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Lam Kwai Pui, Patrick. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report." / "May 2010." / Chapter 0.0 --- Abstract / [Introduction] / Chapter 1.0 --- Inspiration / Chapter 1.1 --- "Theory - ""a city is not a tree""" / Chapter 1.2 --- Theory - Symbiosis / Chapter 1.3 --- Buffer zone in nature- Rock / Chapter 2.0 --- Issue / Chapter 2.1 --- Urban Phenomenon / Chapter 2.2 --- Problematic aspects / [Research] / Chapter 3.0 --- Precedent Studies / Chapter 3.1 --- Contextual Figure and Ground / Chapter 3.2 --- Planar Proportion and Dimension / Chapter 3.3 --- Planar Programme / Chapter 3.4 --- Sectional Proportion and Dimension / Chapter 3.5 --- Sectional Programme / Chapter 3.6 --- Photo / Chapter 4.0 --- Waterway analysis / Chapter 5.0 --- Environmental analysis / Chapter 5.1 --- Hong Kong Natural coastal Typology / Chapter 5.2 --- Under Sea Contour / Chapter 5.3 --- Tidal change and Typhoon surge / Chapter 6.0 --- Site Intervention / Chapter 6.1 --- Waterfront Accessibility / Chapter 6.2 --- Transportation / Chapter 6.3 --- Public Amenities and Greenery / [Design] / Chapter 7.0 --- Grid Layout / Chapter 7.1 --- Grid Transformation / Chapter 7.2 --- Adaptation to Waterfront Geometry' / Chapter 8.0 --- Urban Structure / Chapter 8.1 --- "Fabric, Network & Programme Distribution" / Chapter 8.2 --- Sectional Network System / Chapter 8.3 --- Overall Geometry Definition / Chapter 8.4 --- Overall Network Definition / Chapter 9.0 --- Houisng Form & Sunligt Hour / Chapter 9.1 --- Generic Development Problems / Chapter 9.2 --- Criteria Setting / Chapter 9.3 --- Strategy to Waterfront Context / Chapter 9.4 --- Strategy to public open space / Chapter 9.5 --- Strategy to Communal open space & Street / Chapter 9.6 --- Final Result / Chapter 9.7 --- Integration with Diamond Grid / Chapter 9.8 --- Integration Final Result / Chapter 10.0 --- Design Development / Chapter 10.1 --- Territorial scale Planar Justification / Chapter 10.2 --- Fabric scale Planar Justification / Chapter 10.3 --- Fabric scale Sectional Justification / Chapter 10.4 --- Building scale Planar Justification / Chapter 10.5 --- 1:2000 Conceptual Model / Chapter 10.6 --- 1:1000 Study Model / Chapter 10.7 --- 1:500 Fabric Model / Chapter 10.8 --- 1:200 Housing Model

published_or_final_version / Architecture / Master / Master of Landscape Architecture

Esta dissertação trata sobre a invenção, constituição e sucessivas renovações da Vila Balneária do Guarujá, inaugurada no ano de 1893, evidenciando o estreito vínculo entre a expansão territorial paulista e os avanços tecnológicos, o desejo pela diversificação de investimentos de parte da elite cafeicultora, o avanço de novas práticas sociais e o crescente transito de ideias do Mundo Atlântico, que articula o litoral brasileiro à Europa setentrional, a pontos específicos do cone sul e sobretudo à costa noroeste dos EUA. Elevando o lazer à posição de centralidade no processo de expansão urbana, a Vila Balneária construída na Ilha de Santo Amaro, ao longo dos primeiros 20 anos de sua existência, pode contribuir para a compreensão da complexidade inerente ao processo de urbanização do território paulista. A ênfase no modo como as práticas culturais se relacionam dialeticamente com o processo de urbanização se constitui como chave interpretativa para a leitura do empreendimento e é a partir dessa relação de interpendência que se estudarão os discursos que embasam a conformação da Vila, presentes em sua arquitetura e urbanismo. São ressaltados dessa forma aspectos que buscam reconstruir o universo desse novo invento e dão concretude ao projeto de modernização do território paulista. / This work approaches the invention, constitution and succesives renovations of the Guarujá Seaside Village, inaugurated in 1893, stressing the close link between the territorial expansion of São Paulo and technological advancements, the desire for diversification of investments by the coffee producers, the advance of new social practices, and the growing transit of ideas between the Atlantic World, connecting Brazilian coast with northern Europe, specific points of the Southern Cone and most of all with the northeast coast of United States. Raising leisure to a central role in the process of urban expansion, the beach resort city built on the Santo Amaro island may contribute to the understanding of the complexity inherent to the process of urbanization in the state of São Paulo. The emphasis on the way in which cultural practices relate dialectically to the process of urbanization constitutes an interpretive key for the comprehension of the whole development. The arguments that support the conformation of the village, present in its architecture and urbanism, will be therefore analyzed based on this interdependent and mutual relationship. Aspects that seek to rebuild the universe of this new invention will be emphasized and, thus, give concreteness to the project of modernization of the territory of São Paulo.

