Capturing the city/spatializing the captured: An animated documentary of Hong Kong

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dc.contributor.advisorPope, Albert
dc.creatorCheung, Yim-Fun Lucia
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T06:51:13Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T06:51:13Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.description.abstractThe incredible density and the ever-moving round-the clock public transport constitute the vibrant character of Hong Kong. In this totally consumptive city where the turnover rate is unbelievably fast, people have no time and no room to think. Compactness is no longer a function of lack of space but has become a system of its own. Static representation is no longer sufficient to document a city like HK in which every single parameter is animatable. Various computer animation techniques were explored to spatialize the raw footage of the city. These exercises sought to capture the ambiance rather than the physical constructs of the city. "Studios" generated in computer were stacked to form a tower in which the experiences and events of the city were encapsulated. The fixity and objectness of the tower (architecture) is effaced through visually animating the surfaces. Tower was also the metaphor of the compactness of the city.
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dc.format.extent153 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 1999 CHEUNG
dc.identifier.citationCheung, Yim-Fun Lucia. "Capturing the city/spatializing the captured: An animated documentary of Hong Kong." (1999) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17255">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/17255</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2949
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/17255
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectGeography
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectCinema
dc.subjectUrban planning
dc.subjectRegional planning
dc.titleCapturing the city/spatializing the captured: An animated documentary of Hong Kong
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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