Virtual Design Studio

Plates

PLATES 62 Virtual ~ign _ Studio Kat Hing Wai sectional elevation and pl.ln, documellt,1tion drawing of the original homogeneous r.lbric. Plates 63 PLP ) ""==• ? ~~ , ptu.l/izationofNew Village Houses from HKU, handskefches scanned; from UBCa com{X)site hand sketch wit/J computer-generated views of the developed model in the foregrollnd; both exch.lnged via In/ernet. Plates 69 1'1 ATE 70 Virtual Design Studio New Village House posted in the Digital Pinup Board (DPB): original village house and courtyardS lructure adjacem /0 a newly modelled village house. ;: \Tt h 72 Vinual Design Studio , New Village House posted in the OPB: new three-storeyed house (or the old village, a tall departure (rom the tradition,11 with light b,1lcony structure. Plates 7J PlI 74 Virtual Design Studio New Vii/age House posled in the OPB: threestoreyed contemporary design within confines of the traditional plot; flOfl-intentional machine gellemled corruption ofthe wall plane was retained for aestlJetic effect. Plates 75 L' 76 Virtual Design Studio New Village Houses posted in the OPB: collage ofgroup houses by sludent designers; rooftop utilized.1s outdoor space set within tile village skyline. Plates 77 78 Virtual Design Studio New Vii/age Houses posted ;n the OPB: view from an interior courtyard generated with rayrracing software. Plates 79 PLA,Tt III 80 Virtual Dl."Sign Studio New Vi/lo.lure mappillg.1ppliCiltion. Plates 81 1'/ i\ I I 82 Virtual Design Studio PI", New Village Houses posted in the DPB: parametricdesign ofanewhouse, executedin algorithmic form programmed in subset of Common LISP. PL4.ff I.' 84 Vinu,ll Design Sludio •• I ~ New ViI/.lge Houses posted in Ihe OPB: lowrise modem village house, deignClI neXf /0 and inserted il1/o Iradifional fabric while main/.lining sfreelwall COlllil1uily. Plates 85 P \It If 86 Virtual Oesign Studio Pld! -l New Village Houses posted in the OPB: street (a~ade with three-storeyed walkup composite segment inserted into traditional village block structure. - Plates 87 P .6,Tl 1-1 I I 88 Virtual Des~gn Studio PI.l1e 15 New Vii/age Houses posted in/he OPB: col/age or library images; these were accompanied by a variety of nc1fralives (see AppefJdix 11: Design Narratives pp. 172-87). PL \T£ 90 Virtual D~~~s:n _~tudio PI,llt fr· Community structure posted in the DPB: aspects , views and con/ext of parametrically defined roof strucll/re (see 'Kat Hing W.li and tlJe Electronic Red Line' p. 25, and e-mail Appendix I: Digital Dialogue p. 156). Plates 91 92 Virtual Design Studio Plltt· 1," New ViI/,lges from tlJethe DPB: recollfiguration of the walled village ofKat Hing W,li with predominance 0;new structures overold; the community hall ranges in the foreground. Plates 93 PL\7E," 94 Virtual Design Studio I' New Vii/ages from tlJe OPB: playful exploratory images; design moves defying reality andotherterms ofreference. Plates 95 1'14,IF 18 96 Virtual Design Studio PI It! 19 New ViI/,1ges (rom Ihe DPB: iconoc/asric lexlUre mapping leading 10 a /Jew village (orm. Plates 97 Pl.\TF19 98 Vinual Design Studio 11' New Villages (rom tile DPB: intervention o(the new (abric into tile village is limited to the main axis defined by the main entry gate alld the ancestral h,1/1. plates 99 PLATE 10 100 Virtual Design Studio New Vii/ages from {ile OPB: urbane density of the old vii/age retained and inrensified. Plates 101 pI ' H , 102 Virtual Desis_ n Studio PI,1ft, 22 New Villages (ram tile DPB: view along the main village axis. Plates 103 PLATE )J 104 Virtual Design Studio P New Villages from the OPB: introduction of landscape elements on the vacant lots; insertion ofa few taller new houses among Ihe hislorically preserved low buildings. PtA TE 2J 106 Virtual Design Studio PI -I New Vii/ages from the DPB: skyline new and old. Plates 107 PLA TL 24 108 Virtual Design Studio P, ') New Villages from rhe OPB: skyline dreaming. Plates 109 110 Virtual Design Studio ,lIt !b New Villages (rom Ihe DPB: composileo(DPB library design models, utilized to...