Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled: Visual quality of artificial slope treatment in Hong Kong. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled: Edge treatment in waterfront landscape. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 32).

This project examines the contribution of Alistair Knox (1912-1986) to the development of an integrated approach to built form in the Australian landscape. Knox is renowned for his environmental building work in the Eltham area of Victoria during the second half of the twentieth century. This work responded to a unique set of circumstances involving postwar shortages of building materials, the prior history of earth building in the region, the existence and tradition of artistic communities challenging conventional practices, and the search for an appropriate landscape and architectural response to Australian conditions. Knox contributed articles to newspapers and magazines, gave numerous speeches and wrote three books, which describe his environmental building philosophy and the Eltham community. / The organic architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffin are considered as possible influences on the development of Knox’s integrated architecture and landscape approach, along with the landscape qualities of Eltham, and the unique artistic community living there. The work of Knox is also considered against the Australian post World War 2 climate of change, characterised by a growing appreciation of Australian plants and concern for the environment. / This research comprised a content analysis of the three books written by Knox to distinguish his influences, values and philosophies. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to Knox’s impact on the development of an Australian landscape design ethos.

Thesis (M. L. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes special report study entitled: Analysis of vernacular landscape of ancient villages in anhui province. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled : Visual quality of artificial slope treatment in Hong Kong. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes special study report entitled : Edge treatment in waterfront landscape. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 32) Also available in print.

The idea behind the project is the location of the wine factory, together with the craft in one clearly defined object, which allows a very simple operational links for the smallest area and farmyards. The production of wine is hidden in a simple blocks below the surface of the land. Above the ground are visible three blocks, which gradually diminishes to the north, and among them are wind permeable courtyards. The largest object, in the visual communication with Pálava, is building on the side devoted to visitors. There is located room for tasting and for a variety of events and also for the presentations and sale of wine. Over the small court dedicated for visitors and various cultural events consequents block needed for the winery - grapes import, export and the location of all small machinery needed for the cultivation of the vine. The middle building is to use for pedestrians from the south and for the machinery from the north. There is also the farmyard serving for the cooperage. All objects are linked by materials and helps of the wood-steel construction to break down simple blocks, which is covered with the wild wine that in the season beautifully change color.

This dissertation examines the interaction between leisured movement and space in Rome from 100 BC – AD 150, primarily drawing upon archaeological evidence from Rome, central Italy and the Bay of Naples. This thesis argues that leisured movement was significant and that an examination of the relationship between leisured movement and space provides new insights into Roman architecture, gardens, attitudes to design and space. Chapter one reviews the theoretical models associated with the study of movement and space in various disciplines and utilitizes these approaches to formulate the theoretical basis for this thesis. Previous scholarship on movement and space in the Roman world is also reviewed to demonstrate the need for further study. Chapter two focuses on ancient literature and epigraphy to examine leisured movement in ancient Rome and the spaces identified as locations for leisured movement. In chapter three the Severan marble plan and the archaeological evidence for the monumental porticos and temple-porticos in Rome, the public and urban context for leisured walking, are analyzed. An examination of the relationship between leisured movement and space in high-status Roman villas and residences is undertaken in chapter four. Walking, driving, riding and boating and their spatial context played an important role in these high-status residences. Finally, chapter five examines the relationship between leisured movement and space in Pompeian houses, in order to understand how leisured movement functioned in such houses and to demonstrate that leisured movement also had a role in the lives of those below the top of Roman society. This thesis demonstrates that movement was a prominent leisure activity and that it was a complex way through which the Romans negotiated Greek culture. It also establishes that Rome’s public porticos and portico-temples, which housed leisured movement, were original contributions to the architectural canon. Movement and space were interconnected phenomena that interacted upon each other; the design of private and public gardens and porticos often created an ordered approach to movement and space. In sum, leisured movement is a productive lens through which we can study Rome, her cultural and leisure activities, approach to design and conception of space.