type - roof

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ARCHITECTURAL
R o o f sca p e o f ve r na cul a r a r ch i t e cur e o f
t h e K a h t m a nd u Va l l e y
POR T FOLI O
RAHUL MUNI BAJRACHARYA
architect/urban designer

500 M
ar m e ga s t r uc t ur e c l u s te r

CONTENT Faculty of Architecture, HKU.

Institite of Engineering, TU. 2012-2013
2001-2005
1. Conceptual MasterPlan for Western
1. Conservation and Urban Design Studio, Harbour, Hong Kong SAR.
Revitalization of Lubhu Settlement.
2. Variable Courtyard, towers&
2. Thesis Dissertation roofscape: Seeking for local Urban
National Museum of Natural History Identity for newly emerging Asian cities.
ACADEMIC WORK

PROFESSIONAL WORKS
ShasheeshPrasad DS Archiplan Archiplan-ABRD Archiplan-SBT Arch.Atelier
Darjeeling, India Kath., Nepal New Delhi,India Kath., Nepal Kath., Nepal
2006-2008 2008-2010 2011-2012 2013-2016 2016-present
P RO F ES S I O N A L
W O R K S
ACADEMIC
W O R K S
 HKU
T H E S I S
Variable courtyard, towers and roofscape:
Seeking for local Urban identity for newly emerginc Asian cities
 Tow er in a C ity

PROGRAM BRIEF SITE ANALYSIS

MTR

s, conne cti o n, o r i e nt at i o n
eaning, p urp o s e a nd h i e r - MT
R
KOWLOON EAST
[PROPOSED LOCATION]

1
p le To wers
it s sig ni f ic a nce a s l a n d
Kai Tak Kowloon
ut re p rese nt s d e n sit y bay
New Territories
edge of a c i ty ,

Kowloon
Kowloon City
Kwun Tong

Podiu m Tow e r Lantau Island

Hong Kong Kowloon East
Island

1200 m
Site Area: 720,000 sqm (72 ha)
Population: 50,000 - 65,000 2
HONG KONG SAR KOWLOON EAST
Density: 0.03 -0.15 ppl/ sq m

Floor Area Ratio: 3.5

Total GFA: 2,520,000 sqm MT
R
MTR

Greenary :115,220.00 sqm (16 ha.) LEGEND

0 10m 200m 400m 800m Comprehensive D. Area MTR

Residential Hign D. Kwun tong

kowloon bay
Residential Medium D.
FERRY
Residential Low D.
MTR

ROAD NETWORK
PROGRAM DATA kaitak city centre
Water

GIC
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

VERTICAL CIRCULATION,
Existing Proposed Other Specified Uses south apron corner

Commercial Office

t h e to w e r’ s Residential
s t ruct ur e a n d Industry
Site Area - 37,050 sqm 64,800 sqm sports hub
(4.7%) (9%) Open Spaces
600 m Parking
metropark

PROPOSED METRO PARK TOURISM /LEISURE

tourism/ leisure hub HUB
Site Area - 34,800 sqm 47,400 sqm Infrastructure/Road
Commercial Office (4.8%) (7%) 0 100m 300m 500m

TYP E - T O W E R
M
TR
Commercial Retail Site Area - 10,748 sqm 43,200 sqm
(1.5%) (6%)

Industrial Site Area - 22,700 sqm 21,600 sqm

(3.15%) (3%)

Cultural
Site Area - 36,000 sqm 72,000 sqm MTR Line
(5%) (10%) Road
Overhead Road

G/IC Site Area - 76,800 sqm 36,000 sqm

1. View from Sheung Lee Road toward Kowloon Bay 1. View of Kaitak Apron and Strip from Mega Box. Transportation Network within the proposed Site.
(9.8%) (5%)

Amenities Site Area - 68,345 sqm 50,400 sqm

(9.0%) (7%)

Road/Infrastructure Site Area - 204,120 sqm 180,000 sqm

(28.35%) (25%)

Parking
Site Area - 21,000 sqm
(3%)