Esta dissertação trata sobre a invenção, constituição e sucessivas renovações da Vila Balneária do Guarujá, inaugurada no ano de 1893, evidenciando o estreito vínculo entre a expansão territorial paulista e os avanços tecnológicos, o desejo pela diversificação de investimentos de parte da elite cafeicultora, o avanço de novas práticas sociais e o crescente transito de ideias do Mundo Atlântico, que articula o litoral brasileiro à Europa setentrional, a pontos específicos do cone sul e sobretudo à costa noroeste dos EUA. Elevando o lazer à posição de centralidade no processo de expansão urbana, a Vila Balneária construída na Ilha de Santo Amaro, ao longo dos primeiros 20 anos de sua existência, pode contribuir para a compreensão da complexidade inerente ao processo de urbanização do território paulista. A ênfase no modo como as práticas culturais se relacionam dialeticamente com o processo de urbanização se constitui como chave interpretativa para a leitura do empreendimento e é a partir dessa relação de interpendência que se estudarão os discursos que embasam a conformação da Vila, presentes em sua arquitetura e urbanismo. São ressaltados dessa forma aspectos que buscam reconstruir o universo desse novo invento e dão concretude ao projeto de modernização do território paulista. / This work approaches the invention, constitution and succesives renovations of the Guarujá Seaside Village, inaugurated in 1893, stressing the close link between the territorial expansion of São Paulo and technological advancements, the desire for diversification of investments by the coffee producers, the advance of new social practices, and the growing transit of ideas between the Atlantic World, connecting Brazilian coast with northern Europe, specific points of the Southern Cone and most of all with the northeast coast of United States. Raising leisure to a central role in the process of urban expansion, the beach resort city built on the Santo Amaro island may contribute to the understanding of the complexity inherent to the process of urbanization in the state of São Paulo. The emphasis on the way in which cultural practices relate dialectically to the process of urbanization constitutes an interpretive key for the comprehension of the whole development. The arguments that support the conformation of the village, present in its architecture and urbanism, will be therefore analyzed based on this interdependent and mutual relationship. Aspects that seek to rebuild the universe of this new invention will be emphasized and, thus, give concreteness to the project of modernization of the territory of São Paulo.

The government plans to redevelop Tai O into a tourist spot. Recently, the government is seeking strategies to maintain the existing community of Tai O and retain the cultural heritage, natural environment and local economy of the place. This will shift Tai O’s major economy from fishing to tourism. The stilt houses are an important element of the history and the fishing village character of Tai O. Under the Government plan, all stilt houses in Tai O will be kept as one main tourism attraction, however the Government does not have intention to help the residents in the ongoing maintenance of the stilt houses. The conditions of the stilt houses for most of the households, especially the elderly need to be improved. If the vulnerable states of the stilt houses are not well-identified, they could soon fall apart and disappear within our generation. This should force us to consider the preservation of the stilt house. Also, with the rebuilding project ahead, some signs of history will disappear if not controlled and conserved. As such the vulnerable factors need to be identified and suggestions are needed for the preservation purpose. In order to thoroughly understand the vulnerable factors of the stilt houses, interviews with residents and members from Tai O Rural Committee, Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), Tai O Alliance Church and Tai O Residents’ Rights Concern Group were carried out in order to seek their views on the vulnerable factors of the stilt house and their opinion towards Tai O stilt house development and cultural & heritage conservation. The dissertation is as attempt to address key queries such as: – Impact on Tai O stilt house resulted from disaster, natural degradation and Government policy – Human impact relating to the stilt house, including depopulation, environmental condition and tourist – Opinions regarding improving Tai O stilt house from residents – Future of Tai O Stilt house. For the development of the Tai O stilt house, the opinion of local residents and actual situation in Tai O should be considered. In view of better development of stilt house in Tai O, cooperation and compromise between Government, Tai O Rural Committee, Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Tai O Alliance Church, Tai O Residents’ Rights Concern Group and residents would be more constructive for stilt house in Tai O. / published_or_final_version / Conservation / Master / Master of Science in Conservation

