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RLP Asia wins HK urban renewal design prize with innovative Sky Tower plan

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Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia) won an urban renewal design competition with a proposal for Mong Kok, Hong Kong. Their plan utilizes new planning tools like Transfer of Plot Ratio and Street Consolidation Area to create a large central park and a prominent Sky Tower. The design also introduces a novel Skyline-for-Comfort (SfC) Index, developed with researchers from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, to optimize building heights for better urban ventilation and thermal comfort in high-density areas. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel index for optimizing urban density and ventilation, potentially influencing future city planning tools.

RANK_REASON The article describes a winning proposal in a design competition that introduces new planning tools and a novel index for urban regeneration, developed in collaboration with academic researchers. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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RLP Asia wins HK urban renewal design prize with innovative Sky Tower plan

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Advertising partner ·

    A new model for urban regeneration demonstrated in practice

    [The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP Asia) has won first prize of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) and Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) Urban Renewal Design Ideas Competition in the District Study for Yau M…

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