Exhibition Design Project

Utilitarianism.

The best action is the one that maximizes utility

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The state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial.

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Relationships.

Of Structural, Function and Aesthetic

STRUCTURE- the way it's FUNCTION- purpose AESTHETICS- appearance

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Structural Toilet

Sculpture, Installation

Interior, architectural, urban, fashion, product design

Function

Computer/Mobile interface design

Aesthetic

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Beautifulness only exist when people are not used to it, only Function is long-lasting

Common meathods of functional design Simplicity Symmetry Angularity Abstraction Consistency Unity Organization Subtlety Continuity Regularity Sharpness

Results:Aestheic concern invloved -Consistence White color -Black furniture choosen to create contrast the environment

Not maximizesing utility Copenhagen-townhouse-iv

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Beautifulness only exist when people are not used to it, only Function is long-lasting

Type-1 Standard features, with variable

Looking fit

A Muscle Car

Type-2 Only standard features, but no variable

Simplicity, elegance

Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer

Type-3 Contra-standard features

Visual tension

Wozoco Housing

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Beautifulness only exist when people are not used to it, only Function is long-lasting

Functional beauty

Perceptual features that appear to be Standard

Standard

Standard

Relevant 'aesthetic' qualities

Type 1

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Type 2

All

None

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Type 3

Some (possibly)

Some (possibly)

Some(by definition)

Simplicity, gracefulness, elegance Visual tension

Perceptual features—properties of objects as the visual system represents them—are a central construct of perception. Classically, features have been treated as deterministic qualities of images, assigned definite values based on image structure.

Issue.

Hong Kong situation Developers chosen methods that produce the most number of flats

with shortest construction time

and lowest cost, so that more potential customers even though to reduce the average quality of life

To lower the cost, reduce risk and increase profit

Repeating the successful model

Hong kong Public Housing.

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Wozoco.

Studying solutions of MVRDV Stuck conforming to

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zoning regulations of

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the surrounding area,

units could fit the restricted footprint

MVRDV calculated that only 87 of the proposed 100 units could fit the restricted footprint due to regulations

Due to the regulations about daylighting

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From the idea of cantilevering the remaining units on the north facade, to connect to the transparent gallery of the main block

Although striking and very poetic, the gesture created additional costs that had to be handled in shifting and cutting costs in the rest of the project in order to

Cantilevering the remaining 13 units from the north facade

Wozoco.

Studying solutions of MVRDV provide enough to pay

adding extruded parts.

for the cantilevered

But still compensate

units.

the extra building costs by reducing

The hanging East-West

energy consumption.

orientated types complete the

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North-South dwellings

direction to think

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about utility, although

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layout for the main

utilitarianism.

slab could lead to savings of 7 to 8% of the cost, enough to compensate for the 50% more expensive hanging units.

This project showed a great sense of utility, to hang units to the facade under the restriction of regulation. To provide units with sun shine by

A House.

Building that functions as a home Washroom Kitchen Living Room Dinning Area Bedroom

Window Wall Door Articulation

Air-conditioner Television Fan Refrigiator Rubbish Bin Sofa Chair Table Computer Oven Microwave oven Cooktop

Disintegration.

Of a living space Block Sunlight Quench Safety Make clean Rest Satisfy hunger

Utility: To keep people alive in a space

Utilititarianism: To keep people alive in a space with lowest resources

Floating Utilitarianism.

Bridge is a conveyor

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Floating is a phenomenon of Utilitarianism It is everywhere in Hong Kong so that it is a better way to show the spatial extremity

Demonstration.

Floating Utilitarianism

Floating & city development trend.

= Floating & Utilitarianism relationship

Increasing pedestrian flow, diverse activities and facilities, footbridges become floating spaces with branches, creating new connections and incresed the effectiveness of pedestrian flow

Fantasy of Utilitarian Result

Spatial Extremity.

Floating Utilitarianism

Footbridges are floating spaces away from ground, It should functioned more than a conveyor.

Due to the increasing footprint of bridges, why not just float a platform over the city, maximising the floating extremity.

Which square have more Footprint?

The best action is the one that maximizes utility

Explanation.

The Floating city is an extremely effective utility form in several aspects, spatially, interm of floating and cultural preserve.

Guidelines and design logic

Extremity

Economical

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Floating

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The Fantasy

Cultural

In terms of cultural conservation, when people migrated to the upward city, the exist-

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ing heritage are remained, people are allowed to sightsee the preserved cityscape, protecting Hong Kong cuture during developing rapidly.

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Story and fantasies These are the story and fantasies developed based on current stiuation and trends of floating extremity happening in Hong Kong, For the project, it is focused on story and fantasies of 2050's decade, about the relationship of future floating city an lower city herritage.

2020s.

