Urban Landscape for the People

Lefebvre suggests that historically developed society would form its distinctive social space that could reflect its economy and social ecology.

Hong Kong is full of its cultural geography. But the Government is creating “fake landscape” that wipes out the original cultural characteristics, substituting by tourism and so-called open spaces during the process of urban renewal, which has been heavily criticized about the imbalance between economy and livelihood.

Whenever architecture comes to affect social space, instead of people adapting to it, it should be more engaging by the people during design or planning. And I think it is still missing in Hong Kong.

Domestic helpers occupying the HSBC ground during the weekends, a social phenomenon to show how people adapting to the open area

O’Connor, Paul, Everyday Hybridity, 22^nd May 2012, Web image, http://everydayhybridity.tumblr.com/post/23541018633/so-this-lunch-time-i-got-to-pass-by-the-hsbc-tower, Accessed 23^rd Sep 2016