Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga by Vicky Chan

Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga by Vicky Chan is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Taputapu Tiriti Competition Category.

ParahiTaputapu Tiriti· 2021

Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga

by Vicky Chan

Client: Walk DVRC

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Taputapu Tiriti Category

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The Design

About Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga

Tuhinga Pukapuka: Ko te Walk DVRC Street Basket he wharenui huarahi nekehanga i hangaia mō tētahi mahere whakatapu wāhanga hīkoi puta noa i Des Voeux Road Central i te taone nui o Hong Kong. Ko te hanganga e 4 mita te whānui, 4 mita te roa i runga i te mahere, ā, e 3 mita te teitei, me tētahi taupoki rākau e mauria ana e ngā pou rino. Kua whakanohoia ngā wira me tētahi pātiti i raro i te hanganga, nō reira ka noho māmā tonu te wharenui, ā, ka mahi noa iho me te kore hononga ki te whatunga hiko whaiaro. Kei reira ngā nohoanga, ngā otaota whakato, ngā taupoki whakamarumaru, me te whakahiko waea pūkoro. Ka taea te whakahoki i te rohe whakatapu hīkoi hei huarahi i roto i te iti iho i te rima meneti.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Walk DVRC Street Basket Te Mahi Matua: Wharenui Huarahi Nekehanga i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

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
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