Jonathan Solomon from the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong will be giving a public lecture on Aformal Architecture at the University of Technology (UTS) in Sydney.
The lecture will be taking place on Friday the 18th May and according to Solomon's website the talk will explore the idea of:
"Spatial logic for the city of Hong Kong through architectural products that can be explained neither by mainstream understandings of formal or informal processes and explores the consequences for public space in a dense city.
The lecture will coincide with the release of a book on Aformal Architecture called Cities without Ground in which Solomon along with Clara Wong and Adam Frampton map three-dimensional circulation networks that join shopping malls, train stations and public transport interchanges, public parks and private lobbies through models and drawing.
The description of the book proposes that Hong Kong is a city without ground and that perceptions of distance and time are distorted.
"Hong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground). Density obliterates figure-ground in the city, and in turn re-defines public-private spatial relationships."
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Visit UTS page here for details.
