Dai Pai Dongs in Mong Kok

Tina has been basing her podium designs on the iconic Dai Pai Dongs in Sham Shui Po and other parts of Hong Kong. These small kiosks are prototypical features of Hong Kong: compact, dense, intense, and deeply integrated with the visual language and architecture of the urban fabric.

This "informal" urbanism works in concert with the hanging advertising signs, billboards, and multicolored facades of the street.

Below, Dai Pai Dongs in Mong Kok in early morning, before opening.

Also guys, please have a look at the original image below. Consider 2 minutes Photoshop work to highlight the important part of the image above, to communicate more to the viewer.

Another way of emphasizing the Dai Pai Dongs might be a simple visual technique like this. Be thoughtful about what you show and how you show it. It only takes a few minutes.

 

First Tutorial - Natural Systems

Sustainable Systems : Small Resource Large Cities

As our cities become larger and larger in relation to the resources and space available, we must increasingly focus on the systems that underlie our lifestyle.

Sustainable Systems : Large Resource Small Cities

In the past, our cities and our civilizations were a drop in an ocean of resources. There was little need for us to think of our systems of consumption and 

waste, as the environment was able to provide an unlimited supply, as well as absorb all of our waste.

City cycles : Distant loops

City cycles : Near loops

City cycles : Open loop

City cycles : Closed Loop