boundary street integration - design project/tahn, dong wentang

REPORT PREFACE

SD 5709 Capstone Project “ BOUNDARY STREET INTEGRATION ” Produced by: Tahn, Dong Wentang Subject tutor: Peter Hasdell School of Design Hong Kong Polytechnic University DECEMBER 2013

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Tahn, Dong Wentang Student Number: 12128451G

BIOGRAPHY

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COURSE OBJECTIVES The Capstone Project is your final design project based on your individually-defined brief, program and concept that should fit in one of the three categories of: Urban interiors, Urban Space and Urban Systems. The Capstone Research Project (your research and investigation and design positioning) is your starting point fot the Capstone Project.

The Capstone Project is organized into three related parts. As a guideline the following descriptions are outlined. The specific requirements may be adjusted if you wish to do something different but you should discuss this with your tutor: 1. Concept: The concept stage is to define your key concepts or conceptual framework as well as the scope, scale and parameters of your project.

This work is a development of the issues and ideas from your Capstone Research Project but it begins to design with the aspects you researched and analyzed.

In this stage you need to: 1) define and make clear the parameters of People (users, stakeholders) Place (site and context) Program (functions, use) and Process (design techniques and methods); and 2) develop approaches to realizing your program on your given site, exploring how you are spatialising (making spatial), making temporal (making time based if appropriate) and contextualizing (in the larger urban context) your conceptual ideas.

Appropriate media should be used to communicate the concepts including; relational diagrams, sequence diagrams, sketches, collage, sketch models, conceptual models, story boards, etc.

2. Development: The development stage consolidates the parameters and approaches from your concept development and develops them into a concrete design. In particular you should be able to show the spatial qualities of the spaces you are designing and how this is experienced by the users. By the end of this stage, you should have a set of basic visualizations, models and drawings describing and explaining your project.

You should use appropriate media or representations such as plans, sections, axonometrics, digital and physical models at appropriate scales. Other representations might include spatial narrative drawings (to show time or program sequence), compositional or tectonic (form) studies or mixed media.

You should negotiate with your tutor the drawings and models you will produce in this stage at least one week prior to the presentation.

3. Presentation: The presentation stage resolves your design and finalizes the design to a high level. Presentation and communication to a wider audience is important and you project should use appropriate media to present this and make this clear. This includes renderings and perspectives, explanatory diagrams, animation (if appropriate) as well as resolved plans, sections, details, 3d drawings and models to show the urban, spatial and physical properties of your design from a macro level and from the point of view of the user so that we can understand the physicality and materiality of your project. You should present at least two final models at different scales. You should negotiate with your tutor the drawings and models you will produce in this stage at least two weeks prior to the presentation.

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INTRODUCTION

Introducing the ISSUE, PEOPLE and PROJECT that we will deal with at the CAPSTONE PROJECT stage, it aims to provide a site context and background for the design stage. It guides the direction and scale of what the Capstone Project will be.

CONCEPT

Define the key concepts or conceptual framework as well as the scope, scale and parameters of your project.

This work is a development of the issues and ideas from your Capstone Research Project but it begins to design with the aspects you researched and analyzed.

DEVELOPMENT

It consolidates the parameters and approaches from your concept development and develops them into a concrete design. In particular you should be able to show the spatial qualities of the spaces you are designing and how this is experienced by the users.

FINAL DESIGN

It resolves your design and finalizes the design to a high level. Presentation and communication to a wider audience is important and you project should use appropriate media to present this and make this clear. This includes renderings and perspectives, explanatory diagrams, animation (if appropriate) as well as resolved plans, sections, details, 3d drawings and models to show the urban, spatial and physical properties of your design from a macro level and from the point of view of the user so that we can understand the physicality and materiality of your project. You should present at least two final models at different scales.

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[CONTENTS] ISSUE

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SITE CONTEXT

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CONCEPTS EXPLORATION

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DEVELOPMENT

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FINAL PROPOSAL

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FINAL STATEMENT

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INTRODUCTION

Introducing the ISSUE, PEOPLE and PROJECT that we will deal with at the CAPSTONE PROJECT stage, it aims to provide a site context and background for the design stage. It guides the direction and scale of what the Capstone Project will be.

