How do I sense the domain of a place? How does it support my own domain? How does the place communicate its individuality? How does my self listen to this presence? How does the place nurture my inquiries? How does my intuition inhabit the place? Then, when one's own existence becomes evident, one meets the place. / Master of Architecture

Thesis (M. Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1978. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 82-84. / M.Arch / M.S.

Cheng Ho Yin. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2003-2004, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-111). / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.p.5 / Chapter - --- Origin of thoughts / Chapter 2. --- Concept --- p.p.9 / Chapter 2.1. --- Indeterminacy in Architecture and Urbanism / Chapter 2.2. --- Indeterminacy in theory / Chapter 2.2.1. --- Definition / Chapter 2.2.2. --- Architecture Theorist / Chapter 3. --- Research --- p.p.12 / Chapter 3.1. --- Methodology (Appendix A) / Chapter 3.2. --- Indeterminacy in the greater field (Appendix b) / Chapter 3.2.1. --- Art / Chapter 3.2.2. --- Music / Chapter 3.2.3. --- Science / Chapter a. --- Chaos Theory / Chapter b. --- Fractal Geometry / Chapter 3.3.4. --- Conclusion / Chapter 3.3. --- Indeterminacy in Architecture / Chapter 3.3.1. --- Precedents / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Urban experiences / Chapter 4. --- Site --- p.p.23 / Chapter 4.1. --- Selection criteria / Chapter 4.2. --- In the realm of indeterminacy / Chapter 4.3. --- Potentialities / Chapter 4.4. --- Existing conditions / Chapter 5. --- Program --- p.p.31 / Chapter 5.1. --- Concept / Chapter 5.2. --- Experimentation / Chapter 5.3. --- Proposed program / Chapter 5.4. --- Program studies / Chapter 5.4.1. --- Elements of circus performance / Chapter 5.4.2. --- Precedent Studies / Chapter 5.4.3. --- Schedule of Accommodations / Chapter 5.4.4. --- Program Analysis / Chapter 5.4.5. --- Program Loops / Chapter 6. --- Design --- p.p.59 / Chapter 6.1. --- Design exploration / Chapter 6.1.1. --- Preliminary Exploration / Chapter 6.1.2. --- Exploration 2 - inside out / Chapter 6.1.3. --- Exploration 3 - site force / Chapter 6.1.4. --- Exploration 4 - urban pattern / Chapter 6.2. --- Design - part 1 / Chapter 6.2.1. --- Planning / Chapter 6.2.2. --- Space / Chapter 6.2.3. --- Structure / Chapter 6.3. --- Design - part 2 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Carpark / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Theater lobby / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Central avenue / Chapter 6.4. --- Design - part 3 / Chapter 6.4.1. --- 1:1000 Model - Massing Studies / Chapter 6.4.2. --- 1:500 Model - Building / Landscape Studies / Chapter 6.4.3. --- 1:200 Model - Spatial Studies / Chapter 6.5. --- Final review / Chapter a. --- Appendix --- p.p.91 / Chapter b. --- Bibliography --- p.p.109 / Epilogue / Acknowledgement

Lam Wai Tsz Gigi. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2003-2004, design report." / Includes bibliographical references.

Cheung Chee Ming. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report." / Introduction / Proposal / Observation / Exploration . Design / Appendix

Chan Hing Man. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2004-2005, design report." / ARCHITECTURE ´Ø LAND --- p.pp. 26-30 / SITE AGENDA --- p.pp. 58-77 / SITE ANALYSIS --- p.pp. 78-85 / THESIS STATEMENT --- p.pp. I-XIII / ARCHITECTURE ´Ø SKY --- p.pp. 01-25 / INTERPREATION --- p.pp. 40-57 / PROGREAMME --- p.pp. 86-93 / THESIS DESIGN Second Semester / Design Scheme 1 --- p.pp. 97-103 / Design Scheme 2 --- p.pp. 104-107 / Design Scheme 3 --- p.pp. 108-113 / Design Scheme 4 --- p.pp. 114-117 / Design Scheme 5 --- p.pp. 118-123 / FINAL SCHEME --- p.pp. 124-142 / THESIS RESEARCH / OBSERVATION ACTIVITY --- p.pp. 31-39 / First Semester / PRELIMINARY SCHEME --- p.pp. 94-96

