Kowloon Cultural District: An Investigation into Spatial Capabilities in Hong Kong
Esther Lorenz and Shiqiao Li (eds.)

This book declares the existing Kowloon as a "cultural district" already in formation, constituting a parallel proposal to Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District project. In a three-fold approach comprised of the Cabinet of Curiosities, Archives, and Retrievals, it documents indigenous practices and spaces, reformulates them through architectural proposals, and links them to a broader context through reflection in essays.

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Featured Essays:

Foreword by Leon van Schaik
Introduction by Esther Lorenz and Li Shiqiao 

Part I: Cabinet of Curiosities 
Esther Lorenz, “Wunderkammer: Space of the Unclassified”

Part II: Archives
Li Shiqiao, “Archiving Space”

Part III: Retrievals 
Leon van Schaik, “Spatial Intelligence”
Leo Lee Ou-fan, “Walking along Kowloon Streets”
Mike Ingham and Matt Fung, “On Location in Kowloon”
Gordon Mathews, “The Urban Geography of Chungking Mansions”
Frank Vigneron, “King of Kowloon”
Scott Lash, “CSI Kowloon or Culture as Evidence”