑出靈感來。 Q:你覺得建築是藝術嗎? 肯定是，比比皆是！比如說顏色，比例大小，物料等等，處處滲透著美學的絲絲關連。當 然，建築也有其真實的部份，比如說功能分佈。 Page 270
姚仁喜 Kris Yao 台灣著名建築師 「姚仁喜〡大元建築工場」創辦人
Q :建築藝術跟現實會不會有衝突？ 那麼就以切西瓜作比喻吧。這兩就似一整個西瓜，當你把它切開，它就成了兩份，那麼一 切就會有分別。別把建築的藝術與實用分開來看或對比，建築就像生命，它是一個整體。 Q :你說過「建築是人心靈的一個倒影」，那你在台灣跟內地的設計項目中，你所呈現的他 們心靈的故事有不同嗎？ 建築有一個地方很特別，每一個建築都是地球上的一個點，有著不一樣的環境，不一樣的 環境氣候。一個好的建築應該利用這些條件來做設計。用一個比較浪漫的說法，就是去利 用這些來說建築的故事。 而我不覺得台灣跟內地是西瓜的兩半。 Q :你曾經在紐約修讀電影，而電影是種沉醉自我表達的藝術，相比建築卻是一門主張客觀 解決問題的藝術。你覺得建築跟電影有什麼關係？電影怎樣影響你的建築設計？ 建築跟電影有很強的關係。 第一，因為它們都跟空間有關。而電影就是關於空間的流動。 第二，在藝術類之中，建築跟電影是最複雜的藝術。電影有燈光、服裝、佈景；建築也是一 樣。建築有著豐富的層次，非常複雜。而喜歡複雜的人，一定會喜歡建築跟電影；喜歡單純 的人或許會喜歡書法吧（笑）！ 第三，建築跟電影的制作過程也很像。創作初期的時候會做一大堆小東西，然後把它們堆在 一起變成一個作品。比較不同的是，建築是硬的，是真的；而電影是假的。 我初期開始寫劇本的時候，有時會寫不下去。因為電影太過短視。是用短鏡頭去寫獨突的故 事。而設計建築的時候，卻一直是用長鏡頭去看人生。可其實建築和電影兩個都很有意思！ Q :你有沒有特別喜歡的電影或導演？ Stanley Cooper 和黑澤明。 Q :學了電影後，你怎樣改變了你用建築說故事的方法？ 其實不是改變。我小時候特別喜歡畫漫畫。後來發現建築就像畫Storyboard。我要把故事 講給大眾或一個人聽，而同一個故事就可以有不同的講法。 Q :可以分享用建築說故事的技巧嗎?跟人生兌歷有關係嗎？ 故事是一種表達方法。曾經有一個編劇老師跟我說「Kris! Write the Truth, not the Fact!」 這兩當中其真有很大的差別。像有些電影很有說服力，有些則完全沒有。說故事要有一個 基本的推動力，要有同理心。讓一個人聽懂一個不太難懂的東西，很大的部份是需要同理 心。使得別人明白，而當然同時間，聽者也要有同理心。 Q: 你在建築怎樣體現持續發展和環保的概念？ 其實可持續發展並不是一個新的觀念。現在大家都推廣可持續發展或綠建築，強加了很多 所謂「綠建築」的元素，反而讓建築「退綠」了。因為那些東西始終都會壞掉，會消耗掉 材料。建築師該考慮到方位，風向，採光，物料的特性。 Q :香港建築的本土性比較弱，你對香港有什麼建議嗎？ 每個地方有她的特色。本土性不一定是觸得到的，像香港的氣候和地形也是獨特的。我覺 得香港比較忽略本土性這事。對香港而言，重要的都是能賣錢的，像是海景。所以能影響 香港建築的元素很少。這樣的話做出來的東西就會很像。
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胡恩威: 我的創作靈感來自平日所吸收的東西，例如書本和多留意日常生活的 環境。 我會用身體和五官去感受環境， 而不是只像現代都市人般只用 手機把影像拍下，這其實是來自上一代的生活習慣。
胡恩威 MATHIAS WOO 跨媒體文化人 Multi-Media Cultural Worker Q: 你修讀了一年經濟科你才轉到建築系。甚麼推使你對建築學的興趣？ 自小我便對美術有濃烈的興趣，機緣巧合下從經濟系轉到建築系。修讀建築系後，發現建築是一個開放且多元化的科目，每 次做一個新的設計項目也是一個新的學習過程和機會。這於我說是有趣而且具挑戰性的！ Q: 修讀建築學的三年裏，你的心態有何改變？ 修讀建築學後，反而感到點點的可惜。香港社會普遍只是把建築單單看作建設，詮釋比較狹窄。 我認為香港不應只有兩間大 學開辦建築系課程。現今每年本地畢業生只僅僅足夠供應香港本地對建築師的需求。而我認為我們應該把眼光放遠，至中國 大陸和整個世界。回想起從前在香港大學就讀的時候實行小班教學，每班只有三十多人，實在是比較有效率。 我對香港的建築師缺乏設計機會覺得頗可惜的，香港建築界的生態環境沒有外國般著重設計。而選擇畢業後沒有繼續在建築 界工作也是固中因由。我暗暗覺得自己不太合適在香港的建築則樓工作，也留意到香港建築師大部分的時間並非在用改進設 計上，反而更多是耗費在工程管理和行政工作上。 Q: 你曾概嘆建築師的角色，在香港的建築業受到很大限制 (社會對建築學的忽視？經濟主宰設計方向等)，而舞台設計則不受 束縛的自由表達。因此你轉行到舞台界。你如何看待建築師在社會上是「難題解決者」的角色？ 我認為現在藝術有很大的問題就是背後被投資者和策展人操控，包括建築也變得過於商品化。相反舞臺劇所涉及的金錢較 少，所以較少利益的問題存在。另外我參與的舞臺劇有公共基金的支持，所以可從公眾利益出發。 現時香港的工程是以投標模式， 價低者得， 沒有相當的建築設計指標。或者香港可效法法國，以法律規管當地的所有建築工 程，例如規定每年分發一定的建築工程給中小型的建築公司，甚至女建築師。我應為香港建築師應該就房屋供應政策和城市 建設的議題發聲， 用我們學到的知識改善城市。 香港現時很多的社會現象其實也跟建築有密切的關係，例如保育、板間房和環保問題。 可是一般市民對建築的知識卻很貧 乏， 他們認為解決房屋問題方法是增加土地和房屋供應， 但其實政府一直沒有就土地利用做一項詳細的調查， 不少豪華住 宅的空置率亦十分高，多數新建住宅又有過多停車場的空間。 幾年前，我和中文大學建築系的鄭炳鴻教授到日本Yokohama Graduate School任教 「高密度的生活」，我很欣賞日本學生 仔細的研究功課。 在日本建築系推行師徒制度，學生會隨著老師進行一系列持續的研究，這是優良的傳統。 我覺得香港建築 學院可考慮開設多些相關的研究課程讓同學參與。其實香港獨特的城市生態（urban ecology）吸引引了世界各地的建築人 士來研究，可惜卻被本土香港人忽略。 如果我們多投放時間和資源去研究城市生態便可提升和改善它。 另外，香港的人口老 化問題亦可透過持續的研究和公共建築設計去改善。 Q: 香港並非建築設計的福地，建築師在這小小彈丸之地時刻面對著多方面的挑戰。你有什麼寄語予畢業班的同學？仍然在學 的又能怎樣迎接挑戰？ 我鼓勵建築系畢業同學如果想改善社會除了在則樓工作，可以考慮從政，例如選區議會，因為香港的建築和城市規劃被很多 現存的條例限制，這些是政制上有待改善的問題。像台灣不少畢業生選擇從政，在城鄉研究所工作。 Q: 有沒有想過在大學教書？ 我認為現時的大學教授像服務性行業以學生為主，香港可效法日本那樣，鼓勵教授和學生 就有興趣的題目共同研究。 當年香港大學的建築學教學模式如何？建築學的訓練，對你舞台設計有什麼影響？以致你 日後多元化的發展（例如寫書，電視節目製作人，創辦雜誌等等）有什麼啟蒙？ 建築課程的教育煉我成為一位能處理演員問題的導演，更懂得用對空間的觸覺設計舞臺。 德國訓練導演的方法也與建築有密切的關係， 他們很重視空間和舞臺設計。我們的出發點 不只是著重舞臺劇的演繹， 而是著重美學、空間和氣氛繼而讓演員有最好的發揮，更希望 演員在空間裡能找到自主性。 Q: 可以分享你是如何找到創作靈感嗎？ 我的創作靈感來自平日所吸收的東西，例如書本和多留意日常生活的環境。 我會用身體和 五官去感受環境， 而不是只像現代都市人般只用手機把影像拍下，這其實是來自上一代的 生活習慣。 Q: 那個舞台作品是你舞台設計生涯的轉捩點？ 我人生中的轉捩點不是某一部作品， 而是一些經歷。修讀建築是我其中一個轉捩點，它讓 我學懂一些方法去處理工作上所遇到的難題。 建築學是很好的教育，因為過程中它能培訓 學生的審美觀、提升學生對環境的觸覺。 Page 274
