HONG KONG DESIGN CENTER

HONG KONG DESIGN CENTER , Hong Kong, Competition Entry (2006)
Multidisciplinary design school in Hong Kong . Being surrounded by an almost continuous three hundred foot wall of high-rise apartment buildings on three of four sides, the project acts as a grandstand, opening up the view towards the one unobstructed end: Junk Bay . Cuts within the grandstand form light wells that provide ample and necessary daylight throughout all floors. While the wedge-like shape positions the project on an urban scale, it reflects at the same time an interior organization that aims to create a maximum of cross-synergies between the students of the different disciplines. All studio spaces are located on one stepped level at the top of the structure, while subject-specific shop and support spaces slip underneath this sloping studio floor with direct access to specific studio areas.
While the entire development around the Design Center is built atop reclaimed land, the facades of our design entry constitute a second degree of this reclamation.  Since the first phase was driven exclusively by the developers to generate profitable land for future construction, our "second step of reclamation" addresses further demands of today's  built environment by integrating the need for green spaces with a sustainable climate concept for the building.
FAR frohn&rojas + urban environments with Stefan Sous
project team: Marc Frohn, Mario Rojas Toledo, Mark Mückenheim, Suat Eriz, Andrea Schmeing
consultants: ClubL94, FKJ, Integralingenieure, Stefan Sous 

Source: FAR