GREEN FLOW would benefit Hong Kong city as a whole by creating a new, accessible, Major Waterfront Park for the 21st century. Our Project would refocus attention on the Harbour as the heart of Hong Kong and revitalise the bay; define a new cultural quarter in the city and provide a spectacular and safe venue for large celebrations or events. Of utmost importance would be its reinforcement of Hong Kong’s image and identity, the perception in which it is held in the eyes of the world. GREEN FLOW was born to be a generous Project with: • Citizens and their sense of belonging to their city, to the country and the emotional welfare. • The beautiful and distinctive scenario where the Project is developed. • The Area location and how it reflects the identity and physical well being of Hong Kong. • GREEN FLOW must contribute in the growth, development and maintenance of the stakeholders’engagement. We would like to mention the most important features of GREEN FLOW: Linkages or Connectors. Green Areas and Forest GREEN FLOW provides Hong Kong Harbour with a green skin of forest and parks. We want to create a green connection in every Zone of the project and provide citizens this open space longing for years. This long new green skin in Hong Kong we called it Metropolitan Park and will benefit the city as a whole by creating an icon with international importance and exposure. Metropolitan Park is divided into five: The Piers Park which is located in Zone I, The Historic Park located in Zone II, The Central Park located in Zone III and the bigger one, The Festival Park settle on Zone IV and the Cultural Park in the Zones V and VI and a portion of Zone III. Water Linkage To transmit the total sensation for citizens and visitors of being inside the sea we provide every Zone of our project with Ponds and Lake Sized-Pools in different forms and proportions always creating a visual and physical linkage. Inside the different Ponds we want to have the different types of fishes that you can find in Hong Kong Bay so they can be like small satellites of the existing Aquarium. Boardwalks and Pedestrian Bridges Between one Zone to others GREEN FLOW makes the connection with wooden Pedestrian Walkways and Pedestrian Bridges. All of them with methacrylate streetlamps because permits the sun brightness, gives people a comfort sensation and also allow people to get easily involve with the scenario, with the sea, submerging into the project. All this new structures are in some way partly covered. Sometimes they are covered with the different and transparent roof forms of the new constructions and sometimes with the trees or the different vegetation. We want to maintain some other parts totally open to give both options for people. In example if you are jogging maybe you would prefer a free open zone for do it or maybe not, but you can choose. Sculptures We insert different Sculptures all around the project trying to connect the Zones and also bringing new contemporary art to the city. In example inside the Cultural Zone, understanding as Zones V and VI, we settled Jeff Koons Puppy in Blue, as the friendly Guard of our Site limit. This number of linkages increased inside Cultural Park. As its name says we want to reinforce it and provide also a visual meaning. Boarding Gates We called Boarding Gates as we were getting into a ferry for a pleasure trip but we are talking about the Gates that we established as entrance of the different Zones of our project. In some Zones these Gates are made with the roofs and structures of the new constructions, in other cases with a contemporary different Gate which reflects the entrance in the area and also the continuation and direction of the District Road that it is born, and in Zone II one of the two Gates is developed with the main corridor merged between HSBC building and the sea line. Iconic /Symbolic Construction GREEN FLOW included in the whole project a group of different new constructions that represents anew Icon Skin for Hong Kong. We established the location in accordance with the different uses, purposes and services of the target that they are focused to. This new Icons are: • Zone II: Two New Iconic Small Size Buildings for retail, offices, cafes, restaurants and the range of representative Fashion shops all around the world. With that solution we provide a new Gold Mille in the city for citizens and tourism. • Zone III: a Group of New Small Size Different Buildings focused in retail, commercial and leisure. • Zones V & VI: a new Contemporary Art Museum with Three Satellites Art Galleries surround it and Five New Iconic Constructions assign to compound different gastronomic foreign and local offers. • Islands: in front of Zones V& VI and III we settle the most distinctive and representative of GREEN FLOW. We developed two new Islands that are going to capture the Icons growth and wider regeneration benefits expected for the next 10-15 years. This Two Islands are going to link the major visitor and cultural attractions from Asia and allow the central urban section of Hong Kong to be used for different events as New Year’s. We created two Islands: • Fisherman Island, the bigger one. In this Island we settle a new Yacht Club and different constructions for cafes and restaurants inside. Also we create two moorings for Passenger Ships or Tourist Ferries. We provide the Island with a Heliport for different civic and leisure uses. • Le Loup de Mer Island, the medium size one. In this second island we create a complete leisure scenario for citizens and tourists. We allow people to have rest and enjoy the spectacular Hong Kong view during a superb meal in whatever restaurant you choose. Or maybe take a rest on the Beach or enjoy a U2 Concert or London Ballet Choreography. REASONS FOR CHOOSING GREEN FLOW Economic Reasons: • Unlock commercial potential along its whole length with Shops, Second Gold Mille in the city, Cafes, Restaurants, Bars, Offices spaces, Arts Galleries, Arts Museum, Beach, Public Piers, Yacht Club, Heliport, Cruise Ship Moorings and enough space to develop Performance arts around. • Promote the day and night- time economies. • Promote employment. • Increase levels of visitors. • Be a strategic project for Hong Kong with the potential to generate substantial economic and social benefits for the city as a whole as well as more localised impact in Victoria Harbour. Infrastructure Reasons: • Improve the infrastructure of Central Hong Kong. • Provide an attractive alternative pedestrian route to the City. • Link major commercial employers along the whole of GREEN FLOW area. • Improve the access for citizens and visitors to public Parking spaces. Civic Reasons: • Benefit the city as a whole by creating a New Metropolitan Park with international importance. • Link major visitors and cultural attractions. • Allow the area to be used as the stage for great and important celebrations: Music Festivals, Concerts, Choreography’s, Performance Arts even prepared the space for International Sailing Race. • Wide recreation facility with greater capacity for joggers, walkers, runners, roller bladers, cyclist and sailors. • A traffic free environment in the whole area developed. • Diversity and interest through Museum, Arts Galleries, Kiosk, Piers, Beach, Iconic Buildings, different surface treatments, Ponds and Lake Sized-Pools, Pedestrian Walkways, Pedestrian Bridges and public International Sculptures. • Provide greater access to the foreshore. • Ecology will be protected and enhance. Identity Reasons: • GREEN FLOW creates a new accessible Major Waterfront Park for the 21st century. • GREEN FLOW refocuses attention on the harbour as the heart of Hong Kong. • Revitalise the bay. • Define a new cultural quarter. • Develop and maintenance of stakeholders engagement. • GREEN FLOW was born to reflect the identity and physical well being of Hong Kong. • Provides a spectacular and safe venue for large international celebrations and events. • Of utmost importance would be its reinforcement of Hong Kong’s identity, the perception in which it is held in the eyes of the world.