Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ láti ọwọ́ Lee Ngai Man

Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ láti ọwọ́ Lee Ngai Man jẹ́ aṣẹ́gun olókìkí púpọ̀ ti 2026 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìdíje Àpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ.

WúràÀwùjọ· 2026

Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ

látọ̀wọ́ Lee Ngai Man

Oníbàárà: Estate Of Mine

Aṣẹ́gun Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Àwùjọ

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Àpẹrẹ Náà

Nípa Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ

Pocket Spaces jẹ́ ìwé ìtọ́sọ́nà fún ìdásí àwùjọ ní àwọn àgbègbè ilé gbígbé ìjọba tí ó kún fún ènìyàn. Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ yìí sọ àwọn ọ̀nà tóóró àti àtẹ̀gùn di àyè àjọpín fún ìbáṣepọ̀ àwùjọ. Ìwé ìtọ́sọ́nà olójú-ewé méjìlá tí a lè gbé káàkiri, tí a tẹ̀ sórí bébà tí a tún lò, ń darí àwọn olùgbé ní ìgbésẹ̀ lẹ́yìn ìgbésẹ̀, láti ìrí àwọn àgbègbè tí a ti pa tì títí dé kíkọ́ àwọn ẹ̀yà modula tí ó rọrùn. Ìkójọpọ̀ rẹ̀ ń lo igi tí a kójọ láti inú pàǹtí àwùjọ, okùn ìdè kébù àti àwọn ohun ìmúdúró tí ó rọrùn, nítorí náà àwọn àgbàlagbà àti àwọn ọmọdé lè parí ẹ̀yà kan ní ìṣẹ́jú ọgbọ̀n láìsí irinṣẹ́ àkànṣe. Pocket Spaces ń ṣe àtìlẹ́yìn fún ìdáṣe lórí àyè àti ìbáṣepọ̀ aládùúgbò ní àwọn àwùjọ tí ó ń dojúkọ àtúnkọ́.

Ìdánimọ̀ Náà

Nípa Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award

Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Pocket Spaces Ìwé Ìtọ́sọ́nà Ìṣàpẹẹrẹ Àwùjọ ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.

Lẹ́yìn Àpẹrẹ Náà

Àkójọ Ìròyìn

Àwọn ẹ̀tọ́, àwọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ́ àti àlàyé ìmọ̀ ẹ̀rọ tí olùṣàpẹrẹ pèsè.

Àwọn Ohun Àkànṣe: This project is a social intervention guide developed for high-density housing estates. It establishes an open infrastructure system using assembly protocols based on grassroots materials. This empowers elderly residents and children to transform narrow 2 meter corridors and stairwells into co-creation spaces. It is a social resilience tool characterized by zero marginal cost and rapid scalability.
Ìwọ̀n àti Àpò: The toolkit uses a nested frame structure of 148 x 210 mm, 105 x 148 mm, and 125 x 176 mm. This ensures the design is portable, while the lightweight materials are easy for elderly people and children to carry. The structures are also designed to be easily relocated during cleaning or maintenance periods.
Àwọn Àkọlé: Social design, social impact, spatial justice, systemic design, discursive design, participatory design, community design
Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ìṣelọ́pọ̀: The core product is a 12-page A5 portable manual printed on 100% recycled paper. Physical units utilize local material cycles, such as common public estate items and wood collected directly from community waste. Assembly employs low-barrier connections, such as industrial cable ties and simple clamps. This allows non-professionals to conduct community-making in 30 minutes without specialized tools.
Ìpèníjà Àpèsè: The primary challenge was moving beyond the traditional helicopter model of social housing intervention which often relies on one off actions. This project focused on building deep trust through 700 hours of field research to address the apathy caused by extreme density and upcoming redevelopment. It shifts the designer role from designing for to community led design. The project acts as a mobile preservation system that allows social relationships to migrate and integrate into housing plans.
Ìwádìí: This action research project addresses human made ignorance and spatial injustice in high density urban environments. Through 700 hours of immersive ethnography and field research involving 500 residents, we found that urban apathy is a cognitive bias. Neighbors often overestimate the reluctance of others to interact. Public housing lacks the spatial rights to maintain connections rather than the connections themselves. The project resulted in a 40 percent increase in neighborly interactions.
Ìmísí: This design originates from ethnographic observations of the extreme living density in Hong Kong where space averages 15.5 square meters per person. Through 700 hours of field research and 500 resident interviews, we discovered spontaneous space hacking in corridors and stairwells to build neighborhood bonds. The core inspiration involves translating scattered grassroots wisdom into a systematic social intervention guide. We used an high participation in the manual to awaken spatial autonomy and empower neglected spaces.
Àkókò Iṣẹ́ Àkànṣe: This organic system launched on January 30, 2025 and evolves alongside public housing redevelopment. The first phase is located in Wah Fu Estate. The second phase will be exhibited at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design in June 2026. The third phase will expand to other high density communities like Mei Lam and Butterfly Estate in 2027 to establish a cross regional social design network.
Ìlànà Ìṣiṣẹ́: The Pocket Space Playbook is a portable toolkit designed to help residents transform lifeless public housing corridors into vibrant social hubs. The guide uses a step-by-step approach to help users identify neglected spaces and apply modular grassroots wisdom. This method is effective because it triggers a fundamental community shift: residents realize they have the right to define their own spaces, creating a bottom-up, sustainable ecosystem.
Àwọn Ọmọ Ẹgbẹ́: Pak Hei Wang
Ngai Man Lee
Kai Yin Lin
Nga Suet Julytha Ho
Hiu Man Chiu
Ìfọwọ́sí Àwòrán: Image # 1: Designer Pak Hei Wang, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Ngai Man Lee, Kai Yin Lin, Social Pocket, 2026.

Image # 2: Designer Ngai Man Lee, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Kai Yin Lin, Pak Hei Wang, Social Pocket 2, 2026.

Image # 3: Designer Pak Hei Wang, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Ngai Man Lee, Kai Yin Lin, Engage Material, 2026.

Image # 4: Designer Ngai Man Lee, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Kai Yin Lin, Pak Hei Wang, Informal Knowledge, 2026.

Image # 5: Designer Kai Yin Lin, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Ngai Man Lee, Pak Hei Wang, Social Engage, 2026.