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;The design has to be translated into real space, which does not only appear to be stylistic wallpaperâ&#x20AC;? Jacques Herzog
JACQUES HERZOG FOUNDER OF HERZOG & DE MEURON Jacques Herzog lectured for the 2015 Kinoshita Lecture in Architecture at the School of Architecture. Generously sponsored by Mr. James Hajime Kinoshita, the lecture series aims to invite world renowned architects to give lectures every year. The cozy lecture hall was occupied by an audience with overwhelming enthusiasm, anticipating an inspiring sharing session from Jacques Herzog titled ‘Being with Art’. During the tight lecture schedule, Jacques Herzog demonstrated the approach and philosophy of the practice of Herzog and de Meuron in designing spaces for contemporary art. Jacques Herzog exquisitely selected beautiful and inspiring projects which illustrated the power of Art in Architecture, or vice versa, including the Tate with its current extension, the Goetz Collection in Munich, the recent Perez Art Museum in Miami and of course the M+ museum in Hong Kong. During the lecture, much emphasis was put on expressing existing elements when approaching the design, rather than relying entirely on new innovations. Not only realistic renderings or tactfully taken pictures were shown in the lecture, but also informative and detailed architectural construction drawings often appeared alongside effective diagrams. Jacques Herzog easily convinced the audience that they were able to translate the meticulous designs into real spaces, instead of another set of ‘nice looking wallpaper’. Wall detail construction drawing and photos of structural experiments on concrete and bricks in the Tate extension helped explain how the facade design contributes to formal articulation. Bricks were arranged such that transparency and opaqueness were allowed to work in tandem over the concrete structure. The elegant result of brick facade does not simply spring up a night, but through a series of explorations. Jacques Herzog emphasized hands-on experiments on structure and devices in Miami’s Perez Art Museum, coupled with construction drawings of massive hanging plants and vegetation that shades the balconies and terraces. This playful special feature never came as a random and fashionable gimmick, but through logical and careful calculation, such that the hanging construction, drainage concern and concrete roof support are all well integrated. As common as concrete may seem in asian countries, it is