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YEAR 5 THESIS

At the research stage, the diagram maps out the investment and cash flow on properties across the globe.

Large- scale development and land speculation began with urbanization in America. Proprietors in Chicago and Virginia could buy land cheaply and withhold it from market, if they have sufficient capital to carry it, until rising prices brought social prestige.

Foreign investors are using London’s finest homes as real- life Monopoly pieces. A huge property grab by Chinese investors for immigration purpose is pricing UK homebuyers out of the market, whilst developers are directing more overseas sellers into the market.

Model 1 the conceptual model is showing ways to maximise the use of plot space and making voids within the constrained plot sizeModel 2 regulations setting as a bounding box or limit to its scaleModel 3 initial massing or form arrived from city scale flocking and packing methodModel 4 application of building codes to specific building types

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The Chinese official’s overseas’ estate in Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of the popula places for fugitive Chinese officials to use investment, employment, family, shell compa-nies to help people establish properties overseas. “It’s the beneficial for the developer to sell it and advertise.” “You can’t imagine what the developers can do with that. Some developers in Hong Kong, they turn over the regulations, you know. ‘Oh don’t worry. You can use the roof as a corridor.’ They turn things round just like that.” - critic’s comments Taking advantage of the new rules, the developers make full use of the diagrid structure in the building, to form farming platforms, stairs, walkways, living units, long span platforms, etc, as an ideal properties for chinese people’s investment.

Tung Yan Street- The Chinese official’s overseas’ estate in Hong Kong Easy Pack Building

APM Shopping Mall

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10 Design3/F, East Town Building 41 Lockhart Road Wanchai Hong Kong

2nd August, 2015

Dear Human Resourses Department,

Application for the Post of Architectural Assistant

I am writing to apply for the post of Architectural Assistant. I am a fresh graduate from Master of Architecture in University of Hong Kong and I completed my undergraduate study in Bartlett School of Architecture. My expected salary is between $29,000- $31,000

The nature of my degree course has prepared me for this position. In the past few years, I have been actively participating to gain knowledge in the field of architecture. I finished my high school in Brighton College to learn art and photography and the bache-lor degree in Bartlett School of Architecture to study architecture. I completed my year out with a local architectural firm, the Palmer and Turner in Hong Kong recently. I complete my master architectural degree in the University of Hong Kong. I joined a short summer course of digital modelling and fabrication organized by AA in Shanghai the year before and in New York last year which was very fruitful to me. It helps to strengthen my representational skills. I am reckoned as an active person because I like to spend my leisure time to travel and I am joining the HKU Lacrosse team and completed my profes-sional bartending certification course.

Along with the practical side to architecture, I also begin to understand and treat architecture as a sensory experience created from augmented reality. In my second year design project about memory capsule and my final year thesis, I was trying to break architecture into different elements for our better understanding. Dreams, movies and architecture are to be linked in a subtle way, as revealed in my studies of the firm, “Inception”. It is a spatial concept that derives questions in the patterning of space, art, mathematics, and philosophy. It is a very interesting idea that stimulates my feeling upon architecture.

Visiting Las Vegas and Nevada during my undergraduate study was the most impressive to me comparing with the vertical scale and chaotic complexity of Hong Kong and many Asian cities. It is a hyperreal city that constructs a televisual regime that is quickly seen. It gives me a different way to understand cities and sparks my interest for the topic of urbanism.

Learning in an architectural practice, Palmer and Turner, in my year out is a very different and special experience to me. It let me understand pragmatics and empirical building codes govern the design of building projects, making them run more practically not matter in design and installation, rather than just purely ideas and beautiful drawings in school projects. For instance, in the course of participating in the projects of Tuen Mun Sludge Treatment Facilities and a residential development in Tai Hung Road, from communication skills, reading profession-al drawings, meeting with suppliers, drawing and drafting to project administration are skills that cannot be gained at school. I feel so excited when the things that I draw on papers turn into a real building.

