Cornwall Street Park | Urban Mat

Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

By Joshua Lau © ALICE

Leisure Cultural Services Department HKSAR

Design: Joshua Lau/ Atelier ALICE Ltd

Project & Cost Management: TCAL
Completion Year 2013
RFP Outstanding Public Space Awards

The Cornwall Street Park is a public park near the metro station and a bustling shopping center in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. The project is a part of collaboration of artists to provide seating instrument for visitors of the park. In terms of seating, the design chooses “mat”, the coziest, the most relaxing and comfortable among all kinds of sitting condition, as the concept idea. During the design process, the “mat” floats, colorizes, creases, curves, solidifies, and forms five different fiberglass seating “mats” scattered on the paving and the grass. At night, the “mats” are lit from underneath, creating an illusion of floating mats.

歌和老街公园 | 城中毡

香港九龙塘

香港康乐文化事务署

设计及项目管理

竣工年份 2013

RFP优秀公共空间年奖

歌和老街公园是一个在香港九龙塘临近地铁站和人气汇聚的购物中心的一个公共公园。在此公园中的该项目其实是由一群艺术家合作为公园的参观者创造休憩空间的一个项目。就“座位” 来说，我们选用所有坐的状态中让人最舒适，最放松的“毡”作为设计概念。在设计推进过程中，我们的“毡”漂浮、着色、起皱、弯曲、固化，最后形成五个不同的玻璃纤维坐毡，散落在石路和草地之上。入夜后，这些“城中毡”会从底部发光，仿佛浮在空中。 < 城中毡>盛载着设计师在伦敦海德公园流连、野餐、发白日梦的回忆。设计师将以昔日浪漫的美好日子化成实用的设计，在公园里建构出独特的建筑空间。座位线条流丽、形态各异，让游人发挥想像力，尝试不同的坐姿，从中探索绿色环境与城市的互动关系。