rarely used elegantly as an exposed material. Thus for M+, HdM worked together with a local construction team and provide guided assistance, such that the material performed as well as it had been drawn. The building sections and diagrams of the Goetz Collection in Munich tells the story of how skylight windows on the facade allows the sunken floor to share the same spatial quality as the upper floor. Identical sky-window details were combined with two sets of different of indoor lighting on each floor. All the evidence echoed what Jacques Herzog stressed during the presentation: “the design has to be translated into real space, which does not only appear to be stylistic wallpaper.” Material does not simply appear as a flashy skin in HdM’s architecture, but always come with a careful consideration of the interior spatial quality. Materials are not merely pasted on during the final stage of construction, but throughout the entire design process. The essence also applies to the presentation, where material does not come as the last part, but swiftly incorporate into other sections such as programme layout, lighting concern or climatic consideration. In the Tate extension, HdM preserved the existing concrete surface and refurbished it so to add a taste of rawness and traces of history. Drill marks and scratches are left from when they explored the concrete surfaces, the material shapes public spaces in various qualities such as an atmospheric classic gallery space, or a cozy, welcoming performing space. Bricks used in the extension definitely unites it with the Tate. Artist Remy Zaugg’s studio featuring a huge exterior metal wall that act as a natural drawing board dictated by the changing weather. The concept emerged through conversation, that a painting may evolve with time and does not require actual painting. Page 276
Jacques Herzog and Pierre De Meuron Co-founders of HdM Co-founders of ETH Studio Basel Pritzker Architecture Prize Winner (2001)
The Goetz Collection used birch plywood and sanded glass to distinguish between the public and private. Coherence in design of these two different material was a challenge to HdM, especially with consideration of the bushes in the courtyard. The light glows both from interior and exterior, like a pearl when viewed from the courtyard, without sacrificing interior ambience lighting. In Miami’s Perez Art Museum, concrete stilts were considered in the early stage that best suited the local climate. Miami’s climate is humid and moderate so buildings benefit from balcony and terraces, and thus common glass-box gallery spaces were ruled out in the early stages. Various other examples in the presentation demonstrated how material plays a vital role. In the lecture, Jacques Herzog dedicated a relatively long speech for the artists who had played an influential role in their architectural design career. He mentioned that in the eighties, art was misinterpreted in architecture. Museum and gallery designs