LEUNG POK YIN VICTOR

2008094825

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE

ARCH2013
MARISA YIU
FIRST SEMESTER, 2009
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 Table of Contents
Tracing Urban Formation and Data Models
Understanding and Mapping cities
Project 1 : 3rd August - 21st August

Six Sectonal Slices of Hong Kong

Project 2a : 24th August - 30th August

Urban Surface and Performative Models

Project 2b : 5th October - 19th October

Table of Contents
Constructing a new sports ground at Kenndy Town
Project 3 : 22th October - 30th November

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Map of San Francisco

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Map of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Tourist Attraction

Travelling time of major tourist attraction from two city centers in Hong Kong - Central and MongKok.
Mapped in two polar coordinate systems. Colour represent the nature of the attraction and the radius represent its popularity.
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The Peak (Geographical)

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Hong Kong and San Francisco Tourist Attractions Map

Mapped out the tourist attractions on the two cities.
Accessibilitiy shown as grey patches.
Clustering effects of tourist attractions linked as a star map.
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Driving Time From City Center

East Rail & MTR Station

Attractions Popularity

Hong Kong Attractions Cluster Map

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1km 5km
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San Francisco Attractions Cluster Map

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1km 5km
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Hong Kong Tourist Attractions and Connection to City Centers

The biggest arrows showed connections between city centers represented by the yellow regions. Connections of different modes radi-
ates from the city centres towards tourist attractions locations.
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Nature . Popularity . Travelling Time

Transformation of tourist attractions in Hong
Kong. The travelling time reduces as trans-
portation infrastructure improves over time.
Transformation and prediction of tourist
attraction focus with respect to its nature.
This diagram rethinks tourism in vocabulary
of time and space and their transformation.
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Nature . Popularity . Travelling Time

Information of San Francisco. Comparison
between Hong Kong (Previous Page) and
San Francisco, showed the difference in
tourist focus and transformation in time.
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Clustering . Accessibility . Popularity

Hong Kong
This set of star map represent the transformation of the city’s tourist attraction locations, their popularity, clustering and the accessi-
bility zone from the city center.
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San Francisco
Clustering . Accessibility . Popularity
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 HK Winter Fest 75 217 2.6 1.7 1 3 0 2.6 3 2 2 2
HK East Asian Games 100 95 3.6 6.6 8 4 10 3.6 4 3 3 4
HK Sevens (Rugby) 100 215 3.6 1.8 2 2 0 3.6 4 3 3 2
HK Art Festival 105 157 3.8 4.1 3 4 10 3.8 5 2 2 2
HK Book Fair 115 157 4.2 4.1 3 4 10 4.2 5 3 1 1
international travel expo (ite) 115 122 4.2 5.5 5 5 10 4.2 5 3 1 1
MID-AUTUMN LATERN CELEBRATION 115 250 4.2 0.4 0 1 0 4.2 5 3 1 1
hk culinary delights 120 90 4.4 6.8 6 7 10 4.4 6 2 1 1
Le French May 125 237 4.6 0.9 1 1 0 4.6 5 4 2 2
DISNEY FUNDING 145 110 5.4 6 6 5 10 5.4 3 9 5 4
AIRPORT BROCHURE 150 152 5.6 4.3 1 7 10 5.6 6 5 1 1
TOURISM ambassadors 155 60 5.8 8 10 5 10 5.8 5 7 1 1
HK voyage 155 90 5.8 6.8 10 2 10 5.8 7 4 1 1
chinese new year celebration 160 215 6 1.8 2 2 0 6 6 6 3 2
Harbour Light Show 180 105 6.8 6.2 8 3 10 6.8 6 8 1 2
cruise terminal at kai tak 185 67 7 7.7 7 8 10 7 5 10 4 4

Hong Kong
HKCEC 185 32 7 9.1 9 9 10 7 5 10 4 4
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overseas advertising 185 10 7 10 10 10 10 7 9 4 2 2

Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum 190 65 7.2 7.8 8 7 10 7.2 6 9 1 1
Revitalising Historic Buildings 195 60 7.4 8 10 5 10 7.4 7 8 3 3
pata travel mart 200 30 7.6 9.2 10 8 10 7.6 8 7 1 1
Museum of Art 205 30 7.8 9.2 10 8 10 7.8 7 9 1 2
Museum of History 205 10 7.8 10 10 10 10 7.8 7 9 2 1
Tourist Information Centre 205 10 7.8 10 10 10 10 7.8 7 9 2 2
Discovery HK Website 210 10 8 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 2 1
Heritage Conservation Policy 210 50 8 8.4 10 6 10 8 8 8 2 1
Tourism Infrastructure 215 67 8.2 7.7 7 8 10 8.2 7 10 3 3
visa free policy 215 10 8.2 10 10 10 10 8.2 7 10 1 1

