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FAILURES AND FUTURES OF DAwEI SPECIAL ECONOmIC ZONE

mASTERPLAN AND mANAGEmENT POLICIES OF THE NATURE RESERVE

mODULAR DESIGN FOR EDGE TRANSITION IN DAbAO VILLAGE

mATERIAL QUALITIES AND PLAy ACTIONS

CONCEPT DESIGN & mASTERPLAN OF wILDERNESS yOUTH CAmP

DERELICT INFRASTRUCTURE TO PRODUCTIVE INCUbATOR

DESIGN CONCEPT INSPIRED by THE mOVEmENT OF A SPORT

INTERACTIVE STRUCTURE by bAmbOO STEAmERS AND PLANTS

TESTING GROUND FOR SUZHOU CREEk’S NEw wATER PROTOTyPES

ImPROVING ACCESSIbILITy OF POk FU LAm VILLAGE

DAwEI, myANmAR2015 | year 3, Semester 2 | Academic Project

PUXI DISTRICT, SHANGHAI2014 | year 3, Semester 1 | Academic Project

POkFULAm, HONG kONG2013 | year 2, Semester 1 | Academic Project

SHEUNG SHUI, HONG kONG2015 | year 3, Semester 2 | Academic Project

DAbAO, GUANGXI2013 | year 1, Semester 2 | Academic Project

CAPE D’AGUILAR, HONG kONG2014 | year 2, Semester 2 | Academic Project

CHEUNG SHA wAN, HONG kONG2014 | AECOm Urban SOS | Competition Entry

HkU CAmPUS, HONG kONG2012 | year 1, Semester 1 | Academic Project

2014 | Career Discovery in Landscape Architecture | The University of Hong kong

2014 | year 1, Semester 2 | Academic Project

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ANSON WONG TING FUNGAn enthusiastic design graduate completed the degree program of the Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies at the University of Hong Kong, with the ambition to contributing and creating a better living environment. Inspired by contemporary theories on landscape ur-banism through tertiary education. Concerned about global and local development issues. Eager to learn, outgoing and willing to share. Regarding Landscape Architecture as a life-long career

FAILURES AND FUTURES OF DAwEI SPECIAL ECONOmIC ZONE

T H E R E A L I S T ’S m E G A P R O j E C T

DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by ASHLEy SCOTT kELLy

DOROTHy TANG

SPRING 2015

1For a mega-scale industrial development project, financial support is one of the major concerns that affects the scope and policies of the plan. Yet, if we look back into the past 7 years, the Dawei Project actually faced huge difficulties in securing a stable financial source for the project.

Therefore, I begin my project by imagining the future scenario of the SEZ, based on a prediction that there might be a possible failure of the project due to the lacking of sufficient investors to invest on the project in the future. The scenario that I picked to play out is after the construction of Phase 1.

Taking advantage of the derelict ecology of the unmaintained infrastructure and empty lots, an art installation is carried out by putting different species of algae and aquatic plants into the polluted canals to invade them with different colors.

This “art installation” is an alternative reaction to the wicked megaproject, visual-izing its problems rather than designing a “solution” for them. The simple and minimal interverntion is to contrast with the ridic-ulous scale and huge financial burden. The bright colors act as an indicator of the failure of the million-dollar derelict project.

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28017Htein GyiFirewood

Food Source from Mangrove e.g. pork ear seashells, specific types of mushrooms

FirewoodPaddy Fields flooded

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MA YIN GYI HILL WAS DEMOLISHED INTO A QUARRY TO PROVIDE ROCKS FOR THE SEA PORT CONSTRUCTION

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LAND CONVERSION IN DAWEI SEZ

LOSS OF MANGROVE

DEFORESTATION

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ROAD CONSTRUCTION

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LANDUSE

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DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by STEVEN y.N. CHEN

FALL 2014

Suzhou Creek is an important river that nurtures Shanghai. It is a historical water trading route from the hinderland of China, as well as an important industrial river to Shanghai since the 1920s. Different types of factories and warehouses began to moved to the area along Suzhou Creek. However, this started to pollute the river. Flooding is another hazard the river brought to the area.

