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HKIA AnnuAl AwArds 2014

Design Concept
exhibition Pavilions of tsun yip street
Playground / Park is an important urban
node for public spaces illustrating
industrial history of east Kowloon, bring
together the urban activities of local
residents and working communities
with the cultural heritage of city. Being
the first project launched under a series
of urban catalysts proposed by the
urban design study of east Kowloon
industrial Heritage, the project re-use
four industrial containers converting them
into a sequence of urban pavilions for
exhibiting industrial culture of the district.
working with existing urban fabrics and
landscapes, the project not only link four
pavilions with the pedestrian flow of the
park, it also intends to kick-off the shaping
of new types of small scaled urban spaces
for the regeneration of east Kowloon
industrial district.

Jury Report
the members of the jury were most
favourably impressed by the public
success of this small urban park and
pavilion project. it was developed as an
initiative to inform the members of the
Kwung tong community with respect
to the major redevelopment projects
that are about to take place in the area
and to stress the serious urban design
issues that are raised as a result of these
at times contested - redevelopment
programmes that will profoundly affect the
neighbourhood. the use of containers to
form the basic armature of the project was
found to be very creative and effective.
the architectural detailing is robust and
well controlled. the exhibition displays
are well designed and playfully integrate
various contributions from local artists.
Most importantly, the pavilion and its
attendant park are actively used by the
residents and the project has clearly been
positively received and truly adopted
by the community. the jury praised the
intelligence and appropriateness of this
urban design intervention.

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