Urbanie & Urbanus
Issue 2026 Jan
AI and Urban Design
Issue 13, P. - P.
Basketball Courts in Hong Kong: A historic and socio-political perspective on social infrastructure in a high-density city
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Figure 1. Sports hall in the Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong’s Bridges Street Centre in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, which opened in 1918 (Photo Source: Chinese YMCA of Hong Kong).

Figure 2. An outdoor basketball court in Upper Shek Kip Mei Estate, 1975 (Courtesy of Ko Tim-Keung).

Figure 3. The basketball courts at Ming Tak Shopping Centre, Tseung Kwan O, designed by One Bite Design Studio.

Figure 4. Basketball court at Tin Heng Estate in Tin Shui Wai, as featured in ‘Shooting Hoops’, by Austin Bell.

Table 1. Extract from the ‘Standards of Provision for Core Activities’, Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines.