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ISSUE SITE CONTEXT

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What is INFORMAL SETTLEMENT? - The ownership of the land is in dispute and/or is not legally registered - The settlement is in contravention of the master-plan land use zoning regulations - Planning standards are not met - Dwellings are constructed in contravention of building standards and regulations

Where does INFORMAL SETTLEMENT from?

This specific term ‘informal settlement’ tends to convey overtones of pejorative social stigma, such as: ‘criminality’, ‘social deprivation’, ‘unhealthy and disease ridden’, ‘uneducated’, ‘lack of civic awareness and anti-social behaviour’. Behind all of this phenomenon and reflections, there is a primary reason that could explain how this informal settlement exists - POVERTY issue.

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FOCUSED TYPE

TARGETED DISTRICTS WITH INFORMAL SETTLEMENT

1.Kwai Tsing

2.SHAM SHUI PO

3.Kowloon City

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Major districts with slums

4.Yao Tsim Mong

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5.Kwun Tong

6.Central and Western

MTR system map

Major informal settlements distributed map in Hong Kong

HONG KONG LOCAL ISSUES TARGETED PEOPLE

People living in informal settlement are mainly unemployed citizens, low income family, new immigrants, etc. The average size they occupied is found to be 4 square metre per person.

By analyzing one of the biggest and densest places that with these existing informal settlements - Sham Shui Po, there are mainly two groups of people living here.

- Lived alone elder with social security from government - New immigrant family with low-income but long working hours

LIVED ALONE ELDER

NEW IMMIGRANT FAMILY

As the phenomenon of population aging become more and more dominant, this weak group is starting to impotent poor especially those elders living alone without the ability of making money. This research majorly focuses on this large group of people with only income source coming from the Government.

It refers to people who just imigrate to another country or district. In Hong Kong context, it specificly refers to those people who could not compete with local residents in terms of skills to make a living and the ability of adapting into a new environment.

TOTAL POPULATION

24:00 PM 00:00 AM

176,000 170,000

WORK PLACE

DAILY ACTIVITIES HOUSE

PUBLIC SPACE

PUBLIC SPACE (Less than 8 hours)

(More than 16 hours)

SLEEP WORK

24 hours 08:00AM1

HOUSE (Less than 8 hours)

6:00 PM HOUSE (More than 16 hours)

IDLE HOUSE

WORK PLACE

DINE ENTERTAIN

Time consumption pattern in the daily life 11

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NEW IMMIGRANT FAMILY

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HONG KONG CONTEXT HONG KONG CURRENT POVERTY SITUATION

THE POVERTY

LINE FOR ONE PERSON IS HK $3,275 PER MONTH

OVER 1,000 ARE HOMELESS

poverty rate

17.1%

OVER 100,000 LIVE IN

ROOFTOP SHANTY, CAGE HOME AND SUBDIVIDED FLATS

1 IN 5 PEOPLE IN HONG KONG LIVE IN POVERTY SOCIAL SECURITY

AT LEAST HK$2935 PER MONTH

FOOD COST =

HK$2935 - HK$2300 = HK$635 PER MONTH

EACH MEAL

= HK$7

MINIMUM WAGE INTRODUCED IN 2013

HK$30

PER HOUR AVERAGE AREA

AVERAGE AREA

8 sq.m.EACH FAMILY

50 sq.m.EACH FAMILY

HK$2,300

HK$12,500

WITH A RENT OF PER MONTH

WITH A RENT OF

THERE ARE 650,000

WORKING POOR

PER MONTH

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HONG KONG CONTEXT 1898 (100 years ago)

Hong Kong was ceded under the Convention of Chuenpee as part of a ceasefire agreement. Historically, there is a street marked the boundary between the southern part of Kowloon, ceded by Qing China to the United Kingdom in 1860, and the northern part of Kowloon, which remained part of China until it was leased as part of the New Territories to the United Kingdom in 1898 for 99 years. The boundary was made visible by a long line of high bamboo fences which effectively blocked smuggling between Chinese Kowloon and British Kowloon at that time.

1934 (80 years ago)

It became obsolete when New Territories joined the colony. Although the street is the historical mark on the boundary, the road did not come to exist until 1934, more than 30 years after the lease of boundary north. The road was built to accelerate the development of Kowloon Tong and identify the difference in calculation of rates between the boundary north and south.

