ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE PROGRAMME 2007-2008 DESIGN REPORT

MONTAGE ARCHITECTURE AT TAI KOK TSUI

W Wan Chi Gigi May 2008

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Montaqe architecture：

My thesis is inspired by the concept of montage in film. Montage is a visual technique putting things together. To make use of that, we can develop a new relationship between spaces in architecture.

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The site selected to apply the concept of montage is located at Tai Kok Tsui. The fruitfulness of context diversity is the major reason the site is being chosen.

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The site is located near an industrial area with the problem of high vacancy rate. On the other hand, some of the factories are rented as an artist studios showing the potential of the site to become an art center. The vacant factories can be enhanced as an artist village providing suitable facilities to artists.

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exhibition area facing i public and factories

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The site is divided into zones to facilitate different programs applied in it. The characteristics of site context help to locate different programs into appropriate zones.

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art library located at upper level linking with the public library nearby

cafe area located at lower part to serve both upper and lower zones

working area near exhibition zone to show relationship between two spac

exhibition area located at lower floor at entrance of the art center

On sectional planning, the building is divided into upper and lower zones. The lower zone consists of exhibition area and workshops which provide introduction of art while the upper zone with theatre and library provide a suitable space for visitors to enjoy and experience art.

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Regarding to the diversity of site, external openings are designed to capture different characters of the buildings in order to merge with the surrounding into the art center.

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Characteristic Opening for internal

One of the important concepts of montage is to make use of the hidden messages behind symbolic images. In order to apply this concept into architecture, cha-rateristic openings are introduced into different spaces. Therefore, the openings of internal spaces are de-signed to show the critical relationship between people and spaces.

Fade in/out: relationship between exhibition space and workshop

Other than gradual contrast of poportion between two elements, I express fading in/out by distance between two spaces. Visitors can feel the overhead workshops are getting closer and closer to the exhibition area. It is fading out of exhibition spaces and fading in of workshops on upper level.

Fade in/out: relationship between books and readers

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There are several skills of montage in film. One of the skills is fading in/out. In this design, I tried to express such application by showing the relationship between readers and books. Readers are fading out by increasing the amount of books.

double exposure ; workshops

Image overlapping is another skill of montage. The workshops are arranged in zig-zag pattern whereas the openings are designed along an axis. The windows are also overlapped to create double exposure of activities

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