were rather terrifying, as architects focused on stylistic and signature designs. Museums and galleries were art pieces, sculpture in their own right, instead of a sensible and pleasant space for curators, artists and visitors. HdM realised the urgent need for a new approach which they derived through conversation and interaction with artists. “Like all young students at the beginning of their career, we were fascinated and inspired by those who were key figures at that moment in time. In our case that was at the end of the 60s and early 70s, artists like Andy Warhol, Donald Judd and Joseph Beuy represented roughly speaking - pop, minimal performance, which were all new and decisive perspectives that continue to mark our research until today.” Born and raised in Basel, the city of modern art, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were exposed to the art world through the city’s world class institutions, which at that time was impossible in other European cities. It was the time they developed immense interests in abstract expressionism and minimalism, during which they also met inspiring artists such as Joseph Beuy and Remy Zaugg who continued to influence their careers for many years. HdM found a void in architectural world which was then dominated by movement, constructivism or postmodernism. They grasped the opportunity and explored the field of architectural design for art. Their interactive collaborations with Remy Zaugg set a precedent for future projects with various artists, such as Thomas Ruff or more recently Ai Weiwei. In addition to artists, sociologist Lucius Burckhardt and architect Aldo Rossi have also broaden HdM’s architectural thinking to other contexts such as the advocacy of democracy in architecture or the relevance of urban planning. As anticipated, the crux of Herzog’s story leads to the M+ project, the groundbreaking of which was planned to coincide with this lecture.Herzog explains that one of the biggest challenges for them was the lack of context on the reclaimed West Kowloon site. They struggled to begin designing on the tabula rasa, a site without resistance or anything to push off from. They were ecstatic to eventually find the railway tunnel under their site which provided much needed archeology, albeit archeology of the new, to respond to. The building can then rise with a firm standing, its materials and spacial qualities handled meticulously with signature HdM sensibility. Many key pieces of the M+ puzzle are still being resolved such as the manifestation of the joint between the vertical tower with the horizontal slab, a crucial expression of the formal concept, and the materiality of the more delicate vertical fins which will add articulation to stark concrete walls. Jacques Herzog emphasises the role of detailing to the overall delivery of the project. To revisit the contents of Jacques Herzog’s memorable lecture, please visit the CUHK School of Architecture website for the full video.