The thesis project reconstructs the relations between conflicting social groups through the exchange of goods and ideas in Portside Park. The project also explores how the evolution of an infrastructure is capable of criticizing the original conditions of its construction. This is completed through the design of a series of possible future events such as a pedestrian overpass, and public market in Portside Park on Vancouver's central waterfront. Robert Thayer Jr. and Bill Morrish were influential in exploring how we understand the landscape and the importance of visual ecology which expresses an ecology behind a site. A collective identity can be influenced by such ideas, and if given a place of importance, can also act as forums, adding more than just physical boundaries to the city. The project is sighted on the waterfront, a landscape that currently lies dormant and in a state of transition. The requirements for site selection were that the site must have the potential for an evolution of its own with hidden or unused elements that may be renewed and adapted to enrich the expression of the site. The starting point for the project was to speculate on a series of future events that respond to possible social and political forces affecting the site. The matrix was a method of determining the potential of the site. The moment that is detailed, for the purposes of this project, is the year 2020. At this time, the coil, a pedestrian overpass, responds to the permanence of the city through its 'building as wall' vocabulary. The wall is then transformed into a connection from the city to the park. The market shields the rail and opens up to the park. Here the boundary between the connector and enclosure has been inverted and the visitor is inserted into the market building. The visitor is released into the park in the company of others within a defined realm, shielded by a canopy of trees. The final place for quiet contemplation is the beach which remains open and exposed - the most valued and protected part of the park. Valued not for is aesthetic achievements but for its political and social meaning. The pedestrian embarks on a journey. Leaving the dense built environment of the city, the pedestrian ascends the public walkway over the tracks and gradually enters the transition of the bosk, where the mounds and trees enclose the body yet prepare him for the open water. In conclusion the project attempts to accommodate a place for the individual and the collective, it defines a place for establishing a coexistence.

xiii, 207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Preserving Pacific Northwest historic beach houses in coastal communities can often be a daunting task due to the complexities that arise when combining preservation, planning, development, and climatic hardships. Using Tillamook County's coastline as the study area, this thesis explores the historical development of Tillamook County's structures and the current barriers that exist when trying to preserve them. Historical discussions include the development of transportation routes, recreational amenities, and the evolution of coastal construction materials, along with historic local and regional planning decisions that helped shaped towns along Tillamook County's coastline. Following this historical discussion, current preservation challenges will be discussed as well as the recommendations for preserving and maintaining vernacular coastal beach houses of the Pacific Northwest. / Committee in Charge: Leland Roth, Chair; Donald Peting

The paper consists of five steps. The first step is to study and explore theories of order, time image, and meaning of place. A hypothetical equation is proposed which defines a place as having three basic components: time, order and meaning. Special attention is paid to the time image of a place through the thesis. The second step is to organize the theories as a set of systematic design ideas. Twelve design categories are further introduced, which include Rhythm, Season, Celebration, Layer, Future, Sequence, Derelict, Night, Center, Boundary, and Sacred Places. The third step is to generate a set of patterns for the waterfront design under twelve design topics. Pattern is a bridge between principle and design. The conversion of a design idea into a design pattern can be seen as a procedure to test the validity of design ideas. The fourth step is to apply the design patterns to a specific site on the West Vancouver Waterfront. In a sense, the application of the patterns is an experiment, aimed at testing the patterns, hence the whole thesis as a hypothesis. The final step is to review and evaluate the thesis and the project. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate

The thesis project reconstructs the relations between conflicting social groups through the exchange of goods and ideas in Portside Park. The project also explores how the evolution of an infrastructure is capable of criticizing the original conditions of its construction. This is completed through the design of a series of possible future events such as a pedestrian overpass, and public market in Portside Park on Vancouver's central waterfront. Robert Thayer Jr. and Bill Morrish were influential in exploring how we understand the landscape and the importance of visual ecology which expresses an ecology behind a site. A collective identity can be influenced by such ideas, and if given a place of importance, can also act as forums, adding more than just physical boundaries to the city. The project is sighted on the waterfront, a landscape that currently lies dormant and in a state of transition. The requirements for site selection were that the site must have the potential for an evolution of its own with hidden or unused elements that may be renewed and adapted to enrich the expression of the site. The starting point for the project was to speculate on a series of future events that respond to possible social and political forces affecting the site. The matrix was a method of determining the potential of the site. The moment that is detailed, for the purposes of this project, is the year 2020. At this time, the coil, a pedestrian overpass, responds to the permanence of the city through its 'building as wall' vocabulary. The wall is then transformed into a connection from the city to the park. The market shields the rail and opens up to the park. Here the boundary between the connector and enclosure has been inverted and the visitor is inserted into the market building. The visitor is released into the park in the company of others within a defined realm, shielded by a canopy of trees. The final place for quiet contemplation is the beach which remains open and exposed - the most valued and protected part of the park. Valued not for is aesthetic achievements but for its political and social meaning. The pedestrian embarks on a journey. Leaving the dense built environment of the city, the pedestrian ascends the public walkway over the tracks and gradually enters the transition of the bosk, where the mounds and trees enclose the body yet prepare him for the open water. In conclusion the project attempts to accommodate a place for the individual and the collective, it defines a place for establishing a coexistence. / Applied Science, Faculty of / Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of / Graduate