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YEAR
2011
Siu Sai Wan Complex, Hong Kong
Winner: Ronald Lu & Partners (HK) Ltd.
Award: Honor Award for Architecture & Sustainable Design
Comprising a 1000-seat multi-purpose arena, two indoor swimming
pools, a library, a table tennis centre, a children's play room,
two combinable activities rooms and a 450-seat community hall,
Siu Sai Wan Complex provides leisure and recreational facilities
within an iconic green building envelope for residents in the
Eastern District of Hong Kong Island.
The open and polymorphic architectural form encourages public
interaction and minimizes energy consumption. It aims to bring
people interaction on streets into the building, starting with
the timber-looking sun-shading screens that march from the exterior
to the interior. An atrium, designed as a "Vertical Street"
is created in the centre where balconies, platforms, bridges,
stairs and escalators strategically spiral up and provide access
to the different functions at various levels on the two sides
of the complex. This "Vertical Street" allows people to view
around the building as they travel, with pockets spaces of varying
qualities that are flexible to accommodate different possibilities
and to encourage the happening of spontaneous events which enrich
the liveliness of this building streetscape.
Topped with frosted glass and provided with horizontal sun-shading
slats on the two open sides, the atrium is lofty, naturally
ventilated and lit with daylight. Energy consumption is dramatically
reduced. Green features incorporated elsewhere in the building
include automated operable windows for natural ventilation,
insulated low-E glazing, external sun-shading devices, green
roofs, water cooled chillers, grey water recycling, non-PVC
backed carpet, water based paints, service-on-demand escalators,
photo-sensor controlled lighting, energy wheels for fresh air
intake and solar vacuum tubes for hot water supply.
See
Powerpoint (pdf)
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