Green Architecture at HKU, the Eliot Experiment

Abstract

This is a research by design project, made possible by a live project engaging a historic building on the University campus. The Eliot Hall was originally one of three residences for undergraduate students built in the nineteen thirties. The authors collaborated with the Estate Office and the User Center of Journalism and Media Studies to put in place their research agenda as "Green Architecture -the Eliot Experiment 2001" to study the following hypothesis: (1) passive environmental design strategies; (2) man-nature interactions; (3) user interactive controls of environmental performance; (4) green education. This paper underlines the process from design, construction, fitting out/re-modeling (completed in the Summer of 2003), and the setting up of a data monitoring and display system (Spring and Summer, 2004).