Hong Kong is facing the issue of double ageing – ageing population and aged built environment. The pace of retrofitting/maintenance of the aged building stocks cannot promptly address the needs of older adults. The aged physical environment poses risks to older adults' safety and compromise their overall wellbeing, and meanwhile, the process of retrofitting/upgrading is hindered due to potential high costs, lack of stakehholders' consensus, and diversification of ownership.

Through various engagement of key stakeholders (residents of different ages, key actors and local champions, and professionals), the project will identify, design, fabricate/implement and test (on-site) cost-effective and impactful age-friendly design interventions to stimulate residents' immagination and build consensus among stakeholders. City One Shatin is selected as the project site to further test and scale-up the initiative.

The process/outcome will be a demonstration of community-led initiative in contextualizing the concept of age-friendly city in neighbourhood scale, serving as an exemplar for micro-regeneration for other similar private housing estates in Hong Kong.

- Participants & student volunteers among different age groups (30)
- Participants with diverse backgrounds (e.g. Architects, urban designers, property development and management professionals) (20)
- Residents of the estate/ Seminar attendees (30)

2024

Architecture, Build environment, Well-being