Design profolio by SY LAP SHING

DESIGN PROFOLIO : ISLAND PERIPHERAL 3 Journeys

Project paragraph

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This is a place for Buddhist mediation, thinking and contemplation. The building is located on the reservoirs. The design started from the connection between the building and nature. A place with power of perception where water, Buddha and human coexist is thus created.

The value First, visitors and pilgrims can meet and gather information about Buddhism and its history here. And second, Through the Buddhism and meditation, help the criminal who imprisoned in Shek Pik Prison to relax and the redemption of their soul. Also, the good inmates can face the normal people in the common area, even be a staff that they will not feel uncomfortable after their prison term. And third, the high-level master of a hermit and spiritual cultivator can live in a floating house on the reservoir. When the Cultivators annals services and talks coming soon, they can floating back to the main building to hold the event with visitors and pilgrims.

Sy Lap Shing, Shing 167164337 BA (Hons) Architecture University of Lincoln

Research & Analysis

Site Analsis

Shek Pik Prison

最大慈悲

Design Concept

Final Design

Appendix

NGONG PING

This site analysis covers Ngong Ping, Luk Wu & Shek Pik which have a couple of distinctive qualities: the great virtue and the great guilty. The analysis looks at the two very contrasting perspectives and the relationship between the two. The propose site/project building will stand at the boundary between Ngong Ping, Luk Wu & Shek Pik, physically and conceptually.

Lantau Island, in the southwest of Hong Kong, is an important center of Buddhism, renowned for the Big Buddha statue. The new Shrine was created to serve three separate groups of people.

Ngong Ping Big Buddha

最大罪

SHEK PIK

3 Journeys

Research & Analysis

Ngong Ping

Luk Wu

Shek Pik

Luk Wu - The great virtue

In contrast, Luk Wu still maintains its natural landscape, the special religious and tranquil character which complements the overall naturalness and the landscape beauty of the surroundings. As shown on the map, Luk Wu located on the east of Tai O and to the southwest of Ngong Ping, Ngong Ping and Luk Wu are where the major Buddhist sites located Lantau Island. The individual cultivator is the main inhabitants, they will hold the discipline daily such as meditation and chanting within the full daily activity because it is a practice pattern of lifestyle. From the long time ago. Luk Wu old trail was the spiritual cultivator's circulation. And it is the local people practice from a place to another place to attend the formation of some of the path, it is people traveling, transport and life of the transport network. The route from Tai O to Luk Wu, to Ngong Ping, Tung Tong, and finally to Tung Chung. The old trail built in 1940, by the cultivator, monks and hermit. The stone way along the path from the paved, and now part of the trail has been paved by concrete road. It can observed benefits of chanting at a medical, psychological, and spiritual level. Although it is not so prosperous before, but still exist. Since the developer try to intrusion, there are monasteries were converted into columbarium acquisition, massive construction of the destruction original natural environment and the tranquil atmosphere.

Ngong Ping - The great freedom Ngong Ping is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island, located on the Muk Yue Sha. There are numerous temples and gardens for spiritual retreats and meditation. Looking at the history, by the end of the 19th century, many Buddhist monks and nuns from China moved to Hong Kong due to political instability in the mainland. Since then the peaceful and tranquil Lantau Island has emerged as an important site for spirituality. During its development, Ngong Ping has transformed itself into a tourist spot. The Big Buddha statue, Wisdom Path and Po Lin Monastery are the major landmarks, attracting numerous local and overseas Buddhists and visitors. People who have no religious believes or backgrounds will also go visit because it is a famous attraction.

Actually, temples and quiet rooms are used to practice Buddhism to teach people to face and solve the problems of life, old age, illness, and death, not to place the ashes of the deceased.

