Introduction
The aim of this essay is to study the relationship between spaces, buildings and cities in deep and how they contribute to each other by learning from previous influential architectural principles in the early age and generate towards a new type of integrated theory for current Hong Kong architecture.
Theoretical preliminary
Space is created and enveloped by numbers of surfaces, which usually houses particular function. It is the core / spirit of architecture, which allows people to receive immediate primary sensation that architecture expresses. The sensation could be an expression of the architect or a memorial of special moment or events in different time period.
According to Bryan Lawson, in his book “Language of Space”,
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It is a separation or a division between objects, buildings or places. In architectural term, it could be a hole, a gap, a void, a space, a place or even a city where it is being disconnected or isolated.
According to Henri Lefebvre in his book “The Production of Space”, he stated, “(social) space is a (social) product”, which pointed out that spaces could be affected by different social aspects such as political issues.
To me, the “in- between” is something that is being “forgotten” or “left- over”,” yet always contains potential for alternative interpretations. As an architect, I would like to explore more about the “forgotten” or “left- over” space and investigate the best architectural solution to make good use of it efficiently. Therefore, in the following paragraphs, by taking Hong Kong as an example, I will start to compare and find similarities of spaces with regards to the unique context of Hong
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Having the fact that there is a rapid growth in financial business, population, immigration and tourism due to the approach of international investors and visitors. Furthermore, the substantial expansion on human wealth and economic boom in China is one of the major factors that show a direct relationship with the property price in Hong Kong nowadays. Also, the active involvement of Mainland investors in recent years makes the Hong Kong economy very competitive in comparison to the rest of the world, causing a significant rise in property price and thus a majority of small housing appears, causing a new architectural trend in Hong Kong.
On the other hand, land reclamation is one of the crucial architectural solutions in accordance with land scarcity since mid- 19th century. However, environmental protection is always the main concern raised by local citizens and campaigns. Therefore, instead of reclaiming more and more artificial land, an alternative interpretation is highly encouraged to take place.
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Displaced from their homeland, many of the old traditions and practices of Hmong refugees are re-established in their new abodes in Washington Park. They reproduce their home in alien buildings built by 20th Century German Americans. Duplexes, four-squares, and Victorian cottages become stage sets where daily life and practices of Hmong families unfold, where memories and practices from the past are enacted and remembered. Buildings are cultural products—the interior layout of rooms, the relationship between various interior spaces, the visual and architectural character reflect the cultural values of those who built these structures. Doors, walls, entrances act as boundaries between various social domains— public, private, male, female, nature, culture, leisure, and recreation.
To obtain grass again dirt must be placed down along with grass seeds and be artificially grown. In the event that we need once again more farmland many of the flat land in urban areas is all ready being used by parking lots and such other constructs. In my opinion I believe that the construction of new buildings on new plots of land has to come to an end relatively soon before their is no more land for anyone to us. However, I agree with the idea of putting up new building. I agree with the idea of using all ready ruined land such as old strip malls and other such places to build these new buildings.
Space refers to the gap between two objects. iii. Connections are relationships bridging the space between people and places. 2. How Do Geographers Describe Where Things Are?
Albert Bierstadt made the space look like the individual observing the painting is actually there, because he used two point perspective in his work. Two point perspective is having two vanishing points within an artwork. Space helps someone picture the artwork more in depth. The shapes of the old mill, Mountains, and trees are flat and has light color. Value is the lightness or darkness of colors.
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Other scholars have documented that when communities go through preservation periods, this may also be followed by reinvestment and gentrification (Lees et al. 2013). However, wealthy people do not just go around with the intention of displacing families in communities. Besides greedy landowners, there are other mechanisms that factor into gentrification and displacement. Be it a vibrant ethnic culture, a booming art scene, or trendy restaurants, creative factors that welcome diversity attract outside community members to either participate or invest (Florida 2003). Even if heritage, art, and restaurants may have been created for current residents, people with more financial mobility are able to participate in cultural consumption at their
It contested the professions and the way it was taught. It turned away from conventional architecture and proposed more adaptive architecture that would accommodate the emergent needs of its users through a rebellious style in an age heavily influenced by pop- culture and Dadaism. It redefined architecture and embraced a criteria o perishable yet indefinite, multifunctional space that was applied to new city models. It emphasized a vital support to culturally changing mechanisms of the city and not simply functional organization of space. The radical ideas experimented with spatial, creative, political and consumer freedom that surfaced in the 1960’s.
Hong Kong is a part of China, but this two places have different and contrast of the culture nature. Hong Kong, the culture can be described as a foundation that began with China, and then became more influenced by British colonialism. Therefore, Hong Kong develop an identity of as its own, a unique and fusion of Chinese and Western cultures. China, the culture of the People 's Republic of China is an ample and sundry mix of traditional was influenced by Chinese culture with communist and other international modern and post-modern.
New designs have been adopted since the onset of architecture, and thus, with the concentration of a history of architecture, new phenomenon and innovations are realized that would help in further explanation and address of other necessities in the same sector. A concentration in the History of architecture and landscape architecture as a course incorporates more than one element of
“Biophilic design is the deliberate attempt to translate an understanding of biophilia into the design of the built environment” (Kellert, 2008). It involves building and landscape design that enhance human well-being by fostering positive connections between people and natural environment. It is an innovative design approach that aims to maintain, enhance and restore the benefits of experiencing nature in the built environment. It starts by observing the effect of the mutual interaction between the natural and the built environment. The learned knowledge is then reflected onto the design and construction of the built environment.
Tectonics is defined as the science or art of construction, both in relation to use and artistic design. It refers not just to the activity of making the materially requisite construction that answers certain needs but rather to the activity that raises this construction as an art form. It is concerned with the modeling of material to bring the material into presence - from the physical into the meta-physical world (Maulden, 1986). Since tectonics is primarily concerned with the making of architecture in a modern world, its value is seen as being a partial strategy for an architecture rooted in time and place therefore beginning to bring poetry in construction. Tectonics, however, has the capacity to create depth-ness of context resulting in the implicit story being told by the tectonic expression.
In the architectural realm these nonvisual experiences become important in how our space is perceived, how it makes people feel and even perform. The scale of architecture in relation to the person, the sensation a hand feels while touching a handrail, or the sound a person makes on the building as they walk: all of these
Using data gotten primarily by observation and secondarily by review of other literature, the paper researches on the present impact of housing deficiency on Architecture. The paper provides the positive and negative impacts of housing shortage on architecture in Nigeria, such as,