Square Regeneration

The Importance of Meeting Strangers

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“City is a human settlement in which strangers are likely to meet”          (Sennett,1974)

A New Habitation of Square in Hong Kong

My thesis is to improve the quality of public space in Hong Kong by the nature of “square”, to boost the chance for Hong Kong citizens to meet each other – “strangers”. By understanding the contraints and characteristics of how HK people use and recognize public space, finding potential spatial areas to transform as a new form of square which gives HK people moments of experience to record the city and themselves.