ABSTRACT
Chapter 10 studies the “afterlives” of three significant social housing projects: Park Hill in Sheffield, Columbia Point in Boston, and Hunghom Peninsula Estate in Hong Kong. These projects have recently undergone conversions into market-rate housing, deviating from their original social purposes. By contextualizing each case within the discourse of modern architecture and connecting their development to emerging global housing narratives, the chapter encourages critical examination of how modernist housing design facilitated new modes of living, the contested values embedded in specific architectural forms, and the evolving rationales driving their transformation. The exploration of shifting architectural intentions in each project also prompts reflections on the assumed connections between the social and aesthetic ideals of modern architecture, as well as the ethical responsibilities of architectural professionals in the 21st century.
