UnMaking Public Housing Towers

Public Housing: The Experimental Housing Allowance Program

Sustainable design in public housing

Introduction Public Housing in Hong Kong has significantly shaped our built environment and has provided over 900,000 public housing units, accommodating nearly half of the population. The move of public housing towards sustainable design is therefore a challenging task. Environmental concern is nothing new for the Hong Kong Housing Authority and environmentally friendly practice is an importan...

Ban smoking in public housing.

Ten years ago, I was the doctor for an 18-year-old with cystic fibrosis whose mother was a heavy smoker. The patient told me how she coughed, wheezed, and choked when she was at home. I became close with her; it seemed she was always in the hospital, and I couldn't help but think it was because she wanted to escape a toxic environment. Three years later, at 21, she died—more than 14 years befor...

The Case of Public Housing

PUBLIC HIGH RISE HOUSING DESIGN PROBLEMS: \"A CASE STUDY OF HOUSING ESTATES CLASSES\"

This paper will promote many questions about the design validity of these exciting blocks. The physical design of these blocks is prone to have social and economical problems, and it is part of the visual pollution and disturbance created on the sky line of Scottish cities special Glasgow. This paper focuses on the necessity to establish a source of initial design for high rise housing design p...