The Modernist Markets in Hong Kong 香港現代主義街市

Activity: Talks or PresentationsPublic Lecture

Description

The talk uses the Public Works Department-designed public markets as a point of entry to analyze the gradual transition from classical to modern architecture style. The construction of modern-style buildings, which required modest capital expenditure, was a thoughtful response to Hong Kong’s post-war social conditions and financial reality. The talk outlines the chronological development of public markets, from simple open-type market sheds and small enclosed market houses to multi-story modern buildings containing a full range of amenities; systematically tracking the social imperative trajectory that modernized the public market.

本講座將以工務司署設計的公眾街市,作為分析香港現代主義建築的切入點,探討這種公共建築的設計,如何逐漸從西方古典形式過渡到現代風格。二戰後香港重建為政府帶來巨大財政負擔。工務司署因應戰後的社會和財政狀況,興建花費較少的現代風格建築,是深思熟慮的決定。本講座將整理公眾街市的發展過程,從簡單開放式街市,到小型室内街市,以至現代化市政大廈,有系統地審視香港的公眾街市如何適應社會需求而變得現代化。
Period11 Dec 2021
Held atHong Kong Architecture Centre, Hong Kong
Degree of RecognitionLocal