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“We are living in an age of obsolescence.” – Abramson, Daniel M.
Buildings are inevitable abandoned or obsolete due to physical deterioration caused by ageing and weathering. Other reasons also cause obsolete buildings, like the advance in technology and society reform. New building always provides a better condition for living. New building always generates higher profit. Sometimes, the reason may not be structure or profit. The original intended program is no longer needed now. This kind of functional obsolescence produces an obsolete building with good physical building condition.
In the past few decade , Hong Kong, like other dense country recorded a significant of lower birth rate. The phenomena reduce the requirement for one kind of building – School . Until 30 April 2016, the report from the Audit Commission shown there are 234 out of 1312 primary and secondary schools were closed due to insufficient student enrollment. Instead of demolition or left it empty, this thesis is aimed to reuse the vacant schools.
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