Update on Hong kong site research

Drawing still on the process

@ Pottinger street_ Demo Drawing Hongkong

@ Pottinger street 

1.)Massing model of the site(Still figure out the good view to show the iso. Because our site was located at the narrow street between the tall building, most of my focus zone was block buy the tall building.)

2.)The second image I point out the zone that I want to focusing on.(shifting abit  from the initial discussion that we have at the site. shifting a bit to the main road)

HK Site Reserach

The site for my project is going to be the escalated walkway which I choose to focus on the part that intersects with Lyndhurst Street and Hollywood Street.

Hong Kong Site

From the research of the Royal Opera House and Protestantism, I was very interested in the idea of multiple agents coming together to a sense of ecstasy: a "climax." 

This climax would be achieved by participation and activation by different actors: people, light, wind, and sound. A choreographed sequence with precise timing and control would be established to create a "performance" leading up to the "climax."

In the context of Hong Kong where a prominent axis or prescribed view barely exists, the architecture seeks to provide symmetry and alignment in a seemingly chaotic and complicated site. When actors are unaware of their participation in the choreography, effects produced would be meaningless. Yet, when actors actively perform and conduct their religious rituals and ceremonies, this symmetry and alignment would be gradually revealed until one achieves the climatic moment.

The effects I seek to achieve is an "immersed" environment, similar to that of a Gothic Church, yet surpasses it as the architecture is no longer static but plays a major role in the performance and responses to the agents acting upon it.


Selected Site: Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong

Intersection of Lyndhurst Terrace, Gage Street, Cochrane Street, and another pedestrian path from Hollywood Road


I was enticed by intersections of the streets, each with its own distinct characteristics, as well as the elevated walkway above. The complex and exciting site conditions reminded the concept that I wanted to achieve: the idea of symbiosis, coming together of diverse agents.

Possibilities of Effect: Immersed Views upwards

3D Model (in progress)

Plan

looking from west end of Lyndhurst Terrace

looking from east end of Lyndhurst Terrace

looking from Gage Street 

looking from Cochrane Street

*still unsure of which angle to choose from

Searching for Hindus performative space in Pottinger Street,Hong kong

Diagrams illustate the beginning of the project, combining the concept of Hinduism of physical contact with holy water with water infrastructure in the city of hongkong.

 FSketch of the space looking for before site visiting

Site : Pottinger Street https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208954949214384107546.0004ae3c98618fcced3d6&msa=0&iwloc=0004ae3c9c007726edcc8 !!

The slope condition that I am looking for and surrounded by buildings on both side.

Street vendor in Pottinger street, the street of people.

This is condition when the shop is close

when it opens.

Working process : Modeling the site.

Model building height, going to add detail and street furniture.

Over all buidling without hiding.

Hong Kong Site Research_Central District Hong Kong

Central District, the hub of wealth and power in Hong Kong since the British first took prosession of this barren rock on the coast of China in 1841. 

 On Sundays and public holidays thousands of prediminantly Filipina domestic helpers, enjoying their only time off, gather to picnic and socialise on Central’s walkways and squares, which makes for a festive atmosphere; note, however, that many of the buildings in this area are roped off.

The Site Parameter is stretched along the 4 axis of Queen road central crosswalk including the vantage points from all possible angles with in the cross walk directions.

Parts of the site are attached to the following streets

1. Queen Road Central Sreet
2. D'Aguilar Street
3. Theatre Lane Street
4. Pedder Street
5. Stanley Street
6. Wellington Street