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歐陽明詩: 建築師並不僅僅是一個浪漫的藝術家，反而是擔當了解決各種 問題的角色 克服現實的種種約束，之上仍不失創作的機會。
歐陽明詩 PHIYONA AU-YEUNG
劉榮廣伍振民建築師事務所董事 Director of Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers (HK) Ltd Q: 畢業至今，您有否實踐了您的畢業作品或一些以往夢寐以求的想法？ 我的畢業作品有關於香港的歷史，主要探討一個城市的環境設計怎與社會轉變如何環環相 扣，這當然跟一個地方過去的發展息息相關。香港是一個很特別的城市，維港兩岸的土地 是一步一步填海得來的。當時我把這比喻為樹的年輪，土地一層一層伸延開來，而每一層 都能看見當時社會的需要，每一層都有它代表的建築物。六十年代的香港有許多新移民， 所以灣仔當年就被定位為住宅區。七八十年代，香港經濟起飛。灣仔搖身一變發展成商業 區，沿岸興建不少商業大廈，包括香港會議展覽中心。 畢業那年，1997年，大時代的一個年頭．我見證著香港地標之一：香港會議展覽中心的興 建。它是香港歷史中重要的一頁。其實每一個地標也跟香港的發展式式相關。湊巧當年我 實習時有機會參與香港會議展覽中心的項目，那是一個寶貴異常的經驗！這個項目令我重 返校園繼續碩士課程時，對時間和空間有另一番體會。我相信建築塑造城市的輪廓，這暗 暗與我們的建築事務所理念相似，創天高，盡地利，建人和。而我覺得作為建築師是非常 幸運的，因為我們可以在時代巨輪下留下點點烙印，以一己專業親身改變城市的面貌。 Q: 可以跟我們分享劉榮廣伍振民建築事務所有限公司未來重要的建築項目嗎？ 我們事務所的設計項目十分多元化，設計甚或興建了不少住宅和辦公室項目。公眾參與性 較大的是西九龍文化區，和太古地產在九龍東將來的中心商務區有新的辦公室項目。我們 事務所的建築項目跟市場與時並進，而設計取態多是以用家作起步點，著重細部處理，因 為這些都直接影響著用者的生活。 Q: 較之外國，有人認為本地建築師較少機會一展設計所長，你有何感想呢？ 我相信每個項目也有其有趣的地方。例如住宅項目中會所設計並非以功能為先決考量，公 共地方的設計可以投入更多設計元素。我們事務所的架構很簡單，沒太多繁複的階級觀 念。雖作為公司的董事，但我也會直接和新晉建築師合作。建築師是幸福的。設計項目每 天都千變萬化，需不至於風雲變色卻也絕非易事。可這就是建築可愛之處，時刻為未知的 挑戰作好預備。有些人抱怨建築受著巨大的法規限制，牢牢套住了建築師的創意。然而我 相信，建築師的挑戰就是要克服現實的種種約束，之上仍不失創作的機會。 建築師並不僅僅是一個浪漫的藝術家，反而是擔當了解決各種問題的角色，讓投資者在緊 絀的環境達致理想的成果。而整個解決過程中許多時候是需要建築師的堅持。不厭其煩地 再重複吧，我確實覺得建築師好幸福。試想有投資者願意投放資金，讓建築師能夠築起一 己之夢，多麼難得！當然，一己之夢並非一己之欲。我們事務所甚至會預測投資者的問題 和風險所在，當你看得準而能把問題輕鬆處理，自然有成功感。 Q: 綠色建築正漸漸成為新建築物的一個要素，貴公司早於十年前已開始環保建築的方向。 綠色建築將會是貴公司未來的重要一環嗎？能否以一些目前正進行的公司項目解述你們對 綠色建築未來的願景？ 綠色建築不見得是我們事務所的單一目標。實際上很難以單一目標去概括建築設計。建築有 一籃子的考量，而環保建築便是其中之一。簡單來說，我們事務所大方向是要對得起用家。 可別小看這點，每一個設計細部也代入用家的角度思考，甚至想得更深更遠，預測問題所在。 Q: 你認為建築學院的學生作品的學術性和理論性，很多時也能實踐在現實的建築業中嗎？ 建築設計是漫長而複雜的過程，在學時學到的種種理論未必能夠直接地實踐在商業社會之 中。然而，建築學的訓練是必須的。在學時根基扎實的話，對將來的事業的確很有幫助。 事實上，我在學校裏學到的遠遠不限於硬件之上，更重要的是培養建築師必要的素質， 事 事抱著契而不捨尋根究底的態度，工作上定必有所體現。建築學的求學時期就似是一顆種 子，依靠泥土的養分慢慢長高成為一棵樹。成長的過程中當然會遇上風吹雨打，我們得要 學習的是堅韌的迎接任何挑戰。當中還會有不少收穫，例如從挫敗中得到新知識和經驗。 可見建築學難關處處卻也是必經的歷練，讓種子更堅強更茁壯成長。
