Walk DVRC Street Basket Función Principal: Pavillón Urbano Móbil by Vicky Chan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award de Bronce in Deseño de Mobiliario Urbano Competition Category.
BronceMobiliario Urbano· 2021
Walk DVRC Street Basket Función Principal: Pavillón Urbano Móbil
by Vicky Chan
Client: Walk DVRC
A' Design Award de Bronce Winner in Mobiliario Urbano Category
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About Walk DVRC Street Basket Función Principal: Pavillón Urbano Móbil
Texto do Libro: Walk DVRC Street Basket é un pavillón urbano móbil creado para un plan de peonalización parcial ao longo de Des Voeux Road Central, no centro de Hong Kong. A estrutura mide catro metros por catro metros en planta e ten unha altura de tres metros, cunha marquesiña de madeira soportada por columnas de aceiro. Debaixo da estrutura instálanse rodas e unha batería, de xeito que o pavillón se mantén lixeiro e funciona sen conexión á rede eléctrica. Ofrece asentos, zonas axardinadas, sombra e carga para teléfonos móbiles. A zona peonalizada pode volver a converterse en estrada en menos de cinco minutos.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Bronce
Walk DVRC Street Basket Función Principal: Pavillón Urbano Móbil gañou o A' Design Award de Bronce, un recoñecemento altamente prestixioso outorgado a deseños sobresaíntes que se distinguen pola creatividade, o enxeño e a sagacidade. Os gañadores Bronce son artefactos amplamente hábiles e sorprendentemente creativos que autentican a vasta experiencia, imaxinación e enxeño dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Walk DVRC Street Basket Función Principal: Pavillón Urbano Móbil sexa un obxecto moi apreciado, admirado e querido, notablemente profesional e innovador. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Bronce incorpora as mellores prácticas da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía, e é excelente pola súa atención ao detalle. Walk DVRC Street Basket Función Principal: Pavillón Urbano Móbil satisfai espléndidamente as necesidades, toca os desexos, encanta os sentimentos e atrae a curiosidade.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Walk DVRC is a pedestrianization plan to turn 1 km of Des Voeux Road Central in downtown Hong Kong into a park. The area is filled with banks, offices, and shops but the sidewalk is over congested to allow a sustainable and walkable downtown. The project called for a partial pedestrianization so that retail businesses can still deliver their goods during off peak hours. During peak hours, office workers and residents can enjoy the wider road as part of their park and walkway.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 4m by 4m in plan with 3m tall structure. Wheels and battery are installed below the structure to allow mobility and elecgtricty
- Tags
- movable, mobile, landscape, shading, bamboo
- Production Technology
- The project must be light weight to remain mobile throughout the day. Wood canopy with steel columns gives us that weight structure while keeping everything powered by battery leaves us a wireless condition. The mobile landscape allow the pedestrianized zone to turn from park back into a road in less than 5min.
- Design Challenge
- The street does not come with electricity and water although we are next to many sources of utility. It forced the team to investigate mobile battery with solar panel and water tank with rain collection to replace the need to tap into the existing grid. It lowered our construction cost to not connect to utility while promoting the concept of sustainable design.
- Research
- It was critical for the team to understand the walkability concept and how important it was to pedestrianize a road. A survey was conducted on the street to ask people to reimagine the street. More greenery, more seating, and shading were the top priority. Having free wifi, play area and quiet performance were also preferred. The design integrates these ideas and turned them into executable plan.
- Inspiration
- Central of Hong Kong is filled with old and new context, but food is the most connective culture that everyone enjoys. The design team use food culture as inspiration to design the Street Basket and mobile seating. It reflects Hong Kong as a city of food while the use of materials reflects our current sustainable values. The pavilion is a seating, planting, cellphone charging and shading area during the day. At night it is an iconic communal space for family.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Nov 2018 and finished in Nov 2019
- Operation Flow
- The time to install the project is limited by the traffic on site. It has to be installed within hours of the late night when traffic is light. The modules and design were made to fit inside a truck and easy to install so that contractors can roll out the construction within hours of road closure.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Avoid Obvious Architects, 2019
- Team Members
- Vicky Chan
Krystal Lung
Gianfranco Galagar
Crystal Hu
Michele Wong
Erik Madsen
Ching-Yu Lin
Stephanie Wong
Jenny Chan - Image Credits
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