Norman Foster wants to turn West Kowloon into Hong Kong's first zero carbon-emission district.
The renowned British architect and his team think people tend to focus on the large urban park in their design. But their zero-emission ambition is just as 'green,' even if it may take up to 25 years to achieve.
To achieve that goal, the team will take into account emissions generated from buildings only rather than from other sources in the district.
'There's no one magic bullet,' Colin Ward, one of the partners at Foster + Partners, said.
The hub's park will not be used as the only tool to offset carbon emissions as the hub will also target the district's waste problem by collecting the food waste generated daily in its neighbourhood and turn this into biogas for its power system.
Working with this architectural firm is a team of specialists from Arup, a global engineering firm with experience in zero- or low-carbon projects, including a new phase currently under planning at Hong Kong's Science Park and the BedZED residential project in Beddington, south London. The Foster firm also designed the zero-carbon city in Masdar, Abu Dhabi.