THIS AREA IS FULL OF MOUNTAINS PROVED BOUNDARY

NEW KOWLOON

ROUND HILL STONE CUTTERS ISLAND

KOWLOON CITY

KOWLOON

BOUNDARY STREET ROCKY HILL

STONECUTTERS ISLAND

KOWLOON BAY

1950 (60 years ago)

The 1950s in Hong Kong began after Japanese rule ended in 1945 with sovereignty returning to the British.

However, the Nationalist-Communist Civil War was renewed in mainland China. It prompted a large influx of refugees from the mainland, causing a huge population surge. The government struggled to accommodate these immigrants.

In 1953, a major fire destroyed the Shek Kip Mei shantytown of immigrants from Mainland China that had fled to Hong Kong, leaving 53,000 people homeless. The 22nd Governor of Hong Kong, drew up an emergency housing programme that introduced the 'multi-storey building' as a common building form. His structures were capable of housing 2,500 people in a fire/flood-proof structure. The idea was to house as many and as fast as possible to deal with the homeless shelter crisis. Every floor in the building included a communal room, washroom, and toilet facility.

Each person was granted 24 square metres of space. The high rise buildings would become the norm, as skyscrapers have a small footprint compared to their overall volume.

JUNK BAY GREEN ISLAND

VICTORIA HARBOUR

HONG KONG

KOWLOON

LANTAU

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TOLO HARBOUR

113°52’ E. Long

113°52’ E. Long

TOLO HARBOUR

HONG KONG

22°9’ N. Lat

SEA

NEW TERRITORIES

CASTLE PEAK KOWLOON CITY

LANTAU ISLAND LAN TAU PEAK

HONG KONG

22°9’ N. Lat

Shek Kip Mei

TSING YI

SEA LANTAU ISLAND

KOWLOON

HONG KONG

SITE: BOUNDARY STREET

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HONG KONG CONTEXT STREET VIEW

BOUNDARY STREET

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*CASE STUDY

PUBLIC GARDEN CIRCULATION BRIDGE LEVEL CIRCULATION GROUND LEVEL CIRCULATION COMMERCIAL LOBBY TO APARTMENT ACCESS LOBBY TO BRIDGE LEVEL

SPORTS CLUB HEALTH SPA ENTRY POINT COFFEE HOUSE/BAR BOOK SHOP EXHIBITIONS

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CONCEPT

Define the key concepts or conceptual framework as well as the scope, scale and parameters of your project.

This work is a development of the issues and ideas from your Capstone Research Project but it begins to design with the aspects you researched and analyzed.

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CONCEPTS EXPLORATION

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Urban Texture

LINE

Urban Infrastructure

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PLANE

Urban Element

POINT

[POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES] Along the Boundary Street, there are lots of opportunities for developing into a design proposal. The two initial ideas will be “TRAINING SCHOOL” and “A NEW DEFINED PARK”.

The TRAINING SCHOOL aims to provide the foundations for new immigrants and low-skilled people to get a better skill in order to have a better living. At the same time, it is a great intervention to co-exist with the existing old buildings by providing a new vertical circulation system to serve the surrounding residents.

The NEW DEFINED PARK aims to provide a platform to integrate this highly devided hierarchy district that with a gap between the poor and the rich district. Meanwhile, it also makes itself as a CENTRAL PARK in HONG KONG. It also contribute to the surrounding environments by connecting the northern and southner parts.

Hill

Garden

Park

Golden Computer Center _ Computer-oriented hardware

Highways _ Elevated infrastructure

Cheung Sha Wan Road _ Cloth, fashion, wholesale fabrics

Flower Market Road _ Flowers

Apliu Street Flea Market _ Electronics

Goldfish Market _ Pets

Sport field

Highway

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[CONCEPT SKETCHES]

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[MASTER LAYOUT PLAN]

SHEK KIP MEI SHAM SHUI PO

PRINCE EDWARD

MONG KOK EAST

100m

50m

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FINDINGS

Golden Computer Center _ Computer-oriented hardware

Cheung Sha Wan Road _ Cloth, fashion, wholesale fabrics

Apliu Street Flea Market _ Electronics

Highways _ Elevated infrastructure

Flower Market Road _ Flowers

Goldfish Market _ Pets

CONCEPTUAL PROPOSAL

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DEVELOPMENT

It consolidates the parameters and approaches from your concept development and develops them into a concrete design. In particular you should be able to show the spatial qualities of the spaces you are designing and how this is experienced by the users.

