Eric Cumine: Smiley Court, 1975
- Hong Kong, China, Show on map
- #RES #East Asia
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Smiley Court was built on a slope. The site condition constrains the building to sit on top of its car ramp. The pedestal of the building is in a circular form, it is used as a carpark and storage on one hand, and it supports the rectangular block above and makes the residence look like floating in the air. The car ramp and circular base are exposed load bearing structures, and have not only become a visual focus but a feature of brutalist architecture. In terms of material, wall and ramp are reinforced concrete without finishes that express brutal and raw texture. Unfortunately, exterior walls are currently painted white thus the feeling of brutalist style has drastically reduced. Smiley Court is not the first building constructed in concrete by Cumine, North Point Estate had also employed concrete and brick, which are both most representable materials of brutalism.
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In use. Façade repainted in white colour.