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Sung, Loen (author)The world around us is developing constantly. In terms of architecture and urban development, China is unprecedented. In a way, the sheer speed and volume of construction is a phenomenon, becoming characteristic for Chinese developments. Like all matter, this in itself is neither necessarily positive of negative. However, such dialogue becomes...master thesis 2022
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Qian, QK (author), Ho, Winky K.O. (author), Jayantha, Wadu Mesthrige (author), Chan, Edwin H.W. (author)The rapidly growing aging population is a global phenomenon imposing societal challenges on many cities. ‘Aging-in-place’ as a popular concept accommodates both the elderly desire to age in a familiar environment and adaptive old home modifications for aging. However, this concept has not been explored in-depth systematically in the urban...journal article 2022
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Kockelkorn, A.M. (author), Schmid, Christian (author), Streule, Monika (author), Wong, Kit Ping (author)This article compares how state-initiated mass housing urbanization has contributed to processes of peripheralization in three very different historical and geopolitical settings: in Paris from the 1950s to the 1990s in Hong Kong from the 1950s to 2010s and in Mexico City from the 1990s to the 2010s. We understand mass housing urbanization as...journal article 2022
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Huang, Yu-Ching (author)Hong Kong is full of complexities in its culture and space, showing in the movies. The clear imageability allows it presents itself through city structures, landmarks, and architectural objects in the city, playing a vital role for people to recognize and be impressed. In addition to the spatial aspect, the cultural complexities undoubtedly...student report 2021
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Ho, Wai Sum Michelle (author)Since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997, the opportunities for political conversation are diminishing, censorship has been gradually imposed on different means of mass media. In the face of the gradual loss of freedoms, the people of Hong Kong have demonstrated an atmosphere of solidarity through social movements and physical...master thesis 2021
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Lee, Ching (author)Within the context of Hong Kong, it is discovered that the extremely compressed landscape of Hong Kong gives rise to a potential that people would negotiate and define their territories through their habits. In a sense, the conventional practice of architecture in Hong Hong has been transformed and adapted to the notion of compression. Whereby,...master thesis 2020
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Bhatt, Jahnavi (author), Boudouaya, Oumkaltoum (author), Koskeridou, Eleni Maria (author), Mohamed Rani, Marina (author), Ravichandrakumar, Dhushyanth (author)The Greater Bay Area, known as the GBA, ultimately incorporates 11 main cities (consisting of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR) as well as the municipalities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing) into an urbanised...student report 2019
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Qian, QK (author), Ho, Winky K.O. (author), Ochoa, J. Jorge (author), Chan, Edwin H.W. (author)The aging population is one of the demographic changes in the 21st century. World Health Organization defines an age-friendly city as a place that has an “inclusive and accessible urban environment that promotes active aging.” It receives considerable attention in the field of gerontology and contains important aspects of sustainable urban...journal article 2019
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Liu, Yanxin (author)Due to the restricted functional collaboration between Hong Kong and Shenzhen Region as well as Pearl River Delta, the functional construction of Hong Kong Region becomes a mono-centric system which leads to a serious unbalanced development between its city centre and its peripheral new towns with great potential. However, the new planning...master thesis 2018
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Fan, Ke (author), Chan, Edwin H.W. (author), Qian, QK (author)It is claimed that transaction costs (TCs) affect the effectiveness of any green building (GB) policy. However, few studies have empirically applied TC analysis to GB incentives, which normally should have analyzed the TCs borne by different stakeholders. These include TC typology and determinants during the implementation process, especially...journal article 2018
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Fan, Ke (author), Qian, QK (author), Chan, EHW (author)About 40% of global energy consumption and nearly one-third of global CO2 emissions are on account of buildings. In Hong Kong, buildings consume up to 90% of electricity during construction and operation, where all the design and construction of private developments is subject to control under the Buildings<br/>Ordinance. The way building...conference paper 2016
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Fan, K. (author), Qian, Q.K. (author), Chan, E.H.W. (author)Gross Floor Area (GFA) concession scheme, as a planning incentive, is developed from the notion of “make developers pay” in UK in 1990. It rewards developers additional GFA in exchange for public amenities so that government could save that amount of money. This paper carries out a review of GFA concession scheme in Hong Kong and Singapore to...conference paper 2015
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Pronk, E.M.M. (author)High density high-rise environments have significant impact on the air quality and use of space. In Hong Kong it has resulted in poor air quality; a network of podia with supporting facilities; with a mixed cultural background of East and West. Within Hong Kong, Mong Kok is the area with the worst air quality and the least available wind....master thesis 2014
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Jain, K.P. (author), Pruyn, J.F.J. (author), Hopman, J.J. (author)In May 2009, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) adopted the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships to address the growing concerns about the environmental, occupational health and safety risks related to ship recycling. The aim of the Hong Kong Convention is to provide a legally...journal article 2013
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Van Dam, R.M. (author)graduation work delft school of design by Renske Maria van Dammaster thesis 2013
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Pitsaki, G. (author)Create a system to re-organise public space in Kowloon City, Hong Kong - reduce the fragmentation of open spaces - connect different microcosmos to the ‘whole’ -highlight the qualities of public space the space ‘in between’ -allow the dynamics to invade Kai Takmaster thesis 2013
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Mok, T.Y. (author)The project is an experiment of an alternative way to the current urban renewal scheme in Hong Kong under the neo-liberial market influence, and to provide, instead, a bottom-up spaces for local culture, and grass-root small businesses.master thesis 2013
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Hor?ák, R. (author)Are built environments generic because of the need for changeability (flexibility)? That was the key question of the hypothetical assignment presented. Project uses the design tools of generic buildings – embedded into a grid, typical plans or systemized massing of volumes – to support specific identity of Hong Kong as leading city. The chosen...master thesis 2012
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Van der Stel, J.J. (author)In the ever superlative city of Hong Kong the question has been posed of a, what if, after unification? An hypothetical redevelopment into a university city with the side effect of a morphological intervention on a new typology based university. The building is designed with the two specific research concepts in mind of a Kantian Sublime and an...master thesis 2012
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