Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong Link Road – Section between Scenic Hill and Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities.

Hong Kong

Government of HKSAR / China State Construction / Atkins China Ltd

Landscape design

23 ha
​2018 completion

The project area is rather complicated. It generally consists of a large number of fragmented and leftover areas between highway connections, with various requirements of differing land ownership and maintenance parties.

The project area is rather complicated. It generally consists of a large number of fragmented and leftover areas between highway connections, with various requirements of differing land ownership and maintenance parties.

Moreover, extensive underground technical   infrastructure, together with rigid restrictions on use of plant species so   as to avoid risk of bird strike to aircraft, provided significant constraints  on the landscape design opportunities.

New land reclamation areas have been   formed solely for the construction of the spaghetti of new road   infrastructure required to connect the Bridge’s elevated highway into the   ground services.   

​We wanted to develop a design that provides an overall structure to the project site, acting to stitch together all the new and old fragmented land parcels within the transport corridor of the Bridge Link Road. We did this by extending the scale and alignment of the existing airport development grid right across the new reclamation area.

•Develop a localised and differentiated landscape aesthetics strategy for the project with a strong ‘gateway’ design theme which unifies the development;

•Seamlessly blend the new development within the context of both the existing urbanised airport fabric and the naturalised environment of Scenic Hill; 

•Integrate with the aesthetics of the new Highway Administration Buildings whilst relating to other surrounding buildings;

•Consider and implement international solutions in developing pragmatic, sensitive and sustainable design that achieves the best social, economic and environmental fit;

•Address the difficulties of site location and microclimate;

•Incorporate sustainable water management practices; and

•Minimise long term maintenance implications in addition to reducing capital costs.

We think we have done a great job.

Thanks to all the team who worked on the project over the years :


Davide MARVARDI

Nevena DILPARIC
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Eva MA

Vlady IVANETS

Victor ROBERTO

Aleksandra SARGAEVA 

As a further follow up to the HKIUD Conference 2018 - Actions for Active Ageing,  I was pleased to facilitate and participate in the second Ageing in the Urban Environment - Experiential Workshop, this time targeting younger people and students. 

The workshop, allowed participants to put on specially designed jackets and accessories that "artificially aged"  them whilst they cautiously "explored" streets and community facilities with the aid of helpers. This challenging activity provides a strong awareness of the various accessibility hardships genuinely faced by the elderly.  

Following their experience, students contributed feedback on active ageing issues, sharing their new insights and ideas on how urban design can be more inclusive to enable the elderly to stay active and remain healthy.