Standardization is a product of modernism, a tool to boost economic growth and ensure a fast pace of development. It brought us into a new era some 50 years ago.

However, in view of the fast-paced of design and construction today, people follow the standard without further thought most of the time. The standard sometimes becomes a can product and cannot deal with the individual specific needs of the users.

Standardization aims at designing for everyone. It designs to suit everyone but no one satisfied. A design for all is a design for none. Standardization nullifies the relation between the user and the designers.

The “Architecture” in Hong Kong is an illustration of standardization. These standards are the products of economic and marketing decisions, but seldom from the point of the welfare of the users. These standards are the frontier that architects must cross to promote a healthier and more responsible architecture.

In this exhibition, we try to break away from this standardization. Starting from a cube, from a standard block, we demonstrate how this block can be customized to suit the needs of the users and the architecture itself. It is based on a villa project of the exhibitor. Through the use of architecture we establish again the relation between the users and the designers.

標準化源於現代化的過程。標準化作為一種發展的工具，帶給我們一個快速進步的社會。 五十多年前它帶領我們進入一個全新的時代。

但在這個快速的設計及建設工業中，有些人不假思索地跟隨了標準化的腳步，甚至到了一個地步，忘記了人們的基本需要。標準化到頭來只製造出廉價的罐頭式產物。

標準化旨在提供一個適合所有人的設計，它嘗試滿足所有人。可是一個為所有人的設計等於一個為非人的設計。標準化令用家和設計者的關係歸「無」。

香港建築處處流露標準化的影子。這些標準往往只為經濟及市場服務，並沒有真正考慮用家的感受。這正是我們建築師要逾越的戰線。

這展覽利用一個真實的別墅項目，以標準的正方體為出發點，試著重構用者與建築的關係。