Lui Seng Chun | 雷生春
Lui Seng Chun
雷生春
Lui Seng Chun is a prewar tenement corner building located at 119 Lai Chi Kok Road, on a junction with Tong Mi Road, Hong Kong. It was built in 1931 by Mr. Lui Leung. The architect was Mr. W. H. Bourne, a local architect who specialised in designing shophouses. The upper floors became living quarters for Lui’s family, while the shop floor of the building was occupied by a Chinese bone-setting medicine wine shop named "Lui Seng Chun". The name "Lui Seng Chun" was derived from a pair of rhymed couplets, implying Lui’s medicine could bring a patient back to life.
Lui died in 1944 and the shop was closed down a few years later. The building was subsequently used as accommodation and let out as tailor shops. As Lui’s family members increased, they decided to move out from the building. Since 1980s, no one had lived in the building, it was out of maintenance and deserted. The Lui family donated the building to the Hong Kong government in 2003, it was graded as Grade I historic building.
Revitalisation work of the building was completed in 2012, it was then used by the Hong Kong Baptist University as a Chinese Medicine and healthcare centre. It has been listed as a declared monument since 2022.
Lui Seng Chun is a typical "Tong Lau"[en.wikipedia.org] (Chinese tenement) building. This type of two to four storey residence integrating Chinese and Western architectural styles was very popular in the early 20th century. The structural system for Lui Seng Chun consists of reinforced concrete shallow pad foundations supporting granite columns with reinforced concrete beams, floors and walls.
Its architecture reflects the Neoclassical style which is characterised by a square-shaped frame and a row of decorative balustrades in front. The deep verandahs were added to prevent rain from flooding the house, block sunlight and keep the indoor area cool. This, together with the stone plaque marked with the name of the medicine shop installed at the top of the building.
(Edited from Wikipidia[en.wikipedia.org])
This asset is a 45° corner unique building. Windows of the building will not illuminate at night. The light props used in the screenshots are Vertical Facade Lightings CEL, does not include with the building.
For beautifacation reason I’ve changed the building’s windows to metal frame instead of the real life glass window wall, rename the building to change it back, as shown in on one of the screenshot above.
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