HKU Degree Show 2006

Ok it's really late... my apology.

There are mainly two purposes for holding this degree show:
1) show off - to potential employers so that we can get jobs without sending letters
I'm lucky enough to be one of the few who were asked to interview for jobs at architectural firms.
2) show off - let the world know what the hell we did in the past 8 months
More importantly this let my parents and friends know what the hell I learnt in the past 6 years since 2000 and hopefully make them think it's worthwhile to spend vast amount of money on me!


This is my thesis, the final 'homework' before ending my architecture education. The whole process took approximately 8 months, from Oct 2005 'til May 2006. Each of us have different topics as well as different sites. Mine's about tourism and conservation of world heritage; and my idea is to design an air-floating hotel that hovers above ground. This avoids direct contact with heritage sites and natural environment and, in-turn, reduces pollution.


A closer look at my main presentation, which is of a size of 10 A1s. This is the standard requirement for all projects at thesis level.


This is a setional model in 1:20 scale, showing typical structural bay for my hotel system. Part of the 1:100 scale model can be seen on the top-left corner of photo. Both models are actually suspended above floor from ceiling at the exhibition space.

Other (interesting) projects from my colleagues are displayed here:-


Sunny's 'millennium wheel' at the Peak!


Ar Yu's 'Remarking Neighborhood' at Shek Kip Mei


Erik's housing scheme at Tseung Kwan O. Dont care if the structure works or not, it's definitely pretty damn impressive.


Last but not least, Connie's mass-produced mobile, collapsible hospital for emergency situations and disease outbreaks.

Well done everyone! (Well, most of us anyway)