Kong Pui Chuen Castor. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2003-2004, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (p. 10). / Chapter A --- Research / Chapter 1.0 --- Memetics Theory / Chapter 1.1 --- Analogy-meme and gene / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Darwin's mutation and natural selection / Chapter 1.2 --- Niches Construction / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Beaver's dam / Chapter 1.3 --- Culture / Chapter 2.0 --- Transmission Cycle / Chapter 2.1 --- Encoding and decoding / Chapter 2.2 --- Vector and host / Chapter 3.0 --- Tipping Point / Chapter 3.1 --- Definition - Tipping Point / Chapter 3.2 --- "The laws of the few: connectors, mavens, and salesmen" / Chapter 3.3 --- The stickiness factor / Chapter 3.4 --- The power of context / Chapter 3.5 --- 010703 demonstration / Chapter 3.5.1 --- The law of the few / Chapter 3.5.2 --- The stickiness factor / Chapter 3.5.3 --- The power of context / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Demographic survey / Chapter 4.0 --- Means of transmission / Chapter 4.1 --- Asocial learning / Chapter 4.2 --- Social learning / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Vertical / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Horizontal / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Local enhancement / Chapter 5.0 --- Social consequences / Chapter 5.1 --- Urban Legend / Chapter 5.2 --- Rumor / Chapter 6.0 --- Darwinian Process and Meme in Architecture: A Memetic Theory of Modernism / Chapter 6.1 --- Abandonment of humanistic design / Chapter 6.2 --- "Simplicity, novelty, utility, and formality" / Chapter 7.0 --- Architectural Implication / Chapter 7.1 --- People as vector / Chapter 7.2 --- Architecture as Host / Chapter 7.3 --- Architecture and complexity / Chapter 7.4 --- Asocial leaning in the digital age / Chapter 8.0 --- Conceptual programming / Chapter 8.1 --- Radio station/urban episode observatory / Chapter 8.2 --- Urban foyer for gossip / Chapter 8.3 --- Record/ Rumor Archive / Chapter 9.0 --- Site study - Causeway Bay / Chapter 9.1 --- Horizontal study of Causeway Bay / Chapter 9.1.1 --- Site plan / Chapter 9.1.2 --- Figure and ground / Chapter 9.1.3 --- Sidewalk / Chapter 9.1.4 --- Malls and sidewalks / Chapter 9.1.5 --- "Pedestrianized public space - A network of ""piazzas""" / Chapter 9.1.6 --- "Street feeding to the ""piazzas""" / Chapter 9.1.7 --- Hinge of the network of piazzas / Chapter 9.2 --- Facade as directory - Labyrinth of signification / Chapter 9.3 --- Site Strategy / Chapter 10.0 --- Precedent study - The symbol of a tower / Chapter 10.1 --- Semiology notion of Eiffel Tower (Roland Barthes) / Chapter 10.2 --- "Piazza Del Compo, Siena" / Chapter 10.3 --- "St Mark's Square, Venice" / Chapter 10.4 --- "Time Square, New York City" / Chapter 11.0 --- Precedent study - radio station / Chapter 11.1 --- Radio frequency allocation / Chapter 11.2 --- Radio station frequencies / Chapter 11.3 --- Radio Television (RTHK) / Chapter 11.3.1 --- Location and institution / Chapter 11.4 --- Commercial Radio / Chapter 11.5 --- Metro Radio / Chapter 12 --- Conceptualization / Chapter 13 --- References / Chapter B --- Design

Chui Yee Lap. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2003-2004, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 48). / acknowledgements / prologue / Introduction / 'conceptual framework / point of departure / 'project description / project selection / clients & users / Theory analysis / architectural issue / 'theoretical research / cosmogony / pregnancy / internal space / position / Project analysis / 'subject analysis / project portrait / 'site /context analysis / location / context / 'process / design strategies / concepts / overview / design conceptualization - building scale / concepts / pregnancy - antenatal and postnatal / 'final project / site / urban scale / concept diagram / plans / sections and elevations / models / final presentation / Appendix / Bibliography

Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes special report study entitled: Thermal comfort. Includes bibliographical references.

Simulation allows the portrayal of unique environmental design concepts in order to predict the outcome prior to construction. Three (3) simulations--drawings, model and movie--were tested for their effectiveness in communicating future environmental behavior. Communication effectiveness was measured by the ability of simulation viewers to accurately predict their behavior in a built space. A comparison of, responses of on-site subjects to predicted behavioral responses of simulation viewers, found simulation viewers were accurate in their predictions in excess of sixty percent (60%). This indicated that simulations were fairly effective. An individual analysis of the three (3) groups of viewers found movie viewers having the highest rate of accurate predictions, and those viewing drawings the lowest. This general trend was consistent with other work.Testing was completed with design-oriented and non-design-oriented viewers. A significant difference in response between these two (2) groups occurred in seven (7) of the thirty-eight (38) questions. Design-oriented viewers were generally more accurate in their prediction abilities. / Department of Landscape Architecture