2021_ARCH2058_Guidebook_Material_Churches in Yau Ma Tei

Introduction Diverse religious beliefs are non separable from an international spot with freedom of conscience. From a mixture of various beliefs, such as Buddhists, Catholics, Cofucians, Muslims and Protestants, about half of the Hong Kong population is religious1.

Discussing religious issues, architecture is never out of the topic. Churches are not only buildings, but architectures to host a body of believers. Reduction processes in modern churches made spaces for the transcendent experience, making them special from other types of buildings.

Apart from Buddhism and Taoism, Christianity has the largest group of believers in Hong Kong. Also, Christianity has the greatest number of places of worship, among major religions in Hong Kong. Yau Tsim Mong district acquires the major fraction, 167 places for Protestant worshippers, and 7 5