{"id":1684,"date":"2016-11-06T17:45:02","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T09:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/?p=1684"},"modified":"2016-11-06T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T09:48:06","slug":"the-indie-map-playground-for-the-denied-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/the-indie-map-playground-for-the-denied-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Indie Map \u2013 Playground for the Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A_Thesis Title <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indie Map \u2013 Playground for the Denied<\/p>\n<p><strong>B_Thesis Statement [WHAT]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The flock\u00a0of\u00a0budding\u00a0creatives\u00a0moving into industrial buildings\u00a0during the\u00a0decline of\u00a0Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0manufacturing era has led to an organic flourishing\u00a0of\u00a0local creative\u00a0industry. Despite the out-of-date policies that prohibit most of the cultural\u00a0activities\u00a0to take\u00a0place in industrial buildings, habitants managed to get by and built their own nurturing\u00a0grounds for creativity. Yet, recent schemes to\u00a0formally\u00a0\u201crevitalize\u201d these\u00a0buildings\u00a0are\u00a0sabotaging\u00a0the\u00a0already dynamic micro-community instead.\u00a0This thesis aims to develop a typology suitable for repurposing vacant industrial buildings with minimal intervention based on critically re-thinking the \u201ctop-down\u201d redevelopment mind-set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>C_Description of contexts and key ideas driving the thesis [WHY]<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From the Bottom Up: <\/strong>It is the fourth relocation of Hidden Agenda, an indie live performance venue, that sparked my interested in the criticism of the well-intentioned \u201crevitalization scheme\u201d to utilize vacant space in industrial buildings of Hong Kong. It was the tight relationship built upon the friendships between the founders and their musician friends whom also play music and live in the same district that shaped and evolved Kwun Tong into one of the most well-known independent music scene of today.<a href=\"#_edn1\" name=\"_ednref1\">[1]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Artificial vs. Spontaneous: <\/strong>On the west end of Kowloon, the highly anticipated West Kowloon Cultural District was heavily funded and respected with lots of future promises. On the other end, the spontaneously-grown creative industry in the industrial districts of east Kowloon is facing the harsh reality of increasingly unaffordable rents (and land lease issues) due to the government\u2019s urban revitalization and redevelopment schemes. In the highly-developers driven city like Hong Kong, it is unlikely that any \u201cnaturally occurring\u201d creative districts will sustain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Life Cycle of Creative Districts: <\/strong>Zukin\u2019s definition for the life cycle of creative districts (of New York) can be summarized as: low-rent neighborhoods occupied by artists will eventually attract developers to revalorize the district due to the visible \u201chip\u201d lifestyle, resulting in relocation of artists to other areas of the city<a href=\"#_edn2\" name=\"_ednref2\">[2]<\/a>. The cycle would repeat itself and indefinitely. Proved by Zukin\u2019s observation, the relocation of the creatives will affect the well-established creative scene in Kwun Tong.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Confronting with Conflicts<\/strong>: Perhaps it is the spirit of building from the ground up, criticizing and rebelling against the mainstream and the authority (the constraints and the restrictions) that makes the creativity process thrive and blossom. This leads to the question of what kind of rebellious elements in architecture could potentially lead to different form of community?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>D_Description of Project Intended to Test the Thesis Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The project is to develop a typology that intervenes minimally so as to allow the creative class to create maximally. The typology should help preserve the organic ecosystem that naturally manifested itself in industrial buildings. Much like a playground, where no instructions (but only restrictions) are provided, users decide for themselves ways to create the most fun out of the supplied equipment. The area of focus would be set at the Kwun Tong industrial district, as it is a district urgently facing a drastic change in its land use fabric. Investigation on how economic events had naturally changed and repurposed the intended use of industrial buildings would help explore the kind of architectural intervention that intervene the least, while confronting with the existing industrial building regulatory constraints.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the project aims to challenge the traditional mindset of \u201credevelopment\u201d, where \u201cculture\u201d only serves as wrapping papers<a href=\"#_edn3\" name=\"_ednref3\">[3]<\/a> and \u201csub-culture\u201d is packaged only as marketing products, as symbols for higher social class to show off their image and lifestyles. <a href=\"#_edn4\" name=\"_ednref4\">[4]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>E_Methodological Processes\/ Outline of Research\/ Design Experiments [HOW]<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Research on Technicalities<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Research on the <strong>general history<\/strong> of industrial buildings of Hong Kong (location, distribution, types of industry, building plans, size, selling price, renting price\u2026 etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Definition of <strong>non-compliant uses<\/strong> in industrial buildings (\u9055\u5951)<\/li>\n<li>Related revitalization schemes such as the Development Bureau\u2019s <strong>Revitalising Industrial Building scheme<\/strong> on how these policies have affected the existing tenants (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.devb.gov.hk\/industrialbuildings\/chi\/home\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.devb.gov.hk\/industrialbuildings\/chi\/home\/index.html<\/a> )<\/li>\n<li>Failed revitalization cases (e.g. Cheung Hing Industrial Building)<\/li>\n<li>On both local and foreign industrial districts\/ buildings <strong>revitalization projects<\/strong> to understand the circumstances that allow the conversion project to be realized<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research on the area of focus \u2013 Kwun Tong:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kwun Tong <strong>Outline Zoning Plan<\/strong> \u2013 on land use planning and strategies (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ozp.tpb.gov.hk\">ozp.tpb.gov.hk<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energizing