Water Site Area - 160,268 sqm 160,268 sqm

(22.2%) (22.2%)
0 50m 100m 200m 400m

Open Space Kowloon bay Kai Tak Strip Kowloon bay G/IC Industrial Area Residential Area
Site Area - 62,175 sqm 86,400 sqm
(8.5%) (12%)
 To w er in a City

PROGRAM BRIEF SITE ANALYSIS

MTR

s, conne cti o n, o ri e nt at i o n
eaning, p ur p o s e a nd h i e r - MT
R
KOWLOON EAST
[PROPOSED LOCATION]

1
p le To wers
it s sig ni f ic a nce a s l a n d
Kai Tak Kowloon
ut re p rese nt s d e n sit y bay
New Territories
edge of a c i ty ,

Kowloon
Kowloon City
Kwun Tong

Po dium Tow e r Lantau Island

Hong Kong Kowloon East
Island

1200 m
Site Area: 720,000 sqm (72 ha)
Population: 50,000 - 65,000 2
HONG KONG SAR KOWLOON EAST
Density: 0.03 -0.15 ppl/ sq m

Floor Area Ratio: 3.5

Total GFA: 2,520,000 sqm MT
R
MTR

Greenary :115,220.00 sqm (16 ha.) LEGEND

0 10m 200m 400m 800m Comprehensive D. Area MTR

Residential Hign D. Kwun tong

kowloon bay
Residential Medium D.
FERRY
Residential Low D.
MTR

ROAD NETWORK
PROGRAM DATA kaitak city centre
Water

GIC
PEDESTRIAN NETWORK

VERTICAL CIRCULATION,
Existing Proposed Other Specified Uses south apron corner

Commercial Office

t h e to w e r’ s Residential
s t ruct ur e a n d Industry
Site Area - 37,050 sqm 64,800 sqm sports hub
(4.7%) (9%) Open Spaces
600 m Parking
metropark

PROPOSED METRO PARK TOURISM /LEISURE

tourism/ leisure hub HUB
Site Area - 34,800 sqm 47,400 sqm Infrastructure/Road
Commercial Office (4.8%) (7%) 0 100m 300m 500m

TY P E - T O W E R
M
TR
Commercial Retail Site Area - 10,748 sqm 43,200 sqm
(1.5%) (6%)

Industrial Site Area - 22,700 sqm 21,600 sqm

(3.15%) (3%)

Cultural
Site Area - 36,000 sqm 72,000 sqm MTR Line
(5%) (10%) Road
Overhead Road

G/IC Site Area - 76,800 sqm 36,000 sqm

1. View from Sheung Lee Road toward Kowloon Bay 1. View of Kaitak Apron and Strip from Mega Box. Transportation Network within the proposed Site.
(9.8%) (5%)

Amenities Site Area - 68,345 sqm 50,400 sqm

(9.0%) (7%)

Road/Infrastructure Site Area - 204,120 sqm 180,000 sqm

(28.35%) (25%)

Parking
Site Area - 21,000 sqm
(3%)

Water Site Area - 160,268 sqm 160,268 sqm

(22.2%) (22.2%)
0 50m 100m 200m 400m

Open Space Kowloon bay Kai Tak Strip Kowloon bay G/IC Industrial Area Residential Area
Site Area - 62,175 sqm 86,400 sqm
(8.5%) (12%)
 PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC VIEW

kOWLOON
BAY

ROOF
SKY COURT-
YARD

TOWER

SHIFTING
COURTYARD
TOWER

ROOF
GARDEN
SKY
FLOATING COURTYARD
ROOF SCAPE

COURTYARDS

FLOATING
COURTYARD

HARBOUR
FRONT

HYBRIDIZATION OF COUTYYARD, TOWER AND ROOF.

COURTYARDS AND
SEA FRONT AT
GROUND LEVEL

Lifting Shifting Flipping Flipping Scaling

CONVENTIONAL HYBRID
INITIAL PHASE
COURTYARD COURTYARD TOWER

PEOPLE AND PROGRAM

WATER FRONT,
ROAD, MONORAIL
AND EXISTING HIGH-
WAYS, EXITING
INDUSTRIAL BUILD-
INGS.

