Posts Tagged 'living'

Post-war Collective Housing Prototype(s)


Architecture and war are not incompatible. Architecture is war. War is architecture.   Paul Virilio and I, in our different ways, share an intense interest in the changes brought about by technological innovation, by cultural and social upheavals, by natural catastrophes

Post-war Collective Housing Prototype(s)


Architecture and war are not incompatible. Architecture is war. War is architecture.   Paul Virilio and I, in our different ways, share an intense interest in the changes brought about by technological innovation, by cultural and social upheavals, by natural catastrophes

Inserted Communities for Temporary Gathering


Thesis Statement  Inserted communities for temporary gathering in public space relieve the congestion of circulatory pedestrian. Context  Traffic jams happened frequently when someone stops inside the fast and intensive flow of circulation. Well known as one of the highest density

Inserted Communities for Temporary Gathering


Thesis Statement  Inserted communities for temporary gathering in public space relieve the congestion of circulatory pedestrian. Context  Traffic jams happened frequently when someone stops inside the fast and intensive flow of circulation. Well known as one of the highest density

Making Room-Capsule Towers in Hong Kong

by Pan Nie

Bamboo Micro homes could be slotted inside Hong Kong’s old factories- Studio Affect-T   Making room-Capsule Towers in High-Density City Architecture is the making of a room; an assembly of rooms. The light is the light of that room. Thoughts

Making Room-Capsule Towers in Hong Kong

by Pan Nie

Bamboo Micro homes could be slotted inside Hong Kong’s old factories- Studio Affect-T   Making room-Capsule Towers in High-Density City Architecture is the making of a room; an assembly of rooms. The light is the light of that room. Thoughts

“Architectural” Cages


Hong Kong is one of the most populated city in the world. Huge population and limited space had caused to a housing shortage. With the wealthy gradually edge out the poor, where does the less well-off go? Many of the

“Architectural” Cages


Hong Kong is one of the most populated city in the world. Huge population and limited space had caused to a housing shortage. With the wealthy gradually edge out the poor, where does the less well-off go? Many of the

Architecture After Disaster


The number of people that have been forced to flee their homes has reached a post-war peak of 60 million, one third of whom had to leave their country. From that apocalyptic statistic, designers cannot just stand by and watch

Architecture After Disaster


The number of people that have been forced to flee their homes has reached a post-war peak of 60 million, one third of whom had to leave their country. From that apocalyptic statistic, designers cannot just stand by and watch

The Community


If, Rousseau was right, then we, the human’s development, and the society’s reformation, and the civilization’s revolution are inevitably towards one and other level. If, the essence of deconstructionism, reveals an advanced method to analysis the composites, where the relationships between 

The Community


If, Rousseau was right, then we, the human’s development, and the society’s reformation, and the civilization’s revolution are inevitably towards one and other level. If, the essence of deconstructionism, reveals an advanced method to analysis the composites, where the relationships between 

Metabolic Housing


When we talk about architectural design, we always take human as the service object. We map how the pedestrian circulates, we consider how the spacial experience feels, we imagine how human activities happen; however, when we come to the housing

Metabolic Housing


When we talk about architectural design, we always take human as the service object. We map how the pedestrian circulates, we consider how the spacial experience feels, we imagine how human activities happen; however, when we come to the housing

Living in Hong Kong


Hong Kong is one of the densest and most hybrid city in East Asia. In my 5 years’ stay in Hong Kong, the city attracts me with its complexity and uncertainty, whilst concerns me for the living situation and public

Living in Hong Kong


Hong Kong is one of the densest and most hybrid city in East Asia. In my 5 years’ stay in Hong Kong, the city attracts me with its complexity and uncertainty, whilst concerns me for the living situation and public