Since 1997, Hong Kong’s reunification with China has created a new model of social and economic structure for this city. Such identity and character modification has caused alienation amongst communities, challenging and questioning Hong Kong’s existing living environment and traditional living culture.

The objective of this thesis is to promote a new community in Hong Kong that helps re-identify and reposition this city for this new era. The attempt is to suggest design solutions for a new community on the 3.5-kilometer-by-250-meter runway of Hong Kong’s former Kai Tak Airport, that helps redevelop close connections between people in a community, and furthermore re-identifies the relationship between the city and the people.