Arup’s Smart-Green-Resilient approach tops prestigious planning award

Covering a study area of 5,300ha, the NTN project aims to create opportunities for people and business, enhance accessibility and connectivity, and foster urban-rural-nature integration. The plan will also unleash precious land resources and forge a closer collaboration with Shenzhen.

Arup proposed the ‘Smart-Green-Resilient’ approach, a ‘cognitive prism’ weaving three prime objectives – people-oriented, contemporary relevance and future-proof – for this meso-scale spatial planning project. These objectives were translated into 76 measures under the themes of waste, water, energy, transport, ICT, low-carbon and urban agriculture. Three potential development areas were identified with implementation roadmaps for developing an integrated green infrastructure system comprising transport, sewerage, drainage, water supply and cavern systems formulated to ascertain their practicality.

The ISOCARP Award for Excellence rewards plans in design phase as well as projects in progress or already implemented and is open to a wide range of professionals and institutions operating in the domain of urban and regional planning.