The purpose of this thesis is to explore the role and influence imagination plays on a building for the arts. The American Film Institute is considered to be a building for the production and study as well as the presentation of film. Because imagination is the most important tool the film maker possesses and is that which the general audience becomes a part of, this thesis strives to produce a building which enhances this tool. Steel and glass have been chosen as two of the three primary materials in the film institute for their reflective properties as well as their specific properties to distort reflections. Concrete was chosen as the third primary material not only for its compressive strength, but for its many possible finishes and its compatibility (being non-reflective) with the other two primary materials. The institute will be created in such a way that even in their permanence they will provide for a changing space which will make for a re-occurring newness each time it is visited, thus sparking the imagination. To the user of the institute, the space will each time be new. It takes on this characteristic as its users encounter their own reflection as well as the reflections - sometimes distorted - of others. This is enhanced as movement occurs not always in a straight line nor only at one level. Shade and shadow from stationary light, as further enhance the imagination. “The spatial area, whatever it may be—room, stage, garden, street—is the screen; the moving objects and people are the picture-in-solution reconstituted as a transient entity in time and space.”³ / Master of Architecture

The Student Health Services is located in Henderson Hall, a complex consisting of several buildings constructed at various times. Three other departments share this complex. Because of inadequate space and a building layout which does not easily accommodate the Health Services’ function, a study was completed to determine needs of the facility, and a final design solution was produced to supply the needs of the University, the Health Services and the community. Advantages of the existing location as well as the university master plan indicated keeping the facility in the same area. But problems created by the layout and shape of the present facility necessitate a new facility designed to increase both efficient handling of patient and staff flow as well as creating a positive image. The facility should communicate that it is a place for healing rather than a place for the sick. The new building ties into the existing complex creating a boundary between the University and the community, and creates a front facing the new student activities building. The original residence of the first College president will be restored to its original scale and identity by the removal of its present two additions. / Master of Architecture

A library has always been a doorway into learning. Learning, in today's world, has become a complex and varied process. The built form must therefore embody the vastness of this available knowledge. The building must, through its very structuring, make easy and accessible learning. It must also express the intricacies and inter-relationships of knowledge using an architectural vocabulary. The making of the building is analogous to the development of the individual. lt is from the collective that the individual emerge. The built form encapsulates society in both scale and complexity. lt is an amalgamation of difference, offering opportunity for individualized growth to a collective social education. The building reveals itself slowly through its relationship. It encourages exploration at every level. It is a beginning, an instrument of search, a ground for discovery. The transformation of the process of study into built form is drawn out along its connections. The language of architecture is used to bind together the many strands of learning through universally interpretable metaphors into a coherent reality. / Master of Architecture

Yuen Kit See Tina. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Includes bibliographical references. / INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1. --- Personal Design Objectives --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- The Subject --- p.2 / Chapter 3. --- The Client --- p.2 / Chapter 4. --- The Site --- p.2 / PROJECT / Chapter 1. --- Subject Analysis / Chapter 1.1 --- Brief Formation --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Precedents --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3 --- Building Material --- p.11 / Chapter 1.4 --- Architectural Language --- p.11 / Chapter 1.5 --- Landscape --- p.12 / Chapter 2. --- Client Profile / Chapter 2.1 --- HKSAR Government --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Legislative Council --- p.16 / Chapter 3. --- Site Analysis / Chapter 3.1 --- Development Potential --- p.19 / Chapter 3.2 --- Vista --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3 --- Transportation --- p.20 / Chapter 3.4 --- Climate and Environment --- p.21 / Chapter 3.5 --- Zoning and Height Limitation --- p.22 / PROCESS / Chapter 1. --- Urban Design Level --- p.23 / Chapter 2. --- Building Design Level --- p.27 / FINAL PRODUCT / Chapter 1. --- Urban Design Level / Chapter 1.1 --- Major Planning Strategy --- p.33 / Chapter 1.2 --- Landscape --- p.35 / Chapter 1.3 --- Transportation --- p.36 / Chapter 2. --- Building Design Level / Chapter 2.1 --- Site Planning --- p.37 / Chapter 2.2 --- Landscape --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Massing, Structure, Functional Relationship" --- p.39 / Chapter 2.4 --- Elevation --- p.40 / APPENDIX / Chapter 1. --- Program for Urban Design Level / Chapter 2. --- Program for Building Design Level / Chapter 3. --- Final Drawings

Cheng Kai Tung Crispian. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2008-2009, design report."

Lee Lai Wai, Angela. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2008-2009, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf [80]). / Chapter 1 --- Geometrical Studies --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1 --- Previous Attempts --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2 --- "Shape, Shell and Core" --- p.12 / Definitions --- p.13 / Transformation --- p.16 / Interpretation --- p.22 / Manipulation --- p.29 / Variations --- p.34 / Chapter 2 --- Architectural Studies --- p.39 / Chapter 2.1 --- Demonstration --- p.41 / Chapter 2.2 --- Explorations --- p.49 / Chapter 3 --- Housing Design --- p.60

M. Tech. Architecture (Professional)

Master of Architecture

Master of Architecture

The possible development of a private school/community recreation complex on a specific site in Christiansburg, Virginia was proposed. Thorough architectural programming (including interaction with the school’s administration) and site analysis preceded the generation of design proposals for the project. A phased structure built of concrete masonry with aluminum-framed atria was proposed, responding primarily to the administration’s desire for a low cost, low maintenance structure which provided a maximum of natural illumination. Although the building would have a distinct presence within the existing neighborhood, care was taken not to cause the new complex to overpower the surrounding residential and commercial buildings. A description of the complete design process is presented in addition to graphic representations of the proposed facility. / Master of Architecture