ARCH7012-22-32-42 - Course Outline

Architectural Research 1 ARCH7012/22/32/42
Summers semester 2018/2019
The CONTRUCTION of a WORLD-CLASS CITY

GLOBAL HONG KONG
Course Coordinator
Dr Silvia Micheli
Trip Assistant
Dr Cameron Bruhn
Videography Advisor
Shuwei Zhang
This course is designed around the research field-trip in Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau, funded
by the 2018 Endeavour Grant scheme and focuses on Hong Kong’s new identity and role in the PRD
region, as it seeks to recast its international reputation as a world-class city. A world-class city
implies inclusiveness and diversity, with a high concentration of talented, creative and well-
educated residents. World-class status is defined, amongst other characteristics, by the ability to
offer a high-quality lifestyle and great connectivity; develop a thriving art and cultural community;
provide a vibrant business hub; foster innovation and competitiveness by attracting technology and
technologists. How this profile does convert into the built environment? How does Hong Kong
negotiate its colonial past and its global future ambitions? Considering 2047, how are the Chinese
and English backgrounds going to be blended into a new Chinese world-class city?
Through comparative case-studies, students will investigate the typologies that characterise the
built environment of a world class-city (Hong Kong and its polycentric urban system, including
Macao and Shenzhen) and will reflect on the tension between local and global dimension; historical
urban texture and new infrastructures; Hong Kong’s former nature of financial district and its
ambition of and retaining its position of one of the most competitive global cities in Asia. The
research will be divided into two parts: the preparatory phase and the field trip (14-22 January
2019). Upon return in Brisbane from Hong Kong, students will finalise their research under the
supervision of the Course Coordinator. Students who will be travelling, will be required to arrange
skype meetings.
Students are invited to use both online resources and digital and hard-copy references, some of
which are recommended by the Course Coordinator. They will be asked to use complementary
tools for conveying their research findings, such as texts, drawings and videos. This material will be
put together in an exhibition to be organised in March 2019 in the School of Architecture.
During the field-trip, students (funded and self-funded) will be asked to operate in group in order to
maximise their learning opportunities. Dr Cameron Bruhn, Head of School of UQ Architecture, will
join the group for the duration of the trip.
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Architectural Research 1 – Dr Silvia Micheli
Summer Semester 2018/19
TIMETABLE
26 Nov 2018 9.00–10.00
9.00–5.00 Course presentation
Room 05-207
10.00–12.00
Lecture on recording Architecture by S. Zhang
12.00–5.00
Workshop “Recording Architecture” 1 (with
Shuwei Zhang) @SLQ
3 Dec 2018 9.00–10.00

9.00–5.00 Workshop “World-class city: Nature and
Room 05-207 characteristics” (with Amelia Hine)
10.00-11.30
Seminar about World-class city’s typologies
(students’ discuss their research in groups of 3)
11.30–5.00 (including lunch break)

Workshop “Recording Architecture” 2 (S. Zhang)
4 Dec 2018 9.00–9.45

9.00–5.00 Lecture “Hong Kong between past and present”
Room 01-
E107 9.45–10.45
Field-trip presentation (with Cameron Bruhn)
11.00–12.00
Field-trip organisation (with O. Dwyer, H.
Benjaminson)
1.00–5.00
Review of the research projects (ppt
presentations).
9 Jan 2019 Assignment 1

Building urban in Hong Kong
(40%)
14–22 Jan Field Trip to Hong Kong/Macau/Shenzhen
2019
29 Jan 2019 9.00–10.00

9.00–2.00 Debrief of the trip
Room 05-207
10.00–3.00
Review of students’ material
6 Feb 2019 Final presentations Assignment 2

