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Design DNA Mark I

14.12.2019 | ROSMAN CC WAI

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Dr Rosman CC Wai, together with Dr Lee Ho Yin delved into the Design DNA of Mark I, Hong Kong Public Housing Prototype. Held at the Lecture Hall at Basement of the Hong Kong Museum of Art on Saturday, 14 December 2019, it was a very interesting and illuminating talk with enthusiastic and curious audience. We gained a better understanding and appreciation for Hong Kong Public Housing and for Hong Kong in general as well.

This event also served as a book launch event, with book-signing session at TheBookshop afterwards.

About The Book

DESIGN DNA OF MARK I - HONG KONG PUBLIC HOUSING PROTOTYPE

by Dr Rosman CC Wai

176 pages
Full colour. Hardcase.
Spiral binding
English & Chinese
Published by MCCM Creations

Design DNA of Mark I

Hong Kong's Public Housing Prototype
by Dr Rosman CC Wai

The birth of every piece of

public architecture including museums, cultural centres, public parks, public housing – all have their own stories in the city, its design and art aesthetics development.

It is not possible to adequately

understand post-war Hong Kong without recognising the profound impact that its public housing programme has had on the city’s development. Mark I, Hong Kong’s public housing prototype provided more than basic shelter for society’s less privileged, its design also deserves architectural merit.

The inception of the Mark I Block in

1954 indeed aroused questions: what was the housing situation like in Hong Kong before the 1950s? Was the Shek Kip Mei fire on Christmas Day 1953 the sole instigator of the colonial government’s interventions in Hong Kong’s public housing programme

This book is the result of

ten years of investigation into the history, professional accounts, and design development of Hong Kong’s public housing prototype, and is dedicated to all who have contributed to public housing in Hong Kong.