2011年4月26日 星期二
2011.04.16 - Strange designs spark fury over the Central Market revitalisation project
video by INTNewsChannel
CitySpeakXXIX: A new identity for the Central Market
Minimal or aggressive?Ranging from minimal to aggressive intervention, architects have created four competing concepts for revitalizing the Central Market (中環街市).This former fresh food market is located between Jubilee Street and Queen Victoria Street along Des Voeux Road Central and was the first wet market in Hong Kong. It is one of two remaining Bauhaus market buildings. Connected with footbridges to the mid-levels escalator the building is guaranteed to be used by many.To decide on your favourite option, join CitySpeak to debate the proposals with the four architects, the Urban Renewal Authority, and Vito Bertin who will represent the "building".
Speakers
Michael Ma, Urban Renewal Authority
Vito Bertin, Associate Professor (retired), School of Architecture, CUHK
Tony Yeung, AedasVincent Ng, AGC Design
Barrie Ho, Barrie Ho Architecture
Stefan Krummeck, TFP Farrells
Moderator
Paul Zimmerman, CEO, Designing Hong Kong
The four competing designs for revitalizing the Central Market
Links to information about the Central MarketHistory: Wikipedia on the Central Markethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Market,_Hong_Kong
2006: Central Market to become a bus terminus with a commercial development on topThe Standardhttp://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=19018&sid=8034871&con_type=1&d_str=20060519
Why GO Hong Konghttp://www.hongkonglogue.com/society-and-norms/current-events/hong-kong-destroys-its-heritage.html
2007: Conservative HK Institute of Planners joins calls for preserving the Central Markethttp://www.hkip.org.hk/En/Content.asp?Bid=7&Sid=42&Id=71
2009: Concern groups ask Town Planning Board to rezone and protect the Central Markethttp://www.info.gov.hk/tpb/en/meetings/MPC/Minutes/m418mpc_e.pdf
2010: Prof. David Lung, a force behind efforts to safeguard the Central Market explains the cultural heritage assessment processhttp://www.hku.hk/research/videos_chia.html
2011年1月24日 星期一
Video of CitySpeakXX: Central Police Station 'Version 3'
2011.01.22 - Fresh debate over Revitalising Central Police Station
Local forum over Revitalising Central Police Station - Interview with Paul ZIMMERMAN
Video by Eric Lo,Independent New Transmissions
Local forum over Revitalising Central Police Station - Interview with Paul ZIMMERMAN
Video by Eric Lo,Independent New Transmissions
2010年11月16日 星期二
CitySpeakXVII: The Battle for West Kowloon
CitySpeakXVII: The Battle for West Kowloon
30 October 2010
10:00am-12:30pm
Fringe Club
Three leading architects - Rocco Yim, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster - have developed concepts for the future of land earmarked for the West Kowloon Cultural District. Their three firms will join CitySpeak and explain why they have the best solution. Arts and architecture critics will join the moderate the event. Join this battle and discuss how to move forward with cultural in Hong Kong, and how to develop West Kowloon.
Detailed information is available on-line (http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/en/conceptual/index.html). To check out the models see the latest calendar of events (http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/forum/eventcal.php?langid=1)
乙城話XVII：西九之爭
2010年10月30日
10:00am-12:30pm
藝穗會
三位知名建築師──嚴迅奇、庫哈斯及Norman Foster──為西九文化區的未來地標發展構思出發展概念。他們的公司將參與乙城話，解釋三位建築師的發展方案，以及為何其方案屬最佳的發展方案。多位藝術及建築評論員亦會參與此次活動。我們誠邀大家參與這場「西九之爭」，討論如何可在香港推動文化以及應如何發展西九。
詳情請瀏覽以下網頁：(http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/en/conceptual/index.html)
如欲查看發展模型，請瀏覽最新活動日程：(http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/forum/eventcal.php?langid=1)
Let me start by saying the obvious, i.e. conceptual plans normally don't go into too much detail, as they're only required to look at the big picture. So my response to them will also be in broad strokes.
Of the three conceptual plans, Rocco Yim's has shown more design details than the other two. It's supposed to be inspired by the famous long scroll "Along the River during the Qingming Festival" that shows detailed day-to-day activities of life in the Sung Dynasty. Turned into an animated scroll in the China Pavilion in the Expo, it's now a blockbuster on its way to Hong Kong. Rocco's idea is to create a space to promenade through as suggested in the Sung painting with waterways, bridges, winding paths and open air spaces that serve to connect with the venues. He also proposes to use old-style tramcars to move people on site.
