“非场所”理论视野中的商业空间——从香港垂直购物中心审视私有领域的社群性

在消费主义与公共空间此消彼长关系的讨论中,建筑师的责任经常被忽视。从这个基本问题出发,依据马克·奥吉的当代人类学方法,以香港垂直购物中心为案例,发现当代都市新的空间对象,并在这个过程中探索私有领域社群空间的人类学含义。香港的特殊政治经济地位孕育了一种在消费空间内形成的市民社会。在亚洲金融危机与SARS之后,香港形成了一种新的消费空间,这些空间整合了观光与消费两种活动,在多种客观压力下创造出了大量极端的空间组织形式。针对这种现象,试图探讨这些新的空间组织形式在重构人群的身份认同中的作用。

Retail Space in the Perspective of ＂Non-places＂： Hong Kong Vertical Shopping Centers and Communality in the Private Realm

Architects＇ role is usually underestimated in the discussion of rising consumerism and declining public space. By turning to Marc Auge＇ s theorization of ＂non-places＂ , this paper seeks to identify new ＂objects＂ in contemporary Hong Kong urbanism and to re-examine the anthropological implication of communal spaces in the private realm. Hong Kong＇ s special political and economic status fosters a civic society which is incubated in consumerism. After the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and the ＂SARS＂ , Hong Kong attempted to embark upon a new consumerism that would integrate sightseeing and shopping under one roof. In this respect, the paper attempts to explore a new communal identity by reconstructing the relationship between the people and the space.