Culture Industrial Social Recreational Commercial Educational

 type - roof

500 M
ARCHITECTURAL
R o o f sca p e o f ve r na cul a r a r ch i t e cur e o f
t h e K a h t m a nd u Va l l e y
POR T FOLI O
RAHUL MUNI BAJRACHARYA
architect/urban designer
email raulvaj@gmail.com
phone +977-9841470003
skype rahulmuni

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R o o f sca p e o f N e w Yo r k C i t y .
 Conceptual Master Plan (CMP) for
fe
the Western Harbourfront
Background Process and Analysis Considerable Constraints
& Objectives Tremendous Opportunities Uncertainties with site availability poses major constraints for
For Returning the Harbourfront to Public Uses…. planning, overall development feasibility and, potential interface
One of the few remaining unplanned prime waterfront sites at strategic problems
With the release of four piers at the gateway location in Victoria Harbour
Western Wholesale Food Market to the
Central and Western District Council (DC)
for public use and the government funding
for DC signature project, a conceptual
master plan (CMP) is developed to guide Complementary development with
their revitalization and the adjacent WWFM, and adjacent sites e.g.
Western Harbourfront in a holistic manner
as well as implementation by making use Tram Depot, Belcher Bay Park etc
of the available funding.

The CMP has capitalized on the strategic

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harbour of life. uses WWFM and PWCA
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Whitty
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Company’s Godown 19 n
區 atio
b tween Whitty Street and Queen’s Road

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豬和羊屠宰場，1895年

Planning Objectives

• Place making in revitalizing the Western

Harbourfront to meet local as well as
strategic objectives notably to realise the
vision for Victoria Harbour
The Western Harbourfront today
• To enhance Victoria Harbour and its
harbourfront areas to become an attractive,
vibrant, accessible and sustainable world
class asset: a harbour for the people and a
harbour of life.

• To create a new Gateway and Iconic

Landmark of Hong Kong

• To realise local and functional objectives

including
- creating a major tourist attraction ;
- meeting local needs and aspiration for
recreational, community , cultural and
economic uses

• Innovative Green and Sustainable

development

• Community engagement & stewardship

The Western Harbourfront upon full development

ARCHIPLAN-ABRD
SENIOR ARCHITECT
 Conceptual Master Plan (CMP) for
fe
the Western Harbourfront
Background Process and Analysis Considerable Constraints
& Objectives Tremendous Opportunities Uncertainties with site availability poses major constraints for
For Returning the Harbourfront to Public Uses…. planning, overall development feasibility and, potential interface
One of the few remaining unplanned prime waterfront sites at strategic problems
With the release of four piers at the gateway location in Victoria Harbour
Western Wholesale Food Market to the
Central and Western District Council (DC)
for public use and the government funding
for DC signature project, a conceptual
master plan (CMP) is developed to guide Complementary development with
their revitalization and the adjacent WWFM, and adjacent sites e.g.
Western Harbourfront in a holistic manner
as well as implementation by making use Tram Depot, Belcher Bay Park etc
of the available funding.

The CMP has capitalized on the strategic

VLJQLğFDQFH RI WKH VLWH WR EULQJ DERXW
EHQHğWVWRWKH'LVWULFWDVZHOODVWKH+RQJ
Kong community at large in realizing the 'LIğFXOWLHV LQ ğQGLQJ Poor accessibility, segregated from
vision of a harbour for the people, and a replacement sites for special adjoining waterfront and inland.
harbour of life. uses WWFM and PWCA
Project Site Boundary An area with rich cultural and historical heritage MTR WIL brings potential and
填海
Recl
ama
-1986
區 1968 1968-19
tion
86
enhances connectivity
規劃區歷史 Historic Sites 海區 04
前填 upto 19
屠宰場 Slaughter House 4以 n
190
amatio
酒店 Hotel Recl a
風月場所 Red Light District Belcher’s Road looking east towards
卑路乍街向東，往皇后大道西，1915年
餐廳 Restaurant Queen’s Road West road, 1915.
1 公和 Kung Wo
2 金陵 Kam Ling
3 萬國 Man Kwok Des Voe
ux Roa
4 桃源 Tao Yuan d Wes
t

