Architecture is the pointof exchange, between structure and program, infrastructure and everyday life.
The pedagogy of Year 3 inHong Kong University focuses on investigating architecture from the perspectiveof the city: to understand architecture in relation to urban dynamics.
This program continues itsresearch into the contemporary Asian city referring Hong Kong and Shanghai aslaboratories for urban research and design.
To use structure, site andprogram as a driving force for this exchange, three sites in Hong Kong andthree sites in Shanghai are selected to exhibit different characteristics ofurban context.
Locating along theperiphery of a traditional worker’s village, Feng Cheng New Village(凤城新村), the three sites in Shanghai offer unique opportunities to developarchitectural propositions that deeply rooted in the urban condition.