The Rainbow Wall: Preserving an image of a decayed reality Part 1 Project 2025 Lok Yin Chiu Chinese University of Hong Kong | China Choi Hung is not loved for how it is lived, but for how it appears when frozen in the frame- an image of the Rainbow Wall, saturated, adored, and perhaps, worthy of preservation.The world has come to know Choi Hung Estate through one single image: the rainbow façade of Tan Fung House, framed by its rooftop basketball court. This snapshot took over social media and turned a decaying public estate into a global icon. Yet behind this pastel wall, interiors have quietly deteriorated. Since the 2000s, residents endured spalling concrete, exposed rebars, and chronic leakage. In 2023, the government ceased all repairs. Its fate was sealed.Slated for demolition in 2028, this proposal questions what deserves to be saved and why. Rather than reanimate spaces stained by hardships, the project aims to preserve only the Choi Hung that was known and loved: The Rainbow Wall and The Court. These two surfaces are detached from decay and propped up as the distilled artefacts of the estate. Behind the old façade, a transparent civic forum fills up the void - a new life that neither denies nor replicates the past. Let the rainbow be remembered at its best. No more. No less. Tutor(s)Prof Kelly Chow