Housing as a place for Live / Work /Play in the digital era
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[Abstract] I would like to introduce a new housing system for the digital era that brings living, working and playing into a single structure to achieve a smart city in suburban area of Hong Kong . Digital device and advance technology created a new culture in the 21st century. My focus on the digital culture is mainly on the elimination of physical distance, so the physical world should response to the latest culture accordingly. Le Corbusier proposed a new housing prototype, The Radiant City in 1935 and a modern daily life cycle under the article of The Great Waste in 1937. I would like to propose a new housing system with a new daily life cycle for the digital era.  Mind Map
[What]The site will be the suburban area of Hong Kong. The residents in those area need to spend longer time traveling to work in general.  Suburban Area of Hong Kong  Travel Distance over 1 hour I would like to propose a new housing system that every residents use telecommuting, e-education, online shopping and online communication to achieve minimum traveling in their daily life so as to achieve modern life and smart city. [Why]Le Corbusier proposed a modern life pattern with minimum travel distance.  The Great Waste by Le Corbusier in 1937
I am proposing a new life pattern under digital culture.  Modern & Future Life Cycle
Digital technology creates new potential (using telecommuting as an example)  Telecommuting Advances in information system and communication technologies have made various forms of teleworking possible. The decreasing price of computers overtime also makes room for an affordable and accessible computer in every family. In addition, a number of publications show the advantages of teleworking regarding to environment and energy saving. In fact, telecommuting for work in America climbs to 37% in 2015. The following lists are the sample positions with potential for telecommuting and possible home business in America. Since Hong Kong is a financial hub, most of the careers could be able to adapt the idea of home office.
Influence of telecommuting in a city scale In fact, Planning Department in Hong Kong has studied the potential impact of teleworking on the trend of office decentralisation in the late 1990. In 2002, they foresee 5 potential strategic planning implications due to home office, including 1.reducing mass transit as well as 2.the demand on office tower, 3.decentralization, 4.changing housing demand on large flats and small flats, and 5.greater demand for commercial and community services in residential neighbourhoods. Advantage and Disadvantage of telecommuting in a human scale
Therefore, I proposes to spend the time that remote worker saved from traveling to alleviate the problems from telecommuting.
[How] New environment for LIVE / WORK /PLAY  New Housing Scheme  Urban Zoning Disappeared  City in a house A new housing will have extra space for work and play. Zoning will disappear under new housing scheme. New life pattern appears. Family will do exercise to generate electricity and gardening together in order to balance health life. New urban prototype The autonomous building prototype can suit for any suburban environment in Hong Kong.  Downtown Athletic Club Bibliography: Banham, Reyner. Megastructure: Urban futures of the recent past. New York: Harper & Row (Thames and Hudson), 1976. Chalk, W. Cook, P. Crompton, D. Greene, D. Herron, R. and Webb, M. Archigram, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. Crawford, M. and Speaks, M. Everyday Urbanism: Michigam Debates on Urbanism Volume I, The University of Michigam, 2005. Free by 50. “The cost of computers overtime.” Accessed November 3, 2016. http://www.freeby50.com/2009/04/cost-of-computers-over-time.html. Jones, Jeffrey M. “In U.S., Telecommuting for Work Climbs to 37%.” Gallup. Accessed November 3, 2016. http://www.gallup.com/poll/184649/telecommuting-work-climbs.aspx. Planning Department. “Studies on home office activities in Hong Kong.” HK2030 Study Working paper no. 14 (2002) doi: http://www.pland.gov.hk/pland_en/p_study/comp_s/hk2030/eng/wpapers/pdf/workingPaper_14.pdf. Society for human resource management. “How Telecommuting Helps the Environment.” Accessed November 3, 2016. https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/technology/pages/how-telecommuting-helps-the-environment.aspx. Tam, Choi-yuk. “Teleworking and work efficiency in Hong Kong: A case study approach.” The University of Hong Kong (2010) Accessed November 3, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5353/th_b4257598 Vicentegasco. “The Telecommuting City. ” Accessed November 3, 2016. http://www.vicentegasco.com/Telecommuting-City-2012.
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