HKIUD The GBA Urban Design Awards 2022 Roving Exhibition (Hong Kong) Opens in February at the Central Market

The Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design (HKIUD) organised the 2nd Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards (the “Awards”) with the support of 4 founding institutes from Macau, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Zhuhai of the Greater Bay Area Urban Designer Alliance, and the lead sponsor CreateHK of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. The award list of the Awards has officially been announced earlier at the GBA webpage in January. The award winning projects will be showcased at the Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards 2022 Roving Exhibition from 20th February to 12th March 2023 at the Central Market. HKIUD wishes to encourage urban designers within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to deepen their collaboration and exchanges by sharing practical experiences and best practices. And showing the public appreciate how excellent urban design solutions are closely related to our life and to deliver the final goal of renewing our cities for better health, sustainability and livability at the same time.

In 2022, the Award have received a record high of over 280 project submissions and nominations under the Professional Category, Student Category and the new category Urban Video Design Competitiom from the GBA cities, among which 69 projects were nominated for awards. The international jury panel was impressed by the fascinating projects of subtle elements and themes in sustainable design with nature-based solutions approach and well-organized green design features, while focusing on preserving cultural heritage and strengthening the connection between neighbourhoods. The winning projects are universally recognized for reaching remarkable achievements in urban design excellence.

Furthermore, serval projects from Hong Kong teams are awarded this year. These include Advance Promenade near Wan Chai Ferry Pier, Phase II Development of Oil Street Art Space, Lung Mei Beach Bathhouse, Wan Chai Promenade submitted by Architectural Services Department of HKSAR Government, and West Kowloon Terminus Express Rail Link by AECOM Asia Company Ltd. These projects signify the ironic development of urban design in Hong Kong in parallel with the GBA cities. All the awarded project design details will be also displayed for public in the roving exhibition at Central Market from 20th February.

GBA Urban Design Awards 2022 Roving Exhibition (Hong Kong)

The exhibition will be divided into 5 sections, presenting projects from the Built Project, Urban Intervention and Plan/Concept in Professional Category, following with the Student Category and urban design video competition. General public will be able to find out the design concept from the panels and short video display.

Date: 20th February to 12th March 2023

Opening Hours: 10am to 10pm

Venue: Event Space, 1/F, Central Market, 93 Queen’s Road Central and 80 Des Voeux Road Central, Central

Free Admission

HKIUD will hold an awardee sharing session on February 27, 2023. The public and professionals are welcome to participate. The details are as follows:

The GBA Urban Design Award Webinar series #5:

Celebrating the Culturally Rich Urban Fabrics

The Greater Bay Area is economically developed, and many of its cities have played an important role in the history of urban development, and have formed a very unique urban texture and cultural context through years of urban construction. In recent decades, with the rapid development of cities, the urban built environment has undergone tremendous changes, and the original urban fabrics are facing new challenges and opportunities. How to protect and improve the existing rich urban context in the rapid development? We can find inspiration from the winning entries of the Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards 2023. In this forum, we invited representatives of four award-winning units to serve as keynote speakers. They will share with us their practical experience in the transformation and improvement of different urban built environments in the Greater Bay Area.

Date: 27th February, 2023

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Speaker: • Ms. ZHENG Yu, General manager assistant of Guangzhou Urban planning and Design Company Limited and Director of the Urban Design Implementation Promotion Center

• Ms. LIU Jie, Department Director of Guangzhou Urban Planning and Design Company Limited

• Mr. Naifei SUN, Senior Associate Principal and Senior Urban Designer of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

• Mr. Thomas WAN Chuck Kwan, Chief Architect of Architectural Services Department, HKSAR Government

Moderator: Mr. Nevin YU, Member of the Greater Bay Area Urban Design Awards 2022 Organising Committee

Free Admission Pre-registration required (first-come-first-served)

Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-UfQaPmCRSyBviOJphC2Pg

For more details about the GBA Urban Design Awards and related events, please visit: https://www.hkiud.org/actions/2022/award.php