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Changchun Library Design
I’ve missed Sunday service, skipped my first class (it’s actually an optional workshop), missed my regular Sunday dim-sum with my family, and failed to attend a wedding I was initially thinking about going. I’ve even refrained from playing with my adorable little nephew when he came knocking every morning throughout last week. I can be […]
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My Office/Studio (part II)
It’s such a wonderful feeling to see what you have imagined turn into reality! It took me about 2 weeks time to buy and assemble all the furniture for my office/studio following my initial design. I waited no time to move in all my school/work related stuff from my bedroom. Now I can physically isolate […]
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My Office/Studio
My family had our flat completely furnished before moving in about 3 years ago. That is except this one room which I told my parents to leave empty for me to design and furnish. I was not even certain about moving back to HK then. The room was left untouched after all these years just […]
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Nostalgia
Most of the time this week was spent reading a book on the critical history of modern architecture. Writings on architecture could be so difficult to understand sometimes, they really have a vocabulary of its own. Perhaps the most rewarding thing I got out of reading the book is a word I looked up – […]
tagged: architecture, books, canada, life, nostalgia
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Bioclimatic Building Design
It was a bit of a relief after the last lecture of the Bioclimatic Building Design course yesterday. At the same time, I was actually a bit saddened to see our professor go. It was only 2 weeks ago when he came from New Zealand to teach us. At first, I found him to be […]
tagged: architecture, cherish, climate, hk, school
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Hong Kong
A place familiar yet distant; A place where I was born and a place where I stayed no longer than half my life. This is Hong Kong, a place where I’ve now unexpectedly adapted to. I had lunch with a friend in Central, and afterward I took a leisurely stroll around the maze of skyscrapers. […]
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Daylighting and Lighting Design
For my assignment on the lighting design course, I’ve spent a working week at my brother’s office to observe how people use lighting (both natural and electrical). I feel that natural daylight is often under-utilized. In the open office, fifteen 36W florescent tubes were used to provide ~300-400 lux illumination on the eight desks. In […]
tagged: architecture, hk, school
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PGBC Symposium 2009 (UC|UG)
It was my first time visiting the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park (HKSTP) this morning. The Professional Green Building Council Symposium 2009 on Urban Climate & Urban Greenery was unexpectedly interesting. I enjoy sitting in and listening to this type of conference that inspires me to think, but often times I just leave wondering […]
tagged: architecture, climate, environment, hk, like
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CUHK Campus
It was cloudy and wasn’t too hot today. There were about 5 hours in between 2 workshop safety sessions, so I took a leisurely stroll around the campus. The walk was quite refreshing, I really like the extensive greenery all over the campus.
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Window
We were taught on some of the basic principles in designing windows to utilize natural skylight. With ever increasing density and height of buildings, it’s becoming ever more rare to have a window inside a building that can see the sky in HK. I feel very thankful to have this un-obstructive view of the […]
tagged: architecture, hk, school, thankful
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