Urbanie & Urbanus

Between Control and Creativity: Informal Street Culture in Hong Kong's High-Density Public Spaces

Wanying Shen

Landscape Designer at AECOM Hong Kong

and  Sylvia Man Ha Chan

Adjunct Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

and  Jeroen van Ameijde

Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc in Urban Design programme at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Figures

Figure 1. Selected sites in Hong Kong.


Figure 2. Site-scale Mapping (Zoom-in): Mong Kok Station E2 Access


Figure 3. Site-scale Mapping (Zoom-in): President Commercial Building on Nathan Road, Mong Kok


Figure 4. Site-scale Mapping (Zoom-in): Hang Seng Tsim Sha Tsui Building, Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui


Figure 5. Site-scale Mapping (Zoom-in): Festive processions along Chater House (near Lan Kwai Fong) during Halloween, Central


Figure 6. Site-scale Mapping (Zoom-in): Lung Fung Sitting-out Area, Fanling New Town


Figure 7. Site-scale Mapping (Zoom-in): Sheung Shui Garden, Fanling New Town


Figure 8. No real-time activities of Wong Chuk Hang District


Figure 9. Cross-analysis (Location x Motivation) Column Chart


Figure 10. Cross-analysis (Area x Time Period) Column Chart


Figure 11. Participants Relationship Sankey diagram


Figure 12. Spatial Perception Radar chart


Figure 13. Spatial principle diagrams for five typologies


Table 1. Comparative Framework of Site Typologies and Research Themes


Table 2. Comparative summary of different districts


Table 3. District x Behaviour Type


Table 4. Typology of Informal Cultural Practices in Three Urban Contexts