31 May 2023/
GBA Urban Design Awards Webinar series (6):
Retro & Prospect - URBAN OASES IN THE GBA - FROM MACRO TO MICRO

 






[Thanks for joining us!] Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards Webinar series (6): Retro & Prospect - URBAN OASES IN THE GBA - FROM MACRO TO MICRO was successfully held on May 31!

The webinar covered four award-winning projects from the 2022 GBA Urban Design Awards, “Phase II Development of Oil Street Art Space” and “Lung Mei Beach Bathhouse” by Mr. Thomas WAN and Mr. William Tsang of Architectural Services Department, HKSAR, “Shenzhen Mangrove Museum & Surrounding - Urban Ecological Corridor Urban Design” by Mr. Chen WEI of Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen. Also, “Water Resilience Based Urban Redevelopment: Pailao River Blueway” by Mr. Hao WAN of Deputy General Manager and Design Director, Shenzhen Hope Design Co. Ltd, by Mr. Yi Yu Business Manager of the Chinese market, VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism Architects and Planning Office, and Mr. Jiandong HU, director of No.1 Landscape Architecture Design Branch of HDEC of Power Construction Corporation of China LTD.

Thank you to all the guest speakers for their contributions. Also, special thanks to our moderators, Mr. Kenneth Chan for leading the event.

The webinar has attracted more than 150 viewers and we would like to once again extend our highest thanks to all speakers for their outstanding projects.

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Synopsis

Urban designers need to be able to develop skills across a variety of planning and design horizons: from masterplanning the city to small scale urban intervention. Creating humanscale environments is essential at all scales as well considered landscape integration is an essential tool in creating healthy, attractive and liveable environments.

In the last session of our GBA webinar series, we will invite the representatives of four award-winning projects in Hong Kong and Shenzhen to introduce and explain their use of urban design techniques in creating ‘urban oases’ from the macro to micro scales.

Date: 31 May 2022 (Wednesday)
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Language: Putonghua and English (Simultaneous Interpretation will be provided)
Fee: Free Admission
Quota: 500 Persons (First-come-first-served)
Format:

Join in-person at Ronald Lu & Partners office (RLP) or
Online (Online Pre-registration required)

Rundown Topics
Opening Remarks  

Keynote Speaker Sharing:
Mr. Wan Chuck Kwan, Thomas
Chief Architect, Architectural Services Department, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Phase II Development of Oil Street Art Space

Keynote Speaker Sharing:
Mr. William Tsang
Senior Architect, Architectural Services Department, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Lung Mei Beach Bathhouse

Keynote Speaker Sharing:
Mr. Chen WEI
Director of Urban Design Department 3, Urban Planning & Design Institute of Shenzhen

Shenzhen Mangrove Museum & Surrounding - Urban Ecological Corridor Urban Design

Keynote Speaker Sharing:
Mr. Hao WAN
Deputy General Manager and Design Director, Shenzhen Hope Design Co.,Ltd.

Water Resilience Based Urban Redevelopment: Pailao River Blueway
Panel / Q&A Session  

Contact information for the event secretariat
Email: gba@hkiud.org
Tel: (852) 2159 4177