1.0: Thinktank, Lok Ma Chau Loop, Studio Overview TITLE The Lok Ma Chau Loop is a contested site in the Frontier Closed Area. It co-hab-it is a piece of Shenzhen owned land under the legal administration of Hong Kong. Its future use is yet to be decided but the site will need to 1. to live together as husband and address the mutual desires of both Hong Kong and Shenzhen. Like a wife, usually without legal or co-habiting un-married couple we propose that the site be the religious sanction. metaphorical bed of HK-SZ: a site for mutual benefit without legal 2. to live together in an intimate constraint. Rather than focus on the Loop itself we will focus on the relationship. residual land between the Loop and the Lok Ma Chau Border Control 3. to dwell with another or share the DESCRIPTION same place, as different species of Point. animals. To create projects that: 1. act as catalysts for transformation 2. have a lifespan of 10-15 years maximum outpost 3. are“outposts” 1. a station in a remote or sparsely 4. connect the desires of HK + SZ populated location 5. are used by cross-border passengers 2. a settlement on the frontier of 6. combine 1 leisure program and 1 educational program civilization 3. a military post stationed at a OBJECTIVE The strategy is to create a stepping stone in the development of the distance from the main body of troops Loop, to create an “anticipatory architecture” for the future of one of HK’s key sites. The studio wil be organised in the following stages: 1. Cedric Price research and projection 2. Program extraction and adaptation 3. Site exploration 4. Spatial storyboarding 5. Concept design PROCESS 6. Design resolution The studio will work on specific formats for different work stages. Techniques will be covered in workshops on: - maps - diagrams - models - plans - sections - combinants (half model/half section etc) see attached schedule TIME PRODUCTS Joshua Bolchover Cohabitats: Lok Ma Chau Loop REVIEW 1 MID-REVIEW FINAL REVIEW 1. C.P research 1. Site analysis and strategy 1. Design development 2. Adaptation 2. Program resolution 2. Spatial definition 3. Deployment 3. Stakeholder input 3. Inhabitation 4. Schematic design 1. Mapping 1. Modelling 1. Section and Sectional Models 2. Diagramming 2. Plan organisation 2. Perspectives 3. Storyboarding 3. Storyboarding 3. Storyboarding Studio Intro: Cedric Price Site: Lok Ma Chau Thinking through Drawing Cohabitation The Diagram as a Design Tool SEMINARS TECHNIQUES WORK PHASE 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 Lunar New Year Easter MArch 1 Co-Habitation Studio: Semester B plan Joshua Bolchover.