Project House wanchai
壹屋計劃 灣仔
Type: Community Engagement
Location: Wanchai Hong Kong
Client: Private
Year: Nov-Dec 2017
According to the latest census, Wanchai is the richest district among 18 districts in Hong Kong. However, the stretch along Hennessy Road and Lockhart Road is probably the lowest income street of the district. Clusters of local construction materials shops, hardware shops and budget household good shops, how would this uniqueness of the demographics of Wanchai affects the use this temporary vacant space? After a few rounds of discussions with various local organisations, social enterprises and members of the community, the Project House in Wanchai has shown a different range of activities comparing to the first Project House in Shum Shui Po. After an open call for ideas, instead of being social service focused like Shum Shui Po, the activities at Wanchai Project House focuses more on topics related to ethical shopping, reduce consumption, sharing of resource for the community. Combining with the flexible design of An Objective 2.0 – a series of wooden cube devices, they creatively transform vacant shop spaces that meets the needs of the community activities that has been takenplace. The Wanchai Project House has been well received by the general public and the media that it was featured both at Commercial Radio and the special edition of the Pearl Report on the Christmas Day in 2017.
