Location
Tung Chung New Town Extension (East), northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Tung Chung New Town Extension (East), northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Size
5 km
5 km
Designer
AECOM (Landscape design and construction)
Civil Engineering and Development Department (Client)
AECOM (Landscape design and construction)
Civil Engineering and Development Department (Client)
Project Year
2016-2019 (Design)
2016-2019 (Design)
Status
Construction and monitoring
Construction and monitoring
Location Map
Key Tensions
Meet the Ecologist - Dr. David Gallacher
Hong Kong’s First ‘Eco-shoreline’ in Tung Chung New Town Extension (East)：Collaborations, Experiments and Lessons
In the eastern extension of Tung Chung New Town, a team consisting of landscape architects, ecologists, and engineers collaborated to create a groundbreaking concept known as the "Eco-shoreline." This project marks the first-ever application of this design approach in a public works project in Hong Kong. The innovative design of the 4.9-kilometer seawall integrates various eco-shoreline features, including 1,200 meters of mangroves, 800 meters of rocky shoreline, and 1,200 meters of vertical eco-shoreline, which brings vitality to the seawall. How was a suitbale benchmark for the project was set? How was the design produced and what compromises were made？What experiments were conducted?
