I. Declaration i
II. Acknowledgement ii
III. Abstract iii
IV. Table of contents iv
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Focus & Scope 1
1.2 Research Questions and Corresponding Issues 1
1.2 Objective & Significance 1
1.3 Methodology of research 1
1.4 Data collections Method 1
1.5 Limitations 1
Chapter 2 Literature Review 1
2.1 Research method 1
2.2 Flatted Factories 1
2.3 Social Community Centres 1
Chapter 3 Background for the research 1
3.1 The trend of factory revitalization in Hong Kong 1
3.2 Current state of flatted factory buildings in Hong Kong 1
3.3 The demand of social community centre in Hong Kong 1
Chapter 4 Factories Case Studies (Local) 1
4.1 Background Information 1
4.2 Site Selection - Kwun Tong Destrict 1
4.3 Tak Shin Industrial Building 1
4.4 Rays Industrial Building 1
4.5 Sea Power Industrial Building 1
4.6 Prosperity Place 1
Chapter 5 Social Community Centre Case Studies (Local & Oversea) 1
5.1 Background information 1
5.2 local I 1
5.3local ii 1
5.4 overseas i 1
5.5 overseas ii 1
Chapter 4 Analysis of characteristic of Flatted Factories (Local) 1
4.1 Comparison table of 4 different types 1
4.1.2 Analysis in terms of several concerns 1
Chapter 6 Analysis of characteristic of social community centre (Local & Oversea) 1
5.2.1 Comparison Table of local and Overseas cases 1
5.2.2 Analysis in terms of likeness (Functional/structural/Programme) 1
5.2.2 Analysis in terms of difference (Regulation/climate/etc) 1
Chapter7 Design concerns of social community centre 1
7.1 Introduction 1
7.2. Target Selection-Problem-Oriented Users versus General Users 1
7.2.1 Social Concerns 1
7.2.2 Responsive Design for specified group 1
7.2.3 Functional requirements 1
7.3. Technical Concerns 1
7.3.1 Structural Concerns 1
7.3.2 Fire and Safety Concerns 1
7.4 Summary 1
Chapter 8 Guideline for reusing a flatting factory into social community centre 1
8.1 Introduction 1
8.1.1 Adaptive
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