2.00–6.00 Building urban in Hong Kong
Room 05-207 (60%)
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ASSESSMENTS AND PARTICIPATION
Assessments
The research work will be graded based on levels of attainment relative to the assessment
criteria. There will be 2 assessment tasks and each one of them will be individual and evaluated
independently. Students will keep in touch with the Studio Coordinator via email or blackboard
announcements. Students must submit all assessment items to pass the research course.
Attendance
A significant proportion of the knowledge and skills required to successfully complete the
assessment tasks in this course will be delivered and developed in workshops, lectures and a
field trip, while reviews and critiques will be used to further enhance communication skills,
creativity, analytical reasoning and critical capabilities. Student interaction in all scheduled
activities, therefore, forms an integral part of the learning process.
Submissions
Students need to be submitted via Blackboard by the due date and time (any other way won’t
be accepted).
Feedback
Formal individual feedback will be provided to each student after each formal submission.
Students can record their weekly discussion with the studio coordinator/tutors during studio
time for their personal use.
IVAH
Assessment 1 and 2 are IVAH assessments.
As Summer Semester starts on 26th November 2018 and ends on 9 February 2019, we expect you
to attend the whole program. If you cannot attend some parts of it, please be in touch with the
Course coordinator directly. Also, remember there will be no extensions given for this course due to
the nature of the course (an overseas travelling selective conducted on-site).
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ASSESSMENT 1
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF A WORLD-CLASS CITY: THE CASE OF HONG KONG/SHENZHEN/MACAU
Due date: Wednesday 9 January 2018, 17.00 (on Blackboard)

Weighting: 30% (IVAH)
Type: Digital submission (1 single pdf on Blackboard)
Assessment criteria:
40% – Urban analysis and
40% – Critical research questions
20% – Communication
Tasks description:
Students will explore the nature of a world-class city through a comparative study and will
contextualise their findings in the Asia Pacific context. They will also analyse their urban
typology/theme assigned in Hong Kong and will generate critical research in preparation to the
field-trip. Research questions will be formulated and discussed with the group. Students will also
attend a 2-session workshop on video recording, which include a practical exercise at the SLQ and
the draft of the storyboard for the video to be shot in HK. Stabilisers and tripods will be provided by
the school.
Submission of this assessment will comprise:

• Draft of the 2000-word text on the typological comparative study (key concepts, images and
infographics)
• Draft of the A1 comparative panel, size to be confirmed with the Course Coordinator
• Video of the exercise @ SLQ
• Storyboard of the video to be shot in Hong Kong
The contents of this assignment will then be presented orally in Hong Kong directly in front of the
buildings.
This submission will be evaluated individually and formal feedback will be provided.
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ASSESSMENT 2
URBAN TYPOLOGY
Due date: 5 February 2018, 17.00 (on Blackboard)

Weighting: (70% IVAH)
Type: Digital submission (1 single pdf on Blackboard)
Assessment criteria
40% – Analysis and design research of building types
40% – Critical reflections on the urban growth and change
20% – Communication
Task description
Based on their filed-trip experience, students will go through their analysis in situ and react to the
scale of the context. They will critically elaborate a statement and visual material to explain the
mutations of Hong Kong, considering issues of identity and history (Financial centre/world-class city
and western/Chinese identity) and the repercussion on the built environment.
Submission of this assessment will comprise:

• Critical research statement (2000-word text, footnotes excluded)
• A1 Comparative panel (two drawings), size to be confirmed with the Course Coordinator
• Critical 180-sec video of the assigned typology/theme
All material for this assignment need to be at exhibition level.
This submission will be evaluated individually.
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RECORDING ARCHITECTURE
Workshop by Shuwei Zhang
Workshop 1 will introduce students to film making/storytelling aspects (planning, choosing,

storyboarding) and effective ways of storytelling through the media of film. It will demonstrate
technical processes on the smart phone and the use of equipment. Finally, at the State Library of
Queensland, students will be guided through a practical exercise of recording. Students will be then
asked to produce a 90-sec video for Workshop 2, taking place at UQ the following week. Stabiliser
and tripods will be provided by the School.
***
Workshop 2 will be about reviewing and editing student’s work from workshop 1 in order to tell a
more effective story. Workshop 2 will be run like a tutorial.
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RECOMMENDED GENERAL REFERENCES
On world-class cities
• Saskia Sassen, The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo, 2001 (intro on blackboard and full book @
UQ Library)
• Pat Crawford, Robert Dalton, Marybeth Graebert, Scott Witter, “Core Elements of a World Class
City”, http://www.wseas.us/e-library/conferences/2015/Michigan/LENFI/LENFI-04.pdf
• Hong Kong Fantasies: Challenging World-Class City Standards, Rotterdam: NAI Publishers, 2011 (in
Silvia’s office)
• “Asia’s world city”, https://www.info.gov.hk/info/sar5/easia.htm
• “What is Brand Hong Kong?”
https://www.brandhk.gov.hk/html/en/BrandHongKong/WhatIsBrandHongKong.html
• http://www.worldcitiescultureforum.com/cities
On Hong Kong
• Geraldine Borio, Caroline Wuthrich, Hong Kong in Between, Zurich: Park Books, 2015 (in Silvia’s
office)
• Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption, Stefan Al ed., Honolulu: University of Hawaii
Press, 2016
• Charlie Q.L. Xue, Hong Kong Architecture 1945–2015: From Colonial to Global, Singapore: Springer,
2016
• Tat Lam and Benedetta Tavecchia, “Taxonomy of Public Space in Contemporary Hong Kong”, William
S.W. Lim, Public Space in Urban Asia, London: World Scientific Publishing, 2014, 130-137 (on
blackboard)
On Shenzhen
• Learning from Shenzhen: China’s Post-Mao Experiment from Special Zone to Model City, Mary Ann
O’Donnell, Winnie Wong and Jonathan Bach eds, Chicago: The University of Chigago Press, 2017
On Macau
• Macau and the Casino Complex, Sefan Al ed., Reno: University of Nevada, 2018
Videos/movies
• “Homes for All - Hong Kong with Max Hirsh and Xiaoxuan Lu”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=205&v=Q3A8ZBeslQc
• “Inside Hong Kong’s cage homes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU
• Chungking Express (1994 Film), on youtube (part 1 and part 2) or
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109424/
Photos
• Romain Jaquet-Lagreze, Concrete Stories, Hong Kong: Asia One, 2018
https://www.romainjl.com/
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Students List
1. Genevieve Quinn 43547360