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Q: 你認為未來建築師將會面對什麼挑戰？ 建築成本漸趨高昂，建築預算越見緊絀。但我相信任何一個遊戲規則都可以取得平衡。這不代 表我們事務所妥協。以我們在印尼的大學建築項目說說吧，雖然印尼的經濟弱，他們的建造成 本有限，而後來的營運成本通通都是重要的考量。可事實上在落後地方卻更需要好的設計去支 援這個地方將來的發展。然而，香港建築師有一定的優勢去吸引世界各地的投資者。這彈丸之 地本來就陳列著各式各樣的建築，而且都稱得上是揉合效率和靈活性的。我們事務所一向注重 環保建築設計，建築師們年前早已開始用建築資訊模型（BIM），這系統算是建築界的未來重 要一員。畢業生也應該好好掌握這個系統的運用。例如，我們和建築署合作的骨灰龕場，完全 用上REVIT，設計時綜合天地牆的考量，而非只是處理華而不實的浮誇設計。 Q: 可以跟我們分享作為女建築師在美國香和香港的機會有什麼分別嗎？ 我認為在亞洲區香港女性的工作機會是首屈一指的。工作機會是跟經濟發展息息相關的， 例如 在美國公司可能十位建築師合作完成一個項目，內部競爭之大明顯而著。而香港我們有較多的建 築項目，理所當然每個建築師對其項目有較大的掌握。不論性別而言，香港建築師的機會已經比 其他城市高。另外，可能是香港人想法開放，多年我從未感覺到我的性別曾影響工作機會，或 者令我受到不公平的對待。當然，最理想的工作環境是雙方也不曾意識到工作夥伴的性別。工作 機會其實跟性別無關，我更相信反而跟個人性格有關呢！香港的在職母親是最幸福的。大部分在 職母親能負擔起聘請工人料理家務。加上這個城市交通實在太發達，家中長輩輕易能幫忙照料孩 子。幸運事務所主席劉榮廣先生本身很注重家庭，因此他十分專重女性和家庭生活。 Q: 建築師劉榮廣先生毫不吝嗇設下多個獎學金，鼓勵學生給年輕建築師，致力於推廣建築學教 育。請問你們事務所對建築學畢業生有何期望？ 當然是對建築充滿熱情和憧憬吧！其次毋庸置疑必定是溝通技巧。建築師並非獨自一人默默做 設計，對內我們有一整個團隊的同事要互相配合；對外我們要跟業主，投資者，不同顧問合 作。溝通技巧怎麼能不高呢？！工作就如求學，學生要準確簡潔卻又生動地把設計傳達給老 師。工作時也一樣！只是主角換作業主，投資者甚或顧問們。建築師思想本來就是較開放的， 樂於與人溝通而非把意見心裏藏。 Q: 那個作品是你的建築設計生涯的轉捩點？ 每個設計項目都有其獨特之處，設計上的考量和處理方法有所不同。我的建築設計生涯沒有一 個突別明顯的巨變，卻是時刻都有微妙的轉動。 Q: 作為年輕有為的建築師，您有何寄語給建築學學生和碩士班畢業生？ 略約的我大概也有提及過了。 對建築有契而不捨的堅持，勃然踊跃的熱忱是必要的吧 。 不過我 倒更相信其實建築設計無所謂年資長短。我們事務所不會期望任何一個設計師有能力解決所有 的問題，畢竟這是團隊精神嘛！重要的卻是坦承吧，對自己有所承擔，事事竭力鑽研到底。我 印象特別深刻的是陳丙驊教授（現任中文大學建築學院院長）在我初讀建築學時，提醒我們好 的建築設計應該簡潔有力，若能只用五個字準確囊括設計重點方為上品！同學不妨參考一下。
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57 points of inflection An inflection point is a point on a curve at which the tangent changes from positive to negative or vice versa. An inflection point is a moment of transition. This moment of graduation marks a unique point of inflection for each and every one of our 57 students. Each student has taken a unique personal path to arrive at this junction and will continue in an infinite number of unforeseeable trajectories. Yet during this brief period of weightlessness, we all share a blissful moment to ponder our unknowable futures. The causes of inflection come from diverse sources such as critical ideas, inventions, social concerns, building technologies, historical knowledge, professional training, etc. The moment of transition equals to the linkage between academia and our professional careers. Students in the twoyear master course, through trials and explorations, bring together once scattered fragments and shape them into meaningful stories to propel us into our careers with great impetus.
