Hong Kong Reconsidered
Bartlett 2014 - 2015
Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated cities in the world and may well be a model of future urban living if current population and migratory patterns continue. The residual effects of climate change or climate volatility will also require land occupation to be considered with great care and perhaps an assumption that both a minimum footprint and sacrificial lower levels will become the norm. The scenario we will use is that set fifty years in the future hence where you need to consider not only the intensity of occupation but also the nature of a future lifestyle.
With the consequences of digital advances having revolutionised the way we work and socialise it is now an opportunity for you to speculate about the changes that might affect the way we will live and operate in the next half century. The program will raise questions about the nature of physical location and space - will we work remotely, will there be the need for commuting, how will social organisation work, and what effect will this have on our forms of habitation? Architects must speculate about the future and not only concern themselves with the current and the prosaic.
Tutors: Christine Hawley and Paolo Zaide
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