Living Lamma Street Furniture

Lamma Street Furniture

How Poor Design is Ruining the Character of one Hong Kong Village

Are these appropriate designs for a village setting?

Railings – grey, unpainted

And fencing for the harbourfront

More grey metal

Lampposts – all grey metal, the same as we have on our highways (there are no cars on Lamma)

The village clock – large, digital with dog poop brown and pink motif

Substations – more grey metal

A concrete nullah (and more grey metal)

LCSD’s beach facilities – why pink? And why so many notices?

The bins – everyday it’s like this, no integrated waste and recycling facilities

The “feature wall” – grey, concrete

The “community notice board”

The sitting area by the well

This is what old wells can look like (but not in Hong Kong)

Concrete sitting area – now covered in graffiti

Concrete play area, that no-one uses (no shade, too many lost balls)

Trees in metal or concrete

Poor design is ruining Lamma

• Government projects follow standard designs that may be appropriate for inner city areas or industrial estates, but which are killing the character of rural areas, not just on Lamma, but all across Hong Kong.

• We need better design that enhances village-scapes and reflects the natural beauty of the environment.

Please help

• Adopt a project: choose and aspect of design on Lamma and develop it as a project.

• Write to Carrie Lam, Director of Development, to complain about the lack of sensitivity in rural design: sdev@devb.gov.hk.

• Join Living Lamma: Sign up through our website – www.livinglamma.com or call 90423241 and help us make a change.