Street Railing Add-on Design Competition 2018
The Street Railing Add-on Design Competition (the Competition) is developed from the concept of urban hacking, which refers to initiatives (in any kind of form e,g. public art or ad-hoc urban furniture) that challenge the existing pattern/form of the city, allowing the public to rethink the possibility of public space. It is meant to be creative, easy-to-understand and inspirational. It is one approach of Urban Tacticalism that could effectively inspire the public the potential of different types of public spaces. This competition will be the first design competition themed public space and urban hacking in Hong Kong. It is not merely a regular design competition but a project to promote re-imagination of “street as public spaces”.
Organiser: Hong Kong Public Space Initiative (HKPSI)
Collaboration Partner: CityPlus Street Furniture LAAB School of Design, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Community Partner: Caritas Mok Cheung Sui Kun Community Centre
Enquiry:
- Mr. William SIN (william.sin@hkpsi.org)
- Mr. Cyrus CHOW (cyrus.chow@hkpsi.org)
Entry Groups and Eligibility
- Professional Group
Eligibility: Who have received education in the relevant academic fields, such as urban design, architecture, urban planning, product design, etc. (Participants who choose to enrol the Professional Group may be required by the Organiser to provide relevant records to prove their eligibility.)
Team Size (for Team Participants): Max. 4 Persons
Remarks: Any individual participant/ member of a team participant must be a natural person. Company/ organisation/ institution are not eligible to enrol any of the entry groups.
- Open Group
Eligibility: Nil – Everyone can join!
Team Size (for Team Participants): Max. 4 Persons
Remarks: Any individual participant/ member of a team participant must be a natural person. Company/ organisation/ institution are not eligible to enrol any of the entry groups.
Panel of Judges
A judging committee will be formed by professionals and experts of the related fields such as landscape architecture, urban planning, urban furniture designer etc.
- Mr. Karl Chan (Chairman, HKPSI)
- Prof. Brian Lee (Assistant Professor, PolyU School of Design)
- Mr. Kevin Leung (Director, CityPlus Street Furniture)
- Ms. Maggie Ma (Co-founder and Director, DOMAT Community & Architecture)
- Mr. Otto Ng (Design Director, LAAB)
- Ms. Wong Ka-yee (Welfare Worker, Caritas Mok Cheung Sui Kun Community Centre)
- Prof. Hendrik Tieban (Director, M.Sc. in Urban Design Programme, School of Architecture, CUHK)
Prizes
- Professional Group
Champion (ONE): HK$1,500 & Certificate
First Runner Up (ONE): HK$1,000 & Certificate
Merit (TWO): Souvenir & Certificate
- Open Group
Champion (ONE): A Free Design Workshop* & Certificate
First Runner Up (ONE): A Free Design Workshop* & Certificate
Merit (TWO): Souvenir & Certificate
*to work with the designers of LAAB to translate the design into a 3D print model
Awarded Design Entries
- Professional Group
| Champion: | Chan Sze Wah – SEND-A-WISH |
| First Runner-up: | Byron LEE Pui-Him – 輪舍緣 |
| Merit: | Woody Hui – TRI-EDGE |
| Team: NG LOK SUM, NG NOK HANG, FUNG KWOK YI Emily – CODE |
- Open Group
| Champion: | Lau Hoi Yu |
| First Runner-up: | Team: Tsui Sit Yu, Wong Ka Lok, Li Pui Ka – Music Railing |
| Merit: | Shek Man – Merry Rolling Bell |
| Team: 高璇, 黎泳希, 吳善琪, 李莉筠 |