LIVE BETWEEN BUILDINGS!

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above: rendered section of a Fakro i Lombardigade 4, 2300 Copenhagen Used window types: ARC window, non-standard Window

Pure Fakro

Global potentials

The future is dense

The LIVE BETWEEN BUILDINGS project is a new way of living in the city. Infills between existing buildings that consist almost entirely of Fakro window technology enable a life hyper-close to nature and city life, while on the same time exploiting the qualities of the already existing blind walls of the city.

As Fakro is strengthening their global presence, the LIVE BETWEEN BUILDINGS way of living is also going global. We have pinpointed some possible building sites in cities around the world. Using the different roofwindows available from Fakro, a wide variety of housing typologies are possible, thereby reacting to the context and culture of the specifc urban setting.

With minimal footprint and facade surfa ing quality, the LIVE BETWEEN BUILDIN a denser, more sustainable city of the f examples, showing both the range of po available interesting building gaps world

Kalevagatan 35, Helsinki, Finland

Willibald Alexis Straße 37, Berlin, Germany

Used window types: ARC window, non-standard Window shapes and FGH-V P2 Galeria balcony

Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

Gliwicka 186, Katowice, Poland Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

Kanaalstraat 2, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

Waska 4, Wroclaw, Poland Used window types: ARC window, non-standard Window shapes and FGH-V P2 Galeria balcony

Sigurds Gate 27, Bergen, Norway Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

Shibuya-ku, Yoyogi, ３丁目４６−１６ Tokyo-to, Japan

Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

25 Thompson street, New York, U.S.A. Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

Jagiellonska 48, N Used window types: FTP/D L3, FTU/D L3

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SCHEME 1.

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FOOTBALL FILED ENGLAND RUGBY FILED

mall library

Youth Extreme Sports

SMALL FOOTBALL FILED

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FAKE HILL PARK ACTIVITIES

LEISURE FACILITIES

DESIGN INSTITUTE

MATERIALITY RESEARCH

SERVICES

FAKE HILL PARK

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15/F_76m

Public-oriented Spaces

Multimedia Spaces

Gallery / Exhibition Hall Design Museum Communal Space / Lobby Outdoor Exhibition Space / Lounge Student Communal Space Business Center

Television Studio Production Studio Production Workshop Video Stop-Motion Studio Digital Animation Room Digital Entertainment Lab Embedded Systems Lab

Classrooms and Lecture Theater Lecture Theater Classrooms

Teaching and Learning Support Spaces Resource Center / Material Library Tri-Use Studio Photography Studio Wet Process Photo Lab Digital Video Lab Digital Output Center Rapid Prototyping Laser Cutting Workshop Woodworking Workshop Metalworking Workshop Model Room / Integrated Media Workshop PC Computer Labs MAC Computer Labs Multi-Purpose Studio Crit Rooms

Net Occupied Floor area: 15,000 sq.m Capacity: 1,450

Undergraduate Design Studios Advertising Design Communication Design Environment and Interior Design Product Design Digital Media Design Interactive Media Design

660 m

Research Spaces Asian Ergonomics Design Lab Asian Lifestyle Design Lab Car Design Center / Scanning Studio Clay Model Workshop Creativity and Design Education Lab Information Design Lab Interaction Design Lab Interaction Design Lab Usability Room Public Design Lab Transportation Design Workshop Urban Environment Lab Labs War Room Research Room

Postgraduate Programs Teaching Spaces Master of Design Studios Master of Science in Multimedia Studios Multi-Function Teaching Space

Collaboration Spaces

Coverd area: 15,450 sq.m

Multiple spaces, including meeting rooms, studios, lounge and cafe Meeting rooms Video Conference Room

PROGRAMS

Jockey Club Innovation Tower, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Design Institute, Boundary Street, Hong Kong

CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT

Existing city texture

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Intervention with city t grid

