HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College Building Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 9 September 2008

HKU SPACE PO LEUNG KUK COMMUNITY COLLEGE BUILDING Project Duration: Project Construction Cost: HK$195.80M No. of Storey: 19 (G/F – 18/F) No. of Classrooms: 40 Site Area: 12,272sq.m (whole PLK site) Construction Site Area: 1,552sq.m (approx. 79.6m x 19.5m) Total GFA: 16,130.41sq.m Floor to Floor Height: 3.8m (typical) Project Team: Ronald Lu & Partners Parsons 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 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 mPD 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 mPD

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

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

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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