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The placemaker

Public, open spaces are the heart and soul of a city - and should be part of its smart infrastructure, says Sean Chiao, President, Asia-Pacific, of AECOM, who's behind several award-winning urban redesign masterplans in the region.

Published Fri, Aug 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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SCENIC Jinji Lake in the heart of China's Suzhou Industrial Park is a waterfront hub that's popular with visitors to the Chinese city.

In the 1990s, it was largely farmland - and Sean Chiao, who was involved in drawing up the lake's masterplan then as an urban design consultant, practically waged an ideological battle to turn it into the hive of bustling activity that it is today.

The Chinese officials wanted to just "shrub it up…

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