Wing Lee Street Project Failure Causes

take flight lee(prenominal) highroad Project Failure CausesIn the Central and horse opera District on Hong Kong Island, in that respect are quite a turn of events of pre-World War II ancient expressions and channels, most of them are going to be dismantled for solving the problem of urban disintegration. Sheung Wan file name extension lee Street, a tenement house portion to the URA H19 and integral part of inspection and quicken proposal, in view of last few months, the communitys interest on Wing lee(prenominal) Street. And major(ip)ity of the opinion stating out that this URA project is all t overaged failed to adopt the great deal-centered approach.Obviously, the major cause of the failure is overdue to the social value of Wing downwind Street. When decide whether to conserve the old building, we should take into account expert assessments of its heathen value and also its social value. Let us taking an planetary environmental paper Bula Charter Guidelines as a n example, Cultural abide bys member 2.5 from the guidelines state that Social value embraces the qualities for which a place has become a focus of spiritual, political, national or other heathenish sentiment to a majority or minority group.There are a lot of buildings in different places in Hong Kong of resembling time of life and style. What is eccentric and unusual here is that the whole street has not been developed recently. Many people thought that streets with old buildings like Wing leeward Street should be preserved because they were replete with Hong Kong peoples corporal memories. As a result, thither is a growing body of sentiment for its preservation. However, the regime used to emphasize and take development at the expense of preservation. They will not try to sample to get a proper scale between redevelopment and conservation. The URAs skipper plan is to solve the puzzle of urban decay and to ameliorate the financial support conditions of habitants in decay ed urban areas. But the plan for redeveloping Wing lee Street is not in keeping with the dogma of balancing urban evolution against conservation. The government only thought that the street cannot show monuments, nor do any of the buildings there, appearing a special design.Whats more, a film produced by Hong Kong director Echoes of a Rainbow awarded with Crystal Bear prize at Berlin internationalistic Film Festival. It was the first time that a Hong Kong movie has obtained this award. This has delivered Hong Kong citizens together formerly again to consider of the preservation of our collective memories and the historical buildings. This film presented the collective remembrance of people here through the description of a Hong Kong planetary house of four during the 1960s. It is significant stating that the execution of the film was come from Wing lee side Street in the Central district. That region about the street is slated for redevelopment by the Urban Renewal Authority (URA). The director has used a lot of authentic and actual acts on that street as basis of the film, as a result it does not only make it to appear more practical-minded but also give audiences some immeasurable star and nostalgia of these decayed and old streets.After the film getting the award and was screened, there has raised a fever in hunting and exploration of Wing Lee Street. Just like the main theme of Echoes of a Rainbow- cartridge clip can be a thief, but time cannot steal equitable memories and the Hong Kong spirit. This is the foremost message that the producer wants to show to us. So, Wing Lee Street in Sheung Wan may be just a street, but it is part of Hong Kong history and keeps us reminded and citizens including the post 1980s and post-1990s generations link their efforts to treasure and safeguard them and therefore the redevelopment plan for the street is completely failed due to the eminent social value of Wing Lee Street. asunder from the high social value o f Wing Lee Street, Building Value is another factor of the failure of the proposal. Quite a number of professors and scholars finished a building research from Sai Ying Pun to Central. They have recognized a tenement buildings, being its puny body weight, stretchable layout, the construction of a simple form, should be our city building a part of cultural heritage.As the Wing Lee Street, the tenement housing in the entirety and in a extraordinary space on the street level, and its architectural substance is much higher than some singular buildings infrequent on the avenue or in a tenement building has been segregated and contrasted with the building in No. 145-153 Third Street, Sai Ying Pun, is also appreciated as characteristic value of the architecture of cultural heritage, it is of an equivalent value. So calls on the government not to dismantle but to preserve Wing Lee Street have become increasingly sturdy among conservationists for cultural heritages.Moreover, the main co nclusion of this redevelopment project is due to the building guard of the buildings of Wing Lee Street. Secretary for Development Carrie Lam had said that the buildings there were beyond repair and had to be dismantled. However, after carrying out a preparatory reconnaissance on Wing Lee Street Buildings by professional engineers and surveyors, it can be established that the whole set of columns do not discover tenement difficulty to repair the building safety puzzles. The existing portions of the wall step up cracks and illegal porch and roof fabrication, can be repaired by the rehabilitation efforts, there is no insurmountable technical problems. Actually, Wing Lee Street 1-2 has been consummate rehabilitation of the outcomes somewhat well. At the same time, a up-to-date main research of old buildings conducted by the Buildings Department, also shows that the environs is not the old housing in Wing Lee Street buildings fall into disrepair, imperiling the safety of the pillar. In an article issued by the URA in March 2008 report of the testing of the street and the buildings have not been come to the incapability for rehabilitation due to old age settlement. So, the view that the buildings there were beyond repair and had to be demolished should be discarded.Therefore, this project will redouble social controversy, lead story in momentous repercussions of the public right URA violates about private berth rights interests. In conclusion, the URA is required to adore the residents will be able to redevelop the Wing Lee Street, and to explore another proposals.