Awards and Recognitions

Year and Award

Awarded Unit(s)

Organiser

Award Category

2024

Special Mention - Adaptive Reuse Category
HKICON Conservation Awards 2024

Awarded Unit(s)

The Staunton Street / Shing Wong Street Revitalisation Project (H19)

Organiser

The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists

Award Category

Planning, Architecture and Construction

Architectural conservation emerged as a distinct profession in Hong Kong with the implementation of the 2007 Heritage Conservation Policy. Today, the revitalisation of heritage buildings through adaptive reuse has become a policy of the Development Bureau as well as the Urban Renewal Authority. The ever increasing number of architectural conservation projects that involve both government and private buildings has necessitated rigorous professional requirements based on international best practice standards. These professional requirements can be seen in the new administrative and statutory requirements that comply with international principles, standards and guidelines, such as the Burra Charter and China Principles.

The implication of such a development is that Hong Kong has caught up with international best practice in considering architectural conservation as an independent discipline and a specialized profession. In response to this, HKICON has been created by a small core group of professionals (the Founding Council), in consultation with other professionals and senior members of the Government. As a professional institute, HKICON is committed to the development of the profession and upholding best practice in the field of architectural conservation in Hong Kong.

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2024

HKIA Special Award - Heritage & Adaptive Re-use (2024)
The Staunton Street / Shing Wong Street Revitalization Project (H19)

Awarded Unit(s)

The Staunton Street / Shing Wong Street Revitalization Project (H19)

Organiser

The Hong Kong Institute of Architects

Award Category

Planning, Architecture and Construction

A cluster of nine existing tenement buildings forms this revitalization project (H19), with one of which at 88-90 Staunton Street was Grade 2 historic building, located at the Central and Western District with a rich community history known as “30 Houses” neighbourhood.

Recognizing the strong aspirations in the Community Making Study, the buildings were preserved and revitalized with the aim to promote place-making, conserving the urban fabric and synergy with nearby revitalisation projects. The revitalized buildings are put to adaptive reuse as co-living spaces with common rooms and community farms.

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