The inflatable structure provides a spontaneous personal space bubble. All photos by Jimmy Ho
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Hong Kong is one of the world’s most densely populated regions. At the same time, it has one of the lowest birth rates worldwide (and all-time lowest recorded) at 0.774 per woman of child-bearing age as of 2021.
According to the designers behind this project, 10 per cent of Hong Kong’s workforce or around 400,000 people are domestic helpers, contributing some HKD12.6 billion to the economy or 3.6 per cent of the GDP.1 About 99 per cent of domestic helpers are women.2 “They are an indispensable part of our community, and their welfare deserves our attention,” wrote the designers.
The working conditions of live-in domestic helpers ...
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