In 1998, Shanghai government began the “Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project” to improve water quality and flood control of Suzhou Creek. The water edge is channalized by tall vertical flood walls. Water quality has

gradually improved, but urban development and people has totally disconnected with the river since then.

This project is not only creating a new mas-terplan for M50 Art District, the brand-new art landmark revitalized from abandoned warehouses, but also rebuilding a new waterfront culture for the Creek, combining with the rising art culture in Shanghai. The site is divided into 12 parcels to form testing grounds for applying the different combi-nations of new water edge prototypes and inland connections, that brings people and urban development back closer to the Creek.

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SUZHOU CREEK REHABILITATION PROJECT PHASE II (2006)

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GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS ON FLOOD WALLS (2007)

ALTERNATIVE STANDARD FOR LOW FLOOD WALLS (2007)

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SEDIMENT REMOVAL SCHEME

GOVERNMENT STATISTIC ON FLOODING ALONG SUZHOU CREEK

STRICT WATER FLOW CONTROL

CREATION OF WATERFRONT PLATFORMS

RISK OF OCCASIONAL FLOODING AT RIVERSIDE

POLLUTION BY INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES SINCE 1920S

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Underwater transparent background of Performance Theatre wetland boardwalk at Suzhou Creek Land Art

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mASTERPLAN AND mANAGEmENT POLICIES OF THE NATURE RESERVE

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DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by LEVEN ELIZAbETH PATRICIA

SPRING 2015

3Long Valley comprises a mosaic of freshwa-ter wetland habitats and is the largest area of such habitats in Hong Kong. As well as its ecological importance, it is also culturally important, as it is currently the largest farm-land area remaining in Hong Kong.

This masterplan project aims to cope with the future development of the site, i.e. cate-gorization as a “Nature Park”. in the govern-ment plan. There are two primary goals - to retain its existing high ecological value and further enhance it, and to develop the site into an educational centre to educate the public on agricultural practices.

In this project, the management framework and zoning policies are utterly important to provider a set of guidelines to protect the nature reserve, in face of any future develop-ment in the district. To maximize the cur-rent freshwater habitats, the mosaic pattern is rearranged with minimal intervention.

The site is divided into three areas - public free zone, paid zone and restricted zone - for visitor management and minimization of human disturbance to the wildlife. The public free zone is dedicated to illustrate different agricultural practices and provide educational tours.

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CONCEPT DESIGN & mASTERPLAN OF wILDERNESS yOUTH CAmP

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DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by VINCCI mAk

yIN-LUN CHAN

SPRING 2014

4Located at the Southern tip of Hong Kong Island with the one and only marine reserve in the city, Cape d’Augilar is certainly a piece of natural wonder. Though the area is restricted to the public, Cape d’Augilar still attracts a lot of hiking adventurers and na-ture lovers to visit and appreciate its natural beauty. Yet, the true beauty of nature comes with the interaction with it. Other than leav-ing the nature untouched, living with nature or even in nature, is perhaps a better way to understand and appreciate nature.

I picked to design a wilderness training camp, aiming to equip youth with skills

and technique to live and survive in nature. Beginning with the usual way of civilized camping, the journey will move on to wil-derness survival skills, and all other kinds of activities related to the natural resourc-es within the campsite. Campers will be required to apply what they learnt in the last two days, which they have to survive in the wilderness of the d’Aguilar Peninsula.

Through all kinds of interaction with the na-ture, we hope campers could start develop-ing a positive attitude towards it, and begin appreciating aspects of the nature beyond what they see.

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Resources

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Concept Diagram Site analysis and planning strategy

Grading strayegy and Vehicle circulation

Hierarchy of site layout

Site features and zoning

Existing vegetation analysized

Human intervention caused artificial landforms, main road

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Restoration of natural topography and creation of sound barrier,

main road moved to coastal side

Training zones set up based on existing conditions

Hierarchy from urbanization to wilderness

Scattered urbanized buildings, no special hierarchy

Site Topography

Wilderness Survival Elements

Grading Plan

Shelter Fire WaterEssential for human

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Raft making Sea cave exploration

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Self-protection teaching

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Tree Climbing Fire making (Campfire)

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Exposed areasExposed areas are highly exposed to sunlight and wind. Low-lying shrubs and rocks could be found.

