Greater Bay
Area 2030+
Academic Supervisors
TU Delft
Diego Andres Sepulveda Carmona
Lei Qu
Gregory Bracken
Poly U Hong Kong
Peter Hasdell
Gerhard Bruyns
Location
Greater Bay Area | Hong Kong | China
Institution
Section of Spatial Planning and Strategy - Department of Urbanism | TU Delft
Collaborators
F.B. Kaaij, Y. Huang, J. Osusky, M. Ejaz, J.M.T Bijlsma
About the Project
Over the span of 9 weeks, a regional vision and strategy for the Greater Bay Area (GBA) was developed. The GBA, located in the Pearl River Delta in the southern part of China, is a global centre for economic development. This project seeks to instigate a paradigm shift from focusing on megaprojects to adopting mega-processes.
In the initial two weeks, an analysis of the environmental, social, and economic situation of the area was conducted to formulate a problem statement and define key focus points. The following two weeks took place in Hong Kong at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where a morphological game-boarding strategy was applied to explore regional design in a more experimental manner. Two games were developed—one centred on the social perspective, focusing on regional liveability, and the other on the morphological perspective, examining spatial transformations. These activities helped identify two significant zoom-in locations within the region.
The final phase of the project was carried out in Delft, where a vision and strategy for the entire Greater Bay Area was crafted. This phase focused on rethinking megaproject implementation, using an element-based approach inspired by the book The Elemental Metropolis. The resulting strategy promotes a more agile, process-oriented method of regional development. The project concludes with a broader application of the developed insights across the GBA, identifying additional regions that can benefit from the approach in order to foster a resilient, adaptable, and liveable dynamic delta.
"Globalisation has been a key driver of China’s rapid economic development, transforming it from an isolated, agrarian society into a major global economic power. However, this transformation has also brought challenges, including environmental degradation and social inequality."
Wu, Jinglian. "Understanding and Interpreting Chinese Economic Reform." Thomson Learning Asia, 2005.
Vision
Shenzhen – Hong Kong Boarder Region
Lok Ma Chao
After conducting a simulation using the ENVI met program, dedicated to urban climatic challenges, it is evident that an area south of the shopping center’s parking lot exhibits a high Physiologically experienced temperature (PET). This result aligns with findings from the SUET analysis, indicating challenges in this area during intense rainfall events. The high degree of surface sealing and an elevated groundwater level contribute to these issues. Consequently, this area has been selected as a focal point to address and develop solutions for these challenges.Development Process Lok Ma Chao