XLI. Hong Kong, China — High Density

XXXXI. Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong, officially named as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (HKSAR), is a special administrative region on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. It also serves as a major global financial centre around the world. Hong Kong is a highly developed territory and ranks fourth on the UN Human Development Index.

Overview of Hong Kong

Infrastructure- Tsing Ma Bridge (Left) & Commerical in Tsim Sha Tsui (Right)

Population:
Urban: 7,291,600 people

Area:
Urban: 1,088 square km

Population Density:
Urban Average: 6,800 people/km2

Politics:
Hong Kong is an autonomous Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, according to the constitutional document, Basic Law, except in defense and foreign affairs, the principles and policies regarding Hong Kong will remain unchanged for 50 years and designates a system of governance led by a Chief Executive and an Executive Council, with a two-tiered system of representative government and an independent judiciary. The Chief Executive is the representative of HKSAR and the head of the Government of Hong Kong. The term of the Chief Executive of HKSAR shall be five years, each Chief Executive may not serve for not more than two consecutive terms.

Kwun Tong : Most Dense District (Left) & Tseung Kwan O: 3rd New Town Development (Right)

Central: Business District (Left) & Peng Chau: Less Dense Area in Island District (Right)

Hong Kong - High Density Building Typologies

Hong Kong - Means of Transportation

Hong Kong - Traffic Hubs and Nodes

Hong Kong - Urban Void Spaces

Po Lam, New Territories - 3rd Generation of New Town:

Area: 3.48 square km
Population: 118,640 people
Population Density: 34,091 people/km2

Mongkok, Kowloon - Mixture of Old and New Buildings:

Area: 1.46 square km
Population: 64,792 people
Population Density: 44,378 people/km2

Shum Shui Po, Kowloon - Lower-Income Neighborhood:

Area: 1.17 square km
Population: 53,901 people
Population Density: 46,070 people/km2

City Slopes, Shum Shui Po (Hong Kong)

To cope with the fast-growing urban city, land supply is always an exceptional challenging task, especially in Hong Kong, a place full of hilly mountains and very little land left for development. The city itself needs to sort out the potential interstice so as to survive and fulfill the need for future urban development. Instead of demolishing the memorable and irreplaceable historical buildings from the past for new developed high-rise buildings, how could we invent and open up other much more constructive possibilities? City Slopes is targeted to excavate and radically formulate different solutions to an urban realm to position our new urban development in the residual or in-between spaces.

With the existing constructed mandatory infrastructure, the space above the flyover creates a probable expansion capacity for the city’s growth. It is believed City Slopes, where the building siutated above the flyover could also provide a different perspective on the story of the highway. The exploration of a slower-paced life, contrasts the fast, frenetic projection the flyover would eventually give way to. The building complied with all the urban needs to celebrate rapid life in a dense city. It consists not only of commercial, and residential areas but most importantly, the playscape that allows residents to ease their city stress from their busy life.

City Slopes - Axonometric

City Slopes - Site Plan

Overall Site Section

Program Diagram (Left) & Plan Diagram (Right)