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[Field-Homework 3] Spacious City – fewer minibus stops

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A spacious City —– with fewer minibus stops Producer: Liu Junhe (UID 3035948469) video link: https://youtu.be/S_uGgvHj8N4 Hong Kong is a busy city with a dense population. In recent years, the most popular traffic transport is minibuses, especially in areas that are short and hard to reach by the MTR. However, because of the traffic and safety concerns, changes in public transportation policies, environmental issues and so on, the number of minibus stops is decreasing.   The most series problem is traffic congestion and road safety and that’s also what I pay much attention on my video. Hong Kong’s streets are

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Cat Links Final Video Essay

[Field-Homework 3] Disappearing City: Payphone Booths, Central

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  Disappearing City: Payphone booths, Central Written, Directed and Edited by Cheung Wan Suet, Yvonne, 3036234401 Video link: https://youtu.be/aOsq34dxst4 Theme and Description Central district, crammed with bustling traffic and looming skyscrapers, is the heart of this metropolitan and cosmopolitan city. Everybody here is occupied and is supposed to be occupied with something, living at the fastest pace, embracing the newest changes. All the happenings in here are in an indifferent state of transience and a non-occurrence. The existing payphone is also in a state of transience, silently waiting for its impending death. In the 90s, it was at its prime

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Cat Links FIELDWORK, Fieldwork, Fieldwork, Final Video Essay, FINAL VIDEO ESSAY, Final Video Essay, Uncategorized, Workshop 1: Building Sets, Spaces & the City + Costumes, Characters & Urban Situations, Workshop 3: Designing the Video Essay

[Field-Homework 3] Disappearing City: Tradditonal Bakeries

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Video Essay Link: https://youtu.be/FSxzPgGSrV0 Introduction:  Many of Hong Kong’s cultural experiences and gems, once staples, now remain as a few traditional spots and pockets of culture. These irreplaceable third places include dai pai dongs, neon lights, cafes, and most notably local bakeries. In the past decade, these mom-and-pop shops have gone away, leaving behind the local culture and countless networks of friendships spanning generations that revolved their lives around it. In other words, losing these local bakeries is more important than losing tangible neon signs and historical buildings because it will leave Hong Kong bare of cultural heritage. In August

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Cat Links 2024 Blog, Lecture 8: Sci-Fi Technoscapes

[Reading Response 2] The Imaginary Real World of Cyber-Cities

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I believe that both Machine Cities and CyberCities have emerged to create technologically advanced and connected urban environments. I will discuss how they affect people’s lives mainly from my perspective and personal experience. As the architectural space of the Machine City can accommodate and integrate advanced intelligent transportation technologies, I think this will improve our daily lives to a great extent. For example, I often suffer from traffic congestion, which negatively affects both my mood and efficiency. When urban space can accommodate an efficient traffic management system, our time can be saved. Also, reducing traffic congestion can reduce automobile emissions, which

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Cat Links Lecture 9: Global Space, Time & Architecture

[Mood Board] “Circled City” by Cheung Chun Yu

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Using different circle shapes elements in the city to document the life of people. I want to find different circle shaped things in Man Wah district as the topic, Using this specific shapes of things to represent the  daily life of human. I think something like circular architecture structure, candy, traffic light may appear in the video.  Circle is one of the most typical shapes for designing things used in daily lives.     3036228385 Cheung Chun Yu    

Cat Links Lecture 6 Housing Stories, Lecture 6: Housing Stories, Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Moving House (2001)

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“After development comes redevelopment” as a way of life where the dead people are also affected to be moved is sad. Tradition cannot be maintained because of the government planning of lands; the dead parents “moving” from a larger “house” to a smaller “house” which is the columbarium. The exhumation exercises that are shown in the video is is uncanny and creepy, and let us know how a dense city means the cityscape and way of living is ever changing and full of uncertainty. -3036237831

Cat Links Lecture 6: Housing Stories

Moving House Reflection – HAW Jane

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As the population of Singapore grows, gaining an ownership of a grave will be more difficult. Families of the deceased would be forced to relocate the remains somewhere else. Some might be unsatisfied with this as they think the land used for leisure purposes can be used for the dead, but other may think that relocating the dead near their loved ones is fortunate

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Lecture 6 Exercise – Reflection (Anvesha Bajpai)

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The switching between the older black and white clip of the new Singaporean Housing complex – which showcased the building – and the switching to the modern-day look of the complex, which looked old and run down, created an eerie feeling surrounding old ideas that were once considered revolutionary, becoming outdated and irrelevant to modern day problems. To strengthen this feeling, the director used contrasting sounds. During the old video, the non-diegetic sound consisted of orchestral music which created a sense of accomplishment surrounding the housing complex. In contrast, the modern-day footage consisted of diegetic of cars and other city

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