Hong Kong students care about the pattern of their schoolbags and the clothes they wear. But when it comes to school designs, they seem less interested.
The British Council organised a competition to promote the Integer concept - intelligent and green architecture - that allowed students to design their dream schools.
A total of 90 schools joined the event and the two winning teams have just returned from a 10-day trip to the United Kingdom, which was one of the prizes on offer.
The two top designs were Delirium by St Stephen's Girls' College and SSYS-1 by Sing Yin Secondary School. The students said they visited many museums and exhibitions in the UK, which strengthened their understanding of the concept.
'We realised that we didn't use many [Integer] methods in our design. We hadn't even heard about that,' said Jason Wong Kwong-kin, from Sing Yin Secondary School.
The school's five designers - all boys - said that there was not enough promotion of the concept in Hong Kong.