genevieve.quinn@uq.net.au
2. Angie Whittaker 43192993

a.whittaker1@uq.net.au
3. Sean Dervan 42847791

sean.dervan@uq.net.au
4. Rebecca Stables 43133893

rebecca.stables@uq.net.au
5. Yasmine Melis 43536869

yasmine.melis@uq.net.au
6. Olivia Daw 43500673

olivia.daw@uq.net.au
7. Daniel Lonergan 43174104

daniel.lonergan@uq.net.au
8. Lingfeng (dylan) Li 42882916

ling.li3@uq.net.au
9. Alejandro Munoz Camargo 42570576

alejandro.munoz@uqconnect.edu.au
10. Sean McLean 42611965

sean.mclean@uqconnect.edu.au
11. Jing Wang 43847051

jing.wang13@uq.net.au
12. Kevin Li 42668026

kevin.li@uqconnect.edu.au
13. Jiatuo Song 45262377

jiatuo.song@uq.net.au
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Typological comparative study
1. Shopping mall/Street market (Shopping) Genevieve Quinn

2. Skyscraper/Iconic tower (Landmark) Angie Whittaker
3. Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge/Ferry terminal to Macau (Regional Infrastructure) Sean
Dervan
4. Sky-bridge system/Lane system (Urban infrastructure) Rebecca Stables
5. Cultural district (West Koowloon)/Art Venues (Entertainment infrastructure) Yasmine Melis
6. Waterfront (West Koowloon)/Island (Nature) (Entertainment infrastructure) Olivia Daw
7. Casinos Old/New in Macao (Legalised gambling) Daniel Lonergan
8. Stock Exchange Hong Kong/Shenzen (Financial institution) Lingfeng (dylan) Li
9. Jockey Club Innovation Tower/HK Polytechnic (Educational institution) Alejandro Munoz
Camargo
10. HK Observation wheel/Ngong Ping cable car service (Leisure infrastructure) Sean McLean
11. Services apartments/Mansions (Accommodation) Jing Wang
12. HKIA/Kai Tak Airport (International infrastructure) Kevin Li
13. Stadium/Leisure and cultural service department (sport infrastructure) Jiatuo Song
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1. Shopping mall/Street market (Shopping)
Shopping malls
• The Landmark (Central)
https://www.landmark.hk/en/default
• Harbour City (Tsim Sha Tsui)
http://www.harbourcity.com.hk/en/
• Festival Walk Shopping Mall
http://www.festivalwalk.com.hk/en/
• Elements Mall – at the ICC Tower, midrange to luxury shopping
https://www.elementshk.com/eng/elements/main/index.jsp
Street markets
• Mong Kok area holds a large number of street markets -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mong_Kok
• Stanley Market – tourist attraction but old market http://www.hk-stanley-market.com/
• Yau Ma Tei Fruit Market – butcher features in Ghost in the Shell (2017 Film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219827/
• Hong Kong Tourism Board’s specific list of specialty markets in Hong Kong, eg goldfish,
electronics: http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/shop/where-to-shop/street-markets-
and-shopping-streets/index.jsp
Initial bibliography
Mall City: Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption, Stefan Al ed., Honolulu: University of Hawaii
Press, 2016
Xue C.Q.L. (2016) Serving the Middle Class—Private Housing and Shopping Mall. In: Hong Kong
Architecture 1945-2015. Springer, Singapore
Lui, T. (2001). The malling of Hong Kong. In G. Mathews, & T. Lui (Eds.), Consuming Hong Kong (pp.
23–45). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Lin, L. (2002). Indoor City and Quasi-public Space: A study of the shopping mall system in Hong
Kong. China Perspectives, (39), 46-52. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/24051014
Kinoshita H. (2001), The Street Market as an Urban Facility in Hong Kong. In: Miao P. (eds)
Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities. The GeoJournal Library, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht
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2. Skyscraper/the Bank of China
Sky100 tower
• https://sky100.com.hk/about-sky100/
• The Skyscraper, 2018 (movie) https://www.archdaily.com/888619/the-rock-is-starring-in-a-
new-action-movie-called-skyscraper-and-it-looks-crazy
The Bank of China

