In Hong Kong, many schools were designed as a standardized module by Architectural Services Department which offered some functional spaces and provision for students and teachers. Many schools are stylish-less, dull and practically planned without really taking into the consideration the quality of which an institutional space should be achieved. However, these standardized-design schools always lacked of any interesting elements and gave a general monotonous and repetitive feeling. Clearly the school would hardly inspire the student’s thinking and help to develop their curiosity or creativity, but encouraged the character-less mode of learning. School Improvement Programme (Final Phase) was a government funded project to add a new annex to all schools, including many standard school in order to create employment in the withered economy after Asian Financial Crisis in early 2000s.
The programme was divided into ASD mode and Self-delivery Mode. ASD mode was generally taken by schools which had no project manager to supervise the whole project. In the case, Architectural Services Department (ASD) would offer project management in order to meet with government requirement. Self-delivery Mode would normally be adopted by school which were owned by some schooling organization. They would like to take up the whole sum of money and spent on their wish based on school’s genuine need.