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[Video Essay] Slow City: Discovering the Hidden Oasis in Hong Kong

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Slow City: Discovering the Hidden Oasis in Hong Kong (Director/Narrator: Liu Kexin) Description of the theme: Hong Kong appears to be a city that never stops moving. People always rush from one place to another in a hurry (First Impressions in Hong Kong: What’s the Hurry?, 2017), while there are more and more cafes (Mok, 2021), which seems to be a different side of the fast-paced city. They provide perfect places for people to slow down among the hustle and bustle (Connell, 2020), fulfilling the increasing demand for slow living (God, 2022). After showing people rushing in a hurry, to

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[Field-Homework 3] Revived City – revival of the abandoned industrial site

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Video Essay YouTube link: http:/youtu.be/dnl7yac9Pbk To appreciate The Mills as a revived area, it is important to understand its history and the transformation it has undergone. The complex was originally built in the 1950s as a textile factory, but it fell into disuse in the 1990s as manufacturing moved to mainland China. In 2014, the Hong Kong government designated The Mills as a pilot project for the revitalization of industrial buildings, and it underwent a major renovation to transform it into a center for innovation and creativity (The Mills, n.d.). Today, The Mills houses a range of tenants including a

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[Field-Homework 3] *Floor*Building*Street—An Inclusive City

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*Floor*Building*Street—An Inclusive City Theme and Subject This video essay documents minority shops in the mid-levels of commercial or industrial buildings in Hong Kong. Apart from the spatial socioeconomic division regarding income status1, the extent of vertical segregation of Hong Kong’s business layout is also phenomenal: value is produced in illuminated high rises while a vast portion is consumed at international chains and retails near ground level. Independent shops run by highly personalized owners are sandwiched between office lights and neon signs. These stores may display fountain pens or vinyl, sell non-mainstream sports kits, offer bespoke tailoring, merchandise niche, vintage artifacts,

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[Field-Homework 3] Construction City- Connection between Residents and Bridges

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[Field-Homework3] ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgnGo1Zemyw&t=88s Construction City- Connection between Residents and Bridges “Construction City” describes the process by which urban areas are being developed and expanded through the construction of new buildings, roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. In this theme, we are highlighting the bridges in Tsuen Wan, which they are constantly adapting to meet the needs of their inhabitants and building up the connection between different malls and estates. Tsuen Wan is the city of flyovers and the one with the most bridges in Hong Kong. Metro stations link more than 20 retail centers and housing developments. There is little doubt that Hong

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[Field-Homework 3] Hybrid City: A self Introduction from HKU main building

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Final Video Essay Youtube link: https://youtu.be/ecx-PYe84VU Title: Hybrid City （Campus Building） Part 1: The HKU Main Building is an iconic campus building that shows the architectural hybridity of HK. It is not just a physical structure but a cultural and historical symbol that embodies the hybridity of Hong Kong’s architecture. This video and essay will emphasize the colonial Gothic Revival elements of HKU’s main building and explore the influence of hybrid cultures on incorporating architectural style. The Gothic Revival style emerged in the 18th century and was brought to Hong Kong during the colonial period. It aimed to revive medieval

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[Field-Homework 3] Dissociated city——prosperity and antiquity

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YouTube video: https://youtu.be/jQube-Pdryo Theme The first half of this video consists of several bustling places or things in Hong Kong, including the crowds at Kennedy Town, the Ferris wheel in Central, a singer’s concert, LAN Kwai Fong DJ performance, the night scene on the Avenue of Stars, Disney, etc., all of which illustrate the prosperous and colorful of Hong Kong. The second half of the video, on the other hand, is shot around the Stone slabs Street (also known as Pottinger Street) in Central, Hong Kong. It is a street with a history of at least 150 years, and the name Pottinger Street is actually named after

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[Video Essay] Crisis City

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Video link: https://youtu.be/z7j91E7NEdY Description of the theme: The maximum utilization of rooftops distinguishes Hong Kong from the other metropolises. The rooftop has been functioning as an alternative living place for the less-privileged working-class people since the post-war period.[1] The traditional residential feature is continuing and intensifying with the advance of modernization and urbanization, as the additional space provided by rooftops partly negotiates the tension between the scarcity of land resources and the consistent request for more space caused by the exceeding population and economic growth. In contemporary life, the rooftop is serving more functions in addition to a living place,

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[Video Essay] Hybrid City

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Link to Video: https://youtu.be/RYcMjUZFiRs   Concept Hypethral spaces like sidewalks are the circulatory system of walkable cities like Hong Kong. They provide an access point, a platform, like blank pages of a notebook, to fill in one’s experiences of the city. However, they seem to encapsulate a series of dichotomies- not hidden but not the focal object, open, unsheltered but restricting accessibility and routes, used by everyone but outside one’s ownership. They are public, but everyone narrates their private route, weaving in and out, sewing their traipsing experience into a communal urban fabric. Each narrative flows together, creating the mesh

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[Video Essay] Mobile City

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Title: Mobile City Site: Bridge Director: Zhou Yingqi YouTube link: https://youtu.be/pZOsfNtbpyo As one of the first cities from China which had directly confronted the lethal corona virus on a massive scale, Wuhan had faced many difficulties across multiple dimensions that were unforeseen and thus placed major challenges against this city and its vulnerable residents. However, due to its high abundance and availability of constructed bridges of good build quality, this city was enabled to withstand the crisis effectively as its bridges helped to deliver ample benefits economically, socially, and financially for city itself. For the purposes of this report, it

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