Los espacios híbridos en Hong Kong

Abstract

In recent decades the city of Hong Kong has become one of the most important financial center and production of the world, and has established itself as one of the new millennium's global cities. Hong Kong represents an interesting case study where the permeability of the urban structure, allows to explore the city in an intensive way, enjoying different levels of use and where the buildings are part of the flows that crossing the city every day. This complexity allows the creation of “hybrid spaces” spaces that are neither public nor private and represent a distinctive aspect of this amazing city. In Hong Kong usually the boundaries between public and private space are not so clear. We are not referring to the difference between open and covered spaces, but of public spaces that are within private properties, gray areas where it is difficult to understand which type of space we are crossing. In many districts of the city, most spaces are used for commercial purposes, leaving on the background the proper role of public space. In the city the Public space isn't more a structural element but has become a residual space, or even is going to disappear for the loss of his role or for the substitution with other spaces most suitable for the economy's requirements.