Man Cho · 曹樂汶
Designer & Project Executive · 設計者及計劃執行人
Public space is crucial to Hong Kong, to provide stress-free space apart from our hyperdense living environment. It also offers space for equity, which its accessibility shall be equal for every social class. The making of public space is equally challenging. It should be adaptive, on one purpose for delivering a range of privacy, meanwhile introducing voids in order to engender public creativity and expansion quality. In this way, it allows interactions between different sectors from public so as to build social cohesion. I am currently studying Master of Architecture in HKU.
修讀建築令我反思公共空間在城市裡扮演的角色。在香港高密度的住屋環境下，公共空間為大眾提供娛樂空間，亦為各階層提供一個平等機會享受休憩環境。因此公共建築在我們生活上是尤其重要。同時，公共空間需要靈活，既要在共享和私隱之間平衡，亦需要一定的流動空間讓社區參與或將來擴充。這樣的氛圍下讓不同背景的公眾之間交流，從而建立共融空間。我現時在香港大學修讀建築學碩士課程。
Image by Rose Ng & Kitty Yeung
Venus Cheung · 張欣羚
Co-project Executive 計劃執行人
In turbulent times of the surging pandemic and intensifying climate crisis, I am very much interested in the question of civilization - “What is the role of architects in the face of these daunting challenges?” I believe big ideas start from small steps. How we design urban seating, is essentially how we design urban spaces, and how we construct an ideal society. Public space is undeniably an essential component to promote social equality, by providing dignity, choice, visibility, and opportunity to people’s lives. Confronting the fuelling demand for new models of urbanism, we need to be open, critical, and rigorous, to engage in the change from the scale of a chair, a park, a community to a city as a whole. I am dedicated to placemaking and community empowerment, currently working with the creatives from One Bite Design Studio in Hong Kong.
面對公共衛生和氣候變化等挑戰，我經常思考建築師在這些挑戰中的角色。我相信要改變城市的整體面貌是由小改變一步一步累積。如何設計一張公共座椅，其實本質上反映了我們設計城市空間的態度，以至到表達我們對理想社會的想像。公共空間是促進平等社會的重要一環，為人們的生活提供尊嚴、選擇和機會。面對改變城市發展模式的需求日漸增加，我們應以開放和批判的態度去重新思考由公共座椅、休憩空間、社區至整個城市的可能性。我現時為一口設計工作室的成員，主要參與地區營造和社區設計。
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Special Acknowledgement:
Hattrick Creative (Mr. Man Wong, Ms. Yvonne Leung, Mr. Eagle To) , Befrank Engineering Consultant (Mr. Frankie Chan) , HKU Fabrication Lab (Mr. Jacky Chu) , Rose Ng, Kitty Yeung, Cherie Chan, Jonathan So, Stephanie Wong
About the Project:
The Weave Chair is one of winning entries from the Harbourfront Public Furniture Competition organised and commissioned by the Harbour Office of the Development Bureau (DEVB) and the Harbourfront Commission (HC). 20 units of public furniture designed by the public is placed at various locations on promenades along Victoria Harbour.
https://www.devb.gov.hk/tc/publications_and_press_releases/press/index_id_10709.html