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Issue
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Objective
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Design Guidelines
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Image
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Project a positive, recognisable image for district and city
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Main Business District:
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Enhance Hong Kong's image
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Restrict mega-towers for few landmark locations
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Consider a stepped building height profile with lower buildings along the waterfront and taller buildings inland
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Identify suitable criteria for mega-tower locations
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Reinforce the waterfront buildings as the city's "Front Elevation"
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Consider the visual impact of rooftop structures
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Consider the visual impact of rooftop advertising signs
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Consider zoning such as "Comprehensive Development Area" for control of layout where appropriate
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Avoid incompatible waterfront uses
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Maximise accessibility to waterfront
Commercial Image in Residential Areas:
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Locate commercial centre as heart of development
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Use commercial centre to create identity for residential area and district character
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Create human scale with podium edge of commercial centre
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Link enclosed mall to open space
Commercial Image in Industrial Areas:
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Locate commercial uses as industrial estate focus
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Consider the optimum location of facilities for maximising accessibility and use
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Pedestrian Movement
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Create safe, interesting and comfortable circulation route for pedestrians
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Ground Level:
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Provide safe and linked system through the commercial area
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Consider pedestrianisation of appropriate areas
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Allow setbacks to create a focus
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Allow alternative routes
Retail Podium:
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The linkages should follow "desire lines"
Podium Top Circulation:
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Pedestrian linkage should preferably go through open landscaped decks
Underground Shopping Mall Link:
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Create interesting and safe pedestrian linkages underneath the shopping mall
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Traffic Circulation
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Create an efficient vehicular circulation system to minimise negative impact of vehicles on pedestrians
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Minimise traffic impact on districts by keeping vehicular routes to the periphery
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Restrict access to commercial districts by provision of parking and interchange facilities at the periphery
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Restrict access for delivery vehicles
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Integrate measures to slow traffic speed at small location
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Parking
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Provide adequate and conveniently accessible parking facilities
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Provide adequate parking for vehicles
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Provide direct access to parking facilities at periphery of Central Business District
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Consider provision of transport interchanges to encourage reduction of traffic
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Air Quality
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Provide maximum air circulation to improve air quality in commercial core area and achieve acceptable air quality
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Create breezeways where possible
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Consider effects on micro-climate at street level
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Create pedestrianised zone for cleaner air
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Encourage tree planting
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Streetscape
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Maintain the vibrant streetscape character
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Strengthen activities and vitality along the waterfront
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Ensure legibility of the street environment
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Create interesting frontages
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Important notices