Page 10 - Building Journal - May 2017
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project News
Hong Kong based architectural firm to design
New Manila Bay - City of Pearl Project
ong Kong-based architectural and leisure together in one district.
practice hpa has recent ly "New Manila Bay City of Pearl,
H ann ou nced its larges t an d as the first Asian smart city to be in
most innovative project to date: New development stages, will capture the
Manila Bay City of Pearl. Envisioned essence of the Belt and Road initiative
as a self-sustainable, revolutionary and by further advancing business and
eco-nouveau city in the capital of the economic development between China,
Philippines, it will place the country on Hong Kong and Southeast Asia," says
the center stage of Asian innovation and Nicholas Ho, Deputy Managing Director
smart technology once complete. of hpa.
As the lead designer of the project, The New Manila Bay - City of
hpa will work to create one of the most Pearl is a 407-hectare city and new
progressive smart communities in the integrated CBD (central business
region, bringing business, entertainment district), connected by a loop road
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