I admire Roco's attempt to source his ideas from his own Chinese heritage, and think out of the box of contemporary Western design concepts. Don't we all get a bit tired of sporting the same looks on our buildings and urban spaces? But whether Rocco will rise up to this challenge and create something original, or just end up in doing a skin-grafting job is waiting to be seen.
On his proposed use of tramcars to move poeple: the question is, do we want a pedestranised space to be invaded by street vehicles? Trams are not known to be terribly efficient when it comes to moving a large number of people quickly in and out of a large area. Trams also can make a lot of noise; those who live along tramways can tell you that.
In the opening image of Rem Koolhass's plan, there 's a man looking really casual, sitting in a deck chair, enjoying the view from the rooftop of a run-down block. Koolhaas has picked out those back street and alleyway landmark features of Mongkok and Taikoktsui; even paddyfields from the old New Territories to spice up his design. All that is supposed to mirror the city. There's also a sort of hybrid space that reminds one of what Koolohass has previously designed for Prada or Gucci in New York. For the approach into WKCD, he challenges conventional wisdom and proposes to let the traffic flow in from the northwest instead of the southeast side of Kowloon.
Koolhaas's plan probably wants to create something that echoes aspects of Hong Kong's urban landscape. This may have an appeal to those who don't want WKCD to become a Western urban transplant that doesn't quite jam with Hong Kong realities, and consequently not meeting the needs of the wider public. But there's a saying that people who live in slums don't necessarily want to pray to God in slums; they want to pray in cathedrals with stained glass windows, columns and pipe organs. It's true that we don't want WKCD to become precious and elitist, we want it to be accessible and enjoyed by the people. But by creating familiarity will it make it more palatable conceptually?
As for following simple logic of the putting the door closest to where the population is densest, it may defy the findings that in most societies, 20% of the population consumes 80% of the goods. Cultural consumption is no exception to that.
Norman Forster's plan starts off by proposing to create a Central Park in WKCD. It goes on to offer some practical solutions to ease the traffic, e.g. building multi-levelled underground driveways, carparks, loading areas, passengers's pickup points etc. As well as renewable energy and low carbon emission. A sound isolation wall doubled up as a hotel. The MTR venilation tower turned into an architectural landmark. Not exactly headline grapping stuff. This coupled with the park idea have given Forster's plan a plain vanilla flavour. Nothing to raise eyebrows or kick up any storm of controversy, or so it seems. But if we remove the lid and take a good look into it, we'll detect subversiveness in this plan.
Mind you, here the cultural constructions seem to have taken a back seat to the park. What this is saying is, people are supposed to be first drawn to the park, then they might but might not wander into the theatres or museums. I have to admit that I'm intrigued by this concept. Is this a proletarian way to change the general perception that WKCD is only for the arts minority?
Parks, for a lack of better expression, is a great equaliser. Whether young or old, poor or rich, man or woman, they all can get something from visiting a park. What better conduit to draw people closer to appreciating arts than a park?
One final point: none of these three plans have given sufficient attention to what impact WKCD might have on the most vibrant and beautiful harbour in the world in their designs. Overlooking this is not only a mistake, but a crime.
Written by Benny Chia, Director, Fringe Club 2010-10
30 October 2010
10:00am-12:30pm
Fringe Club
Three leading architects - Rocco Yim, Rem Koolhaas and Norman Foster - have developed concepts for the future of land earmarked for the West Kowloon Cultural District. Their three firms will join CitySpeak and explain why they have the best solution. Arts and architecture critics will join the moderate the event. Join this battle and discuss how to move forward with cultural in Hong Kong, and how to develop West Kowloon.
