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SERENE OASIS | MONG KOKEarlier this year, LittleUrbanMountain received a Jury Commendation at the Urban Renewal Design ...
21/05/2026

SERENE OASIS | MONG KOK

Earlier this year, LittleUrbanMountain received a Jury Commendation at the Urban Renewal Design Ideas Competition for Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok, jointly organised by the Urban Renewal Authority and The Hong Kong Institute of Architects.

The competition invited architects and urban designers to rethink how one of Hong Kong’s densest districts could evolve through renewal, public space, and long-term resilience.

Our proposal, Serene Oasis: Reconnecting Nature, Culture and Community in Mong Kok, imagines the area around Central Urban Park as a more breathable and connected urban environment — where ecological infrastructure, heritage, and everyday community life are interwoven into a new public realm.

The masterplan unfolds across three interconnected sites:
— a green urban gateway at Lai Chi Kok Road and Nathan Road
— a revitalised historic nullah transformed into a civic and ecological spine
— and a new mixed-use development node integrating public space, market culture, and vertical greenery

Rather than treating renewal as tabula rasa, the proposal explores how Mong Kok’s existing urban memory can become part of its future.

Team:
B**g Yeung (Team Leader)
Lam Pui Kiu, Ada
Wong Ching

MANAGING DENSITY, NOT DENYING ITUrban renewal cannot avoid density — but it can redistribute it intelligently.Using Tran...
29/04/2026

MANAGING DENSITY, NOT DENYING IT

Urban renewal cannot avoid density — but it can redistribute it intelligently.

Using Transfer of Plot Ratio (TPR):
• Smaller fragmented sites send PR
• A receiving development node absorbs height
• Ground level is released for open space

The result:
⬆️ density where it performs best
🌳 openness where people need it most

This is how density can become a tool — not a burden.

THE NULLAH AS MEMORY + INFRASTRUCTURE — REIMAGINING MONG KOKAt the heart of our proposal for Mong Kok lies a forgotten p...
21/03/2026

THE NULLAH AS MEMORY + INFRASTRUCTURE — REIMAGINING MONG KOK

At the heart of our proposal for Mong Kok lies a forgotten piece of infrastructure — the historic water nullah.
Rather than removing it, the design reinterprets it as public space:

• Existing structures reused as pedestrian connectors
• Deepened riverbeds for flood resilience
• Safe water-play zones
• Ecological corridors
• Cultural and educational programs

The nullah becomes a multi-functional urban spine — reconnecting nature, community, and memory across Mong Kok.

Infrastructure can be poetic.
Memory can be active.

A PARK THAT WORKS EVERY DAY 🌳🌴The Central Urban Park is designed not as scenery, but as daily urban equipment.• Deep tre...
11/03/2026

A PARK THAT WORKS EVERY DAY 🌳🌴

The Central Urban Park is designed not as scenery, but as daily urban equipment.

• Deep tree planting for real shade
• Urban farming plots
• Open lawns and learning spaces
• Accessible paths for all ages
• Cultural programs embedded into landscape

It is a park you pass through, stay in, work around, and return to —
a civic living room for Mong Kok.

A NEW ICON, GROUNDED IN DAILY LIFEThe new mixed-use tower is not just a skyline marker.Its podium houses a revitalised w...
02/03/2026

A NEW ICON, GROUNDED IN DAILY LIFE

The new mixed-use tower is not just a skyline marker.
Its podium houses a revitalised wet market — a core part of Mong Kok’s identity.

• Improved hygiene and ventilation
• Clear circulation
• Retained street-market character

Above, sky gardens and mixed uses create vertical neighbourhoods —
a contemporary form that still grows from local culture.

SERENE OASIS — A CITY THAT PAUSES“Serene Oasis” is not a park dropped into the city.It is a sequence of calm moments wov...
20/02/2026

SERENE OASIS — A CITY THAT PAUSES

“Serene Oasis” is not a park dropped into the city.
It is a sequence of calm moments woven into everyday routes.

We imagine Mong Kok as:
• breathable
• walkable
• culturally continuous
• ecologically resilient

Instead of one grand gesture, the project works through small urban pauses — shade, water, greenery, memory, and movement — layered into the existing fabric.

Serenity here is not silence.
It is balance.

THREE SITES, ONE STORYThe masterplan of Serene Oasis is structured around three interconnected sites, operating as a sin...
09/02/2026

THREE SITES, ONE STORY

The masterplan of Serene Oasis is structured around three interconnected sites, operating as a single urban ecosystem:

1️⃣ Entrance Gateway
A green threshold at Lai Chi Kok Road × Nathan Road — signalling arrival and slowing the city down.

2️⃣ Central Urban Park
A cultural and ecological heart, built around the revitalised historic nullah near Mong Kok Village.

3️⃣ New Development Node
A mixed-use landmark that absorbs density, freeing ground space for public life.

Different characters, one continuous public journey.

SERENE OASIS | WHY MONG KOKMong Kok is one of the densest urban districts in the world — intense, vibrant, and deeply hu...
30/01/2026

SERENE OASIS | WHY MONG KOK

Mong Kok is one of the densest urban districts in the world — intense, vibrant, and deeply human.
But density doesn’t have to mean suffocation.

Our proposal asks a simple question:
What if Mong Kok could breathe again?

Instead of clearing history away, we see renewal as an act of reconnection — between nature, culture, and everyday community life.
This project is not about escaping Mong Kok, but rediscovering its latent generosity.

🏆 Commendation Award
Urban Renewal Design Ideas Competition
The District Study for Yau Ma Tei & Mong Kok

We're honoured to share that LittleUrbanMountain Design has been selected as a Commendation Entry in the Urban Renewal D...
30/01/2026

We're honoured to share that LittleUrbanMountain Design has been selected as a Commendation Entry in the Urban Renewal Design Ideas Competition for the District Study for Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok, jointly organised by the Urban Renewal Authority 市區重建局 (URA) and The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA).

The Jury recognised our proposal for its merit and contribution to the discourse on sustainable urban renewal of this complex and layered urban district. Being acknowledged among a field that includes international practices and leading local firms makes this recognition particularly meaningful.

Our sincere thanks to URA and HKIA for creating this important platform and for the Jury's encouragement. Special thanks to our teammates Lam Pui Kiu, Ada and Wong Ching — this recognition truly belongs to the team.

Please join us in the public exhibition in the coming week!

LittleUrbanMountain Design Ltd 開心建城 URAmity The Hong Kong Institute of Architects - HKIA

Thank you for being part of LittleUrbanMountain’s journey over the past year.Your collaboration, trust, and creative spi...
31/12/2025

Thank you for being part of LittleUrbanMountain’s journey over the past year.

Your collaboration, trust, and creative spirit have shaped the spaces and stories we built together throughout 2025. As we step into 2026, we wish you a year filled with fresh ideas, meaningful connections, and projects that spark joy.
May the coming months bring growth to your visions and warmth to every place you call home.
Thank you once again for collaborating with us in 2025 — we look forward to what’s ahead.

LittleUrbanMountain Design Ltd #2026

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