{"id":7362,"date":"2021-03-17T07:49:06","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T07:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/?p=7362"},"modified":"2021-06-09T10:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T10:08:22","slug":"timber-hut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/timber-hut\/","title":{"rendered":"Timber Hut"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" title=\"timberhut-original-1140&#215;789\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/timberhut-original-1140x789-1.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Department Office of Fine Arts was temporarily housed in Timber Hut before moving to Fung Ping Shan Building in 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>Timber Hut \u677e\u820d once stood on a strip of land that connected the Main Building and the Chemistry Building (Hui Pun Hing Building \u8a31\u78d0\u537f\u6a13) , known as the Chemistry Lawn (aka. &#8220;Chemlawn&#8221;). The driveway did not exist back in the days and the lawn leveled at the first floor of the Main Building. It was where the Department Office first located in 1978. The Department Head, Chuang Shen \u838a\u7533 (1933-2000), together with a lecturer, Judy Ho, and supporting staff, including Clara the secretary and Kitty the clerk, had their offices in this space temporarily, while lessons were conducted mainly in the Fung Ping Shan Building.<\/p>\n<p>Carolyn Muir, who joined the Department in 1979, recalled &#8220;that was where my first office was in the fall of 1979 as there was no more room in the Fung Ping Shan building. I hated it, as it was far away from the rest of the department and so I never used it. By the end of that year, Judy Ho had resigned and I was able to take over her office instead, where I stayed until the move to the Main Building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Others might have different kind of memories of the place, including a lot of &#8220;happy moments&#8221;. Timber Hut housed not only staff offices, but also the Fine Arts Society Room. &#8220;[This] photo [of Timber Hut] is taken after the founding of the Fine Arts Society&#8230; Prof Chuang has kindly allocated a room inside the timber hut as Society Room for our organization of events and teaching of extra-curricular classes such as painting and calligraphy,&#8221; said Anita Wong, External Secretary (1978-1979) and Chairlady (1979-1980) of Fine Arts Society .<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:50% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 3.84%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 3.84%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-1{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-1 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"500\" title=\"1970s-main-building-watermarked-web\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1970s-main-building-watermarked-web.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1970s-main-building-watermarked-web-200x210.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1970s-main-building-watermarked-web-400x420.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1970s-main-building-watermarked-web.jpg 476w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>Main Building, HKU, 1970s<br \/>\nImage Courtesy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uarchive.hku.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Archives<\/a>, the University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 7.68%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-2{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-2 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"722\" height=\"528\" title=\"Hui_Pun_Hing_Building\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/030_Hui_Pun_Hing_Building.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/030_Hui_Pun_Hing_Building-200x146.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/030_Hui_Pun_Hing_Building-400x293.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/030_Hui_Pun_Hing_Building-600x439.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/030_Hui_Pun_Hing_Building.jpg 722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>Hui Bui Hing Building<br \/>\nImage Courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estates.hku.hk\/campus-information\/hku-buildings-and-developments\/1912-1979\/Chemistry-Building-Hui-Pun-Hing-Building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Estates Office<\/a>, the University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 7.68%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-3{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-3 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"512\" title=\"Fung_Ping_Shan_Building\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/017_Fung_Ping_Shan_Building.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/017_Fung_Ping_Shan_Building-200x146.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/017_Fung_Ping_Shan_Building-400x293.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/017_Fung_Ping_Shan_Building-600x439.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/017_Fung_Ping_Shan_Building.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Fung Ping Shan Building<br \/>\nImage Courtesy: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uarchive.hku.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Archives<\/a>, the University of Hong Kong<br \/>\nImage Courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.estates.hku.hk\/campus-information\/hku-buildings-and-developments\/1912-1979\/fung-ping-shan-library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Estates Office<\/a>, the University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 7.68%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-4{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-4 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_4 1_4 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div ><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"1978 staff and students outside timber hut\" src=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-7406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/1978-staff-and-students-outside-timber-hut.jpg 1323w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>Fine Arts staff and students outside the Timber Hut (1978)<br \/>\nBack row: the first batch of Fine Arts students (11 first year students in total)<br \/>\nFront row: (left to right) Clara Wong, [to be verified], Judy Ho, Chuang Shen, Eliza Chui, Kitty<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:25% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 7.68%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 7.68%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-5{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-5 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-flex-container.fusion-builder-row-1{ padding-top : 0px;margin-top : 0px;padding-right : 0px;padding-bottom : 0px;margin-bottom : 0px;padding-left : 0px;}<\/style><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[288],"tags":[102,221],"class_list":["post-7362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-department-stories","tag-departmenthistory","tag-office"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7362"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7986,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions\/7986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthistory.hku.hk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}