On the Big Buddha statue’s back, following the slope of the hill and river estuary to the Shek Pik reservoir, is a catchment area. The reservoir intercepts and gathers the gully water flowing from the neighboring mountain ridges on its three sides, with a storage capacity of 24.461 million cubic meters. It has a total 1,034,494 m2 site area. In the 1950s, there is the water shortage in Hong Kong. To relieve the problem the Hong Kong Government decided to build a reservoir in Shek Pik Heung valley and to further develop Shek Pik be a peripheral site. Put the Offensive facilities such as prison, correctional, special need school. Prior to construction of the reservoir, there were four villages, Shek Pik Tai Tseun, Fan Pui Tsuen ( 墳背村 ), Kong Pui Tsuen ( 崗貝村 ) and Hang Tsai Tseun ( 坑仔村 ), in the valley. The residents were all relocated as part of the reservoir construction. Shek Pik situated at the valley bottom, it faces the sea and front of the reservoir with hills at the back. The main programs are the prison and correctional institution in the area. Shek Pik Prison is a highsecurity prison. Those prisoners are 12 years term or above and there can accept 426 prisoners. In addition, Sha Tsui Correctional Institution is the low-security prison. Those prisoners are 5 years term or below and there can accept 121 prisoners.

Program 1:10000 Luk Wu

Ngong Ping

Cable Car 360 Ngong Ping Market

38 Temple and quiet room

Yanqing temple

Religious sculpture

Tian Tan Buddha Statue

Po Lin monastery

YHA Hostel

Tourist Ngong Ping Market Quiet room

Temple

Individual room

Wisdom Path

Sewage Treatment Works

Riligious convocation

Shek Pik Meditation with nature

Shek Pik - The great zin Meditation

Meditation with Guide

Shek Pik reservoir

mind trouble

Prisoners work Tai Long Wan Village

Temple

Shek Pik prison

Traffice Path

Circulation

Buddha Study Typical layout of Buddhist temple

Paths and Symbol to enlightenment

Water in zen

Daily life

Buddhism event

Position of meditation

Car Road

Cultivators

Cable Car

Tourist

Footpath

Criminal

Meditation Tent with nature

Meditation at Hall

Site Analsis

Journeys look at the reservoir

B1 A3

The reservoir fact

History

The great virtue zone

The great survive zone/ The great moderation zone

The great sin zone

3.34 km Big Buddha

1.54 km Reservoir

In the 1950s, there is the water shortage in Hong Kong. To relieve the problem the Hong Kong Government decided to build a reservoir in Shek Pik Heung valley and to further develop Shek Pik be a peripheral site. Put the Offensive facilities such as prison, correctional, special need school.

Road

Prison

50m 4 Dead village Delivery to HK

Rainy season

Prior to construction of the reservoir, there were four villages, Shek Pik Tai Tseun, Fan Pui Tsuen ( 墳背村 ), Kong Pui Tsuen ( 崗貝村 ) and Hang Tsai Tseun ( 坑仔村 ), in the valley. The residents were all relocated as part of the reservoir construction

