Peng Chau Island - Research

Peng Chau Island was a research project that looked at the tiny outlying island in the Hong Kong archipelago. With the viewpoint shifted to a suburban site, the aim was to deepen an investigation into the question of limits and boundaries at both the architectural and the territorial scale. At the macro scale, the reading of the historical map and testimony from the inhabitants made it possible to reflect on the shifting status of this small island within the Pearl River Delta in the context of its history. At the micro scale, the observation of a constellation of domesticated thresholds within the village provided a direct connection between two different and miniaturized urban conditions within the island: density and sparsity.

Peng Chau under the Magnifying Glass: the Suburban ­Mechanism of an Outlying Island within Hong Kong Metropolitan Area (original research title) was supported by the Seed Research Grant at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).