The University of Hong Kong: Slide Trip around HKU: Space Revitalization

Authors. SUN Shining, WONG Hei Tung Whitney, YANG Yunfan Vance, ZHU Shenhan Sophia

Have you ever walked from the East Gate to the Chong Yuet Ming complex? Wouldn’t it be great to have a slide to take down from the top to the bottom in only few seconds? HKU, having the geographic properties of being sloped and hilly, is a perfect site to install slides alongside existing stairs.

As Hong Kong Island is the earliest developed area in Hong Kong, the roads are quite narrow. If people tend to go down by slides, the problem of congestion on stairs would be relieved. With slides installed, it would turn dull and boring spaces into more lively and interesting ones. In terms of the sliding speed, people can slide down much faster than walking down a hill, so there are fewer excuses for students to be late to class.

By increasing the use of stairs it reduces the demand of using lifts and less energy hence brings it back to the key theme of sustainability.