Of Waterfront Spaces ARTICLE Of other waterfront spaces: mixed methods to discern heterotopias In recent years waterfronts have progressively become the focus of local administrations, consultancy agencies, and private developers concerned with public health, city branding, and real estate development. Subsequently, they turned into central stages in which cities and societies can be represented, contested, […]
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Temporary urban intervention ARTICLE Temporary urban intervention in the vertical city: a place-making project to re-activate the public spaces in Hong Kong This paper describes the effects of Seating for Socializing (SOS), a place-making project designed to revitalize open public spaces in Hong Kong which suffer from a lack of urban life. The study was
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The Notion of Ground ARTICLE The notion of ground: a definition of urban permeability in Hong Kong and Barcelona The famous plan of Rome by Nolli (1748) illustrates the permeability of the urban structure of the city using a figure-ground representation and for the first time including the courtyards and internal areas of public buildings
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Urban Design and Informal Settlements ARTICLE Urban design and informal settlements: placemaking activities and temporary architectural interventions in BaSECo compound In Manila, like many regions in the global south, the steady march towards urbanisation has generated an intensive urban landscape of high-rise buildings and large patterns of unplanned and often illegal settlements. Although the Philippine
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Mapping Open Spaces ARTICLE Regenerating Informal Settlements Through Mapping and Public Space: The Case of BaSECo Compound in Manila The city of Manila is experiencing unprecedented urbanisation, whichhas generated a twin city where the formal and the informal are closely intertwined. Almost 40% of the population in Manila lives in informal settlements. The city has
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POS Hong Kong ARTICLE Public open space in high density cities: the case of Hong Kong Using a combination of empirical research methods such as spatial analysis and on-site observation, this article aims to shed light on the physical and social characteristics of 27 Public Open Spaces (POSs) in Central and Western Districts in Hong
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