Intriguing as it is brilliant, architect Gary Changs 30 year-long project involves a continual experiment with his small apartment in a Hong Kong building block. Partly biographical though the way that it documents specific changes, needs and desires, it is also an ongoing study of what he calls the extreme conditions of Tight-Space a global phenomenon in which increasingly people live in high-density, hyper-urbanised environments. Photographs of various stages of the apartment are presented throughout and accompanied by plans, sketches, writings and observations.
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Born in 1962 in Hong Kong, Gary Chang graduated from the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong in 1987 and founded EDGE in 1994. Since 1995, Chang has lectured at many academic institutions around the world, including the Technische Universiteit in Delft (1997), Royal College of Art in
London (1999), and Milan Polytechnic in Italy (2002). He is often a panel speaker at academic conferences on architecture around the world. Recent representative projects include the Gifu Kitagata Housing Phase II, in Japan, the “Suitcase House” of “Commune by the Great Wall” in Beijing, and Kung-Fu Tea-set for Tea & Coffee Towers 2003 in Alessi.
London (1999), and Milan Polytechnic in Italy (2002). He is often a panel speaker at academic conferences on architecture around the world. Recent representative projects include the Gifu Kitagata Housing Phase II, in Japan, the “Suitcase House” of “Commune by the Great Wall” in Beijing, and Kung-Fu Tea-set for Tea & Coffee Towers 2003 in Alessi.
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Ingenious apartment design poorly executed book.,
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The apartment concept and design are truly ingenious. The story is engaging. It is a shame the book's photography does not do it justice. It is dark and poorly reproduced. When I opened the book the spine and cover fell away from the pages. The format of the book was a good idea but its execution falls short.
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