HKU SPACE Po Leung KukCommunity College Building

Causeway Bay , Hong Kong

9 September 2008

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

Project Duration: 2005-2008Project Construction Cost: HK$195.80M

No. of Storey: 19 (G/F – 18/F)No. of Classrooms: 40Site Area: 12,272sq.m (whole PLK site)Construction Site Area: 1,552sq.m

(approx. 79.6m x 19.5m)Total GFA: 16,130.41sq.mFloor to Floor Height: 3.8m (typical)

Project Team: Ronald Lu & PartnersParsons Brinckerhoff (Asia) Ltd.Maunsell Structural Consultants Ltd.Davis Langdon & Seah

Construction Team:Gammon Construction Ltd. (Foundation)Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.(Superstructure)

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

The Site

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

LIBRARY / LEARNING COMMONS

COLLEGE HALL / LEATURE THEATRES

TEACHING

ADMINISTRATION / STAFF OFFICES

ENTRANCE / REGISTRATION

Main Lobby/Carport

Registration

Lecture Theatres

College Hall

Library

Learning Commons

Computer Lab

Applied Soc. Sc.

Health Product

Theatrical Studio

Typical Classrooms

Nutritional Lab/Hotel Management

Staff Room

Staff Room

Council Chamber/Staff Room

THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONCEPT

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE LINK

To reinforce the link between the prime street level at Leighton Road (community from all walks of life) and Po Leung Kuk headquarters premises level (a charity body of the community)PO LEUNG KUK PREMISES

+14.15mPD

LEIGHTON ROAD +6.86mPD

SITE

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE LINK

To reinforce the link between the prime street level at Leighton Road (community from all walks of life) and Po Leung Kuk headquarters premises level (a charity body of the community)

THE LINK

LEIGHTON ROAD +6.86mPD

SITE

PO LEUNG KUK PREMISES +14.15mPD

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE LINK

To reinforce the link between the prime street level at Leighton Road (community from all walks of life) and Po Leung Kuk headquarters premises level (a charity body of the community)

To extend the street nature up along the episodic stair, which penetrates into the circulation space of the communal supporting facilities at podium level.

Circulation staircase as spaces to nourish physical and visual interaction between people as well as between man and nature.

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

TRANSPARENCY

To “borrow” the “green” and “openness” from the existing outdoor garden in its forecourt into the highly condensed building interior layout

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

INFILTRATION

To infiltrate the daily school life into the community urban life via transparent building envelope, the corridors as scenic galleries when viewing from the street

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

To organize classrooms in modular units for flexibility of alteration to meet future needs

To link all teaching floors with a user friendly internal staircase to encourage taking steps as the prime means of traveling between floors.

Double volume communal space

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

The Architect’s Impression

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

The Architect’s Impression The Deliverable

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE CONCEPT FEATURE ELEMENTS

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE MAIN ENTRANCE

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE LANTERN

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE LINK

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE VISUAL LINK WITH THE COMMUNITY

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE FACADE

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE CONCEPT THEME SPACES – THE INTERNAL STREETS

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE Vertical STREET

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE SKY LOUNGE

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE Horizontal STREET

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE CONCEPT THEME SPACES – FLOOR BY FLOOR

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

G / THE ENTRANCE HALL

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

2 / THE Twin THEATRES

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

THE LECTURE THEATRES

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

3 / THE COLLEGE HALL

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

Multi-media centre

Library

Lift lobby

Storage

Outdoor Courtyard

4 / THE LIBRARY

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

Lift lobby

SMALL

CLASSROOM

SMALL

CLASSROOM

SMALL

CLASSROOM

SMALL

CLASSROOM

SMALL

CLASSROOM

LARGE

CLASSROOM

Lift lobby

6 – 15 / TYPICAL CLASSROOM FLOOR

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

18 / THE COUNCIL CHAMBER

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING

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