Following Starlight: Realising the Mission of Conserving the Chapel

The project team studied the restoration and revitalisation of the historic Epiphany of Our Lord Chapel in Sham Chung Village by engaging an architectural conservation team to conduct a building condition survey and propose conservation and revitalisation recommendations. To ensure the authenticity and integrity of the chapel, the key conservation principles are to conserve building fabric with minimum intervention and maximum reversibility, utilising traditional materials and craftsmanship as much as possible, and aiming at conserving the integrity of the character-defining elements. The Epiphany of Our Lord Chapel is proposed to be revitalised into a base for spiritual and learning activities, in consistent with its historical roles in terms of its missionary, pastoral and educational functions, to reconnect with nature in a sustainable and integral way.