If the tectonics laboratory is considered as a type of basic research, then the thesis forms another level of research or applied research. Following this understanding, we articulated several topics this year to match students’ and teachers’ interests. We hope that we can give better support and the students can work with sharper focus, if the students topic is not seen as a private interest, but as a way to relate to and take part in the discussion of architecture on several levels.

I advised the following students in their final year study and project:

Tectonics of towers

Model of variation

Transformable space

Refurbishment of old public housing

Facing the street

Light and space

Structure behind form

Materialization of enveloped space

Material: shift of usage

De-script-ion

Exploration on massive building in Hong Kong

Interior structure and exterior form

Structural relationship between shape, shell, and core

Spatial structures as alternative to towers

Complexity of space, perception, and richness of experience

For more details see the former Tectonics Studio teaching webpages.