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Project Data
Project Cost (Phase I) 16M Site Area (Phase I)
5000 m2 Total GFA (Phase I)
228 m2 Project Inception (Phase I) Feb
2000 Commencement (Phase I) Jul
2000 Completion (Phase I) Dec 2000
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Wetland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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The Site
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Wetland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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The Goals

• Millennium project for HKs Eco-tourism

• Architecture
• harmonize with adjacent wetland
• environmental friendly
• convey message
• Respect Ecosystem

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Westland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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Master Layout
Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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Wetland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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Visual Impact

• Building echoes adjacent wetland

• Low rise, simple massing, use of natural finish
  materials, sculptures of wetland animals

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Wetland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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Building Envelop
Roof Insulation
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Deep overhang
Minimum opening
Double Wall
Timber Screen
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OTTV

• OTTV 4.32W/m2
• Statutory requirement 70W/m2(podium),
• 30W/m2 (tower block)

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Wetland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)
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Use of Natural Ventilation Daylight

• Photo cell to switch on lighting when
  illumination level is low

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• Wind sensor to switch on extraction fan when
  natural air movement is insufficient

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Material Re-use

• Old bricks from China
• Granite rock paving from boundary wall of Wanchai
  Police Headquarters

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Material Re-use

• Gabion wall infill made from oyster shell from
  Lau Fau Shan

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Material Re-use

• Boundary fence wall using dismantled timber
  formwork from concreting

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Material with recycled content

• Pulverized fuel ash (PFA) as cement replacement
  for all structural concrete

Use of non-depletable substances
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• Use of environmentally friendly refrigerant (zero
  ozone depletion potential) R407c for the direct
  expansion type A/C system

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Minimize Construction Waste

• Steel metal decking as permanent formwork for
• roof slab

• Prefabricated Air ducts

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• Use of second
• hand formwork
• from other
• building sites

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Landscape Design

• Use of native wetland plant species where suitable

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Wetland Park Visitor Centre (Phase I)