Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes special report study entitled : Relationship between man and nature in Chinese traditional architecture. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes special report study entitled : Natural light, museum and underground space. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes special report study entitled : Lighting for exhibition spaces. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes special report study entitled : Four notions of tea in Chinese landscape architecture. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes special report study entitled : Materia medica. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

This investigation aims to assess issues of physical, sensory and intellectual access to museums and galleries in Scotland, with a particular relevance to people with sight difficulties. The research has been completed from the point of view of the visually impaired visitor, using original fieldwork comprising visits to museums accompanied by people with different types of sight difficulties. An examination of the facilities provided has been undertaken from the visitors' perspective alongside the current and forthcoming legislative requirements. The opinions of the museums' community have been taken into consideration primarily by discussions with the curators of the museums and galleries visited. An appreciation of the legislative stimulus for museums and galleries to consider people with disabilities, the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, is also attempted, including reports from the MPs involved in the development and the introduction of this legislation and the MSPs with responsibilities for the representation of people with disabilities in the Scottish Parliament. A particular focus is applied to the introduction of Part 111 of the legislation which was enacted during the research period and used as a stimulus for the areas of questioning with the visually impaired people who assisted. This facilitates the presentation of a context against which to place the findings of the discussions with visually impaired people. Visitors are an essential requirement for the existence and future of museums and galleries and the potential audience of people with visual impairments is increasing and significant.

This study was designed to develop a provincial science museum model for expanding science museums to the provinces in Thailand.

This project examines, critiques and develops the role museums play in shaping and maintaining consciousness and identity within US and Mexican society. Key to this investigation are the ideals of what traditionally constitutes a museum and who determines what messages are conveyed and who has the opportunity to experience and receive the messages. Ultimately museums have an incredible impact on and responsibility towards the communities they serve and their role as communicators of social and cultural messages cannot be ignored. Museums are the spaces in which communal consciousness is not only created but also preserved. The museum should educate, engage and enlighten as well as connect communities. The development of a new progressive museum model is necessary to achieve and uphold these tenants. This project conducts a comparative analysis of Museos Comunitarios (Community Museums) in Oaxaca, Mexico and the Museo Alameda in the United States, focusing on the mission and founding principals as well as exhibition choice and institutional operating mechanisms. This analysis will forecast how these institutions and exhibitions impact the trajectory of the communities they encounter and outline the new role of the museum in the 21st century. / text

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