Hong Kong: An Extreme Case in Dense Urban Living

China-EU ◽  
2014 ◽  
pp. 173-179
Author(s):  
Christine Loh
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Extreme Case ◽  
Urban Living

scholarly journals New Orders In Search of a New Point-Block Diagram for Hong Kong

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Ottevaere ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Block Diagram ◽  
Urban Living ◽  
Alternative Structures ◽  
Structural Principles

The project explores a series of alternative structures for housing through a design-research prototyping process. Nine proto- structures are developed through the conception and realization of columns cast in concrete. The series explores specific structural principles at 1 to 1 scale, which are further architecturally tested as speculative towers for urban living at 1 to 100 scale.

scholarly journals Urban Alienation in Wong Kar Wai's Films

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethel Chong
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Urban Living

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE: URBAN ALIENATION IN WONG KAR WAI'S FILMS They say that love can change a man. I start to find myself looking better and more charming, and suddenly I discover that I'm turning blonde. (Qiwu in Fallen Angels) The four films which I am going to discuss are Days of Being Wild (1991), Chungking Express (1994), Fallen Angels (1995), and Happy Together (1997). These four films were directed by Hong Kong director, Wong Kar Wai, who wowed the critics at Cannes 2000 with In the Mood for Love (2000). Wong has been hailed as the definitive Hong Kong arthouse director. His postmodern themes and filming techniques focus mainly on the anxiety within modern urban living. His films do not provide an answer to the anxiety, nor tell the audience how to deal with the anxiety. In a nutshell, Wong's films are about our postmodern human...

Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection: The Hong Kong experience

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (11-s4) ◽  
pp. S289-S293 ◽  
Author(s):  
SSY WONG ◽  
WC YAM ◽  
PHM LEUNG ◽  
PCY WOO ◽  
KY YUEN
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Escherichia Coli Infection
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