沿水
太平戲院 Tai Ping Theatre 德輔道西4 7
5 西

街之
大道
工業用地/貨倉 Industrial/Warehouse 2 皇后

Whitty
5 a
均益倉 China Provident and

水渠
Queen’s 3 6 6 Wes t
Company’s Warehouse nt Road c Road
se West n’s

Street
6 煤氣廠 Gas Work ee
Pre 皇后大道 Qu

Nu
et
7
時 - 西 6 b

er Stre
Limited scope for expansion and
永安公司貨倉 Wing On -現 7 1

ll a h alon
87 198 7KH RIğFH RI *DV &RPSDQ\ VLWXDWHG EH-
位於屈地街與皇后大道西之間的煤氣公司辦公室，1880年

屈地街
Company’s Godown 19 n
區 atio
b tween Whitty Street and Queen’s Road

Belch
ya 聯星酒
海 m Pra Luen
店 West,1880.
填 ecla

沿山道之

g Water street
旁 Sing

improvement works , even for very

R 海 wn Hotel
城 To
地

街
尼 nedy

小溪 S tr e
堅

路
Ken

卑
m m
nha Road
needed access improvement

般
Bo

ad

咸
alo
士美菲

道
Ro

n
Hill

g
am
山
路

uL
市
ge 客家村落 c

Ro
街
lla

kF

ad
Sa
Smithfiled

Vi
Queen’s Road west looking towards Luen

Po

.
皇后大道西往山道聯星酒店，1915年

nd

ka
Sing Hotel in Hill Road, 1915.

林道

ak
Str
H

eet
塍⅁⇾ḋ丬

薄扶
Road
最初海岸線
Original shoreline

d d
Pig and sheep depot, 1895.
豬和羊屠宰場，1895年

Planning Objectives

• Place making in revitalizing the Western

Harbourfront to meet local as well as
strategic objectives notably to realise the
vision for Victoria Harbour
The Western Harbourfront today
• To enhance Victoria Harbour and its
harbourfront areas to become an attractive,
vibrant, accessible and sustainable world
class asset: a harbour for the people and a
harbour of life.

• To create a new Gateway and Iconic

Landmark of Hong Kong

• To realise local and functional objectives

including
- creating a major tourist attraction ;
- meeting local needs and aspiration for
recreational, community , cultural and
economic uses

• Innovative Green and Sustainable

development

• Community engagement & stewardship

The Western Harbourfront upon full development

T
Conceptual Master Plan (CMP) for the Western Harbourfront
Planning & Design Concepts Conceptual Master Plan Area Conceptual Master Plan

Three Scales Three Concepts HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The Piers
GLOBAL
City, Regional & Local Beacon, Front & Join
HISTORY
TOURISM
BEACON Historic Active Waterfront Historical Celebration at Victoria Harbour

MARKET
The site will signal the LANDSCAPE AND URBAN CONTEXT
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of the famous Hong Kong
Waterfront, a new beacon
for the city.
A REGIONAL ICON AND MARKETPLACE TO
THE CULTURAL AND CULINARY ARTS
The Piers are place where the transformation of the Western Multi-leveled Piers Board Walk Active Waterfront

District waterfront both begins and ends. The four reclaimed

CMP for the Western Harbourfront piers demonstrate an active waterfront history of commerce PROGRAMME / EVENT
and serve as a memory for the type of uses that once occupied
the majority of Hong Kong’s waterfronts. Early-phase work
City Scale concentrates on bringing alternative uses to the piers as cafes,
museums and galleries, linked by an extended pedestrian
promenade. Later phase works would seek to integrate spaces
within the market building and tram depot into the overall
reactivation of the waterfront. Farmers Market Museum Art Exhibitions Iconic Viewing Tower

FRONT HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The Inner Harbour

CITY
The Western Harbour-
front project converts an HISTORY
industrial and remote site
PERFORMANCE
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SHEK TONG TSUI
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SAI YING PUN
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SHEUNG WAN
into a major front for an
emerging part of the city.
FOOD RECREATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION ᳫ䍮 Cultural Traces - Hill Road - Shek Tong Tsui Landscape Traces - Canal In Hill Side Road