Footbridge is a tool Footbridges is a tool to increase pedestrian effectiveness, working like a conveyor of people, so that we use a Moving sidewalk and blocking vision to show the dullness of footbridges at 2020s, also currently there are lots of obstacle for pedestrian walking on the street, some the functions are being taken away, for example shop are closing due to the growth of footbridge networks. So we wanted to make the street level undesirable to pass through, by installing obstacle to affect the willingness to pass through the street.

2030s.

Footbridge is more than a tool For 2030s, bridges started to have multi-levels which bring new connections mode, we tried to find elements about connection methods from the previous researches and concept development, to make footbridges more than a tool and make people reconnect with the city instead of going into a conveyor.

2040s.

Extremely Complicated Footbridges System and the Begining of Floating Structure

Also, in the story, at 2040s decade, the footbridges development are out of control, those connections become super complicated.

At this zone our design mainly show the contrast between the unfinished floating city and the existing footbridge system. To show the floating structure is under construction, there are frame exposed near the platform, and the coverage of floating platform are not fully covered. For the lower parts, there are many irregular platform showing the complexity but they are all connected due to the density.

2050s.

Preserve whole city as heritage and develop above For the story of year at 2050s, Majority of population migrated to the floating city, the existing face of city turned into heritage. There are tunnels connecting the floating city and the old footbridges, providing cultural tours for future people.

Which inspire us to locate the tube cross bordering different decades’ zones, people on the path are able to witness other zones.

If the audience visited the section about the 2050s, this makes them curious what happened to Hong Kong before the 2050s and to think the future development.

There is also a situation that there are the 2030s and 2050s sections on different extremities as a neighbor, which make people think about the extremities in different decades, what happened before and what happened after. This stimulates the audience’s fantasies in a future city.

zoning relationship

In order to keep the unity of the content of the exhibition, we set up some rules to make our fantasy happens in the same world.

We use a decade as a unit, foreseeing the future development of architectural the extremity of Hong Kong, let the audience have a glance at how this modern city turned into a utopia.

Future

current trend

Future/past

2050s'

In Hong Kong, under the mindsets of utilitarianism To make audience fantasize the future city, there is no specific order to place the zoning of a different timeline If I am an audience, I will be surprised that there is no any hint for the preferred directions, I don’t know where I should go after finishing the current section.

But fortunately, I am clearly explained on the locations, topics, and contents of different sections by the signages and maps.

There is no specific order for the sections of a different decade, Under this situation, the audience can go to the section of the current development trend and led to a further thinking of a future city

2030s'

If the audience visited the section about the 2050s, this makes them curious what happened to Hong Kong before the 2050s and to think the future development.

There is also a situation that there are the 2030s and 2050s sections on different extremities as a neighbor, which make people think about the extremities in different decades, what happened before and what happened after. This fulfilled the objective that stimulates the audience’s fantasies in a future city.

Because fantasy of a future city is unstoppable so that there is a section about the fantasy of people at 2050s, this exhibition is actually an inspiring experience, everyone has their own fantasies hidden, it is the time to let them expose.

2050s' 2030s'

2050s'

2050s' 2030s'

A Extremity 2030s'

A Extremity 2050s' B Extremity 2030s'

Floating zoning. zoning whit concept

Void into transparent platform

2030 2050

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2030

brief map

2040

2020

2030

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2020 2040

2050

2030 2020

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brief smaller scale floating city

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2050’s Floating Utilitarianism

2020’s Floating Extremity

Floating Concepts and Desig Expressions

Not touching the ground

Not touching the ground Transparent

Not touching the ground Transparent Lighting

Visual Effect Visual Effect and Experience

Lighting

gn Relationship.

Transparent

Floating on surface

Floating on refective surface

Blocking the support by the Main body

Emphasise the main body, Hidden/Distract the support

2050s.

Preserve whole city as heritage and develop above

Vitnessing Hong Kong development at different decade

Transparent Material

Slide to different level

Sightseeing Path Vitnessing Hong Kong Heritage

2030s'

Cross border Cross Decade More Fantasy

2050s'

2050s'

2050s' 2030s'

2030s'

In term of utilitarianism

The Void area is a waste of space

5mm Height glass cover added

2050s area distribution.

Preserve whole city as heritage and develop above

City Museum

Floating Pipe Floating City

Floating Pipe.

Floating City.

Floating City.

City Museum.

City Museum.

City Museum.

People from outside and inside are able to enjoy the artworks as there are full of transparent wall.

City Museum.

Cross Border Relationship.

View from Height extremity exhibition.

View from Density extremity exhibition.

View from Density extremity exhibition.

Exposed structure of aluminium profile.

Vision inside the Floating Pipe

Vision inside the Floating Pipe

Vision inside the Floating City’s Platform

Vision inside the Floating City’s Platform

Vision near the glass cage, located at 2020’s Floating extremity

Vision inside City Museum