This project is the first Hong Kong project to integrate caregivers’ needs into public playspace designs.

In the 2019 Policy Address, it announced the revitalisation of 170+ public playspaces under LCSD. We therefore hope to redesign Shek Yam Lei Muk Road Park, creating a caregiver-friendly playspace from the bottom-up, and eventually submit our opinions to the relevant authorities. From October 2021 to February 2022, we and 9 Civic Design Fellows conducted a 5-month community survey and engaged a total of 378 participants.

This project serves to supplement the scarce research on local caregivers. It explores in-depth about the pains and gains of caregivers, and proposes 9 design principles and 3 park services, offering validatable hypotheses that are applicable to other caregiver-friendly designs.