• https://www.archdaily.com/153297/ad-classics-bank-of-china-tower-i-m-pei
JONATHAN SHAW, “Skyscraper as Symbol: The semiotics of skyscrapers”,

https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2010/05/skyscraper-as-symbol
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3. Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge/Ferry terminal to Macau
Hong Kong offers a great connectivity and integration within cities, enhanced by the recent
completion of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge.
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge:

• China opens world's longest sea bridge from Hong Kong to mainland,
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-23/china-worlds-longest-sea-bridge-hong-kong-
macau/10420468
• Bridge website: http://www.hzmb.hk/eng/about_overview_01.html
• de Wit, J.C.W.M. Hans 2011, "Building the Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge link", Tunnels &
Tunnelling International, , pp. 46-49.
Ferry Terminal:
• Crossing the Harbour: an exhibition of archival holdings on the development of cross-
harbour transport (with photos, maps and references) –
o https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201212/14/P201212140315.htm
o https://www.grs.gov.hk/ws/online/cross_harbour/index.html
• Ferry to Hong Kong (1959 Film) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferry_to_Hong_Kong
• The World of Suzie Wong (1960 Film) – ferry and terminal scenes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_of_Suzie_Wong_(film)
Marsh B., Jones J. (2011) Building the Next Seven Wonders: The Landscape Rhetoric of Large
Engineering Projects. In: Brunn S. (eds) Engineering Earth. Springer, Dordrecht:
No aspect of macroengineering makes sense unless it is understood as part of a cultural
landscape symbol system, as an element of the cultural messages seen throughout the
human landscape. Investment in large projects is based not only on economic calculations, it
is also investment in a message.
Sklair, L. (2013), Chapter 7 The Role of Iconic Architecture in Globalizing Urban Megaprojects, in
Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría (ed.) Urban Megaprojects: A Worldwide View (Research in Urban
Sociology, Volume 13) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.161 - 183
Sklair, L. (2017). Chapter 2 2. Two Types of Iconic Architecture: Unique and Typical
icon project : architecture, cities, and capitalist globalization, pp 53-76. Retrieved from
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au
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4. Sky-bridge system/Lane system
Sky Bridge
• Cities without Ground (Hong Kong guidebook) http://citieswithoutground.com/
“Hong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no
ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground). Density obliterates figure-ground in the
city, and in turn re-defines public-private spatial relationships. Perception of distance and time is
distorted through compact networks of pedestrian infrastructure, public transport and natural
topography in the urban landscape. ” This book has a section that includes models of the sky bridge
systems of Hong Kong
• Short film by Columbia University students on Hong Kong cities without ground:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQgJgrUlct0
• Adam Frampton, Jonathan D. Solomon, Carla Wong, Cities Without Ground: A Guide to
Hong Kong's Elevated Walkways, ORO, 2012
Lane System
• Parallel Lab - https://www.parallellab.com/
• Hong Kong in Between - https://www.parallellab.com/works/hong-kong-in-between/
Geraldine Borio, Caroline Wuthrich, Hong Kong in Between, Zurich: Park Books, 2015 (PDF on
Blackboard)
Huang, T. (2000). Hong kong blue: "flaneurie" with the camera's eye in a phantasmagoric global
city. Journal of Narrative Theory, 30(3), 385. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-
com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/docview/1291917226?accountid=14723
Huang, T. (2001). Amidst slums and skyscrapers: The politics of walking and the ideology of open
space in east asian global cities. (Order No. 3051067, State University of New York at Stony Brook).
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 195. Retrieved from https://search-proquest-
Stock, R. (1993, Dec 05). Seeing hong kong on foot. New York Times (1923-Current File), pp. 2.
Retrieved from https://search-proquest-
Lachlan B. Barber (2018) Heritage tours and trails on foot in Hong Kong: towards a typology that
crosses the tourist-local divide, Journal of Heritage Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2018.1510937
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5. Cultural district (West Koowloon)/Art venues
Cultural District West Kowloon

