Stone Wall Tree, Hong Kong
The project outlines the development timeline of Stone Wall Trees from Colonial Hong Kong, and the more recent local controversies after multiple disputes on Stone Wall Tree felling. It is time for landscape architects and designers to step in and address the current conditions of Stone Wall Trees with a more comprehensive reading –
(1) to document and study Stone Wall Trees through the making of drawings alongside the quantitative analysis done in the past years;
(2) to engage residents in realizing the cultural specificity of SWTs in each and every local community; and
(3) to provide a range of design options for the discussion of our future urban landscape among all stakeholders.