15 IDEAS AFTER DISCUSSION

ACTUAL: 175cm x 91cm

TEMPLATE: 39cm x 20cm

can add object, colour on top

reasons leading to serious housing problem in hong kong

• lack of land that can possibly be developed
• overpopulation (overloading of people in a limited amount of land
• private land owners holding land for earning revenue

idea1(image only): ripped buildings

idea2(image only): sky fragments

• putting pieces of skies together 

idea3(text only): OVER xxx

• overpopulated
• overloaded
• overpriced 

idea4(text only): holes on article

• cutting out -ve adjectives describing housings in hk from an article 
• missing -ve adjectives

idea5(text only): 缺 què lack shortage 

• in 缺 of 

made one similar

idea6(image and text): with all those expensive price tags on buildings 

• making buildings like a high fashion brand package 
• reflect housings in hong kong are becoming like a luxurious product that only rich people can own 
• ref: The Asian financial hub has one of the most expensive property markets in the world, with the average cost per square foot of an apartment about HK$12,100 ($1,547.31), according to property agency Midland Realty. On the prime Hong Kong Island, the average cost is about HK$16,200 per square foot.

idea7(image only)

• a man crouching on the canvas

AFTER DISCUSSION:

idea8(text): boxed text

• have an article about the phenomenon and place it inside a square 
• concept: text holder, human holder

idea9(image only): many people in a small room/ cage/ coffin 

idea10(image only): loads of people on top of each other 

• a building of packed people 

idea11(text only): weight

• total population over total area for housing

idea12(image only): rural vs urban collage

• ref: new york central park 
• reverse the park and the buildings 

idea13(image only): reversed sky and buildings 

• cropped buildings surrounded by sky 

idea14(image only): distorted buildings 

• ref: cubist architecture, pipe homes(adapting to this phenomenon)
• concept: the distorted mindset of hk ppl on how a normal living space should be like

idea15 (text and image): home kong

• HOME KONG
• hk flag 

idea16 (text): coordinates 

• 22.3964° N, 114.1095° E

objects that reflects a small limited space:

- coffins

- cages

- fridge