Detailed information is available on-line (http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/en/conceptual/index.html). To check out the models see the latest calendar of events (http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/forum/eventcal.php?langid=1)
乙城話XVII：西九之爭
2010年10月30日
10:00am-12:30pm
藝穗會
三位知名建築師──嚴迅奇、庫哈斯及Norman Foster──為西九文化區的未來地標發展構思出發展概念。他們的公司將參與乙城話，解釋三位建築師的發展方案，以及為何其方案屬最佳的發展方案。多位藝術及建築評論員亦會參與此次活動。我們誠邀大家參與這場「西九之爭」，討論如何可在香港推動文化以及應如何發展西九。
詳情請瀏覽以下網頁：(http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/en/conceptual/index.html)
如欲查看發展模型，請瀏覽最新活動日程：(http://www.wkcda.hk/pe2/forum/eventcal.php?langid=1)
Let me start by saying the obvious, i.e. conceptual plans normally don't go into too much detail, as they're only required to look at the big picture. So my response to them will also be in broad strokes.
Of the three conceptual plans, Rocco Yim's has shown more design details than the other two. It's supposed to be inspired by the famous long scroll "Along the River during the Qingming Festival" that shows detailed day-to-day activities of life in the Sung Dynasty. Turned into an animated scroll in the China Pavilion in the Expo, it's now a blockbuster on its way to Hong Kong. Rocco's idea is to create a space to promenade through as suggested in the Sung painting with waterways, bridges, winding paths and open air spaces that serve to connect with the venues. He also proposes to use old-style tramcars to move people on site.
I admire Roco's attempt to source his ideas from his own Chinese heritage, and think out of the box of contemporary Western design concepts. Don't we all get a bit tired of sporting the same looks on our buildings and urban spaces? But whether Rocco will rise up to this challenge and create something original, or just end up in doing a skin-grafting job is waiting to be seen.
On his proposed use of tramcars to move poeple: the question is, do we want a pedestranised space to be invaded by street vehicles? Trams are not known to be terribly efficient when it comes to moving a large number of people quickly in and out of a large area. Trams also can make a lot of noise; those who live along tramways can tell you that.
In the opening image of Rem Koolhass's plan, there 's a man looking really casual, sitting in a deck chair, enjoying the view from the rooftop of a run-down block. Koolhaas has picked out those back street and alleyway landmark features of Mongkok and Taikoktsui; even paddyfields from the old New Territories to spice up his design. All that is supposed to mirror the city. There's also a sort of hybrid space that reminds one of what Koolohass has previously designed for Prada or Gucci in New York. For the approach into WKCD, he challenges conventional wisdom and proposes to let the traffic flow in from the northwest instead of the southeast side of Kowloon.
Koolhaas's plan probably wants to create something that echoes aspects of Hong Kong's urban landscape. This may have an appeal to those who don't want WKCD to become a Western urban transplant that doesn't quite jam with Hong Kong realities, and consequently not meeting the needs of the wider public. But there's a saying that people who live in slums don't necessarily want to pray to God in slums; they want to pray in cathedrals with stained glass windows, columns and pipe organs. It's true that we don't want WKCD to become precious and elitist, we want it to be accessible and enjoyed by the people. But by creating familiarity will it make it more palatable conceptually?
As for following simple logic of the putting the door closest to where the population is densest, it may defy the findings that in most societies, 20% of the population consumes 80% of the goods. Cultural consumption is no exception to that.
Norman Forster's plan starts off by proposing to create a Central Park in WKCD. It goes on to offer some practical solutions to ease the traffic, e.g. building multi-levelled underground driveways, carparks, loading areas, passengers's pickup points etc. As well as renewable energy and low carbon emission. A sound isolation wall doubled up as a hotel. The MTR venilation tower turned into an architectural landmark. Not exactly headline grapping stuff. This coupled with the park idea have given Forster's plan a plain vanilla flavour. Nothing to raise eyebrows or kick up any storm of controversy, or so it seems. But if we remove the lid and take a good look into it, we'll detect subversiveness in this plan.
Mind you, here the cultural constructions seem to have taken a back seat to the park. What this is saying is, people are supposed to be first drawn to the park, then they might but might not wander into the theatres or museums. I have to admit that I'm intrigued by this concept. Is this a proletarian way to change the general perception that WKCD is only for the arts minority?
Parks, for a lack of better expression, is a great equaliser. Whether young or old, poor or rich, man or woman, they all can get something from visiting a park. What better conduit to draw people closer to appreciating arts than a park?
One final point: none of these three plans have given sufficient attention to what impact WKCD might have on the most vibrant and beautiful harbour in the world in their designs. Overlooking this is not only a mistake, but a crime.