Duration of effect (1-10) 1 Shot

Heritage Museum 220 10 8.4 10 10 10 10 8.4 8 9 1 2

Influence significance (1-5)

Time wait till effect (1-10)
Science Museum 220 10 8.4 10 10 10 10 8.4 8 9 1 1

Involving Parties 40%

money involved (1-4)

Dragon Signboard 230 10 8.8 10 10 10 10 8.8 10 7 1 1

Initiate Party 10%

long-term (1-10)
Hong Kong – Zhuhai – Macao Bridge 230 45 8.8 8.6 8 9 10 8.8 8 10 4 4

Money 50%
Long Term

Long Term
Gov (1-10)

Gov (1-10)
tourist information SIGNS 230 30 8.8 9.2 10 8 10 8.8 8 10 1 1

Critical Mass bicyclists demonstration 35 260 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

Columbus Day Parade 75 70 2.6 7.6 6 9 10 2.6 3 2 1 2
Castro Street Fair 80 215 2.8 1.8 2 2 0 2.8 4 1 2 2
Fourth of July Celebration 80 97 2.8 6.5 7 5 10 2.8 2 4 2 3
Pride Season (off-Broadway musical) 80 192 2.8 2.7 3 3 0 2.8 4 1 1 2
Hairrison Street Fair 90 215 3.2 1.8 2 2 0 3.2 4 2 1 1
LGBT Pride Celebration 95 217 3.4 1.7 1 3 0 3.4 5 1 2 2
chinatown mid-autumn festival 105 240 3.8 0.8 0 2 0 3.8 5 2 1 1
Halloween in the Castro 105 250 3.8 0.4 0 1 0 3.8 5 2 1 1
chinese new year festival & parade 110 215 4 1.8 2 2 0 4 6 1 1 2
international film festival 110 192 4 2.7 3 3 0 4 4 4 4 3
San Francisco City Guides (Archi Tour) 115 202 4.2 2.3 3 2 0 4.2 3 6 1 1
Bike Policy and Tours 130 137 4.8 4.9 5 6 0 4.8 4 6 1 1
Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museum 140 225 5.2 1.4 2 1 0 5.2 4 7 1 1
AIRPORT BROCHURE San Francisco 150 107 5.6 6.1 3 9 10 5.6 6 5 1 1
Alcatraz Ferry Tour 170 165 6.4 3.8 6 2 0 6.4 6 7 5 2
AT&T Park 180 167 6.8 3.7 3 3 10 6.8 6 8 2 2
Cable Car 185 80 7 7.2 6 8 10 7 5 10 3 5
overseas advertising 185 10 7 10 10 10 10 7 9 4 2 2
Asian Art Museum 190 10 7.2 10 10 10 10 7.2 6 9 1 1
Maritime Museum 190 10 7.2 10 10 10 10 7.2 6 9 2 2
Museum of Modern Art 190 30 7.2 9.2 10 8 10 7.2 6 9 2 2
Moscone Exhibition Centre 200 35 7.6 9 8 10 10 7.6 6 10 3 4
Fine Arts Museums 205 10 7.8 10 10 10 10 7.8 7 9 2 2
Tourist Information Centre 205 10 7.8 10 10 10 10 7.8 7 9 2 2
Only in San Francisco Website 210 10 8 10 10 10 10 8 8 8 2 1
Wax Museum 210 162 8 3.9 3 6 0 8 8 8 1 1
Tourism Infrastructure 215 32 8.2 9.1 9 9 10 8.2 7 10 3 3
visa free policy 215 10 8.2 10 10 10 10 8.2 7 10 1 1
San Francisco Heritage Society 225 192 8.6 2.7 3 3 0 8.6 9 8 2 1
tourist information SIGNS 230 30 8.8 9.2 10 8 10 8.8 8 10 1 1
District Planning policy 245 20 9.4 9.6 10 9 10 9.4 9 10 3 1

City Effort on Promoting Tourism

Comparative data analysis between two cities on - their efforts enhancing their tourism. Data collected from city tourism boards, surveys
and web rankings are formulated into calculation of qualitative values based on ranking systems similar to those used to rank schools. The
mapping of data into the multi-dimension matrix provide layers of reading possibilities.
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CNC Model - Generated from “Nature . Popularity . Travelling Time”

Holes drilled into the foam represents a tourist attraction. The depth represent the popularity, time is tracked by the transformation of the
hole size.
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Six Sectonal Slices
of Hong Kong - Sai Ying Pun

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Group Model for Group 1

The east-most slice of the group model belongs to my tutorial group.
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Site Model - Six Slices Combined
One week’s work on modeling the water front condition in 1:500. Price tag: HK$3500
Landscape topography - lasercut+handcut corrugated cardboard. Buildings / Roads - lasercut brown card.

