Alan Fitch Project Archives 費雅倫作品檔案
The Alan Fitch Project Archives comprises 28 items covering three projects by British Architect Alan Fitch (1921–1986): City Hall, Hong Kong (1956–1962); Statue Square (1965–1966), Hong Kong; and Hong Kong Pavilion, Expo 70, Osaka (1970). The works of Alan Fitch are a significant representation of a new form of colonial post-war architecture in Hong Kong.
Designed by Alan Fitch and Ron J. Philips of the Public Works Department, the new City Hall in Hong Kong was completed in March 1962. Fitch and Philips were responsible not only for the design of the building, but also for the design and detail of many of the fittings and furniture. In the architects’ attempt to emphasise the city’s post-war dynamism and cultural cosmopolitanism, the design of City Hall was characterised by a distillation and manifestation of several of the Modern Movement’s founding aesthetic principles. Commissioned by The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Hong Kong government in 1965, the redesign of Statue Square by Alan Fitch was an effort to generate new spatial and visual connections between the Square, the recently reconstructed Queen’s Pier (1954), and the new City Hall. It was also part of a city-wide movement to provide more green space for Hong Kong’s fast-growing populace.
Covering an area of 3,300 sqm and situated on a prominent island site near the UK Pavilion, the Hong Kong Pavilion at World Expo ’70 in Osaka was designed by Alan Fitch of W. Szeto & Partners. Comprising of a pavilion base topped with 13 batwing sails and a cluster of masts, the design was favoured for presenting a recognisable icon for Hong Kong.
The Alan Fitch Project Archives were donated by the daughter of Alan Fitch, Victoria Fitch in 2015.
Arranged chronologically by project.
Designed by Alan Fitch and Ron J. Philips of the Public Works Department, the new City Hall in Hong Kong was completed in March 1962. Fitch and Philips were responsible not only for the design of the building, but also for the design and detail of many of the fittings and furniture. In the architects’ attempt to emphasise the city’s post-war dynamism and cultural cosmopolitanism, the design of City Hall was characterised by a distillation and manifestation of several of the Modern Movement’s founding aesthetic principles. Commissioned by The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and the Hong Kong government in 1965, the redesign of Statue Square by Alan Fitch was an effort to generate new spatial and visual connections between the Square, the recently reconstructed Queen’s Pier (1954), and the new City Hall. It was also part of a city-wide movement to provide more green space for Hong Kong’s fast-growing populace.
Covering an area of 3,300 sqm and situated on a prominent island site near the UK Pavilion, the Hong Kong Pavilion at World Expo ’70 in Osaka was designed by Alan Fitch of W. Szeto & Partners. Comprising of a pavilion base topped with 13 batwing sails and a cluster of masts, the design was favoured for presenting a recognisable icon for Hong Kong.
The Alan Fitch Project Archives were donated by the daughter of Alan Fitch, Victoria Fitch in 2015.
Arranged chronologically by project.
The Alan Fitch archive includes Architectural Photography, Book/Periodical, Architectural Drawing, Archival Documentation, Architectural Model and Photography.
Details
Object Number
CA35
Archive Creator
Archival Level
Fonds
Date
1962–1970
Object Count
28 items
Credit Line
M+, Hong Kong. Gift of Family of Alan Fitch, 2014
