WAI SQUARE
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT PLACES LIVING HERE
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WAI SQUARE
IS A LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INTEGRATING WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HONG KONG LOCAL WALLED VILLAGE IN THE FANLING GOLF COURSE MASTER PLANNING AND REDEVELOPMENT.
COMFORTABLE LIVING
RESPONDING TO THE LIVING QUALITY IN HONG KONG, WAI SQUARE ALSO COMBINES THE IDEA OF SHARED SPACE AIMING COMFORTABLE LIVING & STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY FOR RESIDENCE. IT MAINLY CONSISTS OF THREE PARTS OF A FRONTAGE OPEN SPACE, A SHOP HOUSE AREA AND A 3-STOREY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AREA IN 7.85 SENSE OF COMMUNITY HA OF LAND AS WELL AS PROVIDES A TOTAL NUMBER OF 240 FLATS ACCOMMODATING A POPULATION OF ~1,200.
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Village Wall & Under-terrace Parking
SECTION A-A' Viburnum odoratissimum (native) Sweet Viburnum (Mar-Apr)
Sterculia lanceolata (native) Lance-leaved sterculia (Apr-May)
Retail Area
Residential Area
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LEGEND 1. Main Plaza 2. Lawn (Holiday Market) 3. Fortune Plaza 4. Water Pond Garden 5. Main Street 6. Retail Buildings 7. Community Centre 8. Tree House Playground 9. Basketball Court 10. Warehouse & Public Toilet 11. Loading Area 12. Residential Buildings 13. Courtyard Area 14. Corner Tower Garden 15. Community Gathering Space 16. Indoor sports center & Underground Parking Ventilation 17. Fung Shui Woodland 18. Botanical Garden
Fung Shui Woodland Parthenocissus dalzielii Diverse-leaved Creeper
Trachelospermum jasminoides (native) Star Jasmine (Mar-Jun)
Sunken Road
SITE BACKGROUND
STRATEGIES Summer
Community/ Utility
Residential
Winter NE Monsoon Fanling Golf Course
Hong Kong
SE Monsoon
Site Photo
SUN & WIND
LAND USE
Open Space Commercial
WHY "LOCAL WALLED VILLAGE"?
Under-terrace Parking
Woodland
BLUE & GREEN
Living Area
Community Fanling Wai Interaction of Space
Traditional Activities
CIRCULATION Corner Tower
Food & Fish Drying
Fung Shui Woodland
Roof Farming
“Wall”
Water Feature
Gatherings
Old Buildings
Kat Hing Wai - Wall & Tower
Buying & Selling
WALLED VILLAGE
Playing Sports
SHARED SPACE? PROGRAMMING Event & Performance
Balcony
Road
Street
Granite Flamed
Relaxing Gathering
TRADITIONAL & SEASONAL PLANTING
COLORS & MATERIALS Wood Granite Granite Oil-varnished Bush-hammered Bush-hammered
TOPOGRAPHY
SECTION B-B' Granite Flamed
Brick
Concrete Grind Exposedaggregated
Clay
Main Plaz
Granite Flamed
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FORTUNE PLAZA PLACE FOR FUN
Playing with Water
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RESILIENT PLANTING RAIN GARDEN
Rhapis excelsa (native) Lady Palm
PLAZA & RETAIL AREA C'
SECTION D-D'
Residential Building (Shared Balcony)
Cyperus haspan (native) Paddy Galingale (Jun-Oct)
Pocket Garden
MARKET PLACE PLACE FOR GATHERING
Holiday Market in the Lawn Area
Having a Drink in Outdoor Cafe
Special Activities
Sitting in the Theater
Playing with Water
Performing
Gordonia axillaris (native) Rhodoleia championii (native) Ficus microcarpa (native) Hong Kong Gordonia (Oct-Jan) Rhodoleia (Feb-Apr) Chinese Banyan
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Outdoor Cafe
Delonix regia Flame Tree (Jun-Jul)
Sterculia lanceolata (native) Lance-leaved sterculia (Apr-May)
Jacaranda mimosifolia Jacaranda (Apr-Jun)
Retail Buildings with Pocket Garden
Community Centre
Viburnum odoratissimum (native) Sweet Viburnum (Mar-Apr)
Leisure Walk
POND SIDE PLANTING Liquidambar formosana (native) Senna siamea Sweet Gum Kassod Tree (Oct-Nov)
Callistemon viminalis Pyrus calleryana (native) Machilus chekiangensis (native) Tall Bottle-brush (Mar-May) Callery Pear (Feb-Apr) Chekiang Machilus (Feb)
Taking a Rest in the Pond side
SECTION C-C' Lawn (Holiday Market)
Water Plaza & Theater
Water Pond Garden
SHOP HOUSE AREA PLACE FOR BUYING & SELLING
Juncus effusus (native) Common Rush (Apr-Jul)
Ophiopogon japonicus (native) Blue Grass (May-Aug)
Canna indica “Yellow Humbert” Yellow Humbert (May-Nov)
Belamcanda chinensis Black-berry Lily (Jan-Aug)
Appreciating the Beautiful Tree Taking a Rest in Pocket Garden
Retail Area
Buying Things in the Stores
Rain Garden collecting rainwater from rooftop & Street
RESIDENTIAL COURTYARD
RESIDENTIAL & OUTER ZONE
PLACE FOR COMFORTABLE LIVING
Hanging Clothes
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Playing Taichi
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Gathering with Neighbor
Watching others
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COLORS & MATERIALS Sitting around Playing Lanterns Wood Oil-varnished
Chatting
Granite Sand-blasted
Granite Sand-blasted
Stainless Steel Plaster Painted Smooth-casted
Concrete Exposedaggregated
Brick
Clay
Concrete Sand-blasted
FRUIT TREE PLANTING Bambusa multiplex ‘Alphonse karr’ Hedge Bamboo
RESILIENT PLANTING
Litchi chinensis Lychee
Dimocarpus longan Longan
Bambusa chungii Powder Bamboo
BIO-SWALE
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Taxodium distichum Bald Cypress
Cleistocalyx nervosum Lidded Cleistocalyx (May-Jun)
Cynodon dactylon (native) Acorus gramineus (native) Sweet-Flag Couch Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides Saccharum spontaneum (native) (native) Plume Grass (May-Nov) Wild Cane (Jul-Sep)
Bamboo Garden
Orchard
Residential Front-yard
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Road
Bio-swale
Jogging Path
Corner Tower Garden
Enjoying the Beautiful View
Jogging Walking a Dog
Sitting around
“OLD” PLACE FOR RELAXING
Going Home
CORNER TOWER GARDEN