'This book declares the existing Kowloon as a cultural district already in formation, constituting a parallel proposal to Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District project. In a three-fold approach comprising Cabinet of Curiosities, Archives and Retrievals, it documents indigenous practices and spaces, reformulates them through architectural proposals, and links them to a broader context through reflection in essays.' - from back cover
With foreword by Leon van Schaik and introduction by Esther Lorenz and Li Shiqiao. Contributors' biographies are included.
Onsite
English
2014
318
9789881521859
2
anthology,
proposal,
report
Part I: Cabinet of Curiosities
Wunderkammer - Space of the Unclassified - Esther LORENZ
Smells
Upstairs Bookstores
Goldfish
Poor Man's Nightclub
Hong Kong Eateries
Yu Lan Festival
Languages
Forgotten Plants
Kowloon Night
Ciné-Kowloon
Spatial Injustice
Garment Industry
Delivery Bikes
Absence of Memory
Containerization
Pencil Towers
Chungking Mansions
Fragmented Vitality
Postcard Kowloon
Hawkers
Part II: Archives
Archiving Space - LI Shiqiao
TST Utopia - LAW Chunwai Justin
Reconstituted Vitality - Micha HENNY
Impossible Verticalism - Cian SCANLON
Book Tower - ZHOU Danxi Iris
Ciné-City - LAU Kayan Jessie
Chiu Chow Archive - MO Karhim
Image Archive - LEE Shuknga Rachel
Plant Archive
- Sarah NG Shuk WaiHometainer - Georg STUBITSCH
Kowloon Megablock - Romana STREITWIESER
Efficient Ambiguity - Cornelia PIRKER
Hawker City - TO Kingwai Kenneth
Our Filthy City - LAW Tsanyin Gary
Presence of Absence - LI Hoyin Leo
Part III: Retrievals
Spatial Intelligence - Leon VAN SCHAIK
Walking along Kowloon Streets: A Personal and Semi-Theoretical Reflection - LEE Oufan Leo, 李歐梵
On Location in Kowloon: Discontinuities of the Urban Film-Set - Mike INGHAM, FUNG Kwokhin Matt
The Urban Geography of Chungking Mansions - Gordon MATHEWS
King of Kowloon - Frank VIGNERON, 韋一空
CSI Kowloon or: Culture as Evidence - Scott LASH
Kowloon Cultural District: An Investigation into Spatial Capabilities in Hong Kong
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