Forests and riversForests consist of tall trees which provide good shade and abundant burning fuels, while rivers are the natural water sources.

Existing ArchitectureThe existing architecture can act as checkpoints during the orienteering

training. Campers can visit some iconic buildings, e.g. the Lighthouse.

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2 Orienteering Training Zone

3 Coastal Training Zone

4 Exposed Training Zone

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a Camper drop-offb Delivery drop-off / Car parkc Composting corner

d Staff officee Tent storage roomf Staff quarterg Meadow / Campgroundh Outdoor kitcheni Food ingredient roomj Camp shower / toiletk Classroom / indoor campfire sitel Classroom storage room

m Orienteering training classroomn Meadowo Storage roomp Pavilion

q Raft material roomr Rocky beachs Sea cave

t Campfire areau Hutsv Wild plant trail

w Cross river challengex Flint-knapping areay Storage room

z Tree-climbing platformA Forest training classroomB Activity spaceC Exit to Wilderness Survival Challenge

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ImPROVING ACCESSIbILITy OFPOk FU LAm VILLAGE

R-A-m-P_SySTEm

DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by SETH DENIZEN

mELISSA CATE CHRIST

FALL 2013

5The 200-year-old Pokfulam Village is one of the earliest settlements on Hong Kong Island. Being classified as “squatter housing”, the village has been limited to the use of simple construction materials.

The research part investigates on the ways the village adapted to the steep slopes, from small structures at the wet market to con-struction methods of houses. The topogra-phy and other external constraints shaped the village’s simple lifestyle and its simple approach towards solving problems. Yet, they also brought complex problems to the village, such as the lack of a proper sewage

system and the limitation of space. The Chi Fu Road Entrance illustrates the complexity of the village, and is picked as the design site.

The “R-A-M-P system” takes the village’s simple approach in dealing with the complex problems, aiming to bring about multiple changes to the site through a simple compo-nent. The simple ramp system incorporated multiple functions including recreation, wa-ter treatment and solid waste removal. This begins to suggest strategies for improving living conditions of the village and creating a more accessible and welcoming environment for this potential world heritage site.

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mODULAR DESIGN FOR EDGE TRANSITION IN DAbAO VILLAGE

A S S E m b L I N GT H E _ E D G E

DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by ANDREw RObERT TOLAND

DOROTHy TANG

SPRING 2013

6This project aimed to design for the edge conditions of a new school in a rural village in Guangxi named Dabao village. The school is situated in the middle of the rice terraces in the village. Our group has been assigned to design at the boundary between the rice terraces and the basketball court.

Each group is required to design a basic module, and come up with a strategy to place the elements onto the site based on its conditions. We are encouraged to modify the topography to create new opportunity for design.

In the later stage, each individual is asked to develop on one of the variation of the basic module designed in the first stage, based on the programs.

I picked to design on a variation that in-volves the accessibility across the boundary, including walkways, stairs and ramps. The variations are designed with the principles of the basic module and the construction method that is compromised within the group.

Team members: Kity Pang, Lauren Tam, Jasmine Cheung, Stephanie Wong

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DERELICT INFRASTRUCTURE TO PRODUCTIVE INCUbATOR

FOOD bATTERy

AECOm URbAN SOS 2014 COmPETITION ENTRy

IN COLLAbORATION wITHCHARITy CHEUNG OI wAI

ISSAC CHIU HO wANTONy yUEN CHUN yIN

SPRING 2014

7Cheung Sha Wan is currently transitioning from a food wholesale centre to a residential area. As wholesale food markets are being displaced by public housing projects, prob-lems emerge from the current government proposal. The abandoned infrastructure, wholesale facilities and public housing es-tates become fragments that do not have any connections. Streets become empty space among the fragments, and a unique commu-nity culture could not be nurtured.

“Food Battery” aims to utilize derelict infrastructure and remaining assets of the food wholesale network to reconnect the fragmented community. Through 3 strategic phases, the original food network will be ex-tended into the community, creating a new sustainable “food industry” that includes the community as both producers and consum-ers. The ultimate goal is to establish a special community culture in Cheung Sha Wan that originates from its rich food culture.

