LEGACY BEYOND ASIA - Space 5 point 7

Space 5 point 7

Space

Area

China Hong Kong

Year

2023

Award

WINNER

Affiliation

Scar Yuen Chi Hung

Designer

Scar Yuen Chi Hung

English

As the supply of housing in Hong Kong is tight, property prices and rents are on the rise. Many people are unable to afford the expensive rent. Nowadays, more than 280,000 people living in subdivided flats in Hong Kong. The average per capita floor area is 5.7 square meters. Living in such poor conditions may lower their self-esteem and tend to become less sociable and introverted. People conflict and compete for space as the overcrowded area. The project is using the multi-functional furniture to make more room for living, studying and sleeping. Everyone deserves to be respected and life with dignity.

Native

香港房屋供應緊張，樓價和租金不斷上升，不少市民未能負擔昂貴租金，迫不得已只好選擇居住在劏房。現時香港約有九萬多個劏房單位，超過280,000人居住，人均居住面積只有約5.7平方米。劏房環境擠迫，超過八成家庭曾發生衝突，家庭成員每天都在爭用空間，例如爭用廁所、通道、床和桌椅等，導致容易產生煩躁、憤怒和埋怨等情緒，容易因小事而發生爭執甚至動武。劏房空間狹小，使用功能混亂，需在廁所煮食和儲存食物，在床上看電視、做功課和吃飯，更會埋怨對著廁所吃飯，使劏房兒童行為表現退縮、沉默寡言，自尊感低落，更不利於兒童的學習、社交和身心成長。如果居住劏房是不能改變的事實，就只能好好利用劏房的每一寸珍貴空間。所以本項目重新規劃空間，將學習、吃飯、生活和睡眠各功能空間從新分配，並製作多功能可伸縮的家俱，利用劏房每一寸珍貴空間，改善居住環境。每個人都應值得被尊重和有尊嚴地生活。

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