AIA Hong Kong - Connectivity And Placemaking In The Greater Bay Area
Event Description
This event forms part of AIA Hong Kong’s 25th Anniversary Symposium: Connectivity and Placemaking in the Greater Bay Area (GBA). Jointly organized with AECOM, the symposium includes webinars and events to provoke thought and provide insight into the urban planning and development of the GBA.
Over the past several years, the significance of the GBA to the international and local design industries has grown steadily. Inter-city collaboration and cross-border cooperation have been essential to the success of joint developments and infrastructure upgrades – with high-levels of coordination between multiple cities in the GBA. From a three-hour travel outer ring to an inner one-hour living zone, these initiatives have improved livability and helped to facilitate inter-city mobility of people, goods and information.
As the most open and international city in the GBA, Hong Kong is well-known as a financial, transportation, trade and aviation hub. With the completion of projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the High Speed Rail, how can we continue to play a key role in the design and planning of this dynamic region, as well as in China’s development blueprint?
To assist China in their goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, what are the key issues that designers and planners need to take into consideration to create an adaptable, scalable and hybrid environment of people, resources and nature?
We invite notable scholars, planners, architects, engineers and landscape architects to engage in conversations on how Hong Kong can connect with other GBA cities through infrastructure planning. Topics include:
• Overview of current GBA policy and planning
• Regional connectivity and airport development
• Infrastructure challenges and urban design
CES: Estimated 1.5 LU/HSW for AIA Members
Speakers
Prof. Anthony G.O. Yeh, FHKIP FRTPI FPIA FRICS FCILT FBCS, Chan To Haan Professor in Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong
Kelvin Law, Vice President, AECOM
Oren Tatcher, AIA HKIUD, Principal, OTC Limited
Philip Wong, Greater Bay Area Taskforce Leader, Arup
Moderator: Winston Yeo, AIA, LEED BC+D, AIA Hong Kong Chapter Representative, AIA International
Prof. Anthony G.O. Yeh, FHKIP FRTPI FPIA FRICS FCILT FBCS, is a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Hong Kong Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) and the Academy of Social Sciences (UK). He is the Chan To Hann Professor in Urban Planning and Design; Chair Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, and Director of the GIS Research Centre. His main areas of specialisation are urban planning and development in Hong Kong and China, and the applications of geographic information systems (GIS) for the planning and management of smart cities. Professor Yeh received the UN-HABITAT Lecture Award in 2008 for his outstanding and sustained contributions to research, thinking and practice in the field of human settlements. He has been carrying out research on the development of the Pearl River Delta since the 1980s.
Kelvin Law is a Vice President of AECOM. He is a registered professional planner with more than 28 years of experience undertaking and managing development consultancy projects, strategic planning and feasibility studies for tourism, railway-related property, housing, business and institutional uses in Hong Kong. He also has a managerial role in strategic development plans, master planning studies and urban design projects in mainland China for both public and private clients.
Oren Tatcher, AIA HKIUD, is the Principal of OTC Limited, a Hong Kong-based firm specializing in the planning and design of airports, transportation terminals and urban mobility systems. After receiving his Master of Architecture from Harvard University in 1995, he joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), working first in New York and, from 2003, in Hong Kong and Shanghai, where he served as the urban design studio head. Since founding OTC in 2007, he has worked on airports, railway stations, marine transport terminals, intermodal stations, and urban mobility systems around the world. Recent projects include new airport terminals in Hong Kong, Taipei, Shenzhen and Basel, Switzerland; prototypes and designs for next-generation transport hubs in Singapore; new train stations and intermodal interchanges for the new Maya Train project in Mexico; a bus terminus improvement project in Hong Kong; and a large carpark in a mixed-use development in Bangkok.
Philip Wong is the Macau Office Leader and Greater Bay Area Taskforce Leader of Arup. Philip is experienced in managing large scale multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects throughout the region, including Macau and its adjacent markets. Philip has more than 25 years’ experience with Arup in the design, construction and management of highway, rail, aviation, reclamation, integrated planning, energy and general civil engineering projects. His recent GBA experience includes the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the Light Rail Macau-Hengqin extension line and Macau’s Urban Masterplan 2020-2040.
Moderator: Winston Yeo, founder and managing director at OFGA, attended the college of architecture, arts, and planning at Cornell University, and received a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. Mr. Yeo is a registered Architect in the State of New York, a member of the American Institute of Architects, and a LEED accredited professional with specialization in sustainable building design and construction.
Mr. Yeo received his formative professional training from Kohn Pederson and Fox, and Hillier (subsequently RMJM Hillier in North America). Between 2006 and 2011, Mr. Yeo made significant contributions to a number of award-winning projects, most notably the Irving Convention Centre, Texas. He also worked in close collaboration with Gehry partners during the two firms’ joint competition entry for the ARTIC program.
In 2013, after eight years of extensive international design work out of New York, followed by another two years of project management in Shanghai, Mr. Yeo established OFGA in Hong Kong as an independent studio for ideas and craft.
