Location: 1-11 Mallory Street and 6-12 Burrows
Street Existing GFA : 2,687 square metres (approx.) No. of
buildings: 10 tenement houses Building age: Mid-1910s Antiquities
Authority Grading: Grade 2 Historic Buildings
Project Development
Information
Area : 780 square metres Total GFA : 2,140 square
metres Open space : 300 square metres
Historical
linkage
The lot was first owned by the American firm Messrs Burrows
and Sons and eventually Lawrence Mallory. The two streets were named after the
two owners.
Hong Kong Land Investment Co. possessed the area around 1905
and turned the lot into 10 tenement houses in mid 1910s.
Among which, Nos. 3-9 Mallory Street and 6-8 Burrows Street
had been acquired and maintained by the government. Similar to the Blue House,
the surplus green paint used for the external walls of the above numbers gave
rise to the name of ：Green House； of the
cluster.
Architectural
attributes
In accordance with the approved Conservation Plan, the Mallory
Street tenement buildings and the façade of the Burrows Street tenements will be
conserved; a public open space of 300 sq.m will also be provided as per the
planning requirement.
In order to accommodate all the new requirements under
Buildings Ordinance such as disabled lift, fire escape staircases and other
building services, an Annex Block will need to be built at the rear of the
Mallory Street tenements which will necessitate alteration to the existing
kitchens. An additional floor (4/F) will also be added as a special
function room at the new Annex Block. The purpose is to provide full height
opening so that visitors will be able to appreciate the vast pitched tiled roof
of 1-7 Mallory Street which is one of the characteristics of the historical
buildings.
A pair of structural bracing will be required to provide lateral support for
the otherwise free standing Burrow Street façade. Opportunity has been taken to
utilize the said bracing as walkways connecting the retained façade to the Annex
Block which can also act as observation deck for activities on the open space
below.
Features which will be preserved in
the Revitalisation Project
Balconies
Tiled Pitched Roof
Timber French Doors
Internal Timber Stair Case (1-3 Mallory Street)
Kitchen Block of 1-3 Mallory
Street
Mode of Operation
Further to the launching of the project in March 2005, URA has
conducted a public consultation from September to November 2005 via survey and
consultation with district representatives and stakeholders as well as public
consultative focus groups with regard to the Mallory Street redevelopment. The
consultation has concluded that the project should serve as a ．creativity and
cultural hub・.
In order to seek for the optimal mode of business operation to
achieve the best revitalization effects, URA commissioned a consultant in June
2009 to conduct a Business Plan Study comprising studies, interviews and
analysis to identify the appropriate business plan and operation mode which
would be essential for formulation of the future tender brief.
It was subsequently recommended to adopt the operation mode in
form of an ：Art Community； due to the following advantages:
- Community : to enhance, collaborate and co-own among diverse
and cross-disciplinary operators/tenants
- Sense of belonging : Enhanced by higher degree of
participation amongst tenants
- Share and full utilization of space : Space may be more
fully utilized with all tenants participated in the community with a strong
operator drawing in participating organisations
- Diversity : With the operator sharing the role of being a
property manager as well as an event organizer, it helps drawing in
non-residential arts organization / artist to diversify the types of events
happening in the Mallory Street
URA will appoint a management company/ event organiser to
brand the project and deal with property management/ event and daily operation,
as well as teaming up with various artists with URA・s active input, after the
award of the management contract.
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