Urban Landscape Series • 5th December 2016

Inside the Buildings

Interior design has tremendous impact in the shaping of our day to day life. Some psychological studies even suggest that rearrangement of furniture by a third party can cause a severe discomfort.

Urban Landscape Series • 28th November 2016

Media Representation of Hong Kong

Outside the city centre lies more grass-roots social networking that juxtapose against the high-tech, sterile environment. The dual landscape served as an inspiration in Japanese animation Ghost in the Shell by Oshii Mamoru.

Urban Landscape Series • 25th November 2016

An Identity Crisis

The city's dynamism is enriched by the mobility and diversity of the population, as well as its characteristic reconstruction, renovation, and resettlement.

Urban Landscape Series • 21st November 2016

Problems of Urbanisation

With urbanisation, a mark of human civilisation, paradoxically comes problems. Organisation of existing and incoming population while managing the ever increasing population are some of most prominent problem city governments seek to address, especially in places like Hong Kong.

Urban Landscape Series • 18th November 2016

Tale of Two Postcolonial Cities

Just before the turn of the century, two events of utmost historical significance in Southern China took place. The handover of Hong Kong from Britain to China in 1997 and the relinquishing of Macau from Portugal two years later.

Urban Landscape Series • 14th November 2016

Beyond Tradition

Hong Kong is the epitome of a post-modern, post traditional urbanscape, especially apparent in its open spaces. Plazas, squares, parks and trails are valuable place makers.

Urban Landscape Series • 11th November 2016

A different Highrise

That little metal box you get in everyday several times a day, is a waste of space, architecturally speaking - elevators take up to 40 percent of the total floor area in some buildings.

Urban Landscape Series • 7th November 2016

From Savanna to Cities

We live in a radically different environment than our ancestors. The hunter gatherers inhabited open nature such as the savannah. More than half of the world's population now live in an urban setting.

Urban Landscape Series • 7th November 2016

Selling the Californian Dream

In recent years, gated communities have emerged in Hong Kong as a product. Like cars or television, quality accommodation is offered as commodities, in a finite range of models, for purchase.

Urban Landscape Series • 28th October 2016

Branding of Hong Kong

Hong Kong as an enclave of East meets West has been a source of identity crisis; yet from it emerges inspiration.