With the increasing numbers of resource-dying cities in China, the conflict between city’s sustainable development and basic mining industry has been more and more sharp. It is emergency to find a suitable way of future for those cities in danger. This study is based on a special resources - magnesium. By analyzing the magnesium city, Dashiqiao, it is possible to generate a workable future direction for this city and a prompt for other resource-based cities in China. The focus lies in the transformation of the city, and also the transformation of magnesium mining industry. Because the city’s developing is quite relevant to its supporting industry, the magnesium industry in the city is largely influenced the step of urbanization. As we all known that the mining industry caused serious environmental pollution, which restrict the possible land use in those preindustrial land. In another word, the mining industry now is restricting the urbanization. To make sure the transformation happened smoothly, it is important to ease the restrict. And it is where this study started with. Through the study of magnesium industry, it is possible to adapt industrial transformation with city’s urbanization by exploring ignored resources buried in old mining industry, at the meanwhile, reducing the pollution of existing magnesium industry. With the new resources and better environmental condition, the city have a much wider choice for its further development. According to the research of Dashiqiao city’s development, it is now the best time to make a transformation of magnesium industry otherwise it would be late and causes more time and resource to keep the city alive. This study is providing a much more flexible future. / published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

The infrastructure is one of the key elements to construct and stabilize the sustainability of a nation or a city by providing a particular function and service to support the communities in a strictly fundamental way. The traditional structures and programs of infrastructure are always presented and constructed in a functional means lacking of relationship between natural and human system as well as cooperation with the social, ecological and aesthetic components while the engineering concerns has dominated the design and development of infrastructure. Additionally, those supporting programs are always required and occupied a huge amount of space. However, seems that the traditional approach for infrastructure could no longer fully cope with the new urban development, changing of public value and shifting of living pattern. The public and some of the professional has already formed a group and started the discussion of the lands where are lack of usage and development, especially the space under the bridge or space surround by the road system. In the contemporary world, especially in the situation of Hong Kong, the highway or road system requires and occupies a huge amount of space, which contains 665,640 vehicles on 2,090 kilometers of road fig.1that distributed by 442 on Hong Kong Island, 462 in Kowloon and 1,186 in New Territories together with 1,325 flyovers and bridges as well as 1,197 footbridges and subways. There are different site conditions and adjacent environments consisting of residential area, shipping port, recreational area and commercial area, etc. On one hand, the highway acts as a medium to connect people from place to place whilst at the same time providing efficiency and convenience to people by saving travelling time. However, it is also as a barrier in terms of separating the local communities due to the restricted area under and around the system. The result of disconnection of space has reduced the accessibility while minimized the opportunity of the integration for different groups of people. In addition to the existing typical road system in Hong Kong, it can be generally presented and constructed into four main parts, namely the above surface for sound proofing units and signage, on surface layer for traffic, below surface area for supporting structure and below ground space for foundation Fig.2. The usage of space is relatively mono-functional and limited in use while it is different from the multi-functional means of urban development, such as the complex residential and commercial area. As a matter of fact, the high density in Hong Kong needs a multifunctional and flexible approach to the built environment in order to provide a maximum usage of space. The multi-layering of programs of a site or architecture is the most common, productive and efficient approach for urban development while maximizing the usage of space. Bringing the economic and ecological value of landscape to the mono-functional transportation system might be an alternative to the new urban development in order to expand the possibility of land use and unrealized potential of space that integrated with ecosystem and contained with economical values. / published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

published_or_final_version / Chinese Historical Studies / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Architecture

published_or_final_version / abstract / Architecture / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Lau, Leung Kwok Prudence. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves ). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese.

Chan Sze Chung. / On double leaves. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 00-02, design report." / by-productsample --- p.07 / sample analysis --- p.47 / pre-design conclusion --- p.61 / 2 conditions 1 goal 3 strategies --- p.75 / beauty reference --- p.89 / design manifesto design statement --- p.113 / beauty factory --- p.127 / site observation --- p.137 / pre-design imagination --- p.145 / measure drawing --- p.155 / design strategy --- p.169 / architectural expression --- p.187 / architectural result --- p.207

Kou Yat Fu Glory. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2005-2006, design report." / THESIS BACKGROUND / Background / Thesis Statement / THEORY AND LITERATURAL STUDY / THEORY AND PRECEDENTS STUDY / Thesis Issues / Chapter 1. --- Connection / Chapter 2. --- Void / Chapter 3. --- Solid Articulation / Chapter 4. --- Framing and Layering / Chapter 5. --- Building Envelope and Materiality / Chapter 6. --- Relative Lighting / SITE STUDY / Site Selection / Site Studies / Lighting Study / Existing Podium Study / PROGRAMMATIC STUDY / Wanchai / HK Art Centre / DESIGN INTERVENTION / Aerial Mapping / Design Analysis / Drawings- / plans / elevations and sections / perspectives / DESIGN PROCESS

Hui, Mei Kei Maggie. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 324-327). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.2 / DECLARATION --- p.5 / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.6 / NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION --- p.7 / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.9 / TABLE OF FIGURES --- p.11 / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION TIBETAN MONASTIC SETTLEMENT AND THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURAL QUESTIONS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background. --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Aim --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis outline --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- READING TIBETAN ARCHITECTURE AND SPACE AS CULTURAL FORM ON THE PERIPHERY LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Literature review: different perspectives --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Research Design --- p.29 / Chapter 3 --- LABRANG COMPLEXITY AND TRANSFORMATION --- p.46 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2 --- Amdo: an ethnographic ally tibetan region --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3 --- Transformation of the physical fabric of Labrang --- p.63 / Chapter 4 --- HOUSE SPACE AT LABRANG HOUSE SPACE AND VILLAGE --- p.102 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.102 / Chapter 4.2 --- House architecture at labrang --- p.103 / Chapter 4.3 --- Village and house placement --- p.106 / Chapter 4.4 --- House space --- p.108 / Chapter 4.5 --- House Typology --- p.188 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.195 / Chapter 5 --- PLACE MAKING AT LABRANG --- p.197 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.197 / Chapter 5.2 --- The making of sacred landscape through daily pilgrimage --- p.197 / Chapter 5.3 --- The site and the pilgrims ´ةs physical anchorage --- p.203 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary: Ritual and the different level of body-space action --- p.270 / Chapter 6 --- SPATIAL CONTINUUM IN THE RELIGIOUS/LIVING SPACE FROM HOUSE TO SETTLEMENT --- p.274 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.274 / Chapter 6.2 --- Negotiation of space inside the house --- p.275 / Chapter 6.3 --- "Religious spatial phenomenon: From house to Village, from house to monastery." --- p.294 / Chapter 6.4 --- Spatial negotiation of Labrang: public religious rituals --- p.299 / Chapter 6.5 --- Summary: Negotiation of space and time --- p.304 / Chapter 7 --- CONCLUSION WAYS OF DEFINING SPACE AND PLACE MAKING THROUGH BODY AND SPACE AT LABRANG --- p.306 / Chapter 7.1 --- Complexity in reading Tibetan cultural form through the architecture and space at Labrang --- p.306 / APPENDIX --- p.315 / Chapter Appendix A: --- Village name and code --- p.315 / Chapter Appendix B: --- Major buildings inside Labrang Tashikyil --- p.317 / Chapter Appendix C: --- Chart showing major public rituals celebrated at Labrang monastery --- p.321 / Chapter Appendix D: --- Chart of house samples --- p.323 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.324