Ackbar Abbas said in the text that conservation is optional and tends to exclude dirt and pain. So protection sounds like a good thing, but it doesn’t seem to be accepted in Hong Kong. Regardless of whether it was a good or bad memory in Hong Kong, I am grateful for every moment of their history. For example, cities with walls were among the messiest and criminal societies in human history, but Hong Kongers still discovered the beauty and opposed the dismantling project. The disappearance of identity and history is like hoarding old buildings. However, without a good strategy in the renewal, these architectures will eventually be devalued and lose their meaning.
Subin Hwang (3035856381)
The conservation and protection of the city in terms of architecture, heritage, and memory certainly calls for further discussion. Abbas provided us with a portal to access this topic by proposing the idea of disappearance to study Hong Kong’s urban history, which you have highlighted is a critical approach towards urban renewal. Understanding the “dirt” and “pain” in the city’s memory can provide a reference for conservation and revision. The three cases on pages 66-69 can also teach us this.