City Hijack Tactics & Influences

[THESIS STATEMENT] According to Hong Kong Public Space Initiative, public space can be defined as “an area where everyone, regardless of his or her background, can enter without prerequisite”1. Under this statement, good public space is always space that includes

(n)omantic city [2]

Thesis Abstract// (n)omantic city, non-romantic city. In a fast pacing city like Hong Kong, it almost feels like a cold-hearted place that gives an impression of coldness. Everything including architecture is highly driven by efficiency, time and money, it is

Not just for fun: playgrounds for spatial identity and equality

A post-war “adventure playground” in London by landscape architect Marjory Lady Allen of Hurtwood, providing children the opportunity to construct their own play space through utilizing “junk” on site.   THESIS STATEMENT The thesis is a response to the monotonous

Appropriation and Modification

  [WHAT] Starting Point In this fast growing society, we have been demolishing and building too much to an extent that we start to forget what we were. Meanwhile, there are old buildings which have been trying so hard to

Publicly curated architecture

Revised thesis abstract (2016-10-23) Publicly curated architecture  The thesis is about how architecture, as a symbol and as a space, can become a platform for individual expression. Under oppressive governance, subtler pursuits of identity, freedom and democracy are emerging, through