Piloting Neighbourhood Innovation in Wan Chai 以灣仔作爲試點

Neighbourhood: Wan Chai
Project Date: 2019
Partnered with: Creative Mornings
Key Topics Explored: New & Old Integration, Space Activation, Walkability

社區: 灣仔
年份: 2019
合作夥伴: Creative Mornings
重點研究領域: 歷史文化, 空間激活, 步行潛質

Wanchai is one of the most interesting neighbourhoods in Hong Kong with influences from old colonial Hong Kong and lots of up-and-coming new entrepreneurial energy with rapid new developments often intersecting both worlds. The influx of new businesses, cafes, restaurants, private developments clashes with a lot of the old culture that has been the core of community cohesion for the neighbourhood.

灣仔是香港最有意思的社區之一，受到舊殖民地香港的影響，以及許多新發展及舊社區文化交叉影響。

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The issues that we observed in Wan Chai are also apparent in other neighbourhoods: Central & Western, Yau Tsim Mong, and many other gentrifying neighbourhoods around the world. We want to create the tools and define metrics to cultivate an inclusive neighbourhood identity that can be applicable to neighbourhoods facing similar issues to Wanchai.

我們在灣仔發現的問題在其他社區例如中西區，油尖旺，甚至世界其他城市等等也很明顯。我們想創建一個具有共容性且適用於不同社區的工具和指標。

Neighbourhood Fieldtrips 鄰里考察

8/11/2019, Star Street Precinct 星街
11/11/2019, Stone Nullah Lane 石水渠街

The neighbourhood walk aims to familiarise public about gentrification and the old and new businesses in Wan Chai. Partnering with Creative Mornings, we explored two very different Wan Chai neighbourhoods in early November.

社區考察旨在讓市民熟悉灣仔社區的士紳化及新舊文化的交替。與Creative Mornings合作，我們在十一月初一同探索了兩個大相徑庭的灣仔社區。