transverse studio
Forum for a New Central 規畫新中環論壇
Description: The Hong Kong chapter of the international committee for documentation and conversation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement.
architecture (13120) sites (2825) conservation (2447) buildings (1038) neighbourhoods (7) docomomo (6) modern movement (4) docomomo hong kong (1) docomomo hk (1) docomomohk (1)
Docomomo HK was invited to organise a discussion panel in support of the launch of its member Walter Koditek’s new book Hong Kong Modern Architecture of the 1950s to 1970s.
Mapping contested spaces in Hong Kong through field observation, analytical drawings, archival research and film studies, the book Resistant City visualizes the energies and tenacity of people in the territory as manifest in their daily life, social and professional networks, and the urban spaces they inhabit.
How can spaces for care like photobooks and museums be reimagined through public engagement? This session returns to questions posed in Capturing for Care with a focus on projects at a specific Hong Kong public housing estate. Conceived by architect Donald Liao as “a small town rather than a housing estate,” Wah Fu housed lower-to-middle income citizens on a promontory between Pokfulam and Aberdeen for over half a century. Its demolition is now in preparation; the relocation of residents will begin in 2026.
transverse studio
Forum for a New Central 規畫新中環論壇