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The project commencement and completion The design starts with a macro-view of the ‘The Land is Always Green‘, delivered via the
dates were February 2008 to September urban form and adopts a strategy that brings open space of Tamar Park, with an extensive
2011 respectively. The site itself is centrally about a seamless connection of urban green lawn designed as a symbolic green carpet
located between Central and Wanchai nodes, from Hong Kong Park to Admiralty running through the site in a north-south
Districts connecting the waterfront Garden to the waterfront promenade. To direction incorporated with tree plantations
promenade to the rest of the city. The design enhance the connectivity from the city centre for shading and cooling effects, water
concept of the Tamar Development embodies to the waterfront promenade, the LegCo features, curved pedestrian walkways and a
four themes: Openness (’The Door is Always Complex and the Chief Executive’s office are lily pond. This design conveys two important
Open‘), Enjoyment (’The Land is Always located on either side of the site, flanking gestures, namely civic harmony and bringing
Green‘), Sustainability (’The Sky will be the Tamar Park and angling towards the parkland into the city. This parkland provides
Blue‘), and Communication (’The People will waterfront to provide a gesture of unity for an open space for public enjoyment as well
be Connected‘). the whole development. One of the design as graceful pedestrian linkages between the
concepts of the Tamar Development project is inner city and the waterfront promenade.
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dates were February 2008 to September urban form and adopts a strategy that brings open space of Tamar Park, with an extensive
2011 respectively. The site itself is centrally about a seamless connection of urban green lawn designed as a symbolic green carpet
located between Central and Wanchai nodes, from Hong Kong Park to Admiralty running through the site in a north-south
Districts connecting the waterfront Garden to the waterfront promenade. To direction incorporated with tree plantations
promenade to the rest of the city. The design enhance the connectivity from the city centre for shading and cooling effects, water
concept of the Tamar Development embodies to the waterfront promenade, the LegCo features, curved pedestrian walkways and a
four themes: Openness (’The Door is Always Complex and the Chief Executive’s office are lily pond. This design conveys two important
Open‘), Enjoyment (’The Land is Always located on either side of the site, flanking gestures, namely civic harmony and bringing
Green‘), Sustainability (’The Sky will be the Tamar Park and angling towards the parkland into the city. This parkland provides
Blue‘), and Communication (’The People will waterfront to provide a gesture of unity for an open space for public enjoyment as well
be Connected‘). the whole development. One of the design as graceful pedestrian linkages between the
concepts of the Tamar Development project is inner city and the waterfront promenade.
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