{"id":1221,"date":"2016-11-05T23:06:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2016-11-28T00:09:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T16:09:06","slug":"telecommuting-makes-housing-as-a-place-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/telecommuting-makes-housing-as-a-place-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing as a place for Live \/ Work \/Play in the digital era"},"content":{"rendered":"

[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<\/sup> 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.<\/p>\n

\"Mind

Mind Map<\/p><\/div>\n

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[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.<\/p>\n

\"Suburban

Suburban Area of Hong Kong<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Travel

Travel Distance over 1 hour<\/p><\/div>\n

I would like to propose a new housing system that every residents use telecommuting, e-education, online shopping and online communication to achieve\u00a0minimum traveling in their daily life so as to achieve modern life and smart city.<\/p>\n

[Why]Le Corbusier proposed a modern life pattern with minimum travel distance.<\/p>\n

\"The

The Great Waste by Le Corbusier in 1937<\/p><\/div>\n

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I am proposing a new life pattern under digital culture.<\/p>\n

\"Modern

Modern & Future Life Cycle<\/p><\/div>\n

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Digital technology creates new potential\u00a0<\/strong>(using telecommuting as an example)<\/p>\n

\"Working

Telecommuting<\/p><\/div>\n

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.\u00a0In 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Accountant<\/p>\n

Advertising Manager\/Creative Staff<\/p>\n

Applications Programmer<\/p>\n

Architect<\/p>\n

Attorney<\/p>\n

Auditor<\/p>\n

Bookkeeper<\/p>\n

CAD\/CAM Engineer<\/p>\n

Civil Engineer<\/p>\n

Clerk Typist<\/p>\n

Collections Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Community Relations Liaison<\/p>\n

Copywriter<\/p>\n

Data Entry Clerk<\/p>\n

Design Engineer<\/p>\n

Economist<\/p>\n

Environmental Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Executive<\/p>\n

Financial Analyst<\/p>\n

Graphic Artist<\/p>\n

Human Resources Manager<\/td>\n

Industrial Engineer<\/p>\n

Information Services Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Insurance Broker<\/p>\n

Journalist\/Newsletter Editor<\/p>\n

Labour Relations Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Product Manager<\/p>\n

Project Manager<\/p>\n

Public Relations Liaison<\/p>\n

Purchasing Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Quality Manger\/Staff<\/p>\n

Research Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Sales Person\/Support Staff<\/p>\n

Sales Manager<\/p>\n

Software Engineer<\/p>\n

Statistician<\/p>\n

Strategic Planning Manager\/Staff<\/p>\n

Systems Programmer<\/p>\n

Technical Writer<\/p>\n

Telemarketer<\/p>\n

Telephone Operator<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Abstracting<\/p>\n

Antique Locator<\/p>\n

Bed & Breakfast<\/p>\n

Bookkeeping<\/p>\n

Business Brokerage<\/p>\n

Career Counselor<\/p>\n

Caterer Child Care Provider<\/p>\n

Cleaning Services, Residential<\/p>\n

Collections<\/p>\n

College Scholarship Consultant<\/p>\n

Computer Instruction<\/p>\n

Copywriter<\/p>\n

Database Designer<\/p>\n

Delivery Service<\/p>\n

Deposition Digester<\/p>\n

Fitness Instructor<\/p>\n

Fund Raising<\/p>\n

Garage Sale Promotion<\/p>\n

Gift Basket Service<\/p>\n

Relocation Consultant<\/p>\n

Graphic Designer<\/p>\n

Greeting Reminder<\/p>\n

Grocery Service<\/p>\n

Headhunter<\/p>\n

Herb Gardening<\/p>\n

Home Restoration<\/td>\n

Household Referral Services<\/p>\n

Household Management<\/p>\n

Information Gatherer<\/p>\n

Medical Billing<\/p>\n

Medical Claims<\/p>\n

Medical Transcriptionist<\/p>\n

Meeting Planner<\/p>\n

Mobile Disc Jockey<\/p>\n

News Clipping Service<\/p>\n

Overcharge Collection Service<\/p>\n

Pager Rentals & Sales<\/p>\n

Party Planner<\/p>\n

Personal Image Consultant<\/p>\n

Personal Shopper<\/p>\n

Pet Sitting<\/p>\n

Plant Caregiver<\/p>\n

Public Relations Specialist<\/p>\n

Rare Book Broker<\/p>\n

Recording Secretary<\/p>\n

Resume Service<\/p>\n

Seminar Producer<\/p>\n

Specialized Temporary Agency<\/p>\n

Specialty Foods<\/p>\n

Standardized Test Coaching<\/p>\n

Technical Writer<\/p>\n

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Influence of telecommuting in a city scale<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Advantage and Disadvantage of telecommuting in a human scale<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Pros<\/td>\nCons<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flexible working hours<\/p>\n

Save time and money from travel<\/p>\n

Spend time to be with family<\/td>\n

Cause obesity<\/p>\n

Insomnia<\/p>\n

Social segregation<\/p>\n

Poor eye sight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Therefore, I proposes to spend the time that remote worker saved from traveling to alleviate the problems from telecommuting.<\/p>\n

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[How] New environment for LIVE \/ WORK \/PLAY<\/p>\n

\"New

New Housing Scheme<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Urban

Urban Zoning Disappeared<\/p><\/div>\n

\"City

City in a house<\/p><\/div>\n

A new housing will have extra space for work and play. \u00a0Zoning 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.<\/p>\n

New urban prototype<\/p>\n

The autonomous building prototype can suit for any suburban environment in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

\"Downtown

Downtown Athletic Club<\/p><\/div>\n

Bibliography:<\/p>\n

Banham, Reyner. Megastructure: Urban futures of the recent past. New York: Harper & Row (Thames and Hudson), 1976.<\/p>\n

Chalk, W. Cook, P. Crompton, D. Greene, D. Herron, R. and Webb, M. Archigram, \u00a0New York:\u00a0Princeton Architectural Press, 1999.<\/p>\n

Crawford, M. and Speaks, M. Everyday Urbanism: Michigam Debates on Urbanism Volume I, The University of Michigam, 2005.<\/p>\n

Free by 50. “The cost of computers overtime.” Accessed November 3, 2016.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.freeby50.com\/2009\/04\/cost-of-computers-over-time.html.<\/p>\n

Jones, Jeffrey M. \u201cIn U.S., Telecommuting for Work Climbs to 37%.\u201d Gallup<\/em>. Accessed November 3, 2016. http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/184649\/telecommuting-work-climbs.aspx.<\/p>\n

Planning Department. \u201cStudies on home office activities in Hong Kong.\u201d HK2030 Study<\/em> Working paper no. 14 (2002) doi: http:\/\/www.pland.gov.hk\/pland_en\/p_study\/comp_s\/hk2030\/eng\/wpapers\/pdf\/workingPaper_14.pdf.<\/p>\n

Society for human resource management. \u201cHow Telecommuting Helps the Environment.\u201d Accessed November 3, 2016. https:\/\/www.shrm.org\/resourcesandtools\/hr-topics\/technology\/pages\/how-telecommuting-helps-the-environment.aspx.<\/p>\n

Tam, Choi-yuk. \u201cTeleworking and work efficiency in Hong Kong: A case study approach.\u201d The University of Hong Kong (2010) Accessed November 3, 2016. http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5353\/th_b4257598<\/p>\n

Vicentegasco. “The Telecommuting City. ”\u00a0Accessed November 3, 2016.\u00a0http:\/\/www.vicentegasco.com\/Telecommuting-City-2012.<\/p>\n

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