INTERSTITIAL HONG KONG EXHIBITIONS (HK, GUANGZHOU, SHANGHAI)

Public Exhibitions & Interactive Workshops

Curator: Xiaoxuan Lu, Susanne Trumpf, Ivan Valin

Status: Exhibited (2017-2018)

间隙香港展览香港，广州，上海

公共展览，互动工作坊

策展人: 陆小璇，苏珊·特朗芙，伊凡·瓦林

现状: 已展出 (2017-2018)

Hong Kong boasts over 500 Sitting-out Areas and Rest Gardens in its urbanized territory, ranging from 50-7,000 sqm. These compact public spaces, part of the city's official open-space network, have a tangible impact on adjacent communities and the broader political, economic, and environmental relationships due to their ubiquity and uniformity.

香港的城市化地区设有超过 500 个休憩处及休憩花园。这些紧凑的公共开放空间面积从 50 至 7000 平方米不等，是该市官方公共开放空间设施网络中最小的特征。普遍一致性使它们对邻近社区及更大的政治、经济和环境关系体系内产生切实的影响。

"Sitting-out Area" refers to a small public space with seating in urban areas for outdoor relaxation. In Cantonese, they're called saam kok see hang, or "three-cornered shit-pit," acknowledging their marginal status among city open spaces.

“休憩区”表示“户外休息的地方”和“特别是在内置座位中设有座位的小型公共空间”。在粤语中，这些空间的名称也许是最具有描述性的：被称为“三角屎坑”，这个词是对其在开放空间中边缘地位的默认。

A discussion about cities as ecosystems is growing, where urban and natural systems intertwine and hybridize. In this context, small-scale, opportunistic, networked open spaces, like Hong Kong's Sitting-out Areas and Rest Gardens, have emerged.

越来越多的人将城市视为一种生态系统，其中城市和自然系统重叠、合作和混合。正是在这种背景下，创建小规模、机会主义实现的网络化开放空间的实践应运而生。香港的休憩处和休憩花园正是在这样的背景下延伸来的。

City planners value these small green spaces for their environmental, economic, and health benefits. They reduce urban heat island effects, improve a city's ecological impact, and positively affect property values, walkability, and social well-being.

城市规划者和管理者已经接受了这种新型绿色空间，因为它具有环境、经济和健康效益。这些小空间可以减少城市热岛效应，并通过其生态服务显着改善城市的环境影响；它们对房产价值、步行性和社会福祉具有可衡量的影响。

Small public open-space interventions can serve as urban renewal tools, potentially diverting public space and investment for private gain, erasing prior ecological or social value. Hong Kong's Sitting-out Areas can be assessed and critiqued on these dimensions.

但小型公共开放空间干预措施也可以成为城市更新的工具，将公共空间和投资转移到私人利益上，同时消除其原有的生态或社会价值。香港的休憩区可以从上述任一维度进行评估和批评。

Hong Kong's Sitting-out Areas result from an ad-hoc bureaucratic process. While they contribute to the city's overall green-space allocation guidelines, site-level expectations remain unclear, leaving outcomes related to community, geology, ecology, or history undefined.

香港的休憩区是临时官僚制度下的产物。尽管每个休憩处和休息花园都有助于实现城市的整体绿地分配准则，但在场地层面上并没有明确的展望空间。这也使得与社区、地质、生态或历史相关的结果最终变得不确定。

This project is a finalist for a 2019 RIBA President’s Award for Research. (Confidential) The project was disseminated within a public realm. Exhibit openings and discussions were held at each of the three exhibitions, and were aimed at a body of professionals and academics in the field.

该项目入围 2019 年 RIBA 主席研究奖决赛。该项目在公共领域内传播。这三个展览均针对该领域的专业人士和学者举行了开幕式和讨论会。

The version of the exhibition held in Guangzhou was curated by a well-regarded art institution (the Fei Museum) and was reviewed in local press. In addition to exhibitions, the research appeared in conference papers, talks, and journal articles.

在广州举办的展览版本由知名艺术机构（费美术馆）策划，并受到当地媒体的评论。除了展览之外，该研究还出现在会议论文、演讲和期刊文章中。