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The workshop was an initiative of the Design & Emotion Society and was organized in collaboration with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since its foundation in 1999, the Design & E motion Society has arranged a series of workshops in the Netherlands, Germany, England and Portugal, among other places. The society successfully organized energizing workshop events, and(...)
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The workshop was an initiative of the Design & Emotion Society and was organized in collaboration with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since its foundation in 1999, the Design & E motion Society has arranged a series of workshops in the Netherlands, Germany, England and Portugal, among other places. The society successfully organized energizing workshop events, and(...)
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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January 1900, Hong Kong
January 1900, Hong Kong
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Enriching
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The workshop was an initiative of the Design & Emotion Society and was organized in collaboration with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since its foundation in 1999, the Design & E motion Society has arranged a series of workshops in the Netherlands, Germany, England and Portugal, among other places. The society successfully organized energizing workshop events, and the idea arose of finding a way to register the process and results of future workshops in order to inspire the three core strands of the society: researchers, industry & the design community.
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The workshop was an initiative of the Design & Emotion Society and was organized in collaboration with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Since its foundation in 1999, the Design & E motion Society has arranged a series of workshops in the Netherlands, Germany, England and Portugal, among other places. The society successfully organized energizing workshop events, and the idea arose of finding a way to register the process and results of future workshops in order to inspire the three core strands of the society: researchers, industry & the design community.
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January 1900, Hong Kong
January 1900, Hong Kong
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Transportation, Tourism, Migration
Transportation, Tourism, Migration
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Rural Urban Framework
Rural Urban Framework
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This volume presents the projects of Rural Urban Framework, the non-profit collective of architects based at the University of Hong Kong and led by Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, whose work starts from a careful analysis of the recent urbanization triggered by villages and rural collectives in China to found a procedural and participatory work where architecture can never(...)
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This volume presents the projects of Rural Urban Framework, the non-profit collective of architects based at the University of Hong Kong and led by Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, whose work starts from a careful analysis of the recent urbanization triggered by villages and rural collectives in China to found a procedural and participatory work where architecture can never(...)
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Rural Urban Framework
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This volume presents the projects of Rural Urban Framework, the non-profit collective of architects based at the University of Hong Kong and led by Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, whose work starts from a careful analysis of the recent urbanization triggered by villages and rural collectives in China to found a procedural and participatory work where architecture can never be considered a finished product (as we are often used to in the West) but a relational element open to the context in which it operates.
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This volume presents the projects of Rural Urban Framework, the non-profit collective of architects based at the University of Hong Kong and led by Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, whose work starts from a careful analysis of the recent urbanization triggered by villages and rural collectives in China to found a procedural and participatory work where architecture can never be considered a finished product (as we are often used to in the West) but a relational element open to the context in which it operates.
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October 2016
October 2016
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Architecture Monographs
Architecture Monographs
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Red light city
Red light city
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What is the significance of sex work for the architecture of the city? With reports from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal, and Taipei, this book makes clear that every red light district is the specific outcome of the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. It also shows that sex work has a(...)
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What is the significance of sex work for the architecture of the city? With reports from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal, and Taipei, this book makes clear that every red light district is the specific outcome of the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. It also shows that sex work has a(...)
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Red light city
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What is the significance of sex work for the architecture of the city? With reports from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal, and Taipei, this book makes clear that every red light district is the specific outcome of the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. It also shows that sex work has a deep impact on the city's urban form, its buildings, rooms, streets, squares, and alleys, even in places where sex work is officially illegal.
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What is the significance of sex work for the architecture of the city? With reports from Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hong Kong, Montreal, and Taipei, this book makes clear that every red light district is the specific outcome of the morphology of the city, the legal status of sex work, cultural understandings, city planning, and market forces. It also shows that sex work has a deep impact on the city's urban form, its buildings, rooms, streets, squares, and alleys, even in places where sex work is officially illegal.
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July 2016
July 2016
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Gender Theory in Architecture
Gender Theory in Architecture
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"Parallel Cities" examines the history of the multilevel city with a focus on elevated pedestrian systems as a recurrent concept in urban planning and design. The book chronicles the evolution and migration of this concept from 19th-century French social utopian thinkers and 20th-century Soviet Constructivist architectural circles to its incubation in postwar London, its(...)
