In a contemporary era the ideal project goes from the design of a spoon to a city. The indissoluble link between every component of the city and the city itself it is now clear and studied. You cannot add another actor to a play without changing the plot. All the elements are mingled to each other as the people are mingled to them. The attention of people needs and habits has to mould the each project of every scale. The interesting difference between a limited architectural project and one in an
Good city thinking The following essay addresses the discourse around the good city, trying to understand the importance of having a thinking on the topic rather than providing solutions for a good city. Providing solutions for the good city pose questions such as: good for whom? what is good? etc. These questions prompt that good and city are two words that form more questions than answers. In these nebula of questions urban design plays an important role because its nature is in the urban and therefore
WWII- The Fall of Hong Kong Narrative On the 8th December 1941 at 8:00AM, just six hours after the disaster of Pearl Harbour, the Japanese launched a devastating attack on the almost defenceless Hong Kong. This attack however was not proceed by a declaration of war and therefore broke international law. The two opposing sides were: The British, Canadian and Indian forces who were defending Hong Kong (Lead by Major-General Christopher Maltby) with a side of just 14,000 thousand troops, versus the
argue the slum has an adverse social impact in the city, meanwhile, yield cultural and social advantages for society. It will argue by considering the negative impact of the slum to the city, then it will discuss positive externalities of the slum to the society and the meaning for the wealthy class. First, it will consider the consequence of sanitation problem in the slum. Second, the slum protected working opportunity and original culture for the city. Third, it will identify the rich gain better quality
array of clashing mis-matched aspects of the worlds many cultures. In [FIG] below you see a multitude of different signs and pieces of information all within very close proximity to one another, not to mention the stacked living spaces of the Kowloon walled city in Hong Kong crammed in above them. This is one of the more extreme examples of a dense varied location but there are clear and undeniable visual similarities between this image and the one below of a piece created by Glitch artist know as
A Taste of Old Hong Kong. I feel that people show each other care and sympathy here. The neighborhood is full of passion for life. It’s like a window back into the 80s, when entrepreneurial Hongkongers worked hard to transform themselves and their city. (shop owner Henry Yau, source from Hong Kong Tourism Board) Umbrella shop owner Henry Yau has lived in Sham Shui Po for more than 60 years, and has witnessed the development of this area. He has plenty of friends on every street and felt that people
identity 5. Acting as educational medium 6. Maintaining the multifunctional society 7. Criticism is for improvement 8. Conclusion Annexes 1. Image reference 2. Book reference Introduction “Memories reveal the culture, history and time of the city.” (Aldo Rossi, 1982). The demolishment of Star Ferry Pier and Queen’s Pier in 2006 and 2007 has gathered a raising awareness on the discussion of collective memory with urban development in Hong Kong. The incident even caused the protest, hunger strike