• West Kowloon website: https://www.westkowloon.hk/en
Alternative Arts Centres

• Floating Project (2010) http://floatingprojectscollective.net/about/
• Fo Tan Art Village (2001) - https://www.scmp.com/article/735213/fo-tan-art-event-victim-
its-own-success
• Cattle Depot (2001) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_Depot_Artist_Village
• Hong Kong Arts Centre (1977) - https://hkac.org.hk/
http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/see-do/arts-performance/arts-museums/hong-
kong-arts-centre.jsp
Kong, Ching, Chou, & ProQuest. (2015). Chapter Nine: Factories and animal depots: the ‘new’ old spaces for
the arts in Hong Kong. In: Arts, culture and the making of global cities : Creating new urban landscapes in
Asia. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Masachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp 160-172.
Kong, Ching, Chou, & ProQuest. (2015). Chapter Four: 4. Hong Kong’s dilemmas and the changing fates of
West Kowloon Cultural District. In: Arts, culture and the making of global cities : Creating new urban
landscapes in Asia. Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Masachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp 64-81.
Sklair, L. (2013), Chapter 7 The Role of Iconic Architecture in Globalizing Urban Megaprojects, in Gerardo del
Cerro Santamaría (ed.) Urban Megaprojects: A Worldwide View (Research in Urban Sociology, Volume 13)
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.161 – 183
Sklair, L. (2017). Chapter 2 2. Two Types of Iconic Architecture: Unique and Typical
icon project : architecture, cities, and capitalist globalization, pp 53-76. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-
proquest-com.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au
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6. Waterfront (West Koowloon)/Islands (Nature)
Waterfront
• Official website for Central Harbourfront Event Space: http://www.cvm.com.hk/en/
• Project for public space : https://www.pps.org/projects/placemaking-on-the-hong-kong-
waterfront
Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade

• Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade - http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/see-do/highlight-
attractions/top-10/tsim-sha-tsui-promenade.jsp
Islands
• Tap Mun (Grass Island) - http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/see-do/great-
outdoors/hikes/tap-mun.jsp
• List of recreational islands: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-
kong/community/article/2148774/are-these-islands-last-bastions-laid-back-life-hong-kong
Parks
• Victoria Park: As one of the most popular green spaces in Hong Kong, Victoria Park was built
on reclaimed land in Causeway Bay in 1957. Since extensive refurbishment between 2000
and 2002, the park has featured a series of all-weather soccer pitches. The tennis courts in
the park have been the venues for the Hong Kong Open and international tennis events.
Other facilities in the park include a swimming pool complex, bowling greens, a jogging
track, basketball courts, a central lawn, a model boat pool and children’s playgrounds.
https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/parks/vp/layout.html
https://www.gov.hk/en/residents/culture/recreation/facilities/sportsrecreation.htm
Country Parks and Conservation – the Hong Kong Government:

https://www.gov.hk/en/about/abouthk/factsheets/docs/country_parks.pdf
Xue C.Q.L., Manuel K.K.K. (2001) The Quest for Better Public Space: A Critical Review of Urban Hong Kong. In:
Miao P. (eds) Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities. The GeoJournal Library, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht
Cuthbert A.R., McKinnell K.G. (2001) Public Domain, Private Interest — Social Space in Hong Kong. In: Miao P.
(eds) Public Places in Asia Pacific Cities. The GeoJournal Library, vol 60. Springer, Dordrecht
Cuthbert, A. (1995). The right to the city: Surveillance, private interest and the public domain in Hong
Kong. Cities, 12, 293-310.
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7. Integrated resort casino/Casinos
Lisboa Casino (oldest casino in Macau)

o Originally built in late 1960s, with extensions in 1970, 2006
o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Lisboa_(Macau)
MGM COTAI
Opening date: 29 January 2018
Cost: US$3.4 billion
Rooms: 1,400
o https://www.mgm.mo/en/cotai
Macau and the Casino Complex, Sefan Al ed., Reno: University of Nevada, 2018
Tania Branigan, “Macau – gaming capital of the world”

