I Blocks () are a design of public housing in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. It is mainly divided into three variants: Single I, Double I, and Triple I. Only a few estates currently have I blocks as of today. (1981-1983)

Variants

The I block can be divided into three variants: ''Single I, Double I, and Triple I''.

Etymology

The building looks like the letter I. There are three wings - two long and one at the middle. It can be modular by connecting another or two more I blocks. This gave birth of Double I and Triple I.

Naming

Unlike other blocks, Double I blocks are only given one name. Such examples include Mei Fung House in

Mei Lam Estate Mei Lam Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, Sha Tin District, New Territories, Hong Kong, located on both sides of Tai Wai Nullah (sometimes referred to as the upper stream of Shing Mun River) and near Mei Chung Court, May Shing ...

and Shek To House in

Shek Wai Kok Estate Shek Wai Kok Estate () is a public housing estate in Shek Wai Kok, Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Shing Mun Valley and Luk Yeung Sun Chuen. It consists of 8 residential buildings completed in 1980 to 1982. History On 28 September 19 ...

Location

The I blocks take up a large amount of space. Therefore, most are found in the new towns of

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

Kwun Tong Kwun Tong is an area in the Kwun Tong District of Hong Kong, situated at the eastern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, and its boundary stretches from Lion Rock in the north to Lei Yue Mun in the south, and from the winding paths of Kowloon ...

Sham Shui Po Sham Shui Po is an area of Kowloon, Hong Kong, situated in the northwestern part of the Kowloon Peninsula, north of Tai Kok Tsui, east of Cheung Sha Wan and south of Shek Kip Mei (). It is located in and is the namesake of the Sham Shui P ...

, and

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

History

The first I blocks was completed in 1981, located at

Sun Tin Wai Estate Sun Tin Wai Estate () is a public housing estate in Tai Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was built on the hill at the south of Chun Shek Estate along Lion Rock Tunnel Road and consists of 8 residential blocks completed in 1981 and 1982. Fung ...

. (Shing Wai House, Foo Wai House, Yan Wai House, Fung Wai House, Wing Wai House) The first Double I buildings are located at

Shun Tin Estate Shun Tin Estate () is a public housing estate in Shun Lee, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It comprises 11 residential blocks completed in 1981, 1983 and 1989 respectively. History The estate, reportedly the 105th built by the Housing Authority, began adm ...

, completed about the same as shown above. The last I blocks to be built are located at

Chak On Estate Public housing estates in Shek Kip Mei are public housing in an area originally known as Shek Kip Mei, Kap Shek Mi in New Kowloon on the North Eastern Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong. History Hong Kong's public housing program was initiated by Gove ...

, completed in 1983.

Overview

Usually, the height of I blocks may vary. (14-21 stories) Only medium and large units are provided inside the block. (32-39 sqm) Therefore, in public housing estates, it is built with

Old Slab Old Slab () is a design of residential block of Hong Kong public housing estate. The building of this type consists of one or more elongated rectangular blocks, joining end by end. Gallery File:HK Kennedy Town Sai Wan Estate birdeyes 2.JPG, Sai ...

to balance the size of units. Due to the I block taking a lot of space and units focusing on only one size, the I block was stopped being built in future projects. Therefore, few currently have I blocks as of today. * Single I: Single I block contains 27 units per floor. * Double I: Double I block contains 54 units per floor. * Triple I: Triple I block contains 81 units per floor.

Variants

Etymology

Naming

Location

History

Overview

List of blocks

See also

References

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