Project Description

Home is Where the Heart Belongs | 此心安處是吾鄉

Description:
Land issues and housing policies have always been a hot topic in Hong Kong. In her final year studies, design freshmasonry Laura aims to address the problem with housing shortages faced by the Hong Kong homeless through spatial design and urban renovation. It is the common focus and investigation on this social issue, which prompted Laura and the collaborator Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) to share and exchange ideas on these urban problems.

The HKCSS is a federation of non-government social service agencies of Hong Kong. It is involved in a number of social welfare services, including the Community Housing Movement, which provides transition housing to low-income residents who are in desperate need of community support.

Through constructive discussions and knowledge exchanges arranged by「DesignXcel」, HKCSS praised Laura’s initiative of re-creating the community space in ‘underutilised’ or ‘idle land’. Respectively, Laura understood more about the operations involved in the projects. Both parties look forward to further cooperate in the community projects of the HKCSS in the future.

土地問題和房屋政策一直是香港的熱門話題。在設計新鮮人李洛瑜最後一年的專題研究中,她旨在通過空間設計和城市改造來解決香港無家者面臨的房屋短缺問題。對社會問題的共同專注點和研究方向,促使李同學和合作夥伴香港社會服務聯會(HKCSS)就這些城市問題分享並交換意見。

香港社會服務聯會是一個香港非政府社會服務機構。它籌辦了許多社會福利服務,包括社會房屋共享計劃,該計劃為迫切需要社區支援的低收入市民提供過渡性住房服務。

通過《設計列陣》安排的建設性討論和知識交流,香港社會服務聯會讚揚李同學在「未充分利用」或「閒置土地」中重建社區空間的倡議。李同學分別了解了項目涉及的運營情況。此外,雙方亦期待未來在香港社會服務聯會的社區計劃中有進一步合作。

Design Graduate:
Lee Lok Yu, Laura

Collaborator:
The Hong Kong Council of Social Service

Email:
laura96120@gmail.com

School:
Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong 香港高等教育科技學院