Dry season

1,034,494 m2 24.461 million cubic meters

1.54km

The 4 dead village position

Sea

Design concept

OD Design

Inmates come from the tunnel

The second meditationfloor

Inmates farming on Sky garden

The lecture hall

Site position study

Preliminary studies Concept

The cultivator use the ex. hidden road People are rapidly

The meditation journey make people claim down

Individual walk without noise

Open the worship space The tourist can take the cable car

Basilica Monastery and Guest room

Take a comfortable place to meditation

Concept Dormitories for cultivator

The meditation journey for people walk

Free up the reservoir space

The tourist come from the main road

Bus stop

Free up space People explode by own

The center of the reservoir position

The head and tail position

Build up by the 4 dead village position

Mind Body & Mind

4. Hermit Living 3. Master Living 2. Beginner Living Connect Ngong Ping & Shek Pek

1. Center

Luk Wu Spacial study

Focus on reservior

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Zone definition

Belong the peripheral hiking road to be position

Master plan 1:10000

Circulation reference

Target Reti re to own l

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20 people

Tea meditation 18m2

Water offering 60m2

Visitor

Readin g room

Bell tower 12m2

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Tripitaka Library 60m2

Hall ation Medit phy alligra Zen c

Zen calligraphy 35m2

Chanting room 12m2

Inmate

Open grip

Follow the high level

Use the wall to separate targets & play the sound

offset the site to be the form

The option

Antehall and Restaurant

Reading room 35m2

Tripita ka Lib rary

Redemption 15m2

Bubble diagram Roof

Body & Mind Centre

Tea meditation

Living area Yoga Zen calligraphy

Model Progress Water offering

Visitor

Meditation Hall

Lobby

Cultivator

Reading room

Floating boat

Tripitaka Library

Bell tower

Redemption

The pure form building stand on ther water. The little box setting in different corner

Using the 'Box' appropriate scale of each program

3 box for 3 target in the ground floor

Stack the box for the each program relationship. Cutting out the void and different texture

security room

Cutting out the void and different texture

Chanting room Inmate

Tea meditation

Cultivator

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Yoga Meditation Hall 40.25m2

Visitor piont

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Yoga 50m2

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5 people

Program

Journey Scheme

Separate the paths

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Staff check

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Group meditation in the hall

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Concept

Value

visitors and pilgrims can meet and gather information about Buddhism and its history here

3 Neighbors - 3 Paths

A gateway, that signals the transition from the profane to the sacred

Meditation environment

with

Cultivator live on the reservoir hidden corner for long-term practice

Through the Buddhism and meditation, help the criminal who imprisoned in Shek Pik Prison to relax and the redemption of their soul, also for the people live in this density city.

Far away from the city, the highlevel master of a hermit and spiritual cultivator can live in a floating house on the reservoir.

Final Design Ngong Ping Tian Tan Buddha Statue

Meditation with nature Group

Luk Wu

Cable car

Tunnel

Existing program Tourist spot Monastery Prison

Journey Visitor Journey Cultivator Journey Floating Boat

Inmate Journey Underwater Tunnel

Purpose master plan Shek Pik

Visitor piont Antehall and Restaurant Body & Mind Centre

Shek Pik Prison

Living area

Water pool

Yoga room

Tea meditation

Roof

1-2

The visitor take the Cable car from the Ngong Ping to the Visitor point. That can look the whole reservoir. Then walk along the water edge and watch the quiet lake and the green grass so that all those who are looking at the place of mind are all caught in the philosophy of life meditation. Zen is hidden in the ordinary life of everyone can meditate in life.

1-3

1-4

Water offering

2-1

2-2

Corridor 1

Wooden platform

Corridor 2

Tripitaka Library

2-3

For the cultivator, the darkness tunnel is a chance to face the death, and think about it. It is about the Buddha philosophy 'Life and death cycle'. Thought the lighting of the exit to rebirth. The Dense tree covers the cultivator to be slow-moving. The season change will be discovered on the leaf color. They get the driving force of the journey of life.

2-4

Tripitaka Library

For the inmates, space and light have a great impact on their minds. They walk the tunnel around 5 mins, this kind of small and dark space showing a sense of silence. In the progress, having a lighting tower to take a break with a warm lighting the filter of water shadow to entry the main building.

3-1

3-2

3-3

Water tunnel

Redemtion room

Ground Floor 1:100

Second Floor 1:100

D Elevation B

C A Third Floor 1:100

Roof 1:100

Water pool

Section AA 1:100

Section BB 1:100

Section CC 1:100

Section DD 1:100

Elevation A 1:100

Elevation B 1:100

Appendix

01 BLUR BUILDING Water pavilion study

02 Tez Shan Monastry

Program study / site visit

03 Jean nouvel expo 2002 The pure form on the water

04 Taekwondo-Park Master planning study

05 VitraHaus

Building stack form study