祈宜臻

【一句話推介】
首本研究歐美及香港古蹟活化專著 翻新改造物業必備參考
全書中英文對照

【內容簡介】
保育歷史建築物可以為社會帶來多種利益。它不只保存歷史建築物的文化價值，減少製造建築廢料，延長大廈壽命，也鼓勵透過再利用現存的大廈來實現建築環境的可持續發展。
本書探討活化再利用這種保育方法，由介紹保育建築的基本概念和歷史開始，並挑選海外及本地多個活化舊建築的成功案例，展示「活化再利用」的形式如何演變，及如何在歷史建築物和現代規例之間作出協調。
香港的工業早在上世紀九十年代已北移，造成很多工業大廈使用率不足，而這些建築物正是活化再利用的最佳對象。本書最後兩章探討活化工廈在香港的情況，並聚焦聯泰工業大廈活化再利用的真實案例，展示它經過長時間轉變成銀座式購物商場——「 活＠KCC」的過程及挑戰。書中每一個案都為那些對建築活化再利用感興趣的人帶來啟示。
Conservation of historic buildings brings multiple benefits to the society. It not only preserves cultural significance, minimizes construction wastes, extends building life cycle, but it also encourages the sustainability of the built environment by reusing existing building stocks.
This book investigates into a conservation practice, known as adaptive reuse. It begins with some basic concepts and the historical context of other conservation practices, followed by a series of local and overseas case studies on adaptive reuse to show how this practice evolves and negotiates among historic buildings and modern regulations.
In Hong Kong, industrial buildings are left under-utilized due to the massive shift of production plants to the mainland China in recent decades. These industrial buildings can be adaptively reused for new uses. The final two chapters focus on the revitalization of industrial buildings in Hong Kong and investigate the example of adaptive reuse of Luen Tai Industries Building, showcasing the process and challenges of its long-haul transformation into a Ginza-style shopping mall, life@KCC. Every case study in this book becomes a learning lesson for anyone interested in the process of adaptive reuse.

▋本書特點
- 本書為香港首本研究工廈活化的專書。讀者可從活化個案了解香港活化建築政策的推行及其局限性，並從中探討都市可持續發展的未來方向，出版角度獨特，有代表性
- 研究主力祈宜臻博士學術背景強，為保育建築方面專家，曾任香港大學建築學院的「社區項目工作坊」總監，參與大澳警署文化保育項目並出版專書，對同類項目富有經驗。是次研究團隊包括大學建築系教授、建築師等專業人士。
- 本書除本地活化建築個案，也包括海外活化再利用的個案，加上內容中英對照，對其他地區讀者也有參考價值。

作者簡介：

主編

祈宜臻

香港註冊建築師和認可人士。現任香港科技與高等教育學院（THEi）設計和環境學院副教授及課程主任。

曾出版多本與建築相關的書籍，包括《舊大澳警署之百年使命與保育》、We Own the City 和BuildingMaterials and Technology in Hong Kong（合著），並為Hong Kong – Barcelona Urban Exchange 撰文。

於加拿大滑鐵盧大學建築學院畢業後，曾在羅馬、阿姆斯特丹、倫敦和溫哥華工作，然後返回香港發展。她一直致力於多元化的項目，包括城市復興計劃、地區願望研究、海濱規劃研究、可持續發展、文物保育和公眾參與。她在所有的項目中均倡導積極方法，讓社區參與建築和設計實踐。

Tris Kee

Registered Architect and Authorized Person in Hong Kong. She is currently the Programme Leader and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Design and Environment at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi).

She has published a number of architecture-related books, including Old Tai O Police Station, We Own the City and Building Materials and Technology in Hong Kong (co-published) and contributed to the Hong Kong – Barcelona Urban Exchange.

After graduated from the School of Architecture, University of Waterloo, Tris worked in Rome, Amsterdam, London and Vancouver before returning to Hong Kong. She has worked on a broad range of projects including urban revitalization schemes, district aspiration studies, waterfront planning research, sustainable development, heritage conservation and public engagements. Tris advocates an active approach to engaging community participation in the practice in architecture and design in all of her work.