Designed by: Charles Lai, aona architects
Design Trust Affiliation: Friend of Design Trust
Description:
‘As Time Goes By, History Is Fantasised’ is a snow globe depicting the first colonial building in Kowloon. Its castle-like facade was a loud proclamation of its European identity, one that matched its role as one of the first colonial foot-holds in Hong Kong, contrasting the Chinese style yamen (衙門) of the Kowloon Walled City.
Little is known about the story behind what was likely a police station during the late 1800s. The snow globe explores the duality between history and fantasy – as the viewer gazes at the falling glitter, the passage of time is materialised and compressed within the snow globe, while the building’s lost history is being fantasised in the viewer’s mind.
Image Credit: Charles Lai, aona architects
Website: aona architects