A city is not a theme park: observations on the West Kowloon cultural district development
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HKIA journal: the official journal of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (香港建築師學報), no.51, 2008, pp. 46-49
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The revised proposal for the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), released in September 2007, is intended to address what had been perceived as the main concerns regarding the previous proposals, i.e., the single-development approach, the huge glass canopy, and the mode of management of the proposed cultural facilities. While it might have succeeded in addressing these concerns by abandoning the first two and proposing to set up an independent authority to take care of the third, the focus of the proposal is still very much on the creation of a stand-alone cultural hub, with few suggestions on how such a mojor district is intended to function as an integral part of the larger city. Therefore, prior to the commencement of any specific design proposal, it is worth considering a number of issues which are related to the above question, instead of continuing to focus on the development as an entity by itself.
(1) The issue of scale
(2) The issue of integration
(3) The issue of density
(4) A city is not a theme park
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2008
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en