“门 (Gate)” http://sml8.it/17VriKX #HK # 香港公共屋邨建築中文簡體字形 Hong Kong Public Housing Estate Architecture Simplified Chinese Typographic Forms: In 2005, a site-specific installation called “The Gates” by Bulgarian artist Christo Yavacheff and French artist Jeanne-Claude (aka Christo and Jeanne-Claud) was seen at Central Park in New York City [1]. This was not an art installation—just a pathway at a public housing development in Hong Kong. But its resemblance is uncanny. The Chinese character 门 came to mind, which is the simplified version of the character 門 — and it means literally the “gate” or the “door”, thus giving new meaning to both the high art and this everyday object. The yellow stripe paint serves the function of alerting the elderly. I quite like it. Form follows function. # Notes 1. http://sml8.it/11vzyTd “门 (Gate)” / 香港公共屋邨建築中文簡體字形 Hong Kong Public Housing Estate Architecture Simplified Chinese Typographic Forms / SML.20130512.6D.05734 / #建築 #建筑 #architecture #形 #Forms #SMLForms #中文字形 #ZhTypography #中文 #typography #CreativeCommons #CCBY #SMLPhotography #SMLUniverse #SMLProjects / #中國 #中国 #China #香港 #HongKong #攝影 #摄影 #photography #城市 #Urban #馬鞍山 #MaOnShan #FormFollowsFunction http://sml8.it/17VriKZ








