Urbanie & Urbanus

Issue 2021 Jul

Smart City?

Issue 5, P.48 - P.68

Hacking Kowloon East: Technology for Activating Urban life

Sunnie S.Y. Lau

Director of Smart City Research and Industry Collaborations – MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node
Adjunct Assistant Professor (HKU)

and  Brent D. Ryan

Head of the City Design and Development Group
Associate Professor of Urban Design and Public Policy in Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Figures

Figure 1. Scope of Kowloon East Inclusive Innovation & Growth Project (©MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node)


Figure 2. Boundary of Kwun Tong District and the different Business Areas defined by Energizing Kowloon East Initiative (©MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node)


Figure 3. Socio-economic challenges in Kwun Tong District (©MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node)


Figure 4. Hacking Kowloon East IAP workshop group photo (©MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node).


Figure 5. Location analysis of Afloat (designers: Kwan Queenie Li, Joel Cunningham)


Figure 6. Incremental approach used in Afloat (designers: Kwan Queenie Li, Joel Cunningham)


Figure 7. The proposal of Afloat (designers: Kwan Queenie Li, Joel Cunningham)


Figure 8. Viewing the sensing circle from the hospital (designers: Kwan Queenie Li, Joel Cunningham)


Figure 9. Concept illustration of the Universal Access Fest (designer: Ava Hoffman)


Figure 10. Three pillars of the Universal Access Fest (designer: Ava Hoffman)


Figure 12. Festival Programming (designer: Ava Hoffman)


Figure 13. Existing industrial buildings in Kwun Tong Business Area (©MIT Hong Kong Innovation Node)


Figure 14. Virtual site visiting at Kwun Tong Business Area (photo credit: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee, Yoonjae Oh, Adolphus Lau)


Figure 15. Concept illustration of BlueBird (designers: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee)


Figure 16. Concept illustration of xyZ (designer: Yoonjae Oh)


Figure 17. The virtual online collective (BlueBird - designers: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee)


Figure 18. Business dashboard (BlueBird - designers: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee)


Figure 19. AR routing (BlueBird - designers: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee)


Figure 20. AR promotion (BlueBird - designers: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee)


Figure 21. Time machine (BlueBird - designers: Tiange Wang, Geunhee Lee)


Figure 22. Functions and design of xyZ (designer: Yoonjae Oh)


Figure 23. Hoi Luen Industrial Centre Block A (xyZ - designer: Yoonjae Oh)


Figure 24. New visitor mode demo (xyZ - designer: Yoonjae Oh)