Megacities 2000 conference: In search for a new way of life for Asia
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Building journal Hong Kong China, Feb, 2000, pp. 36-41
Abstract
Design professionals tend to be isolated and unable to resolve the complex problem of urban development unless they adopt a multi-disciplinary approach that allows for genuine interaction between the various professions that impact the environment - from planners to engineers to financial groups - and the public.
Too often, the process by which urban form is shaped appears remote and inaccessible to those most affected by it. It is proposed that visualising the future belongs to all of us, and that truly interactive process is required in which residents are given a public forum wherein they may express their views and participate in the design of the urban spaces around them.
Through public consultation, open exhibitions and charettes, an emerging identity tied to a strong sense of history has made itself felt. This must be reinforced with educating the citizens of Hong Kong - not only of the possibilities of urban design for ameliorating their lives, but also of their right to engage in public discussion and their duty to responsible stewardship of their environment.
(1) Introduction
(a) The need for a multi-disciplinary approach
(2) An interactive process
(a) Stage 1: Background research
(b) Stage 2: The interactive process
(i) Social survey
(ii) Street consultation
(iii) Community workshop
(c) Stage 3: The public forum
(i) Design charette
(ii) Public exhibition
(iii) The symposium
(3) Implementing changes
(4) Heritage
(5) Education
(6) Conclusion
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2000
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en