Hamilton Street Rest Garden is located in Mongkok, around the corner of Portland Street and Hamilton Street junction. It is approximately 243 sq. m in size, which is the smallest site among the four. The main feature of the rest garden is a large lush tree. The garden is popular and usually fully seated, serving all walks of life. Hamilton Street Rest Garden is in close proximity to the Portland Street Rest Garden.
Design Process & Research
The design aims to address the needs of existing users, while also drawing in new users to the park. In order to do so, the design:
Offers a large table for sharing and for natural interaction between existing users that will better connect them and remove the sense of isolation.
Offers a space for planned activities such as roundtable discussions and exhibitions that can bring in new users of different ages and genders. The design team aims to make the park a focal point in the community that celebrates the neighbourhood’s culture of making. The park reinforces and highlights the neighbourhood’s identity.
In order to do so, the design:
Utilises materials and techniques of making also used by the neighbourhood’s shops to connect them together.
Offers a space for workshops directed by these shops to showcase their techniques of making to a broader audience.
Final Design
Hamilton Street Rest Garden
The Hamilton Street Rest Garden located in Yau Tsim Mong, is themed under the Chinese table sharing culture, and the park "aDapTable" is designed to cultivate a sense of community in the neighbourhood. This newly designed communal space will accommodate a range of activities, drawing visitors to engage in dialogues and interact with one another. Working with local shops and craftsmen, including copperware, steel ware, and wooden chopping board makers, various objects within the garden were designed with the local community, and prototyped using their specialty materials and techniques.
