Alexander Duggie

Alexander [Sandy] Duggie is a Registered Landscape Architect, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects and the Managing Director of URBIS Limited, a Hong Kong based multi-award winning design consultancy established in 1977, and providing services in masterplanning, urban design, town planning, landscape design, golf course design and environmental impact analysis. He has lived in Hong Kong and worked for URBIS since 1985, during which time he has contributed to several major territorial and strategic planning studies for the Hong Kong Government, and designed a very large range of private and public sector projects from small private gardens to large scale public infrastructure works. Designed projects include public parks, open spaces and streetscapes, schools, hospitals, hotels, residential, commercial and mixed-use developments and golf courses. Sandy is particularly concerned with designing the public realm to meet the needs of modern society, including the promotion of sustainable design and increased biodiversity in urban development. He is also the 2nd Vice Chairman of the BEAM Society Limited, a Director of the Hong Kong Green Building Council, a Member of the HKGBC Green Building Faculty, and a Director of the Professional Green Building Council.

My Sustainability Goals for 2024:

• To press Government to deliver on promises to preserve Hong Kong’s remnant natural environment and to stop continued destruction of woodlands and wetlands in the name of economic development (e.g. Fanling Golf Course, San Tin Wetlands)
• To encourage a radical rethink of the design, management and maintenance of landscape open spaces – both public and private – to promote biodiversity and biophilia so as to enhance long-term community health and wellness.
• To prevent green-washing.