Stranger City


  This thesis would explore how a new type of cellular unit urbanism (micro-city) could revitalize community life in large scale, high density environments. It critiques the diminishing communal life in contemporary Chinese city caused by the gap between gigantic gesture

Stranger City


  This thesis would explore how a new type of cellular unit urbanism (micro-city) could revitalize community life in large scale, high density environments. It critiques the diminishing communal life in contemporary Chinese city caused by the gap between gigantic gesture

DECAY ARCHIVE


ARTIFACT The thesis is a memento mori of architecture in terms of decay which is the condition of dissipation over time. Instead of seeing decay as a negative surrender to time and nature, the thesis explores positive contribution of decay

DECAY ARCHIVE


ARTIFACT The thesis is a memento mori of architecture in terms of decay which is the condition of dissipation over time. Instead of seeing decay as a negative surrender to time and nature, the thesis explores positive contribution of decay

From NIMBY To PIIMBY

by Lap Lin

Artifact This thesis will explore architectural intervention to humanize undesirable infrastructure that causes negative impacts to its neighbourhood. Apart from beautification of the envelope, through diverse architectural strategies and subversive combination of programs, the NIMBY facilities that were perceive as

From NIMBY To PIIMBY

by Lap Lin

Artifact This thesis will explore architectural intervention to humanize undesirable infrastructure that causes negative impacts to its neighbourhood. Apart from beautification of the envelope, through diverse architectural strategies and subversive combination of programs, the NIMBY facilities that were perceive as

INTERNET+ SPACE

by Nuo XU

With the development of internet technology, the virtual space derived from digital technologies is crashing the concept, boundary and expression of the traditional urban material space, and then results in the infiltration, fusion, deconstruction and reconstruction of virtual and real

INTERNET+ SPACE

by Nuo XU

With the development of internet technology, the virtual space derived from digital technologies is crashing the concept, boundary and expression of the traditional urban material space, and then results in the infiltration, fusion, deconstruction and reconstruction of virtual and real

the ROOM the WALL the UNIVERSE


“A wall is beautiful, not only because of its plastic form, but because of the impression it may evoke, it speaks of comfort, it speaks of refinement, it speaks of power and of brutality, it is forbidding or it is

the ROOM the WALL the UNIVERSE


“A wall is beautiful, not only because of its plastic form, but because of the impression it may evoke, it speaks of comfort, it speaks of refinement, it speaks of power and of brutality, it is forbidding or it is

From Path to Place


The city street is not only a space to facilitate movement; it is also a public place to gather and experience the city. Modern urban planning that emphasized on comprehensive networks resulted in a disjunction between the city environment and

From Path to Place


The city street is not only a space to facilitate movement; it is also a public place to gather and experience the city. Modern urban planning that emphasized on comprehensive networks resulted in a disjunction between the city environment and

SPACE IN TRANSITION


What? According to the Hong Kong Government’s travel Charcteristics Survey, over 90 % of the daily jouneys are on public transport, moreover the MTR has a 46.4% market share of the franchised public transport market, due to the high density

SPACE IN TRANSITION


What? According to the Hong Kong Government’s travel Charcteristics Survey, over 90 % of the daily jouneys are on public transport, moreover the MTR has a 46.4% market share of the franchised public transport market, due to the high density

ALCHEMY of WASTE


My thesis explores the relationship between electronic (metallic) waste and the formation of architecture, how the properties of electronic (metallic) and digestion process can be transformed and redefined in architecture. The design research of the metallic properties and the process

ALCHEMY of WASTE


My thesis explores the relationship between electronic (metallic) waste and the formation of architecture, how the properties of electronic (metallic) and digestion process can be transformed and redefined in architecture. The design research of the metallic properties and the process

urban dining theatre


The thesis explores the food and social relations as well as the theatrical phenomena when food and architecture juxtapose. Market as a collective food space, it shall not remain as a place of business, rather a social, cultural, exhibiting space.

urban dining theatre


The thesis explores the food and social relations as well as the theatrical phenomena when food and architecture juxtapose. Market as a collective food space, it shall not remain as a place of business, rather a social, cultural, exhibiting space.