从计时性到体验性季节：香港城市时间地理再定位的景观策略

From Chronometric to Experience-based Seasonality: A landscape strategy for re-orientating the urban time geography of Hong Kong


现代社会中对时间的感知可以分为计时感知和体验感知。计时感知是一种基于“以格林尼治时间为标准的绝对时间”的时间感知方式，并随着机械钟表的普及成为主流，而体验感知则是一种主观的判断，是步入工业社会前的主要时间感知方式，受农业的季节周期影响。

In modern society, the perception of time can be divided into two categories: clock-based or chronometric perception and experience-based perception. Chronometric perception is a way of perceiving time based on "Greenwich Mean Time" as the standard absolute time, which became mainstream with the popularization of mechanical clocks. On the other hand, experience-based perception is a subjective judgment and was the primary way of perceiving time before entering the industrial society, influenced by the seasonal cycles of agriculture.


在现代城市中，由于远离农业活动以及城市景观的同质化，人们的季节体验受到缩减。再加上绝对时间本就是现代性的一部分，计时感知逐步在城市生活中占据主导。这种倾向使人类生活摆脱了对自然周期的依赖，但也忽视了自然规律与身体机能对持续发展的重要性。

In modern cities, due to the distance from agricultural activities and the homogeneity of the urban landscape, people's seasonal experience is reduced. Coupled with the fact that absolute time is inherently a part of modernity, chronometric perception gradually dominates urban life. This tendency frees human life from dependence on natural cycles, but it also overlooks the importance of natural rhythms and bodily functions for sustainable development.


所以我们需要寻求两类感知方式的平衡，而城市景观是达到这一目的的良好媒介。本研究拟从香港的城市景观出发，探究香港的城市景观时间性为什么会发生变化，又是如何变化的？并基于研究结果，重新定位香港的时间地理，设计基于时间体验的城市景观策略，以唤起市民对自然生态的关注。

This thesis project approaches the urban landscape as a medium to mediate the frictions between these two types of time perception. Specifically focusing on the urban landscape of Hong Kong, this project first explores why and how the temporal characteristics of Hong Kong's urban landscape has changed since the mid-19th century. Based on the findings, it then employs a set of design interventions to reorient the temporal geography of Hong Kong and create an urban landscape that emphasizes the temporal experience of its citizens. The goal is to raise public awareness of the natural rhythm and foster a deeper connection with the environment.