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A Panorama
*Paging the City Trilogy 2

Publication DesignThe sequence begins with the exterior of a vacant building wrapped in scaffolding, moves through its hollow structural interior, and ultimately arrives at an emptied rental apartment. Along the way, fragments of voices surface, culling from London local eviction reports and demolition news, spoken by those who once called the emptiness their home. It is a journey of piercing through veils and entering spaces left unseen, replaying voices unheard.

Printed on broadsheet newsprint, this publication unfolds a scene in motion, photographs, remnants, and testimonies laid side by side. Not as evidence, but as residue. When people are absent from architecture, space enters a state of suspension, neither reoccupied nor fully erased. These scaffolded buildings, whether awaiting demolition or redevelopment, serve as silent containers of urban transformation. Meanwhile, the vacated apartment bears the imprint of an individual’s departure from a transient urban life. By tracing these emptied spaces, the project seeks to capture the convergence between the city and the individual in states of transition.

《穿幕》 是一本模拟推拉镜头节奏的图像出版物。它从被脚手架包裹的空置大楼外立面开始，镜头般缓慢推进，穿过空荡的结构空间，最终切换至一间被搬空的出租公寓。是一次打破遮蔽、潜入不可见内部的观看旅程。 当人缺席于建筑之中，空间陷入一种被悬置的状态——既未被再次占据，也尚未彻底抹除。那些被脚手架包裹的楼体，无论是等待拆除还是升级改造，都是城市更新下的无声容器；而空房间则记录着个体在城市流动中留下的撤离痕迹。通过凝视这些被腾空的结构，《穿幕》 试图捕捉城市与个体在过渡状态中的交汇。
375mm x 520mm
54gsm newsprint, 28pp
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* Paging the City Trilogy


A nongtang, a scaffolded façade, a departing room—Paging the City is my research project developed during the MA Graphic Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins. This publishing trilogy traces disappearing urban spaces across Shanghai and London through the lens of personal and collective memory. Each publication unfolds as a spatial narrative: large-format folds, horizontal sequencing, and accordion structures translate emotional and spatial experiences of dwelling, departure, and transformation into editorial form. The project reflects the perspective of temporary residents navigating shifting urban conditions, and offers attentive possibilities for design to engage more meaningfully with local contexts.

一座弄堂、一面脚手架包裹的立面、一间即将搬离的房间。《翻阅城市》是我在中央圣马丁平面传达设计硕士期间展开的研究项目。项目以三本出版物串联起上海与伦敦两座城市，借由个体与集体记忆，记录那些正在消失的城市空间。每一本书都是一段空间叙事的实践：横向翻页、大幅折叠、手风琴式结构……这些编排方式不仅回应了城市中的居住与迁移经验，也让阅读本身成为一场对空间的漫游。《翻阅城市》聚焦于那些在城市中短暂停留的人们，以一种更细腻的方式思考设计如何介入流动、变化与在地日常。



Link to two other projects:

1. Hangin’ the Sun

3. What to Take? What to Leave? More information on: 

CSM online showcase