The Hong Kong Transcripts
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The Hong Kong Transcripts  The Manhattan Transcripts Discrete in a city or architecture has often been described as a scattered condition which space being divided by boundary. This phenomenon can be seen in different scale. The famous dense public housing, for example, divided the living unit in both vertical and horizontal way.  Architecture of Density by Michael Wolf The fruit market, another example, linked up different shops under the same roof. It can also be seen in outdoor. In a night market, traders laid out their wares in different spot where tourists walking around them.  Fruit Market YMT It is not limited by structure or a physical boundary which shown as an occupation of space. In fact, it should reflect the condition of the human activities. The Manhattan Transcripts by Bernard Tschumi from 1976-1981 shows the dialog between things and how these things being removed from the architectural representation.  The Manhattan Transcripts by Bernard Tschumi, 1976-1981 If there are transcripts for Manhattan, what will be the transcript of today Hong Kong? With the similar body and consciousness of world but more advanced machine, will the way on how we measure “space” remain the same? |
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