Written by Benny Chia, Director, Fringe Club 2010-10
2010年10月13日 星期三
CitySpeakXVI: From Sai Wan to a Nature Conservation Policy
CitySpeakXVII: From Sai Wan to a Nature Conservation Policy
Fringe Club
Saturday, 18 September 2010
10:00am-12:30pm
Sai Wan, Hoi Ha, To Kwa Peng … the list of conservation areas destroyed by development is long. Rescued by ‘facebook’, the question now is whether we can make sure that Sai Wan is the last site of high ecological and landscape value to be destroyed.
CitySpeak will focus on planning and development of the New Territories, the small house policy, our nature conservation policy (and lack thereof) and the calls for a nature conservation trust. How far should we go to conserve Hong Kong’s natural assets? How far do you want Hong Kong to go – and are we willing to pay the price?
Join academics, concern groups, and officials in a discussion and let your views be heard.
Fringe Club
Saturday, 18 September 2010
10:00am-12:30pm
Sai Wan, Hoi Ha, To Kwa Peng … the list of conservation areas destroyed by development is long. Rescued by ‘facebook’, the question now is whether we can make sure that Sai Wan is the last site of high ecological and landscape value to be destroyed.
CitySpeak will focus on planning and development of the New Territories, the small house policy, our nature conservation policy (and lack thereof) and the calls for a nature conservation trust. How far should we go to conserve Hong Kong’s natural assets? How far do you want Hong Kong to go – and are we willing to pay the price?
Join academics, concern groups, and officials in a discussion and let your views be heard.
2010年7月28日 星期三
CitySpeak XIV: Privatised Public Space - Do new guidelines solve the problems?
CitySpeak XIV: Privatised Public Space - Do new guidelines solve the problems?
Fringe Club
Saturday, 24 July
10am - 12.30pm
With the Times Square controversy, questions were raised about the management, legal status and design quality of Hong Kong’s public open spaces in private developments. In response, the Development Bureau commissioned a study to develop new design and management guidelines.
Why is it important to plan for public facilities in private developments? Will the proposed new guidelines help? Who will benefit? Who is paying for the process? How do we make our public spaces in private developments more attractive for the public?
Join designers, developers, community members and officials of the Development Bureau to look at examples of effective guidelines, and at the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed new guidelines.
Speakers:
Gracie Foo, Deputy Secretary (Planning and Lands)
Wallace Chang, Chinese University
Sujata Govada, The University of Hong Kong
Chris Law, Director, Oval Partnership
Mark To, Urban Planning Activities
Paul Zimmerman, Designing Hong Kong
Moderator:
Hendrik Tieben, Chinese University
乙城話XIV: 公共場合的私有化—新的政策是否能夠解決問題？
在私人物業裏面建立公共設施對我們來說是否重要？
由時代廣場公共空間導致的爭議，引發了關於管理、法律地位，以及香港公共空間的設
計品質私人化發展的一連串問題。作為對此問題的回應，發展局定制了新的設計和管理
指導方案。
新提出的政策真的有幫助嗎？誰從中受益？而誰又負責費用支出呢？
他們能因此更加吸引群眾嗎？
講者：
傅小慧：副秘書長（規劃及地政）
Wallace Chang, 香港中文大學
Sujata Govada, 香港大學
羅建中，香港歐華爾顧問公司，董事
Mark To, Urban Planning Activities
司馬文，城市規劃關注人士
主持人：
Hendrik Tieben, 香港中文大學
Fringe Club
Saturday, 24 July
10am - 12.30pm
With the Times Square controversy, questions were raised about the management, legal status and design quality of Hong Kong’s public open spaces in private developments. In response, the Development Bureau commissioned a study to develop new design and management guidelines.
Why is it important to plan for public facilities in private developments? Will the proposed new guidelines help? Who will benefit? Who is paying for the process? How do we make our public spaces in private developments more attractive for the public?
Join designers, developers, community members and officials of the Development Bureau to look at examples of effective guidelines, and at the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed new guidelines.
