Urban Design Guidelines For Hong Kong

• Maximise the provision of well
landscaped open space at
ground, podium, and roof levels.
This will both serve the open
space users as well as viewers
overlooking the green
environment.
b) Conservation of Heritage
Buildings/ Local Characters
• Encourage conservation of
heritage, architectural, and
culturally significant buildings to
enhance cultural and historical
continuity in Hong Kong. Provide
or preserve suitable settings for
heritage buildings.
• Suitable settings should be
created for individual or clusters
of heritage buildings. Building
heights should generally step
down towards these heritage
buildings.
• Minimise negative impact of new
neighbouring development. For
example, terraced and
landscaped podium could be
adopted to integrate more
coherently with scale and
possibly the character of a
heritage building.
• Local districts have their own
unique cultural activities,
physical and historical
characters. In redevelopment,
retain and enhance these
activities and characters as far
as possible. The step-streets of
Central, the overhead signage of
Tsim Sha Tsui and the retail
activities at Temple Street are
examples of characteristics
worth preserving.
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