Future Platform - Urban Planning and Architecture Agenda
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 10:43PM Diorama Projects is proud to support
FUTURE PLATFORM - Searching for the link between Urban Planning and Architectural Agenda
A Collateral Event of the 2013 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (Hong Kong) UABB (HK) with CUHK x OIL Programme
26 January 2014 until 15 February 2014
Mon 14:00 - 20:00
Wed - Sun 10:00 - 20:00
30 January 10:00 - 17:00
Closed Tues and 31 January, 1 February 2014
Activity Room 2, Oi! 12 Oil Street, North Point
Admission free
"Future Platform" presents a series of design proposals for Hong Kong created between 2012 and 2013 by postgraduate students from the Design Studio at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s School of Architecture. The studio, headed by Yutaka Yano, Adjunct Assistant Professor at School of Architecture, encourages students to form their own understanding of the cultural and socio-economic framework of our city through design investigation, using research as the basis for creating an “architectural agenda”.
The exhibition showcases proposals for Swire Properties’ Taikoo Place Development in Quarry Bay and the MTR’s Union Square and sets out a new master plan for the West Kowloon District using architectural models and drawings. The studio considered the cultural, socio-economic, planning and land development conditions present in each location, identifying key issues and concerns before redesigning these sites within their site-specific parameters, such as creating room to house an additional 200,000 people in West Kowloon District, searching for innovative engineering solutions to the technical challenges of high rise construction and the problems created by infrastructure in areas of high density.
The resulting design proposals presented in “Future Platform” are a combination of technical innovation and awareness of local cultural and social issues which can not be overcome by engineering solutions alone, for example "how can we preserve or extend the local urban character which has developed organically over many years?" The exhibition offers a fresh perspective on Hong Kong’s future from a new generation architects and, from a broader perspective, the future the role of architects in Hong Kong.
Join the conversation...
15:00-16:00
Oi!, 12 Oil Street, North Point
Admission free
Forum supported by Diorama Projects
