Skywalking in Hong Kong: disrupting flows in the consumerist wonderland

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dc.contributor.authorKwok, Evelyn
dc.contributor.authorSpurr, Sam
dc.contributor.institutionEscola de Comunicação, Arquitetura, Artes e Tecnologias da Informação
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractHong Kong, a global city continuously expanding vertically and multiplying the opportunities for profit generation skywards. Networks of skywalks connect this vast shoppingscape, defining a directory of consumption that constantly shifts the experience and understanding of the city. This paper explores how the ‘consumerist wonderland’ of Hong Kong, with its fragmented identity and glorified perception of consumption, has produced an urban, spatial situation that has seamlessly circulated the flow of consumption, yet been unintentionally subverted by a passively accepted foreign force. This surprising urban guerrilla inserts a recurring, un-commoditized event that breaks the assumption of continuous consumption. Their domestication of these skywalks dedicated to consumer spending and absolute convenience, propose an alternative form of civic engagement in the contemporary urban shoppingscape. Additionally, this paper will assist in extrapolating the parallels and reciprocity between the occupations of the elevated walkways and the urban terrain of Hong Kong.en
dc.description.statusNon peer reviewed
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dc.identifier.citationKwok , E & Spurr , S 2013 , ' Skywalking in Hong Kong: disrupting flows in the consumerist wonderland ' , Default journal .
dc.identifier.issn1646-6756
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEdições Universitárias Lusófonas
dc.relation.ispartofDefault journal
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectARQUITETURA
dc.subjectHONG KONG
dc.subjectESPAÇO PÚBLICO
dc.subjectCIDADANIA
dc.subjectCONSUMO
dc.subjectDESENHO URBANO
dc.subjectRevista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação
dc.subjectARCHITECTURE
dc.subjectPUBLIC SPACE
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION
dc.subjectURBAN DESIGN
dc.subjectHONG KONG
dc.titleSkywalking in Hong Kong: disrupting flows in the consumerist wonderlanden
dc.typearticle

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Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação nº 08-09 (2013)