(Cover Photo from HK URBEX Facebook)

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PAST PRESENT FUTURE

Wholesale Industry

Residential Area

ReclaimationAbattoir

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Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market

West Kowloon Reclaimation Project

Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Food Market

Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Fish Market

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1981 Lai Kok Estate

1985 Cheung Sha Wan Reclaimation project

1983 Shum Shui Po Park

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1963 Cheung Sha Wan Estate

1965 Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Vegetable market

1969 Cheung Sha Wan Abattoir

Fortune Estate2001

Fu Cheong Estate2002

The Sparkle2009

Cheung Sha Wan Estate2009

Abandoned of Abattoir1999

Public Housing

Private Housing

2030s

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Removal of Vegetable Wholesale Market

2030s Lai On Estate1993

1981 Yee Kok Court

1965 Cheung Sha Wan Wholesale Fish market

Removal of Wholesale Poultry Market

2030s

1993 Yee Ching Court

GOVERNMENT PLAN

Cheung Sha Wan was originally the wholesale center of Hong Kong. After the two land reclaimation projects, the wholesale industry shifted to the new shoreline and will completely move out from the area in the foreseable future. Public housingwill replace these facilities according to the Government’s plan. What other types of development will benefit the community?

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Migrating IndustriesFrom Food Wholesale Center to High Rise Residential

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Training Restaurant

Ramp to Wet Market

Uitilizing Vegetables from VMO

Lift to Parking & Unloading Area

Mentors from other entreprises

The Abattoir

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Weekends Farmers’ Market

Education Visit

Community Farm

Way to Compost Centre

Entrance from Abattoir

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Weekends Farmers’ Market

Education Visit

Community Farm

Way to Compost Centre

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Community Farm

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mATERIAL QUALITIES AND PLAy ACTIONS

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DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by ANDREw RObERT TOLAND

DOROTHy TANG

SPRING 2013

8Two projects are included in this session. The first project is about investigating the relationship between the sliding motion and the slope of the sliding surface is investigated in this project. This is inspired by a simple play in the Tai Po Waterfront Park, which is a metal half-sphere on the ground.

Children slided down the sphere at various speed from the sphere, depending on the slope of the surface. Cloth is chosen as the material for the surface of the new play-ground design, since it has high flexibility in its tension.

The second project is an exploration exercise of “Assembling the edge” (Session 6). The given site is a boundary between a school and a basketball court in a rural village. The school is at a level around 1-1.5 m higher than the basketball court.

I explore the use of Timber as the major material for creating a new surface. Other natural resources like rocks and dirt are also used. The design consists of a transition from timber to dirt, and to rock. This design sequence could be extended, replicated or modified, in order to adapt to the conditions in different sites.

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Playground model - Plan Playground model - Elevation (2)

Playground model - Elevation (1)

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The tension of the cloth surface enables the slope of the sliding surface to vary thoughout the sliding motion, which increases the excitement of the play.

The weight of each person on the cloth surface acts as a point load and changes the slope of the surface.

weight VS Slope

Climbing VS Sliding

Sliding VS Slope

The cloth surface in Climbing Zone is under high tension, which is easier for children to climb up the slope.

The cloth surface in Sliding Zone is less tenser than that in Climbing Zone, which provides a greater flexibility in the slope change during sliding.

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Site model - Perspective from the basketball court (top) and the school (bottom)The design creates a seating area facing the basketball court. Timber tiles on the ground are extended towards the school, so as to invite kids to the court after lesson.

Site model - Side Elevation (1)The scattered rocks formed a route for the kids to climb, rest or play on.

Site model - Side Elevation (2)The design contains certain play elements. The timber stripes create different structures like pockets, seats, slides and platforms.

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The concept is originally a curved surface. Due to the feature of timber, the design is revised into continuous segments of straight lines.

Since dirt is quite loose to form the topography, the final structure of the surface is constructed by a steel frame. It acts as a supporting structure on the dirt, and timber tiles cover the frame as decks.

