Housing problem in Hong Kong has been noticeably critical for years.
However, the housing difficulty of sandwich class situated at the
middle has been belittling. Not only they are having challenging tasks
to gain the down payment, they barely receive any housing benefit but
paying a great proportion taxes; Facing the shortage of land to fulfill
such housing demand, this project aims to explore the possibility of an
alternative housing model that combining revitalisation of nullah and
housing development. The ‘‘housing as infrastructure’’ design model
could be tested at other nullahs in Hong Kong in the future.
The proposed design not only could revitalise the nullah and
help sandwich class people to gain their own property, but the
introduction of the water system on the master planning cultivates
a new sustainable living style. It harmonises
the flow of water and the flow of human interaction
assembles a diversity of neighbourhood that the exchange of
knowledge and experiences.