Kowloon East Office<\/strong> \u2013 An government initiative set up to help transform East Kowloon to the next CBD of Hong Kong (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ekeo.gov.hk\">ekeo.gov.hk<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kwun Tong Town Centre Project<\/strong> \u2013 redevelopment of Kwun Tong district (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ura.org.hk\/en\/projects\/redevelopment\/kwun-tong-town-centre-project.aspx\">http:\/\/www.ura.org.hk\/en\/projects\/redevelopment\/kwun-tong-town-centre-project.aspx<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research on what it should not become, e.g. the West Kowloon Cultural District<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>F_Supporting Original Visual Materials\/Artifact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m.jpg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-1685\" src=\"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"SAMSUNG CSC\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m-210x140.jpg 210w, http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/09250148_m.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>Photographed by Melissa Chan. Taken on September 25, 2016 at Hidden Agenda 3.0.<\/h6>\n<p><strong>G_Annotated Bibliography\/ Precedents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chan, M. [\u9673\u9298\u51b2]. (2012). \u201cAn analysis of the revitalization of industrial buildings in Hong Kong. (Thesis).\u201d University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. Retrieved from http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5353\/th_b5025445<\/p>\n<p>Kwun Tong District Council. \u201cThe Renewal and Development of Kwun Tong Industrial District Study.\u201d Accessed September 22, 2016. http:\/\/www.kwuntong.org.hk\/tc\/publications.html<\/p>\n<p>Wen, Jiling. \u201c\u89c0\u5858\u5340\u7368\u7acb\u97f3\u6a02\u7684\u767c\u5c55\u2014\u2014\u5f9eHidden Agenda\u8aaa\u8d77\u201d. <em>\u5c08\u984c\u6587\u7ae0<\/em><em>: <\/em><em>\u719f\u6089\u548c\u964c\u751f\u7684\u9999\u6e2f<\/em> (June 2014). Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR. Accessed November 1, 2016. http:\/\/www.ln.edu.hk\/mcsln\/40th_issue\/pdf40.pdf<\/p>\n<p>Zukin, Sharon. \u201cPublic Art: Tracing the Life Cycle of New York\u2019s Creative\u201d. <em>International Symposium: Urban Regeneration through Cultural Creativity and Social <\/em>Inclusion<em>. URP GCOE Document 9.<\/em> 2011. Osaka: Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University. Accessed November 1, 2016. http:\/\/www.ur-plaza.osaka-cu.ac.jp\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/doc_vol9.pdf<\/p>\n<p>Zukin, Sharon. <em>Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places<\/em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To be looked at:<\/strong> Henri Lefebvre, Walter Benjamin\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Precedents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>(Foreign) Migration of artists &amp; creative districts in New York<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Greenwich Village (1880s \u2013 1920s), Soho (1960s\/1970s), East Village (1970s\/1980s), Williamsburg (1990s), Bushwick and East Williamsburg (2000s) as highlighted by Zukin<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>(Local) Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre (JCCAC) \u2013 <\/strong>An industrial building in Shek Kip Mei, built in the 70s, was converted into a hub for both educational and commercial creative activities in 2008 to house galleries, experimental theatre and event spaces\u2026 etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(Image Source: JCCAC Website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jccac.org.hk\/?a=doc&amp;id=5983\">http:\/\/www.jccac.org.hk\/?a=doc&amp;id=5983<\/a> )<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>(Local) Fly the Flyover Operation <\/strong>\u2013 This section of the underpass of the Kwun Tong Bypass was once a space where workers store collected recycled materials. Independent bands used to hold guerilla styled performance, bringing in their own equipment and start playing on spot. As part of the KEKO initiative, the underpass was now renovated and performers will now need to apply to play in the space<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>(Image source: Fly the Flyover Operation Website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ekeo.gov.hk\/en\/pmp\/flyover_operation.html\">http:\/\/www.ekeo.gov.hk\/en\/pmp\/flyover_operation.html<\/a> )<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>(Local) Lai Chi Kok D2 Place<\/strong> \u2013 formerly an industrial building, with its phase I opened in 2013, was converted into a mixed-use building that features a podium mall that contains a market place space for art &amp; crafts events, a 7000 sqft roof garden, and office units on its upper floors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>(Foreign) 798 Art Zone in Beijing<\/strong> \u2013 an artistic community transformed from a former military factory building complex (but also received criticism of gentrification in recent years)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref1\" name=\"_edn1\">[1]<\/a> Jiling Wen, <em>\u89c0\u5858\u5340\u7368\u7acb\u97f3\u6a02\u7684\u767c\u5c55<\/em><em>\u2014\u2014<\/em><em>\u5f9e<\/em><em>Hidden Agenda<\/em><em>\u8aaa\u8d77<\/em> (Hong Kong, Lingnan University, 2014), 23.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\" name=\"_edn2\">[2]<\/a> Sharon Zukin, <em>Public Art: Tracing the Life Cycle of New York\u2019s Creative<\/em> (Osaka: Osaka City University), 29.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref3\" name=\"_edn3\">[3]<\/a> Jiling Wen, \u89c0\u5858\u5340\u7368\u7acb\u97f3\u6a02\u7684\u767c\u5c55\u2014\u2014\u5f9eHidden Agenda\u8aaa\u8d77 (Hong Kong, Lingnan University, 2014), 60.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref4\" name=\"_edn4\">[4]<\/a> Sharon Zukin, <em>Public Art: Tracing the Life Cycle of New York\u2019s Creative<\/em> (Osaka: Osaka City University), 33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A_Thesis Title The Indie Map \u2013 Playground for the Denied B_Thesis Statement [WHAT] The flock\u00a0of\u00a0budding\u00a0creatives\u00a0moving into industrial buildings\u00a0during the\u00a0decline of\u00a0Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0manufacturing era has led to an organic flourishing\u00a0of\u00a0local creative\u00a0industry. Despite the out-of-date policies that prohibit most of the cultural\u00a0activities\u00a0to take\u00a0place<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[425,426,423,424,116],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1687,"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1684\/revisions\/1687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thesis.arch.hku.hk\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}