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Site Plan

Surface Design

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Conceptual Drawing

when a skater jumps, he tries to experience the feeling of flying in the air. At the same time, he has to bear the risk of falling onto the cold, hard ice surface and getting hurt.

DESIGN CONCEPT INSPIRED by THE mOVEmENT OF A SPORT

m O V E m E N TI N_L A N D S C A P E

DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

INSTRUCTED by STEPHEN SUEN

VINCCI mAk

FALL 2012

9This project aims to investigate on a move-ment in a sport, and generate a design concept to a site. The sport I picked is figure ice skating. It is an elegant but powerful sport. The skating blade and the toe-pick are the only contact and support of the whole person on the ice. Thus, they are vital for the mechanism of the skating movement.

The design concept is to create a journey that imitates the physical and mental process a skater will go through when he does a jump.

The design concept is put into a real site - Sun Yat Sun Plaza (Happy Park) in the HKU Main Campus. The plaza is a rectangular area bounded by Knowles Building and the Main Library. People mainly enters the plaza from the Sun Yat Sen Staircase. The plaza acts as a junction for staff and students of the University.

The plaza is a bounded area, which is very similar to an ice rink. The design concept aims to bring some elegance and dynamics to this empty retangular plaza.

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Take-off action of waltz jump

Space in the skating shoes

Pressure acting on the feet

Conceptual Drawing

when a skater jumps, he tries to experience the feeling of flying in the air. At the same time, he has to bear the risk of falling onto the cold, hard ice surface and getting hurt.

The conceptual drawing tries to capture both the physical and mental changes of a skater during a jump. There are some broken fragments at the bottom of the drawing, indicating the pain and hurt of a failure jump, while the continuous path implies a successful jump. The skater flies like a bird up into the air.

Final model - Slide

The first half of the final model is similar to that of the progress model. yet, the journey does not end on the platform. The flat platform is replaced by a shell-like seat. Around the seat, there is a large curve surface which acts as a slide.

Users can experience the uncertainty a skater would face when landing onto the ice surface after a jump. As the curve surface is smooth and slippery, users have to find their safest way sliding down onto the ground.

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The design consists of two slides and creates some gathering areas for people.

The original plaza has few gathering places. It acts as a junction of people flow.

The design changes the flow of some people. People entering the main Library should pass through the gathering area outside the Library first. Yet, the main flow of people from the staircase is not distrubed. It is even enhanced by the design, acting as pointers.

The design provides numerous gathering area for people entering the plaza. It aims to change the plaza from an interchange station for people heading to different destination, to a place where people would gather and stay.60

This slide provides a quick way for students in the study room of the main Library to get to the Starbucks on the ground floor. There is a seating area high-lighting the Democratic wall outside the library.

This area provides smooth surfaces for poeple to lean and rest. The pyramids combine to direct the main people flow in the plaza.

Another slide extends from the Architecture Studio to the First floor of the main Library, where most architec-tural reference books are kept there.

Seat Design

The seat design evolves from a more regular one to a streamline one. The visual access to the main Library entrance is further increased.

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CAREER DISCOVERy IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 2014

P L A y S C A P EI N S TA L L AT I O N

DIVISION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURETHE UNIVERSITy OF HONG kONG

COURSE DIRECTED by VINCCI mAk

SUmmER 2014

10As a teacher assistant, I led 3 high school students to complete a 1 to 1 installation project in 2 weeks time. Each team works in a designated area, with a certain amount of bamboo steamers of different sizes and various plant species.

Each group is required to make use of the given materials to create an interactive installation piece that is themed with an assigned “action verb”. My group is assigned with the verb “lie”. The students come up with an idea to create various lying seats to frame different viewpoints of the campus.

From designing the structure and consid-ering what programs to be integrated in the piece, to putting the pieces together and transferring plants into the steamers, all the work is completed by individual teams. It is quite challenging to work with high school students, and lead them through design processes and seek solutions for technical problems.

The completed installation is exhibited in an outdoor plaza in HKU during August and September 2014.

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STUDENT wORk by TASHA wONG

STUDENT wORk by HOwARD CHAN

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