Speakers:
Gracie Foo, Deputy Secretary (Planning and Lands)
Wallace Chang, Chinese University
Sujata Govada, The University of Hong Kong
Chris Law, Director, Oval Partnership
Mark To, Urban Planning Activities
Paul Zimmerman, Designing Hong Kong
Moderator:
Hendrik Tieben, Chinese University
乙城話XIV: 公共場合的私有化—新的政策是否能夠解決問題？
在私人物業裏面建立公共設施對我們來說是否重要？
由時代廣場公共空間導致的爭議，引發了關於管理、法律地位，以及香港公共空間的設
計品質私人化發展的一連串問題。作為對此問題的回應，發展局定制了新的設計和管理
指導方案。
新提出的政策真的有幫助嗎？誰從中受益？而誰又負責費用支出呢？
他們能因此更加吸引群眾嗎？
講者：
傅小慧：副秘書長（規劃及地政）
Wallace Chang, 香港中文大學
Sujata Govada, 香港大學
羅建中，香港歐華爾顧問公司，董事
Mark To, Urban Planning Activities
司馬文，城市規劃關注人士
主持人：
Hendrik Tieben, 香港中文大學
2010年7月6日 星期二
City Speak XIII-Heritage: How far do we dare to go
How are we going to use the growing list of buildings nominated as heritage sites?
Beyond places of worship, Hong Kong has little experience with conservation. As a result, there are few guidelines and many ideas. Property owners, developers, NGOs, architects, surveyors, engineers, government officials and the public will have to come to terms with how we deal with these choices in Hong Kong, and how we give heritage buildings a new life and purpose.
Join professionals and academics in moving the debate forward at this
CitySpeak event.
Moderator
Dr. Lee Ho-yin, Assistant Professor in Architecture and Director, Architectural Conservation Programme (ACP), HKU. Dr. Lee is also a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board.
Speakers
Bob Dickensheet, Director of Construction and Preservation, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), and responsible for converting the historic North Kowloon Magistracy Building, Sham Shui Po, into a new SCAD campus.
www.scad.edu/hong-kong/index.cfm
Juan Du, Assistant Professor and Co-ordinator of the Masters Programme in Architecture, HKU, and Principal of IDU Architecture, which has undertaken recent conservation projects in Shenzhen.
Edward Leung Yee-Wah, Architect, Senior Associate with Aedas and Academic Director, HKU Space Cultural Heritage Management Programme, and Member of China Vernacular Architecture Society and China International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
Philip Liao, Architect. Recent conservation work by Philip Liao and Partners Limited includes Bethanie Hall and King Yin Lei Mansion.
Henry Rolph and Michael Morrison, Architects. Recent conservation work by Purcell Miller and Tritton in Hong Kong includes the Central Police Station.
http://www.purcellmillertritton.com/
越來越多建築物被列入文物建築名單，我們應如何面對？
除了和宗教有關的建築物，香港在文物保育這方面缺乏經驗，有關指引顯然不足但民間對此各有己見；無論是地產商、發展商、非政府組織、建築師、測量師、工程師、政府官員甚至巿民都需要達成一致協議，商討如何作出適當選擇，以及如何為文物建築帶來新生命和新用途。
歡迎參加乙城話，與專家和學者就如何推進文物保育課題一起研究。
主持人
李浩然教授，香港大學建築學系助理教授兼建築保育課程主任，李氏同時擔任古物諮詢委員會的委員之一。
講者
Bob Dickensheet，美國薩凡納藝術設計學院建築和保育系主任，負責將位於深水埗北九龍裁判署建成全新的薩凡納藝術設計學院。
www.scad.edu/hong-kong/index.cfm
杜鵑，香港大學建築學碩士課程助理教授兼課程統籌，香港IDU建築事務所主持設計師和創立人，事務所最近為深圳巿策劃保育項目。
梁以華，建築師，凱達環球高級合夥人，香港大學專業進修學院文化遺產管理課程學術主任。China Vernacular Architecture Society和建築遺產保護國際會議會員。
廖宜康，建築師。最近廖康宜建築設計顧問有限公司正著手策劃伯大尼校園和景賢里大宅的修復工作。http://www.plpl.com.hk/
Henry Rolph和Michael Morrison，建築師。最近參與Purcell Miller and Tritton建築公司專責是中央警署的保育項目。
2010年5月31日 星期一
CitySpeak XII – The water we drink (where will it come from?)
Where does the water we drink come from? Is there enough for everyone? Where will it come from?
Hong Kong’s water supply comes from two sources: the rainfall we collect in our reservoirs (20-30%) and water we buy from the Mainland (70-80%). The current agreement for water from the Dongjiang, a tributary of the Pearl River, will expire in 2015. With demand for water growing sharply throughout the Pearl River Delta and the supply of water compromised by pollution and climate change, Hong Kong’s future access to clean water is far from certain.