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19TH GRADUATION COMMITTEE PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY TREASURER
WONG Sau Yin Samuel TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas CHAN Chi Meng Michael
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WONG Ting Hong Chris LO Ka Kei Karmeo, LEI Weng Kei, LIU Sui Lung Simon, WU Ching Kwong Neo, YAU Pui Ting Serena, LEUNG Dik Man
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AU Yan Ting Eunice, WONG Chun Kit Marco CHENG Sum Yee, CHAN Hiu Ling Leila, WU Ching Kwong Neo
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XUE Jiawei
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YANO Yutaka
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ZHOU Shuanglin
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LEE Tunney
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ROWE Peter
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PUBLICATION
57 points of inflection
19th Graduation book Summer 2015 340 pages 230 x 155 mm
Chapter A / Page 327
Alpha
1st Graduation book Summer 1997 41 pages 170 x 250 mm
Alt volume 2
2nd Graduation book Summer 1998 45 pages 170 x 250 mm
54 in the 3rd dimension: Interpretation 3rd Graduation book Summer 1999 80 pages 180 x 260 mm
肆
4th Graduation book Summer 2000 85 pages 210 x 220 mm
Architecture on the fifth 建築在伍 5th Graduation book Summer 2001 204 pages 160 x 160 mm
6th Graduation Book 6th Graduation book Summer 2002 95 pages 210 x 210 mm
Weave 織
8th Graduation book Summer 2004 95 pages 200 x 200 mm
7th Graduation Book
Pixel 覓.塑
7th Graduation book Summer 2003
9th Graduation book Summer 2005 103 pages 160 x 260 mm
Blossom 拾放
10th Graduation book Summer 2006 100 pages 210 x 210 mm
11th Graduation Book 11th Graduation book Summer 2007 194 pages 210 x 190 mm
Exposition: Expo/position 12th Graduation book Summer 2008 185 pages 210 x 190 mm
Decrpytion Manual 13th Graduation book Summer 2009 251 pages 220 x 150 mm
Linage
Envisioning Architecture
14th Graduation book Summer 2010 340 pages 220 x 150 mm
15th Graduation book Summer 2011 396 pages 220 x 150 mm
Minus City
Interlude
17th Graduation book Summer 2013 512 pages 210 x 150 mm
16th Graduation book Summer 2012 510 pages 220 x 150 mm
18th Graduation Book 18th Graduation book Summer 2014 380 pages 210 x 150 mm
APPENDIX
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AU Sin Man Sophia ALGAEMY FACTORY PRODUCING SALUTOGENIC ECOLOGY
115 AU Yan Ting Eunice 1812 OVERTURE INTEGRATION OF MUSIC AND SYMPOSIUM
131 CHAN Chi Meng Michael ART INK-UBATOR THE COLOANE ART VILLAGE
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CHAN Hiu Ling Leila
POST-APOCALYPSE ARCHITECTURE FOR UNCERTAIN FUTURE
CHAN Chi Yan Amos PIG COOPERATIVE LIVING AND LEARNING FROM OUR FOOD
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ORGANIC AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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CHAN Yuk Wa Sam
SHIPYARD+ INTERFACE BRIDGING THE FLOATING AND TERRESTRIAL COMMUNITIES
CHAN Hok Leung Joe
FISH TOWER EVOLUTION OF FISHING INDUSTRY
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR HK HOSPITALS
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CHEN Yongqi
ZHONGSHAN NORTH RAILWAY STATION AN EXPLORATION OF VERTICAL RAILWAY STATION
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CHENG Sum Yee
CHEUNG Chi Ying Shirley
URBAN NOMADISM
CHEUNG Hiu Hei Jonny
CHAN Hoi Him Justin PROGRAMMING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
CHAN Sum Tei Cindy
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CHU Kwan Nok Benjamin
THEATREACTION INTERACTION BETWEEN PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCES
KONG KID REFORM
199 DOCEKAL Nikola THE RUIN AND LIQUOR CO. BREWING PAST IN SHAM TSENG
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HO Tsz Wai Jimmy
DU Qiongwei Winnie
THE YELLOW ARCHITECTURAL INTERROGATION OF LOCAL SOCIAL ACTIVISM
TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY RELOCATING MASHIPO VILLAGE
