Jacky Lai

His graduation thesis "Passage of Wind" proposed an alternative masterplan in Brussels, as well as portraying a primary school campus blending with the existing landscape and new urban neighbourhood. The thesis was based on the climatic research of the site, delivering a guideline on balancing the interests among the residents, ecologists, activists and municipality. The tectonic and building envelopes of the school pavilions also responded to the passages of prevailing wind by protecting courtyards from the gust and regulating natural air flow in the buildings. Meanwhile, rammed-earth bricks were used as the primary structural material to promote a local circular material economy initiated by BC Material in Brussels. The bricks would be able to reduce the CO2 emissions in the construction process and improve the humidity regulation of the interiors.