Demarcated Conflicts

Throughout the history of urbanization on the north of Hong Kong Island, constant urban encroachments at mountain edges incrementally tarnish the foot-hill areas. Natural mountain surfaces are engineered into grey artificial slope patches and retaining walls. As a result, urban fringes are stitched to the mountain edges by a spectrum of controlled slope surfaces. This process of infringement is untold in the current densification model of our city.

By studying the geological specificity of Hong Kong Island regarding these constantly receding mountain borders, I propose new modes of demarcation at these unregistered edges to protect the intrinsic boundaries and prevent them from being unnoticeably dissolved in the process of urbanization. This architectural demarcation is manifested into spatial qualities specific to foot-hill conditions, and possible narratives of a livable environment at 100-meter contour for the migrated mass.