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The Colours of Hong Kong

Part 2 Project 2021
Ki Sha Sally Chow
 Chinese University of Hong Kong | China
"What is the definition of “colours”?
“The mixing of various proportions of black and white.” – Aristotle proposed.
“Black and white are only considered as outcasts. It is darkness and lightness that truly exists.” – Newton argued.
“Colours is not ‘real’. It is our eyes and minds being the perceptual apparatus that creates colours within us.” – Goethe defined.

In this thesis, when the notion of colour meets with nature, it is re-defined as the representation of a particular natural environment in Hong Kong. The thesis first examines the definition of colours and its inextricable link with nature, hence its significance on living creatures in local context. The proposal of creating new environments is conceptualized as “colour-making” in nature through the manipulation of materiality, landform and perspective. Correspondingly, it results in the formation of a new beach, seabed and waterfall which co-exist with the programme of waterfront, museum and bathhouse respectively. These three alternatives aim to justify the role of architecture and the potential of architectural space inhabited by wildlife. Meanwhile, it proposes how human can contribute as one of the ""colours"" that completes our environment. Overall, it is hard to tell where nature ends and architecture begins as they are never separable."

Ki Sha Sally Chow
Tutor(s)
2021
Color is the representation of a particular environment in Hong Kong. Is it a fantasy that we create new “colors” in Hong Kong…?
Tide is never constant, ever changing, reflecting the movement of the sun and moon, echoing the passage of time, joining the cycle of the day and night.
For its vivid blast of red and orange set against the bright blue sky, this piece of land becomes the threshold between human and wildlife.
Sometimes arise, sometimes sink. Sometimes united, sometimes fragmented. I will hide behind the tide and you come seek. Let’s play this game until we meet.
The anxiety of hiding. The sense of getting lost. The escape from chaos. The journey into calmness. “The sea cures all ailments of man” – Plato.
Black is depth. Depth is darkness. Darkness makes the visible into invisible but let the light shines out of darkness
In the darkest moments where you feel like you will never escape, a small trace of light restores hope.
Getting to the Castle Peak Hinterland, water is harvested into the canyons. Waterfall honors the rainbow that danced beneath us.
Mostly liquid, sometimes gas, rarely mist...
Sit by the waterfall and listen to its music. Let the birds and wind join the musical and hear them sing.
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