Kwan Yiu Chi Derek. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1997-98, design report." / Chapter 1.0 --- ABSTRACT / Chapter 2.0 --- BACKGROUND / Chapter 2.1 --- Historic Background --- p.2 / Chapter 2.2 --- Recent Political Changes --- p.2 / Chapter 2.3 --- Site --- p.3 / Chapter 2.4 --- Clients --- p.4 / Chapter 2.5 --- Users --- p.4 / Chapter 2.6 --- Program --- p.5 / Chapter 2.7 --- Schedule of Accomodations --- p.5 / Chapter 3.0 --- CONTEXT STUDIES / Chapter 3.1 --- Kowloon Urban Growth Studies --- p.6 / Chapter 3.2 --- Shenzhen Urban Growth Studies --- p.7 / Chapter 3.3 --- Pedestrain Movement Path Study --- p.8 / Chapter 4.0 --- FORM & SPACE STUDIES / Chapter 4.1 --- Morphological Study of Symbiosis --- p.10 / Chapter 4.2 --- Border Crossing Circulation Study --- p.12 / Chapter 4.3 --- Border Crossing Landscape Study --- p.13 / Chapter 4.4 --- Building Intrusion Study --- p.14 / Chapter 4.5 --- Dynamic Form Study --- p.15 / Chapter 5.0 --- "SUMMARY OF CONTEXT, FORM & SPACE STUDIES " / Chapter 5.1 --- Site Plan --- p.19 / Chapter 5.2 --- Lower and Upper Floor Plans --- p.20 / Chapter 5.3 --- Longitudinal and Cross Sections --- p.21 / Chapter 6.0 --- TECHNICAL STUDIES / Chapter 6.1 --- Structural Frame Study --- p.22 / Chapter 6.2 --- QuickSlice and Rapid Prototyping --- p.24 / Chapter 6.3 --- Summary of Technical Studies & Materials --- p.25 / Chapter 7.0 --- APPENDIX / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of Experimental Studies --- p.26

Yip Hong Ming Angus. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1997-98, design report." / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 44 (2nd gp.)). / Chapter Chapter 0 --- Prologue --- p.1-6 / Point of Departure / Synopsis / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Healing the city --- p.7-13 / Site & context / Senses of contradiction / "Senses of ""in - between""" / The potential of the site / Site Section & Site issue / Summary / Intervention (Part ore) Bridging the gap Design approach --- p.14-18 / Design approach / Precedent / Architectural languages / Master layout plan / Environment Upgrade / Bridge Performances / Intervention (Part two) Alienation --- p.19-21 / Ideas of Trans-program Building / User analysis / Funcitonal relationship / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Sensation of wall --- p.22-29 / Phasing development / Concept development / Concept model / Interim development / Interim Presentation / Chapter Chapter 3 --- In between space Illusion concepts Building Sections --- p.30-34 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Illusion one :[outside/inside] --- p.35-37 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Illusion two :[Supernatural/Superartifical] --- p.38-40 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Illusion three ：[Fitness center/Shelthered workshop] --- p.41-43 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- llusion four ：[Stone in the air] --- p.44-49

This study sets out to develop a sociological approach to art and literature which views art as a socially situated knowledge and which at the same time preserves an independent and unique sphere of activity for art that enables it to offer life opportunities of a different nature from those of the established social order. To fulfill this task two complementary studies were carried out; a theoretical investigation and an empirical research. First, this critically examines existing theories in the sociology of knowledge and art and focuses on the problem of the 'social determination of art and literature.' This examination is based in the consideration of art as an element in the knowledge sphere and the sociology of art as a branch of the sociology of knowledge. A critique of the notion of the 'social determination of art' leads to a set of hypotheses which are tested in the field. The question of great art problematises the 'social determination' hypotheses. Secondly, an empirical study of Australian playwrights is carried out which examines the hypotheses derived from the theoretical investigation. The empirical methods of this study is a survey, using a mail questionnaire, supported by interviews with professionals in Australian drama. This is combined with a documentary study of the socio-economic conditions of Australia during the last 25 years, together with content analysis of plays written by Australian playwrights during the same period. The results of the empirical investigation support the proposed hypotheses showing that while social conditions effect contemporary artistic works, this effect is not uniform when comparing 'first rate' of 'great art' with other artistic creations. This questions the concept of the social determination of art explored in the thesis, and at the same time questions the extent and scope of such a determination. Finally, the conclusion of the thesis is that sociology is relevant in the analysis of artistic works so long as it is concerned with the social dimension of art. It is concluded that the aesthetic knowledge of the artist, which determines the quality of artistic works, is independent from social forces. Although art bears the mark of contemporary social conditions, it is not a product of these conditions. / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Delaware, 2006. / Principal faculty advisor: Lois Potter, Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-59).

A critical culture requires that the site of appearance, the temporal coincidence of the subject, the object and the site, be acknowledged as a ground for meaning. Through a built investigation and a theoretical address this thesis examines the site of appearance for contemporary creative practice; the extent to which it continues to be defined by and contained within the conceptual frame of the Enlightenment aesthetic as the privileged discourse of the object. In a detailed analysis of the architecture of the exhibition, the 18th century Academy Salon and the Parisian bourgeois hotel are juxtaposed with examples from the late 20th century practice of site-specific exhibition. This comparison reveals an essential connection between art and architecture, between architectural form and social representation. An alternative concept of the exhibition as a site of appearance thereby acknowledges individual, temporally specific interpretation as a potential ground for critical discourse within the contemporary art institution.

Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. / Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

Thesis (Junior)--Middlebury College, 2005. / Bibliography: p. 35-41.

Thesis (B.A.)--Haverford College, Dept. of Religion, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.