In our drive to become a sustainable city, should Hong Kong become self-sufficient? Should we increase the size of our reservoirs? Follow Singapore and recycle our waste water? Build plants to desalinate seawater? What other possible methods are there? Who’s going to pay?
CitySpeak invites you to join Hong Kong officials, academics and planners in this discussion about our water issues.
The keynote speaker is Mr. LT Ma, Director of the Water Supplies Department, who will set the scene and outline the current situation in Hong Kong. The discussion will be moderated by Mr. Mike Kilburn, Environmental Programme Manager, Civic Exchange.
Moderator
Mr. Mike Kilburn, Environmental Programme Manager at Civic Exchange
Ir. Ma Lee-tak JP, Director of Water Supplies, Water Supplies Department
Dr. Lee Boon-ying JP, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong Observatory
Prof. Carlos Lo Wing-Hung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mr. Bevis Mak Wai-lung , Executive Director, Water and Urban Development, AECOM
Hong Kong’s water supply comes from two sources: the rainfall we collect in our reservoirs (20-30%) and water we buy from the Mainland (70-80%). The current agreement for water from the Dongjiang, a tributary of the Pearl River, will expire in 2015. With demand for water growing sharply throughout the Pearl River Delta and the supply of water compromised by pollution and climate change, Hong Kong’s future access to clean water is far from certain.
In our drive to become a sustainable city, should Hong Kong become self-sufficient? Should we increase the size of our reservoirs? Follow Singapore and recycle our waste water? Build plants to desalinate seawater? What other possible methods are there? Who’s going to pay?
CitySpeak invites you to join Hong Kong officials, academics and planners in this discussion about our water issues.
The keynote speaker is Mr. LT Ma, Director of the Water Supplies Department, who will set the scene and outline the current situation in Hong Kong. The discussion will be moderated by Mr. Mike Kilburn, Environmental Programme Manager, Civic Exchange.
Moderator
Mr. Mike Kilburn, Environmental Programme Manager at Civic Exchange
Ir. Ma Lee-tak JP, Director of Water Supplies, Water Supplies Department
Dr. Lee Boon-ying JP, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong Observatory
Prof. Carlos Lo Wing-Hung, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Mr. Bevis Mak Wai-lung , Executive Director, Water and Urban Development, AECOM
2010年4月29日 星期四
CitySpeak: Is transport the solution or the enemy?
城市中的發展與交通息息相關，我們應如何將各種交通網絡互相聯繫，為下一代創建一個適宜居住的環境？
由於半山區發展限制解禁、重建門檻降低、發展密度的壓力日漸增加等因素，令香港多個舊區面臨車流增加和路邊空氣污染的問題。
我們如何處理與中國大陸之間道路聯繫的交通增長？我們還要在海濱興建多少新的道路？公共交通車輛是否太多造成路上堵塞? 將路面行人過路區改為行人隧道或天橋是否恰當?
香港有沒有計畫發展環保的交通運輸和美觀怡人的街道?要創造更適宜行人的道路環境,我們還有什麼寄望? 最新的車輛引擎工程技術可否解決我們面對的問題？香港會在何時推出電子道路收費？新的鐵路線足夠我們使用嗎？啟德、中環及西九有何環保交通計劃？香港有沒有可持續的（運輸）方案？
規劃師、工程師、學者及政府官員將會討論交通系統對我們的城市是利是害？
Development and transport are closely related, but how do we connect the dots and guarantee a livable city for future generations?
Lifting the moratorium in Mid-levels, reducing the threshold for redevelopment and the constant pressure to increase density are all choking the older parts of Hong Kong with more traffic and roadside air pollution.
How do we deal with the increased traffic on new roads to the Mainland? How many more roads are we planning to build on our waterfront? Is there too much public transport clogging up our roads? Is replacing pedestrian crossings with subways and footbridges a good thing?
What plans are there for environmentally friendly transport and aesthetically more pleasing transport infrastructure in Hong Kong? Where are the hopes for making our city more pedestrian-friendly? Can new engine technology solve our problems? Could electronic road pricing help? Will the new rail lines be enough? Do we have a sustainable (transport) plan for our city?
