Illusio Bibliotheca

School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Library of Illusions

Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Library of Babel” describes the deeply imaginative visions of a perfect total library with infinitely repeating spaces. The project design method is “optical illusion” and by adding Chinese and Hong Kong culture into the setting, the recomposed library is called 'Illusio Bibliotheca' with six domains: Heavens/Time/Calendrics, In Situ, Man/Society, Nature, Philosophy and Economy. Through associating symbols and allegories to specific settings, spaces are no longer only drawing on flat surfaces, but also in imaginary three-dimensional spaces, making hyperbole and paradox work into the settings.

URBAN BOTANTICAL RESOURCE: TRANSFORMATION OF GARDEN WASTE

School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Yard Waste as an Opportunity In the past five years, Hong Kong generated an average of 180 tonnes of yard waste per day. At Prince Edward Flower Market, one of the biggest plant markets in Hong Kong, yard waste collects daily from wasted plants, off-cuts, and unsold merchandise. This project sees yard “waste” as an urban resource to redesign for new use and interaction with human behavior. The designed mobile workshop supports adapted paper pulp molding techniques, explores the design possibilities of repurposing an under-utilized resource ecosystem for new use.