EVENT
ᳫ⬯䮾⺳‪◐榒佰柦Sun Yat Sen Sports Center ⸾㹱搾㳟巨Ferry to Macau ␄㠫
⛃⫺◮⚌ ᳫ⬯䮾⺳‪◐榒佰Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park CENTRAL
⵵㣀 COMMERCIAL
㼡ᶒ
KENNEDY TOWN
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN CONTEXT
⟧㓝⫍巨Star Ferry
ẟ⹵ᳫ⺁Shun Tak Center 㗁娮⬓塻
RECREATIONAL

G AT E WAY
ᳫ䍮⫍巨Central Ferry WANCHAI

◉教悏噋ᳫ⺁␄⛲IFC Shopping mall

悏拖
㗪◮㨵⊰
CONVENTION
CENTER 慃挺㼡 Programme and Events
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∏岭ᴋ㼡‪◐Belcher Bay Park ADMIRALTY
CAUSEWAY BAY
LOCAL HISTORY
FOOD
ᳫ䍮㰵㺯Central Waterfront Park

⟥㗁⛀City Hall 桗㳭㗁娮⬓塻ᳫ⺁Hong Kong Expo ⷌὃ䢣栔 堳ạ⤐㨲䞔㜂⏗

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Water Jet Garden Fishing Pier Bridge /
♛㰛劘⛹
Water Jet Garden
Pier Outlook
A PERFORMANCE AND EVENT HUB FOR THE CITY AND
GATEWAY TO THE WATERFRONT
⮋⣽㴢⊼⹚⏗
㵞㿘敞⺱ Outdoor Event
Promenade ⮋⣽⑽╈⹾ Platform
⅏㙖妧峅滅 Outdoor
Panorama Point 䆯⠻⻊⠛ ♛㰛劘⛹
Tower Plaza Cafe
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⮋⣽⑽╈⹾
Outdoor
Cafe
Water Jet
Garden The Inner Harbour is a space of relative calm tucked away Sunset Steps Urban Bosque
Icon Beacon Covered
Walkway
㵞㸖⻊⠛
from the maritime bustle of the open Victoria Harbour. The
Harbour
Inner Harbour design will portray both the landscape and
Regional Scale Plaza ⅌⏊⻊⠛
Entry Plaza
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Future
Shops
cultural heritage of this site by introducing programs of PROGRAMME / EVENT

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Exhibition
Spaces
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Commercial
Future
Market The waterfront edge will be remade in order to bring people
㗌吤≮⠛
Market
Incubator
closer to the water level and an amphitheatre will be a place
Sunset Steps
Amphitheater to watch the occasional springtime performances staged on a
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JOIN
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䝺曫THE PIERS Barge 㭌堳
嗄堺 Improved Access
⇾⚝⬢映REGIONAL SCALE 怲⊼ẔSports Pavilion at Water Street
Floating Stage Water Features Festival Space
ᳫ⬯䮾⺳‪◐榒佰柦Sun Yat Sen Sports Center
➵ⷩ⻊⠛ ▕庱䧆岪Bike Rentals 嗄堺⛴㫫

ᳫ⬯䮾⺳‪◐Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park

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Buffer Grove Planting
City Plaza
♛㰛劘⛹
Water Jet Garden
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♛㰛劘⛹
Art Fence
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ⷌὃ䢣栔
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懊歁䢣栔 Working
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堳ạ⤐㨲䞔㜂⏗
Pedestrian
Pedestrian