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2011/may/11/macau-gambling-capital-of-world
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8. Stock Exchange (Shenzhen)/ Stock Exchange Hong Kong
Stock Exchange Shenzhen

http://oma.eu/projects/shenzhen-stock-exchange
Stock Exchange Hong Kong

http://www.discoverhongkong.com/au/see-do/culture-heritage/modern-architecture/exchange-
square.jsp
“Coolest stock exchange buildings in the world”

https://www.financialexpress.com/photos/business-gallery/956745/coolest-stock-exchange-
buildings-in-the-world-images-picture-gallery/17/
Oliver Wainwright, “Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt'”,

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2013/apr/16/shenzhen-
stock-exchange-building-miniskirt
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9. HK Observation wheel/Ngong Ping cable car service
HK Observation Wheel
https://hkow.hk/
Ngong Ping Cable Car

https://www.np360.com.hk/en/cable-car#cabin-2
Errin Whack, “What Happens When Every City Has a Giant Ferris Wheel?”
https://www.citylab.com/life/2014/07/what-happens-when-every-city-has-a-giant-ferris-wheel/375012/
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10. Jockey Club Innovation Tower/HK Polytechnic
Hong Kong has a first-class intellectual and scientific community
HK Polytechnic
Jockey Club Innovation Tower

“Jockey Club Innovation Tower / Zaha Hadid Architects”,
https://www.archdaily.com/505374/jockey-club-innovation-tower-zaha-hadid-architects
“World Class Education”, https://www.studyinhongkong.edu.hk/en/why-hong-kong/world-class-

education.php
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11. Services apartments/Mansions
Over the past 30 years, serviced apartment complexes have become one of the defining
architectural typologies of Asian urbanization.
Chungking Mansions (& Montane Mansion, Lai Tak Tsuen)
Chungking Mansions is a great example of 'Low-end globalisation'
Max Hirsh (2015). The Shifting Demographics of the Serviced Apartment Industry in South East Asia. South
East Asia Research, 23(2), 187–204, 2015 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.5367/sear.2015.0256
Gordon Mathews, Ghetto at the Center of the World: CHUNGKING MANSIONS, HONG KONG, Chicago: The
University of Chicago Press, 2011
Power-point by Mathews on Chungking Mansions:

https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/web/images/content/research/faculty-collloquium/pdf/2011-
2012/globalization.pdf
Chungking Express (1994 Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109424/
Cheng, Helen Hau-Ling (2001) Consuming a Dream: Homes in Advertisements and Imagination in
Contemporary Hong Kong In: Eds.Mathews, G. & Lui, T. Consuming Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong
University Press, HKU. Retrieved November 18, 2018, from Project MUSE database.
Xue C.Q.L. (2016) Modernism Coming to Town—Government Low-Cost Housing and Public Buildings. In:
Hong Kong Architecture 1945-2015. Springer, Singapore
In the 21st century, the government has defined buildings more than 30 years old as “old buildings.” Much of
the old public housing of the 1950s–1970s has been demolished to make way for taller buildings and denser
planning that offers better amenities and environments.
Cameron Duek (2012), “Serviced apartments booming in Hong Kong to meet changing demand”,
International Herald Tribune, 3 March 2006
Rebecca Lo, “In Hong Kong, serviced apartments offer hotel-style living”, International Herald Tribune 14
June 2012
Helier Cheung, “Chungking Mansions: Inside Hong Kong's favourite 'ghetto'”,

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24015987
Kylie Knott, “48 hours in Hong Kong’s Chungking Mansions: life in another world”,
https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2017086/48-hours-hong-kongs-chungking-mansions-life-another-
world
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12. HKIA/Kai Tak Airport
Hong Kong has one of the busiest hubs of Asia, offering great connectivity within the region and globally.
HKIA airport
• Press Conference on the Future of HKIA – 15 Nov 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsT3EzbhhvA
Kai Tak Airport:

