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[Video Essay] Disappearing City – Memory in a bottle

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Theme Hong Kong is one of the most populated cities in the world. Unlike many cities such as Xi’an or Rome, many of whose historical sites could be preserved entirely. In Hong Kong, architecture preservation needs to consider both cultural value as well as economical effect. The theme of this video is “memory in a bottle”, which could be interpreted as how to choose the most representative and valuable part of architecture to be preserved. Ideally, people should select the minimum set of architecture features that capture most public memoroes. This video mainly investigates three historical sites: Kowloon walled city,

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[Video Essay]: Neon Lights – Disappearing City

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[Video Essay] Neon Lights: What now? Theme and subject:  I chose neon lights as the subject of this video. There is a lot of discussion about the de facto demise of the large neon signs of Hong Kong; this is largely indisputable. In Wanchai and Mongkok for example, these monumental signs no longer hang over the streets much like they did a mere 10 years ago. However, I think instead of lamenting the loss of those old school signs, we should be more receptive to more subtle lighting fixtures that still pop at night.  I chose a location that is

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[Field-Homework 3] Simulated City

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Simulated city Directed by Yanisha Chung Simulacra and Simulation is a philosophical treatise written by the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard and published in 1981. It is concerned with the role that images play in contemporary society and the way reality is mediated by these images. Baudrillard introduces the concept of Simulacra as a representation or copy of an original entity that has been detached from the original to become a false and perverted simulation of reality. He argues that our society is dominated by simulacra and as a result created a hyperreal world that is more real than reality itself.

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Slow City – Mall

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https://youtu.be/Cc-IL_Bc1iI Directed by:LIU Haitian 3035844314 Script: Tianjin, a city with a long history and rich culture, the way of life here is gradually slowing down. During the pandemic, there are no more people in the bustling city center. There are rows and rows of tall buildings and some new fashion elements. Shopping malls, once crowded and noisy, are now soothing and reassuring. A variety of fine jewelry stores, cosmetics stores, goods in full view. And instead of fighting, people walked at their own pace, a throwback to decades ago. Malls, once crowded and noisy, are now reassuring. A variety of

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[Field Homework 3] Ecological City

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Theme The assigned site was a ‘rooftop’ which was then expanded upon as “Ecological City”. It explores how despite Hong Kong enduring high levels of pollution as a result of its heavy urbanization, some individual farmers and architects took advantage of unutilized roof spaces for rooftop gardens, known as “green roofs”. Green roofs can be simple as vegetation integrated on top of residential buildings or walkways (such as the new Kai Tak sky garden), or gardens and farms that produces edible produce on the available space. The 2 sites explored – Hysan Place and HKU rooftop garden (now defunct and

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[Video Essay] Metamorphic City

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Story Board:   Description: Diocesan Boys’ School’s dormitories are on its main campus- a fairly uncommon sight in a city as pressed for space as Hong Kong is. There are two different dormitories, one of them for the teaching staff and another one for students. “It is an interesting mix of historic colonial buildings right next to these very modern buildings: it gels together,” Norman Chan, a famous Hong Kong architect once said. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both are mostly empty as their occupants have returned home. Those remaining are the ones taking DSE or non-local students – the dormitory

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