Urban Utopia

Hong Kong's Knowledge of Design Week convenes a group of cultural influencers who are paving the way for the cities of tomorrow

The creation of livable cities is increasingly about the holistic design of an innovative urban ecosystem that helps connect, activate and transform the city, its people and the environment for an improved quality of life. Building the cities of tomorrow is a work in progress, engaging with individuals, businesses and governments to co-create and codesign, with the ultimate aims of shaping and investing in a better shared future.

"The way we live, work, and play is very different today than it was just a few decades ago, thanks to a network of connectivity that encompasses most people on the planet," explains Carlo Ratti, a director at the Senseable City Laboratory, a research initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is among a large group of luminaries speaking at this year's Knowledge of Design Week (KODW), which run in mid-June in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.