My ArchiSchool Students Design Nature-Focused Art Markets for Hong Kong

Key facts

• My ArchiSchool is a Hong Kong-based organisation offering in-person and online courses in 3D modelling for architecture and urban planning.
• The school's Animation and Architecture Summer Programmes include projects focused on nature-focused art markets in Hong Kong.
• Albus Oscar Chung's 'Gleam' is an animation addressing inner fears, inspired by banyan tree roots.
• Tiana Lui's 'A Promise Across the Sea' is an animation about love spanning Hong Kong and Tokyo.
• Marvin Wu's 'The Cat in Thunder' is an anime-inspired animation about a man and a stray cat during a storm.
• Ayden Zhang's 'The Gem' is an architecture project with stained glass windows for an art market.
• Claire Lee's 'The Coral Reef Island' features floating decks, granite and wood, and rainwater harvesting canopies.
• Teddy Cheng's 'The Stackable' stacks tram-shaped boxes to preserve existing trees on site.
• David Ma's 'Portals of the Minds and Spirits' is an art market with a Buddhist art gallery using fair-faced concrete.
• Alfred Fong's 'Submerged Canvas' has operable vertical shading fins and a glass wall facing a garden of pine trees.
• The school aims to reduce carbon emissions from concrete through sustainable design and wooden architecture.
• Courses are designed for children and teenagers aged 6 to 18, with the most comprehensive package ending with an exhibition after eight months.