Hong Kong Snapshot (57) Lai Tak Tsuen, a public estate which look like an adyss 香港隨拍 (57) 尤如深淵的公共屋邨 勵德邨

Last time I introduced the Lok Wah Estate. Today, I will bring you to a very special Public estate in Hong Kong with cylindrical design – The Lai Tak Tsuen.

上一次介紹了香港的樂華邨，這次帶大家到一個更有特色的香港公共屋邨，全港唯一的圓筒形公共屋邨 – 勵德邨。

Lai Tak Tsuen is on the hill of Tai Hang at Hong Kong Island. Around the estate are all residential skyscraper with over HKD$30,000 per sq. ft. making Lai Tak Tsuen look strange in the area. But in 1976 when the estate was built, it is the most expensive public estate in HK. And it should be the first public estate with bathtub. Some units can even watch the view of the Victoria Harbour. We could say it’s the luxury public estate in HK.

勵德邨坐落於香港島的大坑山上，旁邊都是呎價過萬元的豪宅，顯得格格不入，不過在1976年落成時，勵德邨可是全港租金最高的公共屋邨，部份單位更是全港最早期擁有浴缸設計，加上高層住戶更可遠眺維多利亞港景色，可說是公共屋邨中的豪宅。

The cylindrical design of Lai Tak Tseun attracted a lot of HK movies, TV, MTV and Advertisement to take place at. In Hollywood movie “Ghost in the Shell”, you can find that Scarlett Johansson goes to Lai Tak Tsuen to look for her mother.

這個圓筒形的設計吸引了多部香港電影、電視劇、音樂MV及廣告取景拍攝，本年度上映的攻殻機動隊中，素子找尋母親的場景，就是勵德邨。

(photo source: the movie poster)

But it’s not easy to go in now. There is now security in all public estate in HK. So I played a game of hide and seek with the three securities.

The house I went is Tak Tsuen House. I saw a security was watering flowers so I quickly went into the house. And then I heard a voice, “Sir where are you going?” I answered her “photo shooting” and she drove me away… Then I walk around the house and I found a back door! This time I even skipped the lift and just walked up to the uppest 27th floor. When I arrived the 23th floor, oh no! A security was sitting there. OK! I acted like normal and just passed by him. Ha! Passed!

I kept going up to the 27th floor. There were still steps to the roof top. I kept going and oh no! One more security! I quickly went down and luckily, he seemed didn’t discover me. Yes! I could finally take my photos!

不過要到這裡拍攝絕不容易，因為今天香港的所有公共屋邨都已設有保安，禁止閒雜人等進入。而我這個「閒雜人等」，就和大廈中的三位保安玩了一次捉迷藏。

我記得我進入的是德全樓，眼看保安在門邊淋花，就快步進入大堂裡，誰知身後聲音一響：「先生，你去哪？」我嘗試回答「拍照」後，就被她趕走了。不認輸的我圍著大廈走了一圈，哈！竟被我發現了後門！這次我升降機都不坐了，一口氣走上頂樓27樓。在去到23樓的時間，竟然有另一位保安坐在樓梯休息！我立即保持自然，冷眼一看那保安，繼續踏步而上，哈哈！竟然過關！

我繼續向上走，終於走到27樓了，但另有梯級上天台，我就繼續走上天台，誰知這裡竟然還有一名保安！我立即閃身走回26樓，相信他應該看不見我吧，沒有人問我幹什麼，好了！我終於可以慢慢的拍攝了。

Finally, the 26th floor… 最後，終於到了26樓

The cylindrical design of the house capture sun light to the high level. Each unit is facing each other. I am sure the residents were getting along well 40 years ago. But today people are getting cold and we can’t see the scene anymore. When going down, I saw the design of floors are repeating seems without end. Even the stairs are the same.

圓筒形的德成樓採用了天然光，照射高層的住戶，但樓層越低則越暗，每層的住戶相互對望，在40年前他們應該相處得十分融洽吧！不過現在人情漸冷，往日情景再不復見。層與層之間的設計不斷重複，似是沒有盡頭，就連樓梯也是無止的重複。

Capturing the sun light 吸取自然光的設計

Repeating floor 重複的樓層

Repeating stairs 重複的樓梯

Just like an adyss 尤如深淵

Going back to the low floors, natural light couldn’t go and there’s a gloomy feeling. When I came back to the 8th floor, I saw the security of the 23th floor again! He started to suspect me and keep looking back! Again, I quickly went down to the 4th floor and luckily again he just let me go. Finally I took the photo of the ground floor. If there was no maintenance, the photo should be much better!

越走低層，天然光越暗，倒有一種陰森的感覺，去到8樓的時候，又給我碰見23樓的保安，看來他對我懷疑了，不斷的回頭看我，幸好我拍得都差不多，快步走到4樓，他卻沒有追來。最後拍下地下平台的照片，可惜現正維修途中，不然這也會是一張很美的照片。

Looking up from the middle floors 在中層往上望

Looking up from the 4th floor, just like looking at the sky from a deep well
在4樓往上望，有種坐井觀天的感覺

The ground floor 地面樓層

In the past HK, we had a lot of buildings with different feature, even the public estate! But now, buildings everywhere look the same, the same flats, same houses, same shopping malls. I don’t know how HK will look like 40 years later.

在往日的香港，我們有很多各具特色的建築，就連政府的公共房屋都別具心思，可惜近年來各地建築都變得一式一樣，一樣的樓房，一樣的商場，卻不知，數十年後的香港會變成怎樣？

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