Modular & Inter-generational Community in Hong Kong Development, HK Tower Building Images
Modular & Inter-generational Community in Hong Kong
12 Oct 2020
Modular & Inter-generational Community HK
Design: Arnold Yok Fai Wong Architect
Location: Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong Institute of Architects had announced the winning design of the HKIA Young Architect Award (HKIA YAA). The competition with the theme ?Housing+ – Re-imagine affordable housing and better living“, asked local architects aged 35 or below to propose innovative and unique design proposals for the local housing communities.

The winning design, titled ?Modular & Inter-generational Community? by Arnold Yok Fai Wong, re-imagines the adaptability, livability and buildability of affordable housing through using leftover Air Space in the city and Modular Construction Method.
Hong Kong is known as a densely populated city with very limited land supply to build upon. Learning from the Air Rights in the New York City, the proposal is strategically located at the end of the Island East Corridor (IEC) at Quarry Bay to make use of the unused air space beneath the highway. Through using ?Air Space? as ?Air Rights?, the limited ?Land Space? in Hong Kong can be preserved.

Therefore, the proposal anticipates the Government will promote Air Rights by giving bonus floor area and exemption of site area as an incentive for the developers. Assuming two storeys and 80% of the 2km long Air Space bel...