Bibframe Work
TitleCities without groundTypeTextMonographGenre FormGuidebooks (FAST)Maps (FAST)ClassificationDDC: 915.125046 full K992.5 K992.5 LCC: HT169.H6 F63 2012 Could not render: bf:statusSupplementary Contentbibliography index SummaryHong Kong is a city without ground. This is true both physically (built on steep slopes, the city has no ground plane) and culturally (there is no concept of ground). Density obliterates figure-ground in the city, and in turn re-defines public-private spatial relationships. Without a ground, there can be no figure either. In fact, Hong Kong lacks any of the traditional figure-ground relationships that shape urban space: axis, edge, centre, even fabric. 'Cities without ground' explores this condition by mapping three-dimensional circulation networks that join shopping malls, train stations and public transport interchanges, public parks and private lobbies as a series of spatial models and drawings. These networks form a continuous space of variegated environments that serves as a fundamental public resource for the city. The emergence of the shopping malls as spaces of civil society rather than of global capital as grounds of resistance comes as a surprise. This continuous network and the microclimates of temperature, humidity, noise and smell which differentiate it constitute an entirely new form of urban spatial hierarchy. Air particle concentration is both logical and counterintuitive: outdoor air is more polluted, while the air in the higher-end malls is cleaner than air adjacent to lower value retail programs. Train stations, while significantly cooler than bus terminals, have only moderately cleaner air. Boundaries determined by sound or smell (a street of flower vendors or bird keepers, or an artificially perfumed mall) can ultimately provide more substantive spatial boundaries than a ground. While space in the city may be continuous, plumes of temperature differential or air particle intensity demonstrate that environments are far from equal.Table Of ContentsNota de contenido generado por computadora: Shun Tak Centre & Sheung Wan
IFC & Exchange Square
Central
Central Market
Graham Street & Soho
Admiralty
Victoria Peak
Wan Chai
Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building
Causeway Bay
Taikoo Shing & Quarry Bay
Cyberport
University of Hong Kong
Chek Lap Kok Airport
Ngong Ping
Olympic
West Kowloon
Tsim Sha Tsui West
Tsim Sha Tsui East
Hung Hom
Temple Street
Mong Kok
Mong Kok East & Bird Street
Ap Liu Street
Kowloon Tong
Sai Kung
Lam Tin
Kai Tak
Tsuen Wan
Sha Tin
Lo Wu & Luo Hu
Liantang & Heung Yuen Wai.
Authorized Access PointFrampton, Adam Cities without ground