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HO Wan Yee Tammy BUILDING IN-BETWEEN A STUDY OF TENSION BETWEEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
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KEI Ka Yat Darren URBAN HOUSE PUBLIC VECTOR FOR ‘NEET’ REINTRODUCTION
LAI Wing Yan Grace MACHINE FOR ESCAPISM
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LAM See Man Clare
LAM Yip Cheong Bobby
IN MEMORIAM IN THE MEMORY OF
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LEI Weng Kei Apple
TRANSISTANCE SOAKING UP EAST KOWLOON
HONG KONG HEGEMONY RECLAIM CENTRAL
FUNG WONG TSUEN - VETICAL CONTINUATION STREET AND MARKET
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LEE Kui Yuen Raymond ANTICIPATORY MUNICIPAL ARCHITECTURE
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LAU Pui Yin Jim
LEE Tsz Ping
LEE Sin Kiu Abby COMMUNITY GENE THE CHANGING COMMUNITY
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LEUNG Dik Man Andy CONTINUUM
ALTERNATIVE LIVING IN THE CITY
SPORTS URBAN SURFACE REDEFINING SPORTS IN CITY
255 LEUNG Oi Chi Riva MUSICAL VENUE
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LI Chi Wah Alice
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LI Huagang Norman REBUILD FOR RETENTION
RE-INTEGRATE THE ISOLATED DRAMA THERAPY AS THREAD
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LIU Sui Lung Simon CULTURAL EDGE
LO Ka Kei Karmeo
RETRIEVAL/ RELIEF OF TRADITIONAL HANDICRAFT ART
LES LIEUX DE MÉMOIRE SITE OF MEMORY
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LO Man Kiu Albert ON MOTION PERSPECTIVE VISUAL EXPERIENCE DESIGN THROUGH ISOVIST
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LOK Chin Wa Katherine URBAN REGENERATION RETHINKING HONG KONG LANE AS ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC SPACE
LUK Yin Yung Claudia
URBAN REPOSITORY IN REMEMBERANCE OF THE FORGETTING CITY
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063 NAN Tian REFINDING LOST COURTYARD ELDERLY COMMUNITY CENTER
059 NG Chun Lun Tommy
NG Wui Chun Alex
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THE HIDDEN DEPTH VICTORIA HARBOUR WATER CULTURE EXCHANGE
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NG Kei Yiu Alex
ADAPTIVE ORNAMENT A SEMI AUTOMATIC TEXTURE GENERATING MACHINE
ARCHITECTURE IN EXTREME CONDITION
027 REMNANTS RE-THINKING CONSUMERISM AND AUTHENTIC VALUE OF ‘THING’
MA Sin Cheung Chris
SIN Wing Lan Dana CITY AS THEATRE A NEW MIDDLE GROUND FOR SHATIN
051 TSANG Wai Ching Billy CIVIC REUNION TOWN HALL COMPLEX AS CIVIL STATION
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TSAO Jin Kai Nicholas
CITY OF MOVEMENT ENRICHING EVERYDAY URBAN EXPERIENCE
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TSUI Kwok San Barry
WAN Ka Ki Anson THE AUCTION HOUSE STAGING THE DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
DIGNITY TO ABSENCE RESPECTFUL STATUS AND JOURNEY
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WONG Chun Kit Marco
WONG Po Yi Connie
2070+
RESONANCE SYMBIOSIS
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WONG Shu Wan Jocelyn THE SENSORIUM CONFRONTING AIR POLLUTION
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WONG Ting Hong Chris
223 WONG Sau Yin Samuel CITY OF RESISTANCE 84 DAYS AND BEYOND
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WONG Wing Man Venus THE EPHEMERAL EFFECT CITY REVITALIZATION CATALYST
A JOURNEY TO ARCADIA
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WU Ching Kwong Neo
HYPER CONVENTION CITY FRONTIER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTIONS UNITED NATIONS
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YAU Pui Ting Serena
URBAN RECOVERY ACUPUNCTURE AND REINTEGRATION OF URBAN DECAYING FABRIC
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YUNG Susan
YUNG Long Ming Melvin LIVE WITH NATURE THE UTOPIA OF SLOPE HABITATION
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AQUA DEPTH AN ALTERNATIVE URBAN SEAWATER LEISURE
ZHOU Xiao Kitty
FROM FIGURE TO SPACE SPATIAL TRANSITION OF CHINESE GARDENS
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