and strengthens
Water Jet Jet
Garden Pier Bridge /

The New Praya

堽⇾ℭ枝⍿ㄷ䔺Ⳁ⛲Western Wholesale Food Market ♛㰛劘⛹
Water Garden Fishing Pier
Fishing Bridge /
Outlook HISTORICAL CONTEXT
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䱚斱敞⺱ Water Jet Garden
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Pier Outlook
N
⮋⣽㴢⊼⹚⏗
⮋⣽㴢⊼⹚⏗
connections to rejoin 6M Promenade
LOCAL
徻Ⳁ⬢映CITY SCALE 曢庱两䫀⻊⠛ Improved Access
Tram Terminus ⮋⣽⑽╈⹾
Plaza 㵞㿘敞⺱
Under Freeway
Outdoor Event
Outdoor Event
⮋⣽⑽╈⹾ Platform
⅏㙖妧峅滅
Promenade ⮋⣽⑽╈⹾ Platform
the waterfront with
㰵⌱圕Dried Seafood Street ⅏㙖妧峅滅
䆯⠻⻊⠛ 䱚斱敞⺱ Outdoor ⱘ怺㕮䉐⽸Cafe ♛㰛劘⛹ Outdoor
Outdoor
PanoramaPoint
Panorama Point 10M Promenade
Tower Plaza Hill Street
⮋⣽⑽╈⹾
♛㰛劘⛹ Cafe 0 100
堽䂝䖢SAI YING PUN Heritage Water
WaterJet
Jet Cafe
OutdoorWalk

the community, AND NEIGHBOURHOOD

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㑮㰵ὋTHE NEW PRAYA The Piers
Iconand
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Beacon Inner
Icon Beacon Harbour CMP
Vehicular Turnaround
Walkway
Covered
㵞㸖⻊⠛

its neighbourhoods of
◮⇾⬢映LOCAL SCALE ⛃⫺◮⚌㳶㮱㬞䧪ᵊ㗝Kennedy Town Swimming Pool Phase 2
Harbour
㨡圕Center Street 㖗⅌⏊
Plaza ᷲⱋ⹚⏗ 塏㻻榨删

URBAN
⛃⫺◮⚌㳶㮱㬞Kennedy Town Swimming Pool ⅌⏊⻊⠛
New Entry Lower Deck㜑Ὥ┭⹾

Kennedy Town, Shek

Performance
Entry Plaza
Future Barge
怲⊼ẔSports Pavilion Shops
䚱✖⌾SHEK TONG TSUI ⰼ妤䩡敺
∏岭ᴋ㼡‪◐Belcher Bay Park
Tong Tsui and Sai Ying 㺸㝦⠛Skating Park 㜑Ὥⷩ⠛
Exhibition
Spaces
➵ⷩ⻊⠛
Kennedy Town’s Industrial History Kennedy Town’s Historical Waterfront

ACTIVE SPORTS
Future City Plaza

Pun.
曝┕ⷩ⠛
䰪䏪⠛Basketball CourtsMarket ䷐塄⌧㨠⏉䨕㣴
Commercial Buffer Grove Planting
⛃⫺◮⚌KENNEDY TOWN Market
㗌吤≮⠛ Incubator Wall
㓧䟚䈭Climbing
䃷㛶➩圕柎ⶱDavis Street Restaurants Sunset Steps LANDSCAPE AND URBAN CONTEXT
R E C R E AT I O N
Amphitheater ▕庱嶸㭌⽸Bike / Running Path 曢庱两䫀⻊⠛
Tram Terminus Plaza
歖䏔ℯ⸒⻆Lu Pan Temple t
ᷲⱋ⹚⏗ 塏㻻榨删 ⤁䔏忻ẔMulti-Use Pavilion Stree 曢庱⍁䉐椏
Lower Deck Performance t Walk Tram Museum ⱘ怺㕮䉐⽸
堾Ar 㰛堾态怺㔠╫
Barge 㭌堳 Hill Street
嗄堺 Improved Access Heritage Walk
怲⊼ẔSports Pavilion ẔMist Garden at Water Street
堳ạ⤐㨲怊㎌㜑Ὥ䤥⌧Ḕ⾪
➵ⷩ⻊⠛ ▕庱䧆岪Bike Rentals Pedestrian Bridge from
㵞⁴⻊⠛Praya
City Plaza Plaza

