New Dock

NEW DOCK is about the exploration of living environments through high-density and high-rise patterns in the post-pandemic era.

By utilising a metaphorical approach that allows us to rethink the sense of belonging and rebuilding neighbourhoods for residents in high rise conditions. The metaphor allows for a series of new scenarios that allow residents to regain the harmony of their neighbourhood and to remove the sense of disorientation in soaring towers and re-establish the spatial ownership that has been lost for so long.

This results in an evocative process that interacts the residents' spatial memories with the context of the Docklands, as well as offering various possibilities for the layout of urban residential and public space. The metaphor condenses the urban fabric of the harbour area into the Central Pier site, making it more symbolic. This project interprets the urban void between the towers to give the urban porosity a more vibrant and diverse public, social, and green spaces. The whole exploration is not only about the form giving, but also about the context of free market ideology. Questioning how to use this tool for architectural exploration to produce a new typology rather than a closed glass or concrete composition?