Portland Street Rest Garden is located in Mongkok, sandwiched between two high-rise residential buildings next to the Portland Street. It is approximately 376 sq. m in size with one side facing Portland Street. The rest garden is fenced off with exits on two sides. Currently there are four tall trees, a few benches and a Chinese chess table. The rest garden serves all walks of life. It is frequently fully seated despite the poor hygiene of the garden.
Design Process & Research
Over the past few months the team has been visiting the site, observing and getting to know the existing park users. During the exhibition, 1:1 prototypes and a scaled model is presented to share with the community and inspire them to create different functional settings.
The engagement process will be documented and the results will be used as inspiration for other visual details and signage design in the next stage.
Final Design
Portland Street Rest Garden
Located in Yau Tsim Mong District with the highest population density in Hong Kong, the team discovered a need to create a familiar yet innovative space to enhance the quality of leisure space for residents and park users. With the majority of park users being longtime users and elderlies, the team envisioned a thoughtful approach to incorporate existing elements from the site, while injecting new energy and ideas. The future park will be a multi-functional space for the users, and incorporate a range of flowering plants and green walls. Testing new ideas and challenging existing practice, the park will also have a series of movable furniture as well as a set of newly designed graphic signage.