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"Parallel Cities" examines the history of the multilevel city with a focus on elevated pedestrian systems as a recurrent concept in urban planning and design. The book chronicles the evolution and migration of this concept from 19th-century French social utopian thinkers and 20th-century Soviet Constructivist architectural circles to its incubation in postwar London, its(...)
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Parallel cities: a multilevel metropolis
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"Parallel Cities" examines the history of the multilevel city with a focus on elevated pedestrian systems as a recurrent concept in urban planning and design. The book chronicles the evolution and migration of this concept from 19th-century French social utopian thinkers and 20th-century Soviet Constructivist architectural circles to its incubation in postwar London, its theorization by members of CIAM and Team 10, and its eventual dissemination to North America and Asia, where extensive systems were built in cities such as Minneapolis, Calgary and Hong Kong.
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"Parallel Cities" examines the history of the multilevel city with a focus on elevated pedestrian systems as a recurrent concept in urban planning and design. The book chronicles the evolution and migration of this concept from 19th-century French social utopian thinkers and 20th-century Soviet Constructivist architectural circles to its incubation in postwar London, its theorization by members of CIAM and Team 10, and its eventual dissemination to North America and Asia, where extensive systems were built in cities such as Minneapolis, Calgary and Hong Kong.
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July 2016
July 2016
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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This book explores the world of architectural wonders and wonderment. It examines current classifications and it wonders about new categories. Through the eyes of students it speculates on possible fields that might propel us towards the realization of new world wonders, of exemplary and wonderful projects. It forms a new atlas of wonders. We Want World Wonders is the(...)
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This book explores the world of architectural wonders and wonderment. It examines current classifications and it wonders about new categories. Through the eyes of students it speculates on possible fields that might propel us towards the realization of new world wonders, of exemplary and wonderful projects. It forms a new atlas of wonders. We Want World Wonders is the(...)
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We Want World Wonders: Building Architectural Myths
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This book explores the world of architectural wonders and wonderment. It examines current classifications and it wonders about new categories. Through the eyes of students it speculates on possible fields that might propel us towards the realization of new world wonders, of exemplary and wonderful projects. It forms a new atlas of wonders. We Want World Wonders is the seventh book in The Why Factory’s Future Cities series, the sequel to The Why Factor(y), Visionary Cities, Green Dream, Vertical Village, Hong Kong Fantasies and City Shock.
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This book explores the world of architectural wonders and wonderment. It examines current classifications and it wonders about new categories. Through the eyes of students it speculates on possible fields that might propel us towards the realization of new world wonders, of exemplary and wonderful projects. It forms a new atlas of wonders. We Want World Wonders is the seventh book in The Why Factory’s Future Cities series, the sequel to The Why Factor(y), Visionary Cities, Green Dream, Vertical Village, Hong Kong Fantasies and City Shock.
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February 2016
February 2016
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Contemporary Architecture
Contemporary Architecture
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240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 21 cm
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240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 21 cm
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New York : Universe, 2003.
New York : Universe, 2003.
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World house now : contemporary architectural directions / Dung Ngo.
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240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 21 cm
World house now : contemporary architectural directions / Dung Ngo.
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New York : Universe, 2003.
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339 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans ; 21 cm
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[Tel Aviv, Israel] : Tel Aviv Museum of Art ; [Munich] Germany : Hirmer Publishers, [2019], ©2019
[Tel Aviv, Israel] : Tel Aviv Museum of Art ; [Munich] Germany : Hirmer Publishers, [2019], ©2019
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Solar guerrilla : constructive responses to climate change = סולאר גרילה : תגובה בונה לשינויי אקלים / editor: Maya Vinitsky. Solar guerrilla : constructive responses to climate change = Solar gurilah : teguvah bonah le-shinuy 'aḳlim / editor: Maya Vinitsky.
