Wong Chi Chung Robin. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Open-air Theatre / Chapter 1.11 --- A Special Performing Place / Chapter 1.2 --- Morse Park Theatre / Chapter 1.3 --- Existing Problems of the Theatre / Chapter 1.4 --- Project Nature / Chapter 1.41 --- Project Name / Chapter 1.42 --- Site Information / Chapter 1.43 --- Design Objective / Chapter 1.44 --- Main Tasks / Chapter 1.45 --- Client / Chapter 2. --- PROJECT ANALYSIS / Chapter 2.1 --- Subject Analysis / Chapter 2.11 --- Main Tasks / Chapter 2.12 --- Programme Units for the Park / Chapter 2.13 --- Programme Units for the Theatre / Chapter 2.14 --- Precedent Study / Chapter 2.15 --- Technical Issue of Designing Theatre / Chapter 2.2 --- Site / Context Analysis / Chapter 2.21 --- Site Information / Chapter 2.22 --- Site History / Chapter 2.23 --- Site and Use Analysis / Chapter 2.24 --- Site Features / Chapter 2.25 --- Climatic Issues / Chapter 2.26 --- Environmental Issues / Chapter 2.27 --- Access and Transportation Issue / Chapter 2.28 --- Utility Issue / Chapter 2.3 --- Client / User Analysis / Chapter 2.31 --- Client Introduction / Chapter 2.32 --- User Introduction / Chapter 2.33 --- Social Pattern / Chapter 2.34 --- Functional Organization / Chapter 3. --- DESIGN PROCESS / Chapter 3.1 --- Process Description / Chapter 3.11 --- A Process Summary / Chapter 3.12 --- A Design Stage Summary / Chapter 3.2 --- Design Criteria / Chapter 3.21 --- Mission / Chapter 3.22 --- Goals / Chapter 3.23 --- Performance Requirements & Concepts / Chapter 3.3 --- Design Stages / Chapter 3.31 --- Stage 1 - Preliminary Concepts & Design / Chapter 3.32 --- Stage 2 - Schematic Design / Chapter 3.33 --- Stage 3 - Design Development / Chapter 3.34 --- Stage 4 - Final Design / Chapter 4. --- FINAL PROJECT (The following pages attached are Black & White copies of the presentation boards for the final presentation)

The subject for this thesis is the design of a theater and amphitheater for chamber music, upon a beautiful site-- a mountain meadow. The site, context and program which serve as a starting point for the new design are based on a real site and context: that of an existing center for chamber music, situated high in the mountains, housed in the buildings of an old estate. In creating the design for the new building, it was attempted to achieve and integrate several goals: • To create spaces (a theater and an amphitheater) which would enhance the experience of (listening to) chamber music-- both visually and acoustically. • To address the functional and practical requirements for a building which is to be used as a center for the performance of music. This includes the resolution of a whole range of architectural concerns, including such issues as: structure; form; program and plan; the use of materials; public and private areas; entrance and circulation; the use of daylighting; the framing of views; an attention to human scale; and the design of a building with the consistency to 'read’ as a whole, rather as than an assemblage of parts. • To take advantage of the beautiful landscape and view from the new building site, and to attempt to integrate the form and character of the new building sensitively and gracefully onto the existing site. / Master of Architecture