Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas dening Lee Ngai Man

Karya Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas dening Lee Ngai Man minangka pemenang sing diajeni banget saka A' Design Award Emas 2026 sing bergengsi ing Kategori Kompetisi Desain Sosial.

EmasSosial· 2026

Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas

dening Lee Ngai Man

Klien: Estate Of Mine

Pemenang A' Design Award Emas ing Kategori Sosial

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Babagan Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas

Pocket Spaces yaiku pandhuan intervensi sosial kanggo kompleks omah umum sing kepadhetane dhuwur. Desain iki ngowahi koridor sempit lan tangga dadi papan sosial bebarengan. Buku pandhuan portabel 12 kaca sing dicithak nganggo kertas daur ulang nuntun para warga langkah demi langkah, saka nemokake papan sing ora kerawat nganti mbangun unit modular sing prasaja. Perakitane nggunakake kayu sing diklumpukake saka sampah komunitas, tali kabel, lan klem prasaja, saengga warga sepuh lan bocah-bocah bisa ngrampungake siji unit sajrone 30 menit tanpa piranti khusus. Pocket Spaces ndhukung otonomi spasial lan paseduluran antarane tangga teparo ing komunitas sing ngadhepi pembangunan maneh.

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Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas menang A' Design Award Emas, pangenalan sing prestisius banget sing diparingake marang desain kelas siji, nggumunake lan unggul. Pemenang Emas iku ciptaan sing inovatif banget, visioner lan sumunar nggumunake sing nggambarake kejeniusan, kawicaksanan lan kaprigelan para desainer. Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas dikarepake dadi panemuan sing dipuji banget, pelopor tren lan monumental sing nyedhiyakake nilai sing durung tau ana. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Emas iki iku proyek sing nggumunake lan dihormati sing paring manfaat gedhe lan nyurung maju wates seni, sains, desain lan teknologi. Pocket Spaces Buku Pandhuan Desain Komunitas nuwuhake perasaan kekarepan sing kuwat, nggugah semangat, nyengkuyung kreativitas lan narik kawigaten kita.

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Kredit, anggota tim lan detail teknis sing diwenehake dening desainer.

Sifat Unik: This project is a social intervention guide developed for high-density housing estates. It establishes an open infrastructure system using assembly protocols based on grassroots materials. This empowers elderly residents and children to transform narrow 2 meter corridors and stairwells into co-creation spaces. It is a social resilience tool characterized by zero marginal cost and rapid scalability.
Ukuran & Kemasan: The toolkit uses a nested frame structure of 148 x 210 mm, 105 x 148 mm, and 125 x 176 mm. This ensures the design is portable, while the lightweight materials are easy for elderly people and children to carry. The structures are also designed to be easily relocated during cleaning or maintenance periods.
Tag: Social design, social impact, spatial justice, systemic design, discursive design, participatory design, community design
Teknologi Produksi: The core product is a 12-page A5 portable manual printed on 100% recycled paper. Physical units utilize local material cycles, such as common public estate items and wood collected directly from community waste. Assembly employs low-barrier connections, such as industrial cable ties and simple clamps. This allows non-professionals to conduct community-making in 30 minutes without specialized tools.
Tantangan Desain: The primary challenge was moving beyond the traditional helicopter model of social housing intervention which often relies on one off actions. This project focused on building deep trust through 700 hours of field research to address the apathy caused by extreme density and upcoming redevelopment. It shifts the designer role from designing for to community led design. The project acts as a mobile preservation system that allows social relationships to migrate and integrate into housing plans.
Riset: This action research project addresses human made ignorance and spatial injustice in high density urban environments. Through 700 hours of immersive ethnography and field research involving 500 residents, we found that urban apathy is a cognitive bias. Neighbors often overestimate the reluctance of others to interact. Public housing lacks the spatial rights to maintain connections rather than the connections themselves. The project resulted in a 40 percent increase in neighborly interactions.
Inspirasi: This design originates from ethnographic observations of the extreme living density in Hong Kong where space averages 15.5 square meters per person. Through 700 hours of field research and 500 resident interviews, we discovered spontaneous space hacking in corridors and stairwells to build neighborhood bonds. The core inspiration involves translating scattered grassroots wisdom into a systematic social intervention guide. We used an high participation in the manual to awaken spatial autonomy and empower neglected spaces.
Durasi Proyek: This organic system launched on January 30, 2025 and evolves alongside public housing redevelopment. The first phase is located in Wah Fu Estate. The second phase will be exhibited at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design in June 2026. The third phase will expand to other high density communities like Mei Lam and Butterfly Estate in 2027 to establish a cross regional social design network.
Alur Operasi: The Pocket Space Playbook is a portable toolkit designed to help residents transform lifeless public housing corridors into vibrant social hubs. The guide uses a step-by-step approach to help users identify neglected spaces and apply modular grassroots wisdom. This method is effective because it triggers a fundamental community shift: residents realize they have the right to define their own spaces, creating a bottom-up, sustainable ecosystem.
Anggota Tim: Pak Hei Wang
Ngai Man Lee
Kai Yin Lin
Nga Suet Julytha Ho
Hiu Man Chiu
Kredit Gambar: Image # 1: Designer Pak Hei Wang, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Ngai Man Lee, Kai Yin Lin, Social Pocket, 2026.

Image # 2: Designer Ngai Man Lee, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Kai Yin Lin, Pak Hei Wang, Social Pocket 2, 2026.

Image # 3: Designer Pak Hei Wang, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Ngai Man Lee, Kai Yin Lin, Engage Material, 2026.

Image # 4: Designer Ngai Man Lee, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Kai Yin Lin, Pak Hei Wang, Informal Knowledge, 2026.

Image # 5: Designer Kai Yin Lin, Hiu Man Chiu, Julytha Nga Suet Ho, Ngai Man Lee, Pak Hei Wang, Social Engage, 2026.