Planners, engineers, academics and officials will discuss whether transport is our solution or our enemy.
主持人Moderator
Bill Barron
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Environment, HKUST
香港科技大學環境研究所訪問學者
講者Speakers
Chapman Lam, 林澤仁
Divisional Director (Transportation Engineering), MVA Hong Kong Limited
弘達交通顧問有限公司董事(交通工程)
Julian TH Kwong鄺子憲先生
Road safety engineering consultant, founding member of the Association for Geoconservation, Hong Kong
道路安全工程顧問及香港地貌岩石保育協會創會會員
夏睿德Bruno Charrade
Managing Director, Hong Kong Tramways Limited
香港電車有限公司董事總經理
Pascal Dupond杜鵬
Customer Director, Hong Kong & China Pearl River Delta, ALSTOM
阿爾斯通客戶總監(香港及中國珠三角)
KY Leung梁剛銳
Vice Chairman, Transport Policy Committee, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
香港運輸物流學會運輸政策委員會副主席
Simon KW Ng 吳家穎
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Environment, HKUST
香港科技大學環境研究所訪問學者
Oren Tatcher
Architect specialising in transportation facilities and transport-oriented urban master plans
建築師，專門研究交通設施及以交通為本的城巿規劃
Q & A
由於半山區發展限制解禁、重建門檻降低、發展密度的壓力日漸增加等因素，令香港多個舊區面臨車流增加和路邊空氣污染的問題。
我們如何處理與中國大陸之間道路聯繫的交通增長？我們還要在海濱興建多少新的道路？公共交通車輛是否太多造成路上堵塞? 將路面行人過路區改為行人隧道或天橋是否恰當?
香港有沒有計畫發展環保的交通運輸和美觀怡人的街道?要創造更適宜行人的道路環境,我們還有什麼寄望? 最新的車輛引擎工程技術可否解決我們面對的問題？香港會在何時推出電子道路收費？新的鐵路線足夠我們使用嗎？啟德、中環及西九有何環保交通計劃？香港有沒有可持續的（運輸）方案？
規劃師、工程師、學者及政府官員將會討論交通系統對我們的城市是利是害？
Development and transport are closely related, but how do we connect the dots and guarantee a livable city for future generations?
Lifting the moratorium in Mid-levels, reducing the threshold for redevelopment and the constant pressure to increase density are all choking the older parts of Hong Kong with more traffic and roadside air pollution.
How do we deal with the increased traffic on new roads to the Mainland? How many more roads are we planning to build on our waterfront? Is there too much public transport clogging up our roads? Is replacing pedestrian crossings with subways and footbridges a good thing?
What plans are there for environmentally friendly transport and aesthetically more pleasing transport infrastructure in Hong Kong? Where are the hopes for making our city more pedestrian-friendly? Can new engine technology solve our problems? Could electronic road pricing help? Will the new rail lines be enough? Do we have a sustainable (transport) plan for our city?
Planners, engineers, academics and officials will discuss whether transport is our solution or our enemy.
主持人Moderator
Bill Barron
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Environment, HKUST
香港科技大學環境研究所訪問學者
講者Speakers
Chapman Lam, 林澤仁
Divisional Director (Transportation Engineering), MVA Hong Kong Limited
弘達交通顧問有限公司董事(交通工程)
Julian TH Kwong鄺子憲先生
Road safety engineering consultant, founding member of the Association for Geoconservation, Hong Kong
道路安全工程顧問及香港地貌岩石保育協會創會會員
夏睿德Bruno Charrade
Managing Director, Hong Kong Tramways Limited
香港電車有限公司董事總經理
Pascal Dupond杜鵬
Customer Director, Hong Kong & China Pearl River Delta, ALSTOM
阿爾斯通客戶總監(香港及中國珠三角)
KY Leung梁剛銳
Vice Chairman, Transport Policy Committee, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong
香港運輸物流學會運輸政策委員會副主席
Simon KW Ng 吳家穎
Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Environment, HKUST
香港科技大學環境研究所訪問學者
Oren Tatcher
Architect specialising in transportation facilities and transport-oriented urban master plans
建築師，專門研究交通設施及以交通為本的城巿規劃
Q & A
2010年1月25日 星期一
乙城節2010-City Speak IX-Street Culture: Art + Design + Activism
第九回City Speak：Street Culture: Art + Design + Activism（由Fringe Club與Designing Hong Kong合辦），探討香港的街頭文化的種種層面，大至整個城市的街道整體規劃、一條天橋的建造，小至一塊路標指示牌的設計、公園里的一張凳子，講者引用眾多我們日常體驗香港街頭文化活生生的例子來論證，觀眾多有同感。
講者和聽眾直面而坐，輕松交流
是次City Speak，參與的講者和觀眾人數都是歷次之最，輕松自由的交流環境更為本次講座倍添生色！
路牌的設計是一個城市街頭文化的最直觀的標記之一。
講者和聽眾直面而坐，輕松交流
講座氣氛非常隨意自在，觀眾可坐可站，或靠著吧臺自由表達自己的意見，渴了就飲杯野。
觀眾很專心地看講者準備的ppt內容。
很close的交流氣氛。
從左到右：Paul Zimmerman（Moderator，Designing Hong Kong的創始人）；Benny Chia(講者，藝穗會藝術總監）；Henry Steiner（講者，知名graphic designer）。