Intersected masses

Masses adjusted and defined

GREEN ROOF Existing roofs could be multi-programed with a green lung expand to outside in both directions

ROOFTOP CONNECTION It aims to connect the informal residents living on the rooftop settlements with existing transportation hub

DESIGN INSTITUTE It aims to create a platform to train the low-skilled poor people and provide a space to develop local district始s superior resources

It aims to connect the winding corridors in the air to integrate the individual sectors into a whole institute

WINDING CORRIDOR LEATHER ACCESSORIES DESIGN DISPLAY DEVICE DESIGN

MATERIALITY LAB CENTRE COMPUTER DEVICE DESIGN

FASHION DESIGN

ELECTRONICS DESIGN

CLOTHING DESIGN & TAILOR CENTRE ELECTRONICS DESIGN CENTRE

MATERIALITY LAB WORKSHOP BROADCAST DEVICE DESIGN

MATERIALITY RESEARCH

ACCESSORIES DESIGN CENTRE

BIOTIC MATERIALS LAB CENTRE CLOTHING DESIGN & TAILOR

GLASS BEAD ACCESSORIES DESIGN AUDIO & MOBILE DEVICE DESIGN

JEWELRY ACCESSORIES DESIGN COMMUNICATION DEVICE DESIGN

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[ \FAKE HILL PARK ] 70m 7,350 sq.m

3,400,000 sq.m

Activities with hire charge

Birding Boating Carriage horses Pedicabs Sports Central Park Carousel Playgrounds Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre Central Park Zoo Entertainment

Tennis courts Bowling green Swimming pool complex

Sculpture Cleopatraʼs Needle

Passive facilities

190,000 sq.m

Services

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306,750 sq.m

Bandstand Central lawn Peddle walking trail Restaurant Fast food kiosk

Educations

Events

School programs Wildlife theater Tours Youth & Teen programs Family programs Adult programs Summer camp

Lunar New Year Fair Political gatherings City Forum Art and culture

PROGRAMS

Existing individual green spaces

42 football fields

Soccer pitches Basketball courts Fitness stations and jogging trail Children playground Model boat pool

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Central Park Medical Unit

Central Park, Manhattan, New York, USA

105m

Standard football field

Activities without hire charge

26 football fields

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Activities

PROGRAMS

Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, CHINA

Integration of green spaces

“Fake Mountain” Park, Boundary Street, Hong Kong, CHINA

Criss-cross strips applied

Strip park generated and defined

ROOF FARMING New roofs could be provided with farming

UNDERNEATH MARKETS It provides a platform to collect the production from DESIGN INSTITUTE

INDOOR SPORTS

OUTDOOR SPORTS

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FINAL DESIGN

It resolves your design and finalizes the design to a high level. Presentation and communication to a wider audience is important and you project should use appropriate media to present this and make this clear. This includes renderings and perspectives, explanatory diagrams, animation (if appropriate) as well as resolved plans, sections, details, 3d drawings and models to show the urban, spatial and physical properties of your design from a macro level and from the point of view of the user so that we can understand the physicality and materiality of your project. You should present at least two final models at different scales.

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FINAL PROPOSAL

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[MASTER LAYOUT PLAN]

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cloth market

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STANDARD STADIUM

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SCHEME 1.

DESIGN INSTITUTE

car park

cloth market

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library

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Youth Extreme Sports

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FAKE HILL PARK ACTIVITIES

LEISURE FACILITIES

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MATERIALITY RESEARCH

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CONCEPTS DEVELOPMENT

Existing city texture

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Intervention with city t grid

Masses adjusted and defined

Connections with defined masses

[ \FAKE HILL PARK ] 70m

3,400,000 sq.m

Activities with hire charge

Birding Boating Carriage horses Pedicabs Sports Central Park Carousel Playgrounds Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre Central Park Zoo Entertainment

Tennis courts Bowling green Swimming pool complex

Existing individual green spaces

105m

Standard football field

Art Sculpture Cleopatraʼs Needle

190,000 sq.m

Passive facilities

Central Park Medical Unit

Bandstand Central lawn Peddle walking trail Restaurant Fast food kiosk

Educations

Events

School programs Wildlife theater Tours Youth & Teen programs Family programs Adult programs Summer camp

