SUMMARY: LAND USE DESCRIPTIONS
Residential
1.1
Introduction
San Tin Rural New Town will contain a broad range of housing types, providing a diverse resident population and townscape variety. A majority of units will be geared toward middle income groups. Upper income units, village houses, and lower income units will round out the provision strategy. Distinct Neighbourhood and Community groups are created within the physical planning strategy, providing a clear sense of identity and location for residents.
There are 3 main categories of new residential development provided by the private sector in San Tin Rural New Town. These are:
1.
2.
3.
Master Plan Housing: 18,960 units New Village Housing: 250 units Rehousing: 1,995 units
1.2 Master Plan Housing
These residential types comprise the major stock of housing units in San Tin, including town house areas and major higher density neighbourhood areas.
Housing neighbourhoods are set on a primary open space/waterway network which serves to interconnect housing clusters. Heights near the open space spine are to be 2-3 stories, in- creasing to 6-7 stories towards the peripheral hillslopes, in a clustered architectural system serviced by internal courtyards.
Major activity nodes always occur on the primary open space system, providing services and recreation facilities at both neighbourhood and community levels.
Facilities Summary
1. Internal carpark & service areas.
2. Tiered architectural design creating rooftop
terraces.
3. Local recreation facilities.
4. Open space orientation and buffer planting
on roadways.
5. Well-segregated pedestrian systems.
6. Neighbourhood commercial areas.
Development Plot Ratio Summary
Major "non-village" new town housing consists of 75ha, of distinct "neighbourhood develop- ment zones" surrounded by primary open space. Forty percent site coverage (30ha.) within these zones would be needed to provide the unique medium density (terraced) living en- vironment proposed for San Tin; this at an average height of 4 storeys overall. This would result in an eventual mix of 2-to-7 storey prefabricated modular residential units (See Volume 2, Chapter 7 for planning and design details.) These neighbourhood housing develop- ment zones would have an approximate plot ratio of 1.6.
Primary Open Space Core (Pedestrian, cyclist & emergencies access only.)
Master Plan Housing Section
Master Plan Housing Detail
Vehicular Access Paint
Town Housing Detail
NON-VILLAGE HOUSING PROVISION SUMMARY
New Resident Population Estimate
M2 Saleable
Master Plan Housing Units
Number of Units
Percentage of total Units
Percentage of
Floor Area
Total Floor Area
2
45 m
9,722
51.3%
37,916
437,500
35%
67.5 m2
5,555
29.3%
21,665
375,000
30%
2
90 m
2,083
11.0%
8,124
187,500
15%
2 135 m
185 m
925
4.9%
3,608
125,000
10%
2
675
3.5%
2,633
125,000
10%
TOTALS
18,960
100%
73,946*
1,250,000
100%
*Based on 1981 Government Census Figure for current overage household size of 3.9
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