2015-09 Pamphlet / Statement Draft 1.0 : MAKING | MAPPING | MEDIATING
Enclosure for Artificial Interiority
“The Metropolis strives to reach a mythical point where the world is completely fabricated by man, so that it absolutely coincides with his desires,” – Rem Koolhaas. ENCLOSURE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTERIORITY ARCH6127 PRE-THESIS SEMINAR THESIS STATEMENT DRAFT 1.0 WHAT?
Enclosure for Artificial Interiority
“The Metropolis strives to reach a mythical point where the world is completely fabricated by man, so that it absolutely coincides with his desires,” – Rem Koolhaas. ENCLOSURE FOR ARTIFICIAL INTERIORITY ARCH6127 PRE-THESIS SEMINAR THESIS STATEMENT DRAFT 1.0 WHAT?
The Betweenness of the City
The Betweenness of the City WHAT? Photo of Xian village, Nick Tsang This thesis investigates the betweenness of city development of Guangzhou. In recent decades cities of China develop in high speed and in this process
The Betweenness of the City
The Betweenness of the City WHAT? Photo of Xian village, Nick Tsang This thesis investigates the betweenness of city development of Guangzhou. In recent decades cities of China develop in high speed and in this process
Polemical Urban Complex
Polemical Urban Complex East London Green Grid, J&L Gibbons (1. Greenery 2. Green Deficiency Area 3. Population 4. Topography) Architecture does not forbid polemics, it accommodates and ameliorates contradictions. Complex development containing different programs into one package prevails in Asian cities,
Polemical Urban Complex
Polemical Urban Complex East London Green Grid, J&L Gibbons (1. Greenery 2. Green Deficiency Area 3. Population 4. Topography) Architecture does not forbid polemics, it accommodates and ameliorates contradictions. Complex development containing different programs into one package prevails in Asian cities,
Parasitic frame
Artifacts This thesis aims to soften the segregation between public / private use space by developing parasitic structure on existing urban fabric through the use of framework. The ambition is to fully explore the potential of framework structure as spatial
Parasitic frame
Artifacts This thesis aims to soften the segregation between public / private use space by developing parasitic structure on existing urban fabric through the use of framework. The ambition is to fully explore the potential of framework structure as spatial
Reconciling Physical and Cyberspace
RECONCILING PHYSICAL AND CYBERSPACE The wide spread of Facebook and Virtual Community in Cyberspace. “Developments in technology give professionals the power to produce larger and broader effects at the same time that they become more clearly aware of the remote consequences of their prescriptions.”
Reconciling Physical and Cyberspace
RECONCILING PHYSICAL AND CYBERSPACE The wide spread of Facebook and Virtual Community in Cyberspace. “Developments in technology give professionals the power to produce larger and broader effects at the same time that they become more clearly aware of the remote consequences of their prescriptions.”
Internet+ URBAN SPACE 3.0
WHY? There are always debates on the balance of utopia and reality. When the lifestyle has been innovated, how the city response to the changes? The answer of strategies of dealing with the urban or regional place through the history
Internet+ URBAN SPACE 3.0
WHY? There are always debates on the balance of utopia and reality. When the lifestyle has been innovated, how the city response to the changes? The answer of strategies of dealing with the urban or regional place through the history
Heterogeneity IN SYNC
“Structures that delay the process of development are deemed to be pathological, whilst buildings that accelerate development are defined as propelling… Propelling permanences serve to bring the past into the present, providing a past that can still be experienced.” –
Heterogeneity IN SYNC
“Structures that delay the process of development are deemed to be pathological, whilst buildings that accelerate development are defined as propelling… Propelling permanences serve to bring the past into the present, providing a past that can still be experienced.” –
Inside Out
While joinery and structures are important to architecture, many architects however see it merely as means to create forms and space. Some (e.g. Zaha Hadid) may even have tried many ways to fully conceal the inner working of a structure.
Inside Out
While joinery and structures are important to architecture, many architects however see it merely as means to create forms and space. Some (e.g. Zaha Hadid) may even have tried many ways to fully conceal the inner working of a structure.
Contextual Speed
ARTIFACT The ways and speed of movement determines the perception and use in social space. By controlling speed, we can map out the program and social function. This thesis attempts to have a contextual approach in dealing with speed in
Contextual Speed
ARTIFACT The ways and speed of movement determines the perception and use in social space. By controlling speed, we can map out the program and social function. This thesis attempts to have a contextual approach in dealing with speed in
A Place Above Ground
Highrise of Homes, James Wines, 1981 “Architecture is the articulation of space so as to produce in the participator a definite space experience in relation to previous and anticipated space experiences.” -Design of Cities, Edmund Bacon, 1974 WHAT? Cities Without
A Place Above Ground
Highrise of Homes, James Wines, 1981 “Architecture is the articulation of space so as to produce in the participator a definite space experience in relation to previous and anticipated space experiences.” -Design of Cities, Edmund Bacon, 1974 WHAT? Cities Without