Schools of thought
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Hinge, v.101, 2003, pp. 46-61
Abstract
They're usually low-budget, riddled with regulations and handcuffered by cookie-cutter programmes.
In Hong Kong, they have been accused of looking like inbred siblings, one after another 'featuring' the same banal design elements, arranged in the same yawn-inducing dispositions and coated in the same mind-numbing colours. Mention school design and high design in the same sentence and people think you're having them on. Little wonder: most of them are dull enough to send an insomniac to slumberville.
Yet these schools are far from monastic in aesthetic. One of the surprises in this area is the variation and innovation taking place, albeit quietly, in the recent design of schools. Take a look.
(1) South Island School - major new annex: Percy Thomas Architects
(2) Kingston International School: Liu Kwong & Associates
(3) Heep Yunn Primary School: CYS Associates (Hong Kong) Ltd
(4) Cheung Sha Wan Children and Youth Integrated Services Centre: PolyU Technology & Consultancy Co Ltd
(5) The Hong Kong Institute of Education Jockey Club Primary School: Aedas LPT Limited
(6) Centre for Design and Multimedia Technology: Draughtzman
(7) Tuen Mun Skills Centre: Draughtzman
(8) Fashion Centre, IVE Kwai Chung: Barrie Ho Architecture / Interiors
(9) Centre for Enterprise Education, IVE Tsing Yi: Barrie Ho Architecture / Interiors
(10) Expansion at Hong Kong International School, South Bay: Ronald Lu & Partners
(11) Dawning Views Elementi Kidnergarten & Nursery: Leung King Partners Ltd
(12) Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Phase VI: Wong Tung & Partners
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2003
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en