從街市建築看城市管治 Explicating Urban Governance from the Architecture of Public Markets

Description

每個人的家附近總有一座街市，我們卻容易忽略它的歷史、社會和建築價值。有蓋公眾街市由英國人引入香港，亦是英國佔領香港後最早興建的公共建築之一。為何港英政府要花費心力興建公眾街市？街市建築和城市管治有何關係？

本講座將會分析港英政府從1840年代到1980年代，如何因應社會不同時期的需要，而改變公眾街市的建築設計和運作。透過研究街市發展過程，去理解日常建築設計背後的社會、政治和經濟脈絡。

Although public markets are always located close to our home, it is easy to overlook their historic, social and architectural values. The covered markets were introduced to Hong Kong by the British, and were one of the earliest public buildings after British occupation. Why did the British Hong Kong Government expend efforts on building public markets? What is the relationship between market architecture and urban governance?

The speaker will analyse how the British Hong Kong government changed the architectural design and operation of the public markets to accommodate the needs of society during 1840s - 1980s. By studying the development and architecture of public markets, we can understand more about the social, economic and political contexts.

Period	18 Nov 2022
Event title	第五屆博群書節 The 5th I-Care Book Festival
Event type	Other
Location	Hong Kong, Hong KongShow on map