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Solar guerrilla : constructive responses to climate change = סולאר גרילה : תגובה בונה לשינויי אקלים / editor: Maya Vinitsky. Solar guerrilla : constructive responses to climate change = Solar gurilah : teguvah bonah le-shinuy 'aḳlim / editor: Maya Vinitsky.
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[Tel Aviv, Israel] : Tel Aviv Museum of Art ; [Munich] Germany : Hirmer Publishers, [2019], ©2019
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332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019], ©2019
Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019], ©2019
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The global flows of early Scottish photography : encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China / Anthony W. Lee.
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332 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019], ©2019
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Le future des métropoles
Le future des métropoles
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Objet controversé, l’infrastructure est l’entrée par laquelle cet ouvrage interroge la production imaginaire et concrète de l’espace urbain. L’étude de trois métropoles – New York, Paris, Hong Kong – permet d’approfondir les rapports au temps qu’entretiennent les villes et leurs infrastructures, construites pour durer alors même que leurs fonctions sont destinées à(...)
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Objet controversé, l’infrastructure est l’entrée par laquelle cet ouvrage interroge la production imaginaire et concrète de l’espace urbain. L’étude de trois métropoles – New York, Paris, Hong Kong – permet d’approfondir les rapports au temps qu’entretiennent les villes et leurs infrastructures, construites pour durer alors même que leurs fonctions sont destinées à(...)
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Le future des métropoles
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Objet controversé, l’infrastructure est l’entrée par laquelle cet ouvrage interroge la production imaginaire et concrète de l’espace urbain. L’étude de trois métropoles – New York, Paris, Hong Kong – permet d’approfondir les rapports au temps qu’entretiennent les villes et leurs infrastructures, construites pour durer alors même que leurs fonctions sont destinées à évoluer. Réflexion sur l’urbanisme comme savoir et pratique, cet ouvrage interroge la valeur des futurs projetés et propose un changement de perspective face aux transformations qui s’imposent aux métropoles. Ancrées dans l’histoire des villes, les infrastructures dialoguent avec les défis du présent.
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Objet controversé, l’infrastructure est l’entrée par laquelle cet ouvrage interroge la production imaginaire et concrète de l’espace urbain. L’étude de trois métropoles – New York, Paris, Hong Kong – permet d’approfondir les rapports au temps qu’entretiennent les villes et leurs infrastructures, construites pour durer alors même que leurs fonctions sont destinées à évoluer. Réflexion sur l’urbanisme comme savoir et pratique, cet ouvrage interroge la valeur des futurs projetés et propose un changement de perspective face aux transformations qui s’imposent aux métropoles. Ancrées dans l’histoire des villes, les infrastructures dialoguent avec les défis du présent.
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June 2022
June 2022
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Urban Theory
Urban Theory
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In 2008, local photographer John Choy was commissioned by the Housing Authority to document the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, the earliest public housing development in Hong Kong. To his surprise, Choy found himself deeply affected by the crumbling housing blocks and their residents. He became determined to create an in-depth record of not just the estate, but a unique way(...)
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In 2008, local photographer John Choy was commissioned by the Housing Authority to document the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, the earliest public housing development in Hong Kong. To his surprise, Choy found himself deeply affected by the crumbling housing blocks and their residents. He became determined to create an in-depth record of not just the estate, but a unique way(...)
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Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate by John Choy
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In 2008, local photographer John Choy was commissioned by the Housing Authority to document the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, the earliest public housing development in Hong Kong. To his surprise, Choy found himself deeply affected by the crumbling housing blocks and their residents. He became determined to create an in-depth record of not just the estate, but a unique way of life. Created over a period of a year, ‘Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate’ gives a sense of how the human spirit transcends the narrow physical confines of the man-made environment.
Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate by John Choy
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In 2008, local photographer John Choy was commissioned by the Housing Authority to document the Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate, the earliest public housing development in Hong Kong. To his surprise, Choy found himself deeply affected by the crumbling housing blocks and their residents. He became determined to create an in-depth record of not just the estate, but a unique way of life. Created over a period of a year, ‘Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate’ gives a sense of how the human spirit transcends the narrow physical confines of the man-made environment.
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June 2012
June 2012
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Photography monographs
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