附：主講者簡介
Speakers
Henry Steiner is an internationally acclaimed graphic designer and head of Steiner&Co., one of the world's leading brand identity design consultancies. He is a Doctor, honoris causa: Hong Kong Baptist University; Honorary professor: University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. A resident of Hong Kong since 1961, he holds a Master's degree from the Yale School of Art, and is co-author of Cross-Cultural Design: Communicating in the Global Marketplace (1995, Thames and Hudson).
Benny Chia is Director of the Fringe Club, founder of the Hong Kong Festival Fringe, the Fringe Club Hong Kong and the City Festival. He has written and produced numerous dance, theatre and site-specific multi-media productions, and has curated many art exhibitions. Benny is currently a committee member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.
Law Man-lok is a conceptual artist. He was the anchor for the RTHK TV programme entitled Cultural Magazine. His works emphasize the synergy between imagination and what he likes to think of as 'criticality'. Law's pieces usually find a starting point in his surroundings, and he has expressed his concerns about the rampant commercialization that characterizes Hong Kong’s development as a city.
Mirana May Szeto is Research Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature, HKU. Her books-in-process are entitled The Radical Itch: Cultural Politics and Its Discontents and Decolonizing Neoliberalism: Urban Cultural Politics in Post 1997 Hong Kong. She also writes on the conditions of the film industry, the cultural clusters and culture-led urban redevelopment in Hong Kong and China.
Tony Lam is an architect and heritage conservation expert and director of AGC Design Ltd., an architectural firm involved in urban planning, heritage conservation and many other projects. He is the author of " From British Colonization to Japanese Invasion - The 100 years architects in HK 1848-1941".
Moderator
Paul Zimmerman is an urban activist and founding member of Designing Hong Kong Limited, a not-for-profit organization promoting sustainable planning in Hong Kong (www.designinghongkong.com).
Benny Chia is Director of the Fringe Club, founder of the Hong Kong Festival Fringe, the Fringe Club Hong Kong and the City Festival. He has written and produced numerous dance, theatre and site-specific multi-media productions, and has curated many art exhibitions. Benny is currently a committee member of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.
Law Man-lok is a conceptual artist. He was the anchor for the RTHK TV programme entitled Cultural Magazine. His works emphasize the synergy between imagination and what he likes to think of as 'criticality'. Law's pieces usually find a starting point in his surroundings, and he has expressed his concerns about the rampant commercialization that characterizes Hong Kong’s development as a city.
Mirana May Szeto is Research Assistant Professor in Comparative Literature, HKU. Her books-in-process are entitled The Radical Itch: Cultural Politics and Its Discontents and Decolonizing Neoliberalism: Urban Cultural Politics in Post 1997 Hong Kong. She also writes on the conditions of the film industry, the cultural clusters and culture-led urban redevelopment in Hong Kong and China.
Tony Lam is an architect and heritage conservation expert and director of AGC Design Ltd., an architectural firm involved in urban planning, heritage conservation and many other projects. He is the author of " From British Colonization to Japanese Invasion - The 100 years architects in HK 1848-1941".
Moderator
Paul Zimmerman is an urban activist and founding member of Designing Hong Kong Limited, a not-for-profit organization promoting sustainable planning in Hong Kong (www.designinghongkong.com).
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