Lunar New Year Fair Political gatherings City Forum Art and culture

Services

42 football fields

Soccer pitches Basketball courts Fitness stations and jogging trail Children playground Model boat pool

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26 football fields

PROGRAMS

Central Park, Manhattan, New York, USA

7,350 sq.m

Activities without hire charge

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463 football fields

Activities

306,750 sq.m

PROGRAMS

Victoria Park, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, CHINA

Integration of green spaces

“Fake Hill” Park, Boundary Street, Hong Kong, CHINA

Continuous roof encloses green spaces

Finalized roof and programs underneath

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[ EXPLODED COMPONENTS ]

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ROOFTOP CONNECTION TO MTR

LEISURE FACILITIES

SERVICES

ACTIVITIES

ELECTRONICS DESIGN STUDIO

FASHION DESIGN STUDIO

MATERIALITY RESEARCH

CONTINUOUS ROOF

[ PROGRAM ]

GREEN ROOF Existing roofs could be multi-programed with a green lung expand to outside in both directions

UNDERNEATH PROGRAMS It is a central-service program underneath a giant continuous roof and connects the two sides

DESIGN INSTITUTE

ROOFTOP CONNECTION It aims to connect the informal residents living on the rooftop settlements with existing transportation hub

It aims to create a platform to train the low-skilled poor people and provide a space to develop local district始s superior resources

THEATRE + OUTDOOR SPORTS ROOF FARMING New roofs could be provided with farming

PAVILION + OUTDOOR SPORTS

WINDING CORRIDOR It aims to connect the winding corridors in the air to integrate the individual sectors into a whole institute

SCHOOL LOW RISE UILDING

PAVILION SPORT IELD

CANTEEN

HOSPITAL MIDDLE RISE UILDING

CLOTHING DESIGN & TAILOR CENTRE ELECTRONICS DESIGN CENTRE MAR ET GLASS BEAD ACCESSORIES DESIGN AUDIO & MOBILE DEVICE DESIGN

BIOTIC MATERIALS LAB CENTRE CLOTHING DESIGN & TAILOR

ACCESSORIES DESIGN CENTRE

CAR PAR ROO

CINEMA

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GARDEN

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MATERIALITY LAB CENTRE COMPUTER DEVICE DESIGN

FASHION DESIGN

ELECTRONICS DESIGN

MATERIALITY RESEARCH

MATERIALITY LAB OR SHOP BROADCAST DEVICE DESIGN

ACTIVITIES

LEISURE FACILITIES

SERVICES

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[ SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ]

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AERIAL VIEW

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FINAL STATEMENT This half a year self learned subject taught me something I couldnot have learned outside school. From the beginning of self defined issues and site context to the end of design proposal, it is a wealthy and valuable journey for my after school practice career. As my goal of pursuing an practiced ARCHITECT, I have learned lots of important small hints that would help me to guide me directly into the right direction. At the same time, as a DESIGNER, there is always a BALLANCE between the concepts with the design proposal. It is unavoidable exercise we need to experience. Fortunately, we have actually strived this ‘mental struggle’ quite earlier before we stepped into a real business firm.

The most challenging part of this learning process, I would say is the beginning part - ISSUE AND SITE CONTEXT. Cause it would determine the rest of concept and design proposal. If we have a very clear, straight forward and precise defined issue and site context, the rest of design would go easily and smooth. But if we do not have that, we may need to take more time and make some detours to get the final proposal. Meanwhile, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Either way would take our efforts and attitude to get to the destination.

Finally, be critical to this arrangement of subject, it is not quite convenient to us. As we all know, we do not even have a big space in the final presentation. That is quite embarrassing. The other one would be the schedule. Personally speaking, I would suggest that we could have a small pin-up for all students together every 2 weeks. So we could see what other people proposed and learn from each other instead of only group discussion. And the pin-ups also helped us to look at what we have done in the printed/physical perspective not just computer/digital or sketch things. That would help us to notice what we have proposed and how we communicate with people in terms of lines, colors, texts, diagrams and scales.

In the end, it is a quite fascinating learning journey for me. Thanks for the help of inspiring me with different ideas and perspectives.

I really appreciate it.

Thanks Timothy Jachna and Peter Hasdell.

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