Lam Fung Ki Selina. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leave 46). / Acknowledgements / Foreword / Summary / Introduction / Fisherina / Project Summary / Conclusions / Background / Outline of Process / Case Studies (Summary) / Background / Client / Users Analysis / Site Selection / Physical Conditions / Location / Problem and Oppotunities / Project Brief / Site and Constraints / Space Program / Design Guidelines / The Design / Design Development / Final Design / Bibliography / Appendix / Case Studies / Interviews / Schedule of Accomodations / Technical Studies / Vanishing Maritime Heritage / Statistics / Site Photos / Chronology

Fung Yiu Leung. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2001-2002, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89). / Chapter Part 0 --- Synopsis --- p.02 / Chapter Part 1 --- Objective --- p.03 / Chapter Part 2 --- Research --- p.04 / New Learning Ideas / Existing Youth Facilities / Examples / Street Atmosphere / Chapter Part 3 --- Hypothesis --- p.22 / Chapter Part 4 --- Site --- p.25 / Site Selection / Site Information / Site Analysis / Chapter Part 5 --- Preliminary Design --- p.37 / Design Component / Approach / Spatial Organization / Leisure Learning Space / Open Space / Access & Circulation / Site Plan & Section / Chapter Part 6 --- Design Development --- p.48 / Ideas / Plans / Elevations / Sections / Details / Chapter Part 7 --- Final Design --- p.59 / Spatial Organization / Access & Circulation / Visual Connection / Plan / Elevation & Section / Perspective / Structural System / Special Study / Chapter Part 8 --- Appendix --- p.81 / Review 1201 / Model Photo / Presentation Panel / Bibliography

Chow Tak Kin Aaron. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2000-2001, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 51). / INTRODUCTION --- p.p.1 / EARLY SEPTEMBER --- p.p.2 / MID SEPTEMBER - END SEPTEMBER 2000 --- p.p.3-4 / "OCTOBER 10, 2000" --- p.p.5-6 / END OCTOBER 2000 --- p.p.7-11 / EARLY NOVEMBER - MID DECEMBER 2000 --- p.p.12-15 / EARLY JANUARY - END JANUARY 2001 --- p.p.16-24 / EARLY FEBRUARY - END MARCH 2001 --- p.p.25-38 / CONCLUSION --- p.p.39 / APPENDIX 1 --- p.p.40-50 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.p.51

Lee Chi Kin. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2001-2002, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (p. 66). / Chapter 1.0 --- Synopsis --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Architectural Question / Chapter 1.2 --- Statement / Chapter 1.3 --- Approach / Chapter 2.0 --- Research on ideas of nature --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Perception of Nature / Chapter 2.2 --- Precedent Study / Shonandai Cultural Center / Expo 2000 Dutch Pavilion / Chapter 3.0 --- Programming --- p.15 / Chapter 3.1 --- Programme Brief / Chapter 3.2 --- Subject Study / Chapter 3.3 --- Present Situation of Fitness Centre / Chapter 3.4 --- Views on Recreational Exercise (Interview) / Chapter 3.5 --- Schematic programme of Walking Journey / Chapter 3.6 --- Programme Requirement / Chapter 4.0 --- Site --- p.27 / Chapter 4.1 --- Site Selection / Chapter 4.2 --- Site Analysis / Chapter 5.0 --- Design Process --- p.41 / Chapter 5.1 --- Establishment of Concepts / Chapter 5.2 --- Design Process / Chapter 5.3 --- Topic Research / Structure and ideas of nature / Chapter 5.4 --- Special Study / Water in Architectural design / Chapter 5.5 --- Final Design / Chapter 6.0 --- Bibliography --- p.66 / Chapter 7.0 --- Appendices --- p.67 / Chapter 7.1 --- Schedule of Accommodation / Chapter 7.2 --- Essay -Architaiture and Ideas of Nature / Chapter 7.3 --- Reference Materials / Acknowledgement

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The importance of public place in the United States of America as an environment for communication, the transmission of cultural values and for the enhancement of society and community, using a comprehensive notion of entertainment as a catalyst.creative projectThis project intends to develop a catalogue of design implications for the design of a public place that successfully serves the community enhancement and the cultural transmission. This catalogue of design implications will be the result of the extensive research on the American culture, on the elements of cultural expression with emphasis on the use of entertainment as a catalyst, on the elements of urban history and the urban environment as well as on the social and commercial success of public place.contextThe context of this research is the number of issues American urban environments are facing. Most of the problems in their combination are the source of numerous urban issues. Some of the key issues that have developed on this basis are e.g. the loss of human scale or e.g. the need for a collective vision, community and cultural identity. These issues are strongly interrelated with another.issueThese are some of the deficiencies that lead to the key issue of this project: the loss of community manifested by urban isolation and fragmentation and problems relating to the humane environments and settings. Nevertheless community and cultural enhancement can help to create a greater awareness for the prerequisites for a healthy living environment. Community and cultural enhancement help to stimulate greater self-sufficiency helping to address the previously mentioned issues at their sources. The premise is that community is an essential ingredient in cohesive urban and suburban neighborhoods and is part of the positive image of a well designed and maintained city fabric.positionThe focus of this work is the community, the public place and the cultural expression with emphasis on entertainment. In the same order they represent the issue, the place and the catalyst. This work claims that entertainment can be used to design an environment enhancing community and communication. The assumption related with entertainment is that social interaction and collective well being are essential parts of community structure and therefore activities related to entertainment help to foster a collective vision.methodThe first step to prove this position is to identify the issues concerning urban settlements in the United States of America. The urban context has to be defined. The second step is to define the cultural context and to analyze the notion of entertainment as a means of cultural expression and its potential to serve as a catalyst. The third step is to identify the elements of social and commercial success of a public environment using at least two models defining those elements. Each of the three steps concludes in a set of architectural values and design elements. The fourth step is to deduce a catalogue of design implications from the information collected. This last step proposes the practical application of this research. The anticipated results of this project should be regarded as a suggestion for the practical application of this research based on the observation of and reflections on the research results, hopefully resulting in the identification of additional questions for further research. / Department of Architecture