Date: 20.11.2023 (Monday)
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Language: Cantonese supplemented with English
Delivery: Hybrid
Venue: HKIA premises (19/F, One Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong) and via Zoom
Quota: In-person: 60 (First-come-first served), Zoom: 1000
Commissioned by the HKIA CPD Research Fund, “Quarantine Tourism” reframes the problem posed by the pandemic as an architectural opportunity – To imagine a hybrid typology combining tourism & quarantine that forms Pandemic Buffer Zones in the urban-rural fringe: facilitating temporary occupation of meditative ‘staycation’ and doubling as quarantine facilities during pandemics.
Through mapping research, case studies of quarantine establishments in Hong Kong, as well as past and foreign isolation typologies, this research formulates proposals for the hybrid programme of “Quarantine Tourism” in the urban-rural setting. With many quarantine facilities unused after the winding down of pandemic, the research also explores reimagining the existing quarantine centres at Penny's Bay for Post-COVID. Interview transcripts, photos, diagrams, and models invites the audience to reassess the quarantine centres and brainstorm for their afterlife.
Speaker:
Mr Marco Siu
Deputy Chairperson
HKIA Planning and
Urban Design Committee
Mr Brian Lee
Senior Architectural Designer
Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd
Ms Sharon Kan
Urban Planner/ Project Associate
PolyU JC Design Institute for Social
Mr Andy Kong
Independent Architectural Designer
Moderator:
Mr John Wong
HKIA CPD Committee