Context

Mei Tung Estate Glossary Stores (closed down)

Frontage stores were benefited from the local communities & Kowloon walled city

Kowloon Walled City (1972 Dec)

Kowloon Walled City Cluster

Create pedestrians accessible alleys,yards like river generated communities

Present

Huge Renovated Kowloon walled City Park

A place for temporary leisure

Kowloon Walled City Park (Present)

Nearby Churches

LIVE TOGETHER: THE COLLECTIVE HOUSE

Religious buildings(dark grey) & Educational(grey)

Building height map

Site Context

Stone garden is located at port of Beirut, Capital of Lebanon — Beirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon,buried 7 times through the ages, the city tells the story of wars.

Strategies

Building skin is custom designed. It is all labored and crafted by the hands of the many workers with mixture of projected earth, cement, and fibers. Matching the textures and colors of typical Beirut buildings.

The Windows are recessed and the walls are very thick, the recessed thickness worked as a passive sun shading devices, it also created a scnery of battle field with buildings full of bullet holes, as the openings are deep, a very strong shadows is casted resulting in a high contrast with the cladding.