Through careful observation, I found that due to space limitation, many of the domestic space is fragmented from the living room, included kitchen, laundry space and bathroom. With the domestic needs fragmentation, public pathway become space for domestic activity as well, such that if we define a boundary of a house by activities, the border is extended. The boundary of houses is redefined. It expands with activity ,and thus time....
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Pok Fu Lam Village is a very unique and distinctive place and it is different from other living environments in Hong Kong. As an informal settlements, there is little significant order to follow, everything is just settled and accumulated randomly and progressively over time, without any uniform order to determine how things are organized in the village. It is hard to identify the systems and how materials come together by simple...
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In Pokfulam village, we can easily spot items, furniture and structures in nearly all public space. These private properties are not placed to occupy the public area but served to provide villages with better spatial quality. Long benches and rain shelters are the most common examples of private properties that appear in the common area. Tiles spread out to the road is a special example we can find in Pokfulam village. The owners of...
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I am especially interested in how gathering spaces can act as a medium or tool to help strengthen the bond between villagers. Recently listed on the World Monument Watch List, Pokfulam Village is one of the oldest villages in Hong Kong, many villagers have been living in the village since they were small. The relationship between people, especially neighbors are very close. A lot of elderlies will sit outside their houses to chat with...
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