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Experiments are the prelude to delivery

Undelivered schemes, technologies still being tested, ideas that have just surfaced. Papers, patents, installation experiments and concept prototypes all mixed together — no order, browse freely.

2026.08

Rapid modelling workflow

Using DJI M4E drones and spatial cameras to capture aerial and ground data, then an advanced Gaussian splatting algorithm to fuse air and ground and model quickly, producing high-fidelity 3D scenes.

Lichuan chimney light show · personified architecture prototype
2025.02

Buildings that talk

An AI interaction prototype that lets a building "speak", tested on the Lichuan chimney thermometer project. Visitors ask; the building answers in the first person about its own history and function.

Night-tourism space
assessment model
2026.05

Night-tourism space assessment model

An early-stage appraisal framework built on three dimensions: spatial endowment, water system and topography, and cultural assets. It answers "whether to do it, where, and at what scale".

AIGC city story generation
2026.03

AIGC city story generation

An experimental workflow that turns local cultural material into light-show narrative scripts using large models. From intangible-heritage legend to architectural history, it generates a performable content sequence automatically.

Sound-light-water-screen
system prototype
2025.11

Sound-light-water-screen system prototype

A prototype control architecture and content distribution protocol for point-line-plane hardware systems. Supports multi-screen synchronisation, real-time interactive triggers and remote content updates.

Light and
material experiments
2025.09

Light and material experiments

A comparison of the optical effects of UV particles, projection mapping and irregular LED screens. Testing how different media read — in visibility and in colour — in outdoor night conditions.

Undelivered
concept schemes
2025.06

Undelivered concept schemes

Night-time narrative concepts for three cities that did not proceed, for budget or policy reasons. The schemes are complete — waiting for the right moment and the right city.

Urban evolution and sustainable design

An evolutionary framework for cities: analysing key drivers and modelling trends to reveal how space, function, transport and ecology change — then turning that into smart, resilient and ecological design strategies and tools.

The boundary of a flagship IP: spillover, or siphon?

A flagship IP does not inevitably drain its neighbours. Are the offers substitutes or complements? Does footfall stay enclosed or spill out? Are the routes linked?

These experiments eventually become cases.

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