Design Ideas Competition for Preservation Corridor for Lung Tsun Stone Bridge Remnants

Competition 2014

 

Richard Yiu Cheong Li + Anthony Chieh + Michael Yau

 

 

Design Philosophy

Uncovering parts of the history of a city through excavation has always been an astonishing event. It allows the city dwellers to understand the past and make connection to the future. However, the traditional idea of preserving the remnant in a permanent glass box is inherently problematic. Once the remnant is put behind the display glass for viewing, the embodied history is stopped at that moment. Its timeline is no longer attached with the city’s timeline. Its future is forever frozen.

 

Design Concept

For the purpose of not only broadcasting the significant history of the LTSB, but also reactivating its sole function as a linkage to various destinations, we want to create a place where people can come and go, through past to present, and most importantly, to allow the timeline of LTSB and Hong Kong to be synced in the future.

 

Planning Principle

The site is organized into three zones, community, discovery, and museum.  Each zone is intended to act as buffer between different areas whether it is between zones or with other areas beyond the design site. The primary role of the “Community zone” is to act as a continuation of public parks and communities from the north towards the south. It is the major traffic linkage connecting with communities beyond Prince Edward Road to the north and to the future subway entrance. As pedestrians enters the LTSB site, they are provided the option of an immediate vertical circulation or to go through the community zone of LTSB in the form of a leisure walk. This zone is intended to provide a smooth transition between the underground walkways into the openness of the LTSB site.