Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2020 Nov

The Liveable City

Issue 4, P.68 - P.75

Urban Liveability: Negotiations of Scale, Urban Elements and Architecture

Dr. Gerhard Bruyns

Associate Professor of Environment and Interior Design, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

and  Daniel Elkin

Assistant Professor of Environment and Interior Design, School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

and  Peter Hasdell

Associate Dean of School of Design, Associate Professor of Environment and Interior Design, The Hong Kong Poly technic University

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The via. Architecture / OPENUU / POLYU proposal fuses together spatial liveability through three distinct sections. This submission, in the format of a vertical column (1m x1m x 3m) vertically aligns three proposals above one another, with POLYU’s urban research operating as base map, OPENUU’s Growing Bridges section in the middle and via.’s architecture proposal at the top section. 


The column base section draws from POLYU research representing a territorial map of Hong Kong. The pixilated map is translated into a three-dimensional base structure representing urban functions of a territorial level.


 


OPENUU’s Growing Bridges manifest a variety of shapes and sizes within their shared programmatic purpose to connect programs across open space.




The upper section of the composition completes its progression from large to small scales with .via’s focus on pixilated architectural features. The column capital is a textured structure referring to a lantern wall to celebrate heritage and traditions of the Chinese vernacular courtyard house.