Local Scale
Future Community Center
䷐塄⌧㨠⏉䨕㣴
Buffer Grove Planting
A NEIGHBOURHOOD ASSET: THE URBAN AND ACTIVE
⤁䔏忻ẔMulti-Use Plaza
⅌⏊奦䥌堾
Entrance: Sai Cheung St.
㵞㿘敞⺱Promenade
曢庱两䫀⻊⠛
㨲ᷲ态怺㔠╫
Improved Access ✗搜⇡⏊
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WATERFRONT
Tram Terminus Plaza Under Freeway MTR Exit ✗搜⇡⅌
MTR Exit
ℹ䫌怱㧩⠛Children Playground Relationship to Water Tree Allee
ⱘ怺㕮䉐⽸
Hill Street
▕庱嶸㭌⽸Bike / Running Path 0 100 The New Praya is a waterfront promenade that takes its
惤ⷩ㲀䀿⻊⠛Urban Beach Plaza Heritage Walk
form from the original Praya that occupied the waterfront in
PROGRAMME / EVENT
⤁䔏忻ẔMulti-Use Pavilion 䔆ㄲ劘⛹Infiltration Garden
an earlier era. As the space is gradually reclaimed again as
䔆ㄲ劘⛹Infiltration Garden public open space, this proposal recommends that the long,
ⱘⷩ堾堳ạ⤐㨲⅌⏊
continuous space is preserved for active programming with an
Bridge Entrance
at Sands Street
emphasis on local and regional users. The scale and heft of its
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industrial past can be remembered in robust site furnishings
㖗㵞㖨堾⎱⣒併叙巖态怺㔠孱 and in the long lasting material detailing of plazas and kiosks
Improved Access at New Praya Road
and Smithfield Road 0 100 in steel and concrete. Urban Beach Active Sports: Rookclimbing and Basketball
The New Praya CMP
ARCHIPLAN-SBT
URBAN DESIGNER / AR
 BERLIN HAUPTSTADT spatiale city paris
anderso
Site Area : 10,076,000 sq.m(1007.6 ha)
Ground Coverage : 977,170 sq.m (10% of Site Area)
Gross Floor Area: 55,424,500 sq.m. triumphal arch

Office
10% 1000m
Residential
Cultural
30%
40 %
200,000 sqm
150,000 sqm

Retail
Flexible 10%
10% 50,000 sqm

GFA Berlin Hauptstadt AQR

Distribution 1007 ha 87.8 ha site area: 200,000 sq.m site area:

ground coverage: 200,000 sq.m ground co

open space: 504,000 sq.m (63%) open spac

gross floor area: 799,496 sq.m (37%) gross flo

76280 381410 377702 37038 57513 47220 2057570 1144232 1133122 333342 305538 566640
population density: 40% population
Ground Coverage Gross Floor Area
to network 977,200 sqm 55,424,500 sqm

Clear Wate r
Bay
Ro ad
phase 1 Apply Yona Friedman Spatial City to Anderson Road
Point of
Origin

Site
Axis Axis
Kowloon
Bay Site
Ngau
Tau Kok O Road
wan
gk
un
Tse
Focal
Sau Mau Ping
Point

n Axis
Kung Tung

Kaitak
Air Strip

Desig
phase 2
MISCELLANEOUS
NETWORKING
Ro ad
Bay
Clear Wate r

Kowloon
Bay
Ngau
Tau Kok
u ng
k wan
O Road
W O R K S Yona Friedman’s Spatial City
Tse

Sau Mau Ping

Kung Tung

Kaitak
Air Strip

SKY STREET

Clear Wate r
Bay
Ro a
d
phase 3

Kowloon
Bay
Ngau
Tau Kok
nO Road
kwa
u ng
Tse

Sau Mau Ping

Other Programs 38.8%

Kung Tung
Flexible 13.6%
Kaitak
Air Strip Open Space 31.3%
CASINO REVENUE
VIP JUNKETS SYSTEM GAMING INDUSTRY VIP PROMOTERS JUNKET OPERATORS VIP PLAYERS

$ - SJM HOLDINGS LTD.

$ - GALAXY ENTERTAINMENT
GROUP LTD.
190 LICENSED JUNKET BEFORE LIBERALIZATION
$ - WYNN MACAU LTD. SUN CITY OPERATORS OF GAMBLING IN 2002, VIP
+ CUSTOMERS CAME
AN INFOGRAPHIC TO UNDERSTAND VIP JUNKET SYSTEM IN CASINOS OF MACAU , IT’S KEY $ - SANDS CHINA LTD. NEPTUNE GROUP LTD. NETWORK OF SUB-JUNKET MAINLY FROM HONG
PLAYERS AND MONEY LOUNDERING PROCESS . AGENTS - USUALLY KONG.
$ - MGM CHINA HOLDINGS DORE HOLDING LTD. LOCALIZED GROUP AROUND
CHINA WHO ARE FAMILIAR BY 2006, OVER 80% OF VIP
$ - MELEO CROWN ENTERNATI- ASIA ENTERTAINMENT & WITH CREDIT HISTORY OF PLAYERS WERE FROM
MENTS LTD. RESOURCES LTD CLIENTS/ HIGH ROLLERS MAINLAND CHINA.

