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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Final Video Essay, Uncategorized

[Field-Homework 3] Public City: Pedestrian Footbridge System, Mong Kok, Kowloon

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Video Link: https://youtu.be/A5mv5dX1Zys Introduction Using hostile architecture as a medium, this essay aims to discuss the relationship between the homeless and hostile designs. Meanwhile, the duality of these anti-homeless facilities is worth investigating at the same time. Homeless people are always the neglected stakeholders in our society. Walking on the streets, there is a high chance of you ignoring the beggar begging for a living. Since they are most likely bowing down or sitting on the walkway, it is difficult to notice when you normally walk in the city, especially everyone is walking in fast pace in Hong Kong. After

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Cat Links Lecture 4: Everyday Spaces as Narrative

[Reading Response] – Cuts through Hong Kong

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The writing depicts 60s Hong Kong living spatial relationship through analyzing immigrants and their homes in the film. Unlike nowadays’ housing situation, the bonding between both neighbors and spaces were much tighter in the past. Even though Hong Kong is still renowned for its insanely high housing and population density, the newly built commercial buildings and residential projects have taken away more private space. The walls have divided the city into interior and exterior regions. Back in the days, buildings were majorly tong laus. Owing to the density, people’s relationships were shortened due to short distance between households. You could

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 1: Architecture, Film & The Modern City

[Reading Response] Leaving The Movie Theatre

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Every time visiting to the cinema, are we only going for the plot or visual effect (car chasing, explosion, etc.) ? Some might say yes , but that won’t be different from watching at home then. As what have been elaborated in the reading, Roland mentioned that anonymity, darkness and ambiguity are those major elements composing the cinematography hypnosis. Immerse oneself in the dark, although perceiving the existence of other audience, we cannot actually realize it. Since dark has merely covered up our vision, making us focusing on the screen. Unlike watching at home, there won’t be your beloved cat

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