A WALKABLE CITY | EVERYDAY URBAN EXPERIENCE

TRADITIONAL VILLAGES INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

LONG PING STATION

5 MINUTE WALKING

15 MINUTE WALKING NAM SANG WAI

YUEN LONG STATION

Street and Road Tuen Mun Highway Light Rail Route West MTR Route Cycling Route

Shenzhen-China

Location of Hong Kong Location of Yuen Long District Tin Shui Wan

Location of Yuen Long City Centre

A WALKABLE CITY

Special Project- Design | Yuen Long , Hong Kong Academic Project | The university of Sheffeld | Spring 2022

Land scarcity has been the culprit of the housing crisis in Hong Kong in the past 20 years. Hong Kong has been transformed into a small dense city with high-rise structures to accommodate over seven million people. The crammed structure of Hong Kong causes it to be one of the world’s most densely inhabited cities. As a result, diffculties such as sub-divided fats, rising property prices, traffc congestion, and fragmented public areas for people’s enjoyment arise. Long-time projects must be delivered on time to break the vicious cycle.

Hong Kong has failed to meet the standard area of public open spaces. According to the 2017 Civic exchange study, each hong kong residents only have 2.7 square meters of urban public open space, which is just slightly larger than a toilet cubicle. In the meanwhile, Singapore, which only has the half size of Hong Kong, has 7.4 square meters of urban space per capita. Likewise, New York, a high population density area, has 10 square meters of public spaces per capita.

Urban public spaces have s rising importance as cities abound the globe and hunt for secure and socially separated ways to exercise, socialize, work and play. The spaces are far more than aesthetics when these amenities are placed in the heart and spirit of a community. They are all about the sense of belonging, engagement, and connection.

1. Waterscape Corridor 2. Art Street

VISION

The transformation of Yuen Long from an abnormal density, high-rise concrete jungle with fragmented public open spaces into a green walk-able community, build the foundation of a sustainable, liveable and healthy life cycle to support the growth of next generation.

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3. Urban Farm

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Detail Design Area

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING TYPE

Private Residential Estate Private Reseidential Mixed-use Residential (Retail on ground foor) Street Design

Most of the residential buildings are mixed-use buildings, with retails on the ground foor. Recommended to retain the existing building structure but enhance the interaction between indoor and outdoor.

SCHOOLS & GOVERNMENT UNITES

Schools (Including kindergarten,primary & secondary) Government units A. Pedestrian-only-street

STREET PARKING LOTS & CAR PARK

Public Car Park Private Car Park Public Car Park(Underground) Street Parking-Private Car Street Parking-Good Vehicle Street Parking-Bus Street Parking-Motorcycle

GREEN SPACES

District Park Pet-friendly Park Extreme Sports Park (Skateboard) Sport Field Sport & Music Facility Public park & garden Exisitng Nullah

PEDESTRIAN ROUTE

Primary Route Secondary Route Shortcuts There are 10 schools in total and most of them are located on the right side, there will be lots of students accessing this area, and safety and convenience will be considered.

There are lots of illegal double street parking vehicles along the road which hinders the other drivers to access and turning out heavy traffc issues.

Single and repeat patterns are the main issues of the existing public spaces. It has the potential to link all the spaces together and create a consummate green corridor.

B. Parklet

C. Commercial Shared Street

D. Residential Street

SITE FEATURE- AVIARY PAGODA (AP)

A convenient and clear pathway/access will guide residents to access the green spaces, which increase the resident’s usage of green spaces.

The most unique element is the architectural forms of traditional villages and the aviary pagoda. The existing nullah is located in the middle of the site which links the long ping and yuen long area together. F. Central One Way Street