KEY PLAYERS OF MACAU VIP JUNKET SYSTEM

MONACO
MONEY LAUNDERING PROCESS
LAS ATLANTIC MACAU
VEGAS MACAU CASINO GAMING IS THRIVING IN MACAU MAINLY BECAUSE MACAU IS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA WITH IT’S OWN
MONETARY AND LEGAL SYSTEM. THIS INDEPENDENT LEGAL AND MONETARY REGULATION FACILITATES ILLICIT MONETARY ACTIVITIES
SINGAPORE MAINLY MONEY LAUNDERING OF RICH MAINLANDCHINESE BUSINESSMEN WITH RICH CREDIT HISTORY AS WELL AS CORRUPT CIVIL
SERVANTS.
LAS VEGAS
CHINESE LAW PROHIBITS ITS’ COUNTRY’S CITIZEN FROM EXPORTING MORE THEN 20,000 RMB.
SYDNEY

COMPARISION OF GOVERNMENT REVENUE

INTERNATIONAL CASINO GAMING DESTINATIONS. THROUGH CASINO GAMING 1
-CHINESE PATRON DEPOSITS YUAN
WITH JUNKETS LOCATED IN
MAINLAND CHINA.

60000

2 THE PYRAMID STRUCTURE OF VIP JUNKET SYSTEM

50000 - JUNKET OPERATOR TAKES MONEY
TO MACAU AND TRANSFER THE
FUNDS INTO CASINO CHIPS, SLOT
40000
TICKETS, CREDIT ON CASINO
PLAYER’S CARDS THROUGH VIP
3 4
PROMOTERS. JUNKETS EVEN EXTEND VIP PATRON STARTS GAMBLING WITH THE CASINO.
CREDIT TO THEIR PATRONS ON -AFTER PLAYING FEW BETS IN CASINO,
AGREEMENT THAT AN EQUIVALENT PATRONS EITHER CASH OR DEPOSIT
30000 MONEY INTO GAMING ACCOUNT.
AMOUNT WILL BE PAID TO A JUNKET
ASSOCIATE IN MAINLAND CHINA.

20000

10000
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 GOVERNMENT REVENUE THROUGH
CASINO GAMING IN MACAU. 70%
VIP ROOM PERFORMANCE FROM 2000-2006 ~USD$ 22 BILLIONS (2011).
Gross Gaming Revenue
TOP 40% OF JUNKET OPERATORS
VIP Room Gaming Revenue - FINALLY, THEY SEEK FOR LEGITIMACY OF
ACCOUNTING TO 80% OF TOTAL A CASH TRANSACTION REPORT TO
VIP JUNKET REVENUE AUTHENTICATE A TRANSACTION WITH THE
(UNR Economics Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 07-001) CASINO.

ACCORDING TO AN UNCLASSIFIED REPORT PUBLISHED BY MONAY LAUNDERING AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES FINANCING WATCH, (IN 2008, A LEAKED REPORT BY STATE BANK STATED THAT 18,000 CORRUPT OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF STATE OWNED
JULY-SEPT 2011, VIP JUNKETS OPERATORS ARE SUSPECTED OF FICILITATING MONEY LAUNDERING IN MACAU CASINOS. ENTERPRIZES LEFT CHINA TAKING WITH THEM $123 BILLION USD. ONE OF THE WAYS INWHICH THE MONEY LEFT WAS REPORTED TO
CASINO OPERATORS IN MACAU ARE HEAVILY DEPENDS UPON VIP JUNKET OPERATORS FOR HIGH-ROLLING CHIPS. BE THROUGH JUNKET OPERATORS.)
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