Sheron Ka Sin SIU: May 2014

Thursday 15 May 2014

EXP3 Valley, MashUp and Concept

Concept came up from the MashUp: Constructing Spaces in a Limit Area

MashUp

Architecture in Hong Kong is extremely diverse and you can always find something new in Hong Kong. Since high population density in Hong Kong, there are endless feast of glass-walled skyscrapers. The uniqueness of Hong Kong's architecture is not becasue it has one outstanding masterpiece, but how different high-rise combine into one spectacular cityscape. But when you are surrounded by buildings on all sides, what do you see? It's usually assumed that it's the tall give them the edge. However, French artist Lamadieu Thomas takes claustrophobia-inducing photographs of urban landscapes through a fish-eye lens, framing the sky with rooftops and filling the negative space with playful illustrations. He describes his whimsical approach to art as an attempt to show “what we can construct with a boundless imagination” and “a different perception of urban architecture and the everyday environment around us.”

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Travel-g294217-s201/Hong-Kong:China:Architecture.html

http://www.planetizen.com/node/48210
http://www.archdaily.com/503695/artist-fills-paris-negative-space-with-whimsical-illustrations/

"Sky Art" Series
By French artist Lamadieu Thomas

The Lion Rock from Hong Kong

Site View in Google Earth

Tuesday 6 May 2014

EXP 2 Links

SketchUp 3D Warehouse:
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/model.html?id=ua024e2aa-1255-4d40-a737-67c693c99123

EXP 2 Final Submission

ElectroLiquid Aggregation: The nature is boundless

The week before, I chose the block (the sky is the limit - Jeanne Gang) to form a 3D curving surface. However, I think the another one (nature is not filled with right-angles - Bertrand Goldberg) is more suitable with curving surface since the concept from Goldberg is about boundless space which is without any limitation of angles.

This open area faces to lake, the mountains and the sky, totally connects to the endless nature.

The sky is the limit, it is the concept from Gang. It can be comprehended as there is actually no border within the nature since the sky is really big which we can never reach it. Therefore, a square space is made without ceiling, but with two high walls that point to the sky, showing that even the walls stretch away into the sky, they still cannot reach the infinity nature.