[Field-Homework 3] Slow City: Asia Society

YouTube:https://youtu.be/x1VrJieJVbU   Slow City: Asia Society Video description In this video, it`s theme focus on discussing the feasibility of living slow in Hong Kong, specially focusing in the Central business district (CBD) in Hong Kong. It aims to find a place in Admiralty and achieve the level of having a secluded life inside the city. There is classical Chinese ‘小隱於野,大隱於市’ which means that finding a higher level of secluded life, it is better the find it inside the downtown than from the natural ( (百度百科:黎媛21, 2024). It wants people to find its own heart, own life. People always distribute Hong Kong

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[Field-Homework 3]: Disappearing City: General Post Office

You Tube link: https://youtu.be/_v_SNZ_Eug0 This essay aims to explore the disappearance and existence of the General Post Office from the perspective of individuals and society. The General Post Office (GPO), established in 1976 in Central, Hong Kong, is facing demolition. Its fifty years of service and distinctive modernist design have elicited nostalgia from many citizens. After my research, I seen it as a mark of new era. Since the 1960s, with Hong Kong’s international commercial success and decade-long population growth, the government has implemented land reclamation projects along Victoria Harbour, giving rise to the conception of the fourth-generation GPO, which

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[Field-Homework 3] Ongoing City

https://youtu.be/CdyECnE0YDw Theme: Architecture exists not only above the surface of ground but also underground. Some networks are hidden but also a crucial and busy network to be reckoned with. There are over 330 pedestrian subways distributed in districts throughout Hong Kong. (1)These tunnels are crowded with passengers everyday. People come and go, except those who are lost. The impression I had on the epidemic is about “hopelessness”, “age of darkness” and “uncertainty”. However, we eventually evolved from this virus and developed a new way to live our lives these days. Suddenly, the news about the expulsion of the homeless from

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[Field-Homework 3] Control City-Rooftop

    Introduction Living under the world of hypocrisy, all mankind is controlled by the society, we have been asking to reform as the person that society intends to become, from a little kid with big dreams, to a rowdy, insolent teenager, to a university student, to a future member of the society…Our lives seem to be barred in this fixed reincarnation. Hong Kong is a densely-populated metropolis, a fast-paced society, and a concrete jungle… Hongkongers are labeled as hard-working and overtime working as an inexorable “machine”, and we require fast in various aspects, eating, working, learning, transporting, etc. We

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[Video Essay] Disappearing City

  Student ID: 3035855430 Directed By: Seo Jun Ho Site: Corridors, School Corridor in my mind Theme: Disappearing City   Background Information:   How is a small space in a corridor changing constantly?   The corridor could be a passageway for people to go from one place to another. However, it could also be a space for gathering, especially in places like schools. After class, it’s a place where students see and interact with each other. Hence the corridor could be identified as a place of gathering. While the city can be considered a place of meeting outdoors, corridors serve

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[Field-Homework 3] Under coronavirus, a matter of History and ethnic with behavior

The coronavirus has spread from China to overseas, after the first outbreak of disease in Italy, Europe, America and the Latin American countries have an exponential growth in patient. Compare to the outbreak countries, there are better disease containment in Hong Kong and Singapore constrain the number of growths. Through film and the different housing environment, enclosed public space and open area with different perspectives, can discovered how political, economic, cultural ideology and architectural environment interact and impact on person leading to different social behaviour. The linkages of idea using mind map, with the aid of photos, newspapers and film

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[FIELD HOMEWORK 3] RISE OF RACISM

synopsis: With the outbreak of corona virus in China, many asians are ringing the alarm about the potential of discrimination in the western countries. The situation becomes even worse especially when they are wearing a mask to protect themselves. Hence, i would like to grap this opportunity of making this documentary in reflecting their everyday life under corona virus.  In the storyboard, an asian wearing a mask will be experiencing her normal life, going to work by the underground. She will come across the discrimination from the westerners because of her nationality and mask.   chan yuet mikayla UID: 3035707334

[Field-Homework 3] Limited Stock

Documentary Name: Limited Stock   Storyboard   Concept Board   Description: I wanted to give the viewer a sense of the space whilst emphasizing the idea of isolation and panic. I used a lot of first-person perspective shots, mostly wide enough to fit a lot of visual information into the frame. Frames five and six, which are the middle two scenes are the most important, as they visually show the disappearance of necessities and the ‘Limited Stock’. The rush of the bustling supermarket goers was presented by spending more time in the more populated areas of the supermarket and the

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