Inclusive Cities: Regenerative Urbanism and Community Centred Development

Inclusive cities are places where people, businesses and communities can connect, participate and thrive. This is supported not only by sustainable buildings, but also by a district-scale approach that integrates placemaking, connectivity, wellbeing, resilience and environmental stewardship.
 
Across the Asia Pacific region, urbanisation, climate challenges and evolving community expectations are increasing interest in how urban districts can create long-term value beyond individual developments. This session will explore how community-centred development, placemaking and long-term stewardship can contribute to more vibrant, resilient and regenerative urban districts.

 
Speaker:
 
  Moderator:
 
   

 
 
 
   
Ms Winnie WONG   Dr Richard TEICHMANN    
General Manager, Development
Hysan Development Company Limited
  Vice Chair, Europe Regional Network
World Green Building Council
   
 
Panelists:
 

 

 

 

 
 
Ms Julie WONG Dr Homan WONG Mr Victor TAI, JP Ar. Tiyok PRASETYOADI  
General Manager, Sustainability
Hysan Development Company Limited
Associate Director, Climate and Sustainability
Arup
Under Secretary for Housing
The Government of the HKSAR
Vice Chairperson
Green Building Council Indonesia
 


Biographies 

 
Ms Winnie WONG
General Manager, Development
Hysan Development Company Limited

Ms Winnie WONG leads the Development Department of Hysan Development Company Limited, bringing extensive experience in architecture and real estate development. Her portfolio spans master planning, design, and construction management for large-scale commercial, mixed-use, and residential projects across Hong Kong SAR and mainland China. As a core member of the team spearheading Hysan’s Lee Gardens Rejuvenation and Lee Garden Eight projects, Ms WONG has played a pivotal role in shaping the long-term transformation of the Lee Gardens area through a curated, district-based approach. Anchored in Hysan’s community business model and sustainability vision, this strategy integrates placemaking, tenant curation, public realm enhancement, and building performance to create a vibrant and resilient urban destination while reinforcing long-term asset value. Ms. Wong brings a practitioner’s perspective to development, demonstrating how design excellence, innovation, and community-focused strategies can drive enduring asset value and sustained success—from initial concept and construction through to long-term operation.

Ms Julie WONG
General Manager, Sustainability
Hysan Development Company Limited

Ms Julie WONG is General Manager, Sustainability at Hysan Development Company Limited, where she leads the implementation of the company’s sustainability strategy, with a focus on decarbonisation, climate resilience, sustainability governance and stakeholder engagement. She also supports the integration of sustainability and sustainable finance considerations into business planning and decision-making. Julie serves as a Director of the Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and contributes to industry collaboration on sustainability and the built environment.

Dr Homan WONG
Associate Director, Climate and Sustainability
Arup

Dr Homan WONG brings over 18 years of multidisciplinary experience across climate, ESG, infrastructure planning, and capital project management, supporting clients and stakeholders in addressing key future challenges, particularly in decarbonisation, climate adaptation, and smart technology implementation. Homan has worked across national-level science laboratories, international consultancy environments, and client-side developer organisations. His MSc and PhD studies were fully funded by scholarships, reflecting a strong academic foundation. He also possesses technical expertise in system computational modelling, full-stack development, and programming in Python, R, and JavaScript, alongside full-cycle capital works management. 

Mr Victor TAI, JP
Under Secretary for Housing
The Government of the HKSAR

Mr Victor TAI was appointed the Under Secretary for Housing in July 2022. Victor is an architect by profession with over thirty years of experience in design and project management of major institutional, cultural, recreational and airport facilities. Apart from formulating housing policies, he also leads the development of the Light Public Housing and Transitional Housing initiatives. The Light Public Housing is a fast-track program involving 13 projects with a total of 30,000 residential units built and operated by the Government in phases within 3.5 years (end 2023 to early 2027). The Transitional Housing involves 50+ subsidized projects with a total of 21,000 residential units built and operated by various Non-Government Organisations. Both initiatives involve the use of the innovative technology of Modular Integrated Construction.

Previously, Victor was the Project Director in the Architectural Services Department and the Project Director of Kai Tak Sports Park in the former Home Affairs Bureau.  Victor is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design, the Association for Project Management, Royal Institute of British Architects and Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the former President of the Hong Kong Sculpture Society.

Ar. Tiyok PRASETYOADI
Vice Chairperson
Green Building Council Indonesia

Ar. Tiyok PRASETYOADI, IAI, AA, IAP, GP, is a professional architect and urban designer. He is the founding partner, urban design principal and managing director of PDW (www.pdw.co.id), an award-winning design firm in Indonesia. Tiyok is Core Founder and Vice Chairman (2024-present) of Green Building Council Indonesia. He gets his bachelor degree from Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Architecture School, 1995 and Master of Urban Development and Design from The University of New South Wales, Australia, 1998. Since May 2014, he is selected as one of the members of Architecture and Planning Review Board of Jakarta. Since August 2024, he is Planning Expert Panel for Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara. He sits in Advisory Board of Architecture School, ITB. Tiyok is a recipient of Leadership of Environment and Development (LEAD), a scholarship on sustainable development, 2004 and Australian Leadership Awards scholarship in 2009. He also won awards as architect and urban designer, International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) Award 2025, (Indonesia Institute of Architects (IAI) Award in 2024, 2021 and 2018; IAI Jakarta Awards 2020, IAI Banten Awards 2022, and Singapore Institute of Planners Award (SIP) Awards in 2023, 2021, 2019 and 2017.

Dr Richard TEICHMANN
Vice Chair, Europe Regional Network
World Green Building Council

Dr Richard TEICHMANN is active in the CEE market with companies in Austria, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia delivering development services for commercial real estate projects of the partners or for third parties. He and his team invested, built, let and successfully sold various office buildings. Amongst them is one of the first class A office building with keeping the historic façade and an integrated parking house, one of the largest industrial zones in CEE implementing green building standards in the planning and infrastructure phase, as well as an award winning office project with geo thermal energy system and best ratings up to date. All projects are developed with a long term view and a strong focus on sustainability.

Green building is his vocation, so he founded Green Building Councils in a few CEE countries, worked within the ULI European Sustainable Development Council, is a regular speaker at Green Real Estate events and since July 2023 supports the European Regional Network of the World Green Building Council as Vice-chair. Moreover, he is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Mongolian Green Building Council.

Dr Richard TEICHMANN holds a Doctor of law (University of Vienna) and an MBA (INSEAD, Fontainebleau) degree. He received the Golden Order of Merit of the Republic of Austria and the Golden Medal of the Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs.