Cities around the world face increasingly complex challenges – global competition, congested transport systems, housing and employment pressures, ecological uncertainty and public health risks just to name a few.
But today’s biggest urban challenges are also shaping the way we think about how to design thriving cities and public places, with innovation being the key. This in turn presses us to think about how to define innovation and how cities can actually benefit from it.
Hassell is hosting a public livestream talk this Thursday 16 June with CAID (China Association of International Design) on creating innovation ecosystems in cities. Our Shanghai studio Managing Principal Chong Wang and Senior Associate Chris Kelly from the Sydney studio will co-present a talk titled Designing Places with Purpose - Creating Ecosystems for Innovation in Cities, exploring how design can enable innovation on an ongoing basis.
About the speakers
Chong Wang, Managing Principal, Hassell
Chong has been instrumental in Hassell’s urban design and public realm work in China for the past decade. She has a background in both architecture and urbanism, as well as particular expertise in urban development strategies and large-scale urban public spaces.
Xinqiao Open Source City, Shenzhen, Hassell
“China is becoming an urban country. That’s creating challenges that demand really creative, strategic thinking and strong partnerships – and it makes this a genuinely exciting time to be in design.”
Chris Kelly, Senior Associate, Hassell
Chris has over 10 years of design experience with completed projects in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, and China. He is keenly interested in how factors such as rapid globalisation and shifting user expectations are shaping our built environments and critically how we as designers provide value to clients by unlocking potential in an evolving and increasingly competitive global market.
Chris is passionate about the built environment and his contribution has been recognised through multiple industry awards and publications.
5G cities and the missing layer, Chris Kelly
“The word ‘innovation’ is vague, but inherently positive. As a result, it's ubiquitous, particularly in strategies for urban planning and prosperity. But if cities are the innovation centres of our economies (and all the evidence points to that), then the physical environment that entrepreneurs, researchers and visionaries inhabit is a vital factor in making all those good ideas come to life.”
The webinar will be broadcast on Bilibili from 2-4pm on Thursday 16 June and the livestream is open to all. Scan the QR Code to join us.
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