Students from the PolyU School of Design have received the Gold A’ Design Award in the Social Design category for their project Pocket Spaces – Social Playbook, a prestigious award given to top 3% designs that have demonstrated an exemplary high level of design excellence.
Pocket Spaces – Social Playbook addresses the challenge of social disconnection in high density public housing. Designed as a social design toolkit, the project transforms underutilised corridors and stairwells into shared social nodes, using a portable manual and modular assembly system made from 100% recycled materials. With simple, tool free construction, residents can collaboratively build spaces that encourage spatial autonomy, fosters neighbourly bonds, and strengthen urban social resilience.
The A’ Design Award & Competition is a globally recognised platform that honours excellence across design disciplines. Receiving a Gold Award signifies exceptional achievement, recognising work that demonstrates strong innovation, social impact, and responsible design practice at an international level.
Student Team – Estate of Mind:
Pak Hei WANG, Ngai Man LEE, Kai Yin LIN, Nga Suet Julytha HO, Hiu Man CHIU
Academic Supervisors:
CHAN Kam Fai, Dr Sandy NG, Ms Charis POON, and Jonathan YU
Study Programme:
BA (Hons) in Design (Social Design)
This award-winning project was supported by the PolyU School of Design International Competitions and Awards Subsidy Scheme 2025/26, which provides funding assistance to encourage student participation in leading international design competitions.
The School extends its warmest congratulations to the student team, academic supervisors, and contributors for this outstanding achievement and for exemplifying how design can create meaningful and positive social change.
Learn more about Pocket Spaces – Social Playbook on the A' Design Award official website.
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