The housing crisis in Hong Kong limits the very poor to live in the most substandard environment: no ventilation, no sunlight, and infested by insect and mould. Increasing poverty and unaffordable housing has left the low-income population with two choices: to either sleep on the city's streets or dwell in substandard "subdivided" units.;This thesis analyses the "subdivided unit", a typical housing type for the Hong Kong poor. Created by dividing existing tenement apartments, the "subdivided unit" is a form of housing that provides nothing more than the bare minimum architecturally and physically. The project addresses the social and economic contexts, living culture, and existing architecture of these dwellings. Learning from the "subdivided unit", the project, offers new solutions to affordable housing, using prefabrication to create liveable spaces with minimum means.
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