Treating the Symptoms - A Critical Review of ... - Civic Exchange

Left: Wo Tik Street - the only active external frontage at Vision City development.Single Developer, Homogenous DevelopmentEach of the redevelopments is conducted by a single developer or partnership. At each siteof the sites visted, between 8 and 58 buildings were demolished, the plots amalgamated, andthen rebuilt as one large comprehensive development. Wherever more than one building iserected, they are essentially identical both in appearance and function. The main exceptionto this rule is the J-Residence development in Wan Chai, where variation came about as theresult of preservation. In no cases have large lots been broken up into smaller parcels.ProjectLocationNumber ofbuildingsaffectedLangham Place Mong Kok 58Beacon Lodge Sham Shui Po 8Vista Sham Shui Po 8The Merton Kennedy Town 15Number of buildings erected2 (shopping mall/office tower, andhotel)1 (single residential tower on top ofshopping podium)1 (residential tower on top ofshopping podium)3 residential towers on top of2 separate car park/clubhousepodiumsThe Zenith Wan Chai 31 3 towers on top of 2 podiumsJ-Residence Wan Chai 21 3 (2 are preserved shophouses)Vision City Tsuen Wan 225 residential towers on top of 1large shopping mallTai Yuen StreetExgBldgExgBldgExistingBuildingCross StreetZenithSite APodiumExgBldgExgBldgWanchai RoadZenithSite BZenithSite C61The DynastyHanoi Rd.Project K11Tsuen Wan0(Greenfield site)Tsim Sha Tsui 202 towers on top of 1 shopping mall2 buildings (actually part of samedevelopment, separated bypedestrian passage)Queen’s Road East8 Waterloo Road Yau Ma Tei 19 2 towers on 1 podiumThe practice of amalgamating sites has resulted in some quite irregularly shaped plots —and irregularly shaped podiums, such as Site A of the Zenith in Wan Chai.The Zenith, Site A, Wanchai