I believe that studying masters in HKU will endow me with knowledge and skills that I need for my future and help to build up my confidence and networking in pursuing a career in Hong Kong. My final year project is looking at speculative cities which bridges my knowledge with the

After work, I took up some short courses to learn about leather making, porcelain model making and computer software, as these would help me to improve my skills of model making and rendering. To me, architecture is a non stop pursue. I like thinking and dreaming, when I look at the painting of Thomas Cole’s Architect’s Dream, “as dreams are made on, and out little life, is rounded with a sleep.”

Working for 10 Design appeals to me because it has a good reputation and it provides excel-lent training. Your organisation produces a high-quality service. I am available for interview at any time. Thank you for taking the time to consider this application and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

With kindest regards, Ginny Chau

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YEAR 5 OMA STUDIO IN SPRING SEMESTER:BUILDING FOR LEISURE

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ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS- LCCI Level 2 Certificate in Book-keeping and Accounts- Canossa College (2005-2006) - Academic Star of ReligiousStudies- Junior Achievement Hong Kong - Certificate of Achievement –Personal Economics (2004/2005)- Canossa College (2005) - Chinese History (The Ten MostRespected People in the History)– First Runners Up in the Senior Group- The University of New South Wales (2006)International Assessments for Schools – Mathematics InEnglish (Participation)International Assessment for Schools – English (Credit)- Australian Mathematics Competition for the Westpac AwardsCertificate of CreditCanossa College Year Seven Junior Division 2003Canossa College Year Eight Junior Division 2004Canossa College Year Nine Intermediate Division 2005- Headmaster’s Award - Academic Achievement 2007-2008- Reference Letters from Headmaster - (Oct. 07, Dec. 07, Jan.08 , Mar. 08, May 08, June 08)

CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS FROM Extra-Curricular Activities- Canossa School Hong Kong A.M. – Primary SchoolCommendable Award in Artwork Competition1996-1997 Champion1999-2000 Champion- Hong Kong School Chinese/English Handwriting Competition(2000) – 2nd Runners Up- Canossa School Hong Kong A.M. –Primary School School Poster Design Contest 2002 – ChampionDesign Contest for General Study 2001-2002 – CommendableAward- Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival 1999 Visual Arts Programme –AsiaSat The Salon- Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival 2000 Visual Arts Programme –Total Monster Recall- HK East District Police Dept. & East District Road SafetyCampaign (1999-2000) Commendable Award in the PaintingContest- Royal Academy of DancingPrimary – Highly Commended 1999

Grade One – Pass Plus 2000- 2001 Hong Kong School Music & Speech Festival - Certificateof Merit for Solo Verse Speaking- 57th Hong Kong Schools Music Festival - Certificate ofProficiency – Piano Solo (G4)- The 27th Hong Kong Youth Cultural and Arts CompetitionsMerit Award in the Primary Section of the Chinese PaintingCompetition 2002- Ice Skating Institute of AsiaBETA 2002, PRE-ALPHA, ALPHA 2003, TOT Level 2, 3 & 4 2003/4DELTA 2004- The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of MusicCertificate of Examination – passed with Merit, Grade 3Piano in 2003Certificate of Examination – passed, Grade 5 piano in 2005- Secretary in class society 2003-2004- Treasurer in Art Society 2004-2005- Sports Day Award in Canossa CollegeFirst Runner-up in 200m (Grade B) 2004-2005First Runner-up in 200m (Grade B) 2005-2006Champion in 200m (Grade A) 2006-2007- Service Award as Vice Chairlady of Art Society of CanossaCollege 2005-2006- School Press Group 2005-2006

CONDUCT AWARD- Canossa CollegeConduct Award in the Year 2003-2004Discipline Prefect in the Year 2003-2004Discipline Prefect in the Year 2004-2005Certificate of Appreciation from the Matilda ChildDevelopment Centre 2005Discipline Prefect in the Year 2006-2007- Canossa School Hong Kong A.M. – Primary SchoolConduct Award in the Year 2001-2002Good Student Award in the Year 1998-1999Completion of all School Assignments 1999-2000Commendation for Participation in School Activities 1999 &2000Golden Award for Reading Programme 2002

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