Exhibition Title: Test Site – an Exhibition for the project “Social Condenser Extraordinaire: The Municipal Services Buildings of Hong Kong”
Exhibition Venue: PMQ, Central, Hong Kong
Curator: Fai Au, Ying Zhou, Jonathan Yeung
Curatorial Support: Holiday Wing Yan CHAN, Wilson CHAN
Drawing and Model Post-productions: Kay Wing Ki Cheng, Cherrie Yuying Zhou, Cecilia Wing Sze Chung, Marco Ching Ho Chau, Ally Ching Yi Sze, Sherman Shui Fung Lo, Wilson Chan, Holiday Wing Yan Chan
Exhibit Contribution: HKU BA(AS) Year 3 Students 2019 – 2024
MSB Photography: Chris Shing Chun Iu
Exhibition Photography: Mathur Rishima
This sample exhibition showcases what are today known as the Municipal Services Building (MSB), a much-overlooked publicly-owned architectural type unique to Hong Kong’s density and institutional history and today facing demolition and renewal. The exhibition will serve as the basis and an opportunity to “test” the display modes and communication forms of the exhibition contents, for inclusion in a forthcoming venue of an international platform. The contents for exhibition include analytical measured architectural drawings and physical models of differing scales, as well as photographic documentations, archival documents from the Public Works Department (today the Architectural Services Department) and Public Records Office.