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Topography lines prepared by me. Project coordinated by me, Winnie Au, Davis Leung. Whole class involvement in preparing building
cut files, bridges and gluing everything together.
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Sketch of Open Spaces

Imagine all flat surface have potential to be opened.
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Sketch on Photograph
Imagine podiums, platforms, roof tops and ground can seemlessly interconnect into a three dimensional matrix. The result has a potential
to act as a large open surface for public use.
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Digital Model Renderings
Center part of the slice is selected to translate into performative model due to its diversity in building heights and dramatically change in
topography. These renderings have colour coded top plates which showed surfaces of similar height.

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right: Rendering of the Void Space in the Digital Model

This image is turning the solid void model of the site upside down for better viewing.
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Performative Model - Rethinking Surface
Every surface in plan is lifted up to its scaled height at 1:500 painted white in the black background. Stood out is the relative height of the
surfaces and their three dimensional relationship. Surfaces include ground, podiums and roof tops.

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co-designing with Brooks Yang: Circular Street Loop Des Voeus Road West

A street block is transformed into a circular loop to explore the spatial

Center Street

Eastern Street
relationship along the street.

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Queen’s Road
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Site Model
The site under design is approximate 1.6 km wide waterfront in Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Island.
1:1000 Site model is realized with this line drawing to provide understanding of design context.
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Landscape Spectacle
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Site Analysis
The composite drawing contains zoning analysis, residential density analyse and no-build-zones.
The density of the green dots represent number of flats in the plot of land.
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First Scheme - Sports Synergy

Three design contributed by Chan Fung (left: cycling stadium), Connie Diu (middle: ice skating rink), me (right: running track).
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 Better arrangement
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Jamming pedestrian / car traffic Poor spatial quality for pedestrian Massive earthwork excavation Spatial quality by hierarchy of speed

Highway Pedestrian

Single layer traffic Pedestrian Pedestrian High speed traffic

Ground level

Vehicle Subway Metro

Normal Building - Deserted roof top Continuous Surface Building - Double accessible layer

Diagrams Illustration
Top: Explains an imagination of better traffic and pedestrian arrangements
Bottom: Illustrates the advantage of continuous surface building
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Sketch Model
Sketching out possibilities of continuous surface buildings.
Far one respects the hard dimension of a running track.

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Testing Model - Regular Section Generator 1:200
This model tests whether a regular section can generate adaptive space for programmatic needs. The result received a lot of critique about
over-sized footprint and poor spatial quality under the surface. Perforation and extrusion is needed for this to be successful.
We also realized that lofted geometry are very complicated to resolve, both by hand and by computer. Well thought surface geometries

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is necessary to be treated as one entity before exact geometries can be resolved.
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Mid-Review Panel 12th November 2009
Showing the lofted surface created by the regular sections, with programmatic carve out.

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 Highway Pedestrian

Single layer traffic Pedestrian Pedestrian High speed traffic

Ground level

Vehicle Subway Metro

Normal Building - Deserted roof top Continuous Surface Building - Double accessible layer

Open Space
Pedestrian Income

Open Space
Open Space
Building
Building
Drop Off

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Drop Off / Parking
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Potential Danger

Testing Model of New Geometry

To resolve the raised pedestrian edge with the lower water edge, a geometry came up with the strategy.
This hexagonal shaped connection strategy allows smooth circulation while creating pocket spaces for spectators or commercial spaces.

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Testing Model of Repeating Unit around the Tract 1:200
Bending the repeating unit along edge of the running tract creates a coliseum with an open side towards the sea.

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Final Models
Details of Presentation Model

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Hexagonal Units Surrounding Running Track
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Changing Rooms and Offices Cross Track Bridge Flat Fountain

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Main Stairs

Projection Lookout Point Open towards Sea View Main Track Inner Track

Presentation Model of Urban Coliseum

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Catalyzing Sports and Urban Life
 City Side of the Coliseum
“Imagine no more people will walk on the ground in the city, street life raised to the podium.” Victor L.
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Repeating Unit 1:50

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Presentation Model of
Main Stairs Detail 1:50
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 Renderings of the
Moments

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Top Plan 1:400

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+3m and +0m Floor plan 1:400

Section at Skylight 1:400

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Sectional Perspective at Stadium Center
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Final Models of the Group

Chan Fung (left: cycling rink), Connie Diu (middle: ice skating rink), me (right: running track)
Neatly combined into one linear assembly.
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next page: Imagining the Development
As the city grows, pedestrian bridges will develop and slowly grow into completely closed podiums. Traffic and pedestrians are visually
and physically separated, allowing intervention at certain points. Street life and urban arrangements will be lifted up to podium levels.

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Our design resolved the edge condition, where the podium ends at the edge of the city.
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