Elysium Above All

Creator

Yu, Chun Lok, Eric 余雋樂

Title

Elysium Above All

Subject

Interior decoration -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2019-06-27

Relation

PolyU Design - Projects gallery

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2019BAEDD10P001

ASSD2019BAEDD10P002

ASSD2019BAEDD10P003

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design

Description

Elysium Above All

Hong Kong has the most unaffordable housing price in the world. Owing to the lack of land and the rising number in the population, Hong Kong people find it extremely difficult to have their own living space nowadays.

On the other hand, it is also hard to die in Hong Kong too. It is hard to find more land to build more columbarium, so there is always a columbaria shortage. Neither you can live nor die properly in Hong Kong.

According to the above background, a speculative narrative project is developed to respond to the issue. Imagine 50 years later in Hong Kong, the situation and living standard get worse, many people live and die on the street. Hong Kong is in an urge to have an enormous space to stop the situation.

By researching the death process in hong kong, there are 4 main processes can be concluded. After transferring the process into a huge spatial design, 4 main parts are generated to form the whole structure to deal with the tough future. About the form, since Chinese believe the square is the earth while the circle is paradise after death, so the form will change from square to circle meaning that the deaths are going to paradise.

Firstly, the whole circulation starting from the ground with all the ceremony. Going upstairs, there will be a cremation machine, where the dead body burned, and the smoke goes up along the structure. On the upper level is the dining room, where the relatives and friends would be invited to have a meal and gather together in order to relieve the pain of losing their beloved one. The columbarium is on the top level, where is the place to store the death’s ashes, imlying the death will live in heaven forever. It is also a garden where the relatives and friends would enjoy to come back and visit their beloved ones in a relaxing and fascinating environment.

Collection

PolyU Design Annual Show 2019: beyond the surface = 二〇一九理大設計年展: 表裡以外