The Pedestrian Bridge as an Everyday Place: An Urban Reference to Placemaking in High-density Cities

Wang Weijia (2017)

Hong Kong is a city of footbridges in which pedestrian bridges accommodate diverse cultural and recreational activities and commercial urban programmes. This research reveals and examines the mechanism of everyday placemaking in Hong Kong's high-density context and develops a framework of necessity and sufficiency for placemaking. Regarding the findings from an empirical study of pedestrian bridges in the Mong Kok District of Hong Kong, the study formulates the design and management strategies of everyday placemaking. A framework on performance-based placemaking strategy is proposed that clarifies the roles of designer, planner, regulator, and ordinary everyday user in the process of placemaking. Ultimately, this thesis provides a systemic analysis of the concept of “pedestrian bridges as everyday places” in a high-density urban context.