This 7-day long international housing workshop will be set in Hong Kong, focusing on post-war, high-density housing estates with an integrated plinth.
Due to their high density, composite form, mixed programmes and complex internal circulation, these estates are cities within cities, producing their own urbanity. As a result of shifts in urban transportation, car use and regulation, the plinths’ original purpose is under transformation. Their current use and adaptation for future scenarios has to be rethought.
The workshop looks at these podium structures as core infrastructures which organise the daily life of residents, accommodating the transition from the domestic to the public realm.
Through questioning the podiums’ link to urban transportation, internal circulation and movement of people, goods and services, the workshop will allow us to reimagine the estate’s relationship to the city and the life its residents.
The workshop is organised by the Liverpool School of Architecture, with the following partners institutions and locations: Hong Kong University, Mei Ho House, M+ Museum and Hong Kong Architectural History blog (Dr Charles Lai).
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