• Good visual summary of the airport: https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hong-kong-kai-tak-
airport/index.html
• Hilariously bad expat plane spotters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBYVc8083PM
• Remembering Kai Tak: Hong Kong airport that closed 20 years ago is gone but not forgotten:
https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2153099/remembering-kai-
tak-hong-kong-airport-closed-20
Bowen J.T., Cidell J.L. (2011) Mega-Airports: The Political, Economic, and Environmental Implications of the World’s
Expanding Air Transportation Gateways. In: Brunn S. (eds) Engineering Earth. Springer, Dordrecht:
The Pearl River Delta in southern China alone is home to five new airports, including the world’s most
expensive, the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) (Fig. 50.2). The stunning cost of HKIA reflects the size of
the facility, the huge expense of reclaiming a vast area from the sea for its construction, and the elaborate
ground transportation system (both rail and highway) built to link the airport to the central business district 17
mi (28 km) away.
https://airporturbanism.com/
McNeill, D. (2014). Airports and territorial restructuring: The case of Hong Kong. Urban Studies, 51(14), 2996–3010.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013514619
Smith, D., & Timberlake, M. (2001). World City Networks and Hierarchies, 1977-1997: An Empirical Analysis of Global Air
Travel Links. American Behavioral Scientist, 44(10), 1656-1678.
https://airporturbanism.com/articles/whats-next-for-chinese-airports
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13. Stadium/Leisure and cultural service department (sport infrastructure)
Hong Kong Stadium

https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/stadium/hks/index.html
Leisure and cultural service department

https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/en/index.html
“Ping Shan Tin Shui Wai Leisure and Cultural Building / ArchSD”, https://www.archdaily.com/796868/ping-
shan-tin-shui-wai-leisure-and-cultural-building-archsd;
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201307/12/P201307120289.htm
Eddie T. C. Lam, “Sport Culture of Hong Kong: Recent Development and Prospects”
https://www.theartsjournal.org/index.php/site/article/view/914/463
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Architectural Research 1 ARCH7012/22/32/42

Summers semester 2018/2019

The CONTRUCTION of a WORLD-CLASS CITY

3 Dec 2018 9.00–10.00

11.30–5.00 (including lunch break)

4 Dec 2018 9.00–9.45

9 Jan 2019 Assignment 1

29 Jan 2019 9.00–10.00

6 Feb 2019 Final presentations Assignment 2

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT OF A WORLD-CLASS CITY: THE CASE OF HONG KONG/SHENZHEN/MACAU

Due date: Wednesday 9 January 2018, 17.00 (on Blackboard)

Submission of this assessment will comprise:

Due date: 5 February 2018, 17.00 (on Blackboard)

Submission of this assessment will comprise:

All material for this assignment need to be at exhibition level.

This submission will be evaluated individually.

Workshop 1 will introduce students to film making/storytelling aspects (planning, choosing,

1. Genevieve Quinn 43547360

2. Angie Whittaker 43192993

3. Sean Dervan 42847791

4. Rebecca Stables 43133893

5. Yasmine Melis 43536869

6. Olivia Daw 43500673

7. Daniel Lonergan 43174104

8. Lingfeng (dylan) Li 42882916

9. Alejandro Munoz Camargo 42570576

10. Sean McLean 42611965

11. Jing Wang 43847051

12. Kevin Li 42668026

13. Jiatuo Song 45262377

1. Shopping mall/Street market (Shopping) Genevieve Quinn

The Bank of China

JONATHAN SHAW, “Skyscraper as Symbol: The semiotics of skyscrapers”,

Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge:

Cultural District West Kowloon

Alternative Arts Centres

Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade

Country Parks and Conservation – the Hong Kong Government:

Lisboa Casino (oldest casino in Macau)

Tania Branigan, “Macau – gaming capital of the world”

Stock Exchange Shenzhen

Stock Exchange Hong Kong

“Coolest stock exchange buildings in the world”

Oliver Wainwright, “Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt'”,

Ngong Ping Cable Car

Hong Kong has a first-class intellectual and scientific community

Jockey Club Innovation Tower

“World Class Education”, https://www.studyinhongkong.edu.hk/en/why-hong-kong/world-class-

Chungking Mansions (& Montane Mansion, Lai Tak Tsuen)

Chungking Mansions is a great example of 'Low-end globalisation'

Power-point by Mathews on Chungking Mansions:

Chungking Express (1994 Film) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109424/

Helier Cheung, “Chungking Mansions: Inside Hong Kong's favourite 'ghetto'”,

Kai Tak Airport:

Hong Kong Stadium

Leisure and cultural service department

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