Feb 28, 2022
JOVIS Positions
The series “JOVIS positions” collects, documents and juxtaposes different positions of the current discourse on architecture and urban planning. Each episode has a thematic focus, elaborated by precise contributions from JOVIS authors. In this episode, Susanne Trumpf talks about the potential of miniature open spaces.
May 31, 2021
Interview with JOVIS
What are Hong Kong Sitting-out Areas? What makes this typology unique? Susanne Trumpf, Ivan Valin, and Xiaoxuan Lu elaborate on their study of miniature open spaces in a high-density urban environment.
Feb 11, 2021
INTERSTITIAL HONG KONG book out now!
Enmeshed in Hong Kong’s densely woven urban fabric, wedged between its towering mixed-use complexes and perched along its steep hillsides, sits a network of more than 500 miniature public parks comprising the smallest unit of the city’s public open space network. Though plentiful, these so-called Sitting-out Areas – referred to locally as 三角屎坑 (literally: a “three-cornered shit pit”) – have never been considered in terms of the collective resource they have the potential to be.
This book presents a series of critical essays revealing the city’s Sitting-out Areas in relation to Hong Kong’s planning histories and shifting terrains, while also tracking how these spatial fragments have been shaped by concepts of publicness, accessibility and regulation. The second half of the book presents 44 richly illustrated case studies revealing the variety and idiosyncrasies of Hong Kong’s smallest open spaces. Ultimately, the book argues that we can understand the high-density city not only through its buildings, but through the character and potency of its interstitial landscapes.
Publisher: Jovis (see also: jovis.de)
Language: English
Authors: Xiaoxuan Lu, Susanne Trumpf, Ivan Valin
Contributors: Alain Chiaradia, Melissa Cate Christ, Andrew Toland, Lingzhu Zhang
Oct 16, 2019
INTERSTITIAL HONG KONG project shortlisted in this year’s RIBA President’s Award for Research
July 23, 2018
Exhibition opening at Fei Gallery Guangzhou
Some impressions from our opening. You can still visit our exhibition until 31.08.2018!
July 13, 2018
Exhibition in Guangzhou coming soon!
Visit us in Guangzhou from 21.07.2018 – 31.08.2018!
May 15, 2018
This is our space! – an interactive experiential family workshop with Community Bench
Interstitial Hong Kong and Community Bench HK co-organised an interactive family workshop at PMQ. With picture book co-reading and a theatre play children gained awareness of the concept of common urban space and urban planning. Through interactive activities with building blocks, they realised their visions for neighbourhood public spaces in Hong Kong.
April 30, 2018
Exhibition Opening at PMQ
Some impressions from our exhibition opening on 21.04.2018!
Please visit us until 20.05.2018 at PMQ, build your own Sitting-out Area and tag us with #interstitialhongkong
March 12, 2018
Coming soon!
Visit us from 22.04. – 20.05.2018 at S512, Block A, PMQ!