Design Anthology

Yellow Brick Road

People have always been drawn to waterfronts. They offer an opportunity for work, a connection to the world beyond and a chance to clear the mind with a fresh sea breeze. But for generations of urban planners, waterfronts have represented something else: a place to dump inconvenient infrastructure.

That has certainly been the case in Hong Kong’s Western District, also known as Sai Wan, whose shoreline has long been blocked from public access by a sewage treatment plant, pumping stations, a wholesale market, cargo

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