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DOMAT


Specially-designed furniture for subdivided units

ABOUT

Year Established: 2013

Beneficiaries: Underprivileged communities, children in poverty

http://www.domat.hk
DOMAT
Improve Living Environment of Low Income Families

SOCIAL ISSUES

  • Architectural services can rarely reach the underprivileged communities in need of improving living conditions
  • Many low-income families are living in subdivided units often with some really poor living conditions

SOCIAL INNOVATION

  • To provide architectural design services to the underprivileged families to improve living conditions
  • To encourage professional architects to embrace social responsibilities and to help the low-income families using their knowledge and skills

EXPECTED SOCIAL IMPACT

100+low-income households to be improved in living conditions
Encourage architectural professionals to participate in projects with social value
Public awareness about the poor living conditions suffered by the underprivileged groups to be raised

SERVICE MODEL

DOMAT designs better living spaces to underprivileged families as the consultant

PROGRAMME CONTENT

Improving the living conditions in subdivided homes

Developing specially designed furniture to fully utilise the narrow spaces in poorer homes and also to provide better studying rooms for the children

Partnership with social workers

In collaboration with social workers, research and propose better living conditions for the fishermen in Sai Kung, for the owners of rural squatter houses in Pokfulam Village and for the inhabitants of subdivided flats in Sham Shui Po