TECHNICAL NOTE
3.6.4 Professional help
It is important to engage professionals for detailed consultation on the implementation of outdoor green space at
shopping malls and shop spaces. The following is a list of references for obtaining professional help:
• Authorised persons (AP) & registered structural engineers (RSE) – Appendix A (2)
• Landscape architects – Appendix A (3)
• Registered professional engineers (RPE) in the building services discipline – Appendix A (4)
•
– Appendix A (7)
• Registered contractors – Appendix B (1) (4) (5) & (9)
Soundscape in urban open spaces
Soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that integrates sound, human beings and
the sound environment.
Soundscape
• The Introduction of a natural, historical, cultural and social sound environment.
• Soundscape can work perfectly with landscape to enhance the acoustic comfort and harmony of urban
open spaces. It is also increasingly a solution to noise control and to reducing the background noise level.
Figure 58 Example of soundscape at roof garden of ifc mall, Central
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