The Pedestrian Bridge as an Everyday Place: An Urban Reference to Placemaking in High-density Cities (2017)

Creator

Wang, Weijia

Title

Subject

Design doctorates – Design -- Exhibitions

Graduate students

Date Created

2021-06-17

Relation

PolyU Design - PhD Research Works

PolyU E-theses

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2021PHDD12P001

Is Part Of

Doctor of Philosophy

Description

Hong Kong is a city of footbridges in which pedestrian bridges accommodate diverse cultural and recreational activities and commercial urban programmes. This research reveals and examines the mechanism of everyday placemaking in Hong Kong's high-density context and develops a framework of necessity and sufficiency for placemaking. Regarding the findings from an empirical study of pedestrian bridges in the Mong Kok District of Hong Kong, the study formulates the design and management strategies of everyday placemaking. A framework on performance-based placemaking strategy is proposed that clarifies the roles of designer, planner, regulator, and ordinary everyday user in the process of placemaking. Ultimately, this thesis provides a systemic analysis of the concept of “pedestrian bridges as everyday places” in a high-density urban context.

Collection

PolyU Design Show 2021