“五十年不變” wǔ
shí
nián
bù
biàn
“Fifty years no change”
Gabriel Ko Wai Cheung Unit 22 Year 5
“舞照跳，馬照跑，股照炒” - 鄧小平 wǔ
zhào
tiào
mǎ
zhào
pǎo
gǔ
zhào
chǎo
“Keep dancing, Keep horse racing, Keep stock exchanging” -
dèng
xiǎo
píng
Chairmen Deng
Future?
1997
With 3 treaty gave the rights of Hong Kong to United Kingdom since the opium war until 1997. After much negotiations, the British and the Chinese signed a formal agreement approving the 1997 turnover of the colony in exchange for a Chinese pledge to preserve Hong Kong’s capitalist system. Hong Hong Special Administrative Region was formed on 1st of July 1997. With the “Basic Law of Hong Kong” to provide freedom and human rights for the citizens of the land.
2047
“香港遍地黃金” xiāng
gǎng
biàn
dì
huáng
jīn
“Hong Kong, the land filled with gold”
Shenzhen
Lo Wu
20%
Dense development
60%
Mountian terrain
20%
Developable land
Hong Kong is situated on China’s south coast, enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea. With a land mass of 1,104 km2 and a population of 7 million people, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. The name “Hong Kong” is an approximate phonetic rendering of the pronunciation of the spoken Cantonese meaning “fragrant harbour”.
“香港明天更好” xiāng
gǎng
míng
tiān
gēng
hǎo
“Hong Kong a better tomorrow”
Space Shortage
Social / Culture problems
Political
Economy / Industry
Enviornmental / Climate
Flexibility / Trend
“空間” kōng
jiān
“Space”
1223
There are skyscrapers in Hong Kong.
1/5
of the population living in poor conditions.
15msq
Average of living space per person. Every inch is precious.
90%
Over of daily travels (11Million) are on public transport.
“社會” shè
huì
“Social”
Majority of people buried in cyber network.
2050 40%
By , of the population will be over 65 years old.
1/5
of the population living under poverty as of 2013.
Problems with cultural differences and new immigrants from Mainland China.
“政治” zhèng
zhì
“Political”
10%
of the population participate in protesting against the government annually.
More relaxed regulation on boarder, students travel across the boarder daily.
24
New “Article ” result in losing freedom as Basic Law makes adjustments.
100
million crossing the insignificant border between China and HK annually.
“經濟” jīng jì
“Economy”
6
th highest GDP gobally, an international financial district.
1980
Since s factories move into China resulting Deindustrialisation.
4
Suffered financial crisis in the last 10 years.
Mass China investors on HK property, increasing property prices.
“環境” huán
jìng
“Environmental”
30
Temperature over over 6 months a year.
2
Average of , typhoon annually and increaing.
°C
8
Contains Gobal Geopark and other rare species.
Poor air conditions and increasing climate threads.
“靈活性” líng
huó
xìng
“Flexibility”
Increase of unsafe consummer products results in shortage and hype.
Smugglers from HK to China making a fortune on storage demands.
Increase of private tutor superstars, from high pressure in education.
Education lacks creativity and focuses on memorisation.
“天外有天” tiān
wài
yǒu
tiān
“Sky beyond sky”
Site
“火燒鏈環船” huǒ
shāo
lián
huán
chuán
“Fire burning linked ships”
“千變萬化” qiān
biàn
wàn
huà
“Constant permutation”
“空中樓閣” kōng
zhōng
lóu
gé
“House in the air”
“空中樓閣” kōng
zhōng
lóu
gé
“House in the air”
“外面” Wài
miàn
“Outside”
“樓上” Lóu
shàng
“Upstairs”
“樓下” Lóu
xià
“Downstairs”
“香港地” xiāng
gǎng
dì
“Hong Kong place”
“積少成多” jī
shǎo
chéng
duō
“Every little makes a mickle”
Effciency in Structure
Effciency in Space
Effciency in Flexibility Dance & Rock Climbing
Dentistry
Garmen Factory
Florist
Effciency in Urban Context
Florist
Post Office
Nail Spa
Recreation
Fast food
To
Ba
nk
s Garmen Photo Booth
Tr
ain
s
To
Zoo
Effciency in Energy use with Climate
South
Sun Dry Rack & Pool
North Cool Storage
Effciency in Technology
Magnetic components
Plug in components
Adjustable floor heights
Robot Communal Storage
Moving furniture & walls
Canterlever system