Public open spaces (POS) is an integral part of our daily lives and relates to everyone in the community. This project encourages the adoption of design thinking in the POS development process, especially through engagement with various stakeholders, which is a key to designing innovative and diversified POS.

Public Open Space Design Lab is a cross-sectoral design empowerment initiative, enquiring into the innovation opportunities for reinventing Public Open Space (POS) in Hong Kong through design thinking. This initiative aspires to design the future public space for high-density cities, conceiving a blueprint for sustainable development and improving liveability through series of workshops.

An international symposium has been held in September 2023, with four thematic dialogues with global cases that demonstrate the use of design thinking for innovative POS design. A set of tailor-made design thinking tool kit have been developed in accordance with the Good Design-led Framework resulted from a participatory process for guiding sustainable POS development.