Adjustable Centering and Linear Community Library

Creator

Fung, Tsz Ching, Ina

Title

Alternative Title

ADJUSTABLE CENTERING AND ITS APPLICATION IN KAT HING WAI WALLED VILLAGE

Subject

Interior decoration -- Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2020-09-17

Relation

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020: Profile Cards

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2020BAEDD09P001

ASSD2020BAEDD09P002

ASSD2020BAEDD09P003

ASSD2020BAEDD09P004

ASSD2020BAEDD09P005

ASSD2020BAEDD09P006

ASSD2020BAEDD09P007

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Environment and Interior Design

Description

This project began with previous research into adjustable arch centering. The designer studied the framework for brick arch construction to increase the plasticity, interpreted as formal expressive capability, of brick structures. This project contains two main parts: first is further development of adjustable arch centering with a transformable tool design allowing construction of linear, arched spaces at different heights and radii. The second phase was to apply this tool on a site and program.The design of adjustable centering combines small, adjustable units. To construct a long, arched space requires only 3 layers of the adjustable centering.The designer chose Kat Hing Wai Walled Village as an experimental testing site. Site analysis suggested a small community library as a plausible testing facility. The final design outcome presents the spatial quality of a library designed in linear, arched spaces.

Collection

PolyU Design Degree Show 2020