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SUMMARY:Building the Walkable City
DESCRIPTION:Building the Walkable City | 建立一個步行友善城市 \nModerator | 主持 Melissa Cate Christ\nSpeakers | 講者 Christopher Law（羅健中）and Paul Zimmerman（司馬文） \nThere has been an increasing focus on walkability in Hong Kong\, with events such as the 2016 Walk21 conference and the campaign to pedestrianize Des Voeux Road Central (DVRC) garnering press\, government\, and public attention. This panel will discuss the current status of our streetscapes\, public spaces\, and infrastructures with regard to walkability. It will then highlight the steps that need to be taken to improve the pedestrian network in order to make it more efficient\, accessible\, legible\, safe\, and enjoyable.\n香港的可步行性愈來愈受到重視，不同的事件如 2016 年的 Walk21 國際會議以及讓行人佔領德輔道中的運動吸引了媒體、政府與公眾的關注。今次的座談會將就可步行性討論目前街景、公共空間和基建的狀態。然後，我們會介紹改善行人網絡的效率、可訪 問性、清晰度、安全度與可享受程度所需的步驟。\n\nMelissa is the Principal Investigator for the RGC funded project Hong Kong Stair Archive: Documenting the Walkable City. She is also a registered landscape architect (Ontario\, Canada)\, a Research Assistant Professor of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)\, and the founding director of transverse studio\, a collaborative practice which intersects trajectories of landscape\, culture\, urbanism\, and infrastructure through a documentary process of investigation\, design\, and activism. Prior to teaching at PolyU\, Melissa was an an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Hong Kong and a designer and project manager at Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd. She has also worked as an urban designer at Dutoit\, Allsopp\, Hillier\, and as an instructor and design critic at the University of Toronto. Melissa has a Master of Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from St. John’s College.\nMelissa Cate Christ 是研資局所資助的計劃「香港樓梯文獻庫：記錄宜步行的城市」的首席研究員。她也是一位註冊在加拿大安大略省的園境建築師；香港理工大學設計學院的研究助理教授；以及 transverse studio 的創會董事，一個通過調查、設計和行動令景觀、文化、城市主義和基礎設施的 軌跡相交的合作計劃。在任教於香港理工大學之前，Melissa 是香港大學建築學院園境建築學部的助理教授，亦曾在 Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd 擔任設計師和項目經理。她也在 du Toit Allsopp Hillier 擔任過城市設計師，並曾經是多倫多大學的導師和設計評論家。Melissa 擁有多倫多大學的園境建築碩士學位與聖若望大學的文學士學位。\n\nChristopher Law | 羅健中 is the founding director of the Oval Partnership\, a member of several HK public committees\, and the chief curator and a founder of the Very Hong Kong Foundation. 羅氏是歐華爾建築師、城市規劃和設計顧問創始董 事，亦是香港若干公共委員會成員。文化組織「非常香港基金會」創始人及總策展人。 \nPaul Zimmerman | 司馬文 is an elected councillor in the Southern District of Hong Kong. 現為南區區議員。 \n
URL:https://stairculture.com/archive/event/building-the-walkable-city/
LOCATION:Connecting Space Hong Kong\, Fort Street 18-20\, Hong Kong\, -----------------------\, Hong Kong
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