[Lee Ching Yi Sylvia - The Cycle of Permeable - Markets in the Sky - COVER IMG] 594 x 1680 cm
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The Cycle of Permeable - Markets in the Sky

PrizeHonorable Mention in Architectural Design / Conceptual Architecture
University/SchoolPolyU School of Design
Lead ArchitectLee Ching Yi Sylvia

This project designs a researched urban phenomenon: how control and informality trigger a continuous cycle. Grounded in Hong Kong’s market history, it models rules pushing trade indoors, informality spilling back out, and the spatial reshaping that follows. In a Yona Friedman–inspired high-rise megastructure, zoning, access, and surveillance spark street-like life in the sky. The design showcases this loop: a living urban script where regulation and resistance co-produce space.