AIA Hong Kong Building Tour – Che Kung Temple Sports Centre

Event On : October 30, 2021

AIA Hong Kong Building Tour - Che Kung Temple Sports Centre

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Date/Time
Date(s) - October 30, 2021
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location
Che Kung Temple Sports Centre

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Set within a beautiful natural setting, the recently opened Che Kung Temple Sports Complex serves the Shatin community as both a sports centre and a place of leisure. Unlike the majority of similar sports facilities in Hong Kong where everything is tightly packed into a “box”, the Che Kung Temple Sports Centre features a series of naturally ventilated garden-like spaces that enrich the user experience and make the building more sustainable.

We are delighted to have Mr. Thomas CK Wan, Chief Architect of the Architectural Services Department lead us through the sports centre on October 30th, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, with support from Mr. Donald Leung, Senior Architect, and Mr. CS Suen, Project Architect.

As both members and non-members are welcome to attend this event, please email rsvp@aiahk.org to save your spot now.

Tour Details

Date: October 30, 2021 (Saturday)

Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

Location: Che Kung Temple Sports Centre, No. 10 Sha Tin Tau Road, Shatin

Assembly Point: Entrance of the venue

Fee: Regular $100; Student $50

What We Learned

Thomas CK Wan from ArchSD:

“Every scene is a movie. I plan what the audience is going to see. Every 10-20 steps you have to pause, because architecture is about living. It was never about going from A to B”

The use of planes breaks down the bulky massing inherited from the programs. Every view is carefully framed to create spatial layering and transparency of space. These openings also allows natural #ventilation for all circulation and bathrooms.

Our corporate members Amtrac provided different species of wood (Southern pine, American walnut) for the interior and exterior.

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Tour Leader

Mr. Thomas CK Wan, 溫灼均, Chief Architect, Architectural Services Department, HKSAR

Mr. Wan’s well known projects, the Stanley Complex and the Tin Shui Wai Leisure & Cultural Building, were awarded the HKIA Medal of the Year in 2006 and 2011, respectively. These two projects also received the International Architectural Awards (IAA) in 2014, the Grand Award for GBA 2008 and the Finalist of 6 for WAN Awards in 2011. His Community Green Stations in Shatin and Hong Kong East received the Highly Commended in WAF Award and Good Design Award (Japan) Top 100 in 2015, ULI Global Award Winner for 2016, HKIA President’s Prize in 2015 and 2016 as well as the Arcasia Gold Award in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

His recent projects, the Hoi Ha Visitor Centre and the Shatin Che Kung Temple Sports Centre won the HKIA President’s Prize and Merit Award in 2020 as well as International Design Awards (IDA) Gold Award 2020, Architizer A + Award in Gallery and Exhibition Space and A’ Design Silver Award for 2020 – 2021 for both projects
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Mr. Wan also presented his research paper Paradigm for Future City in Hong Kong: Revitalizing Urban Spaces at the UIA 2017 Congress in Seoul and was awarded “Outstanding Paper”.