HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk

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HKU SPACE Po Leung Kuk Community College
Building Causeway Bay , Hong Kong 9
September 2008
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Project Duration 2005-2008 Project Construction
Cost HK195.80M 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)
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The Site
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Council Chamber/ Staff Room
ADMINISTRATION / STAFF OFFICES
Staff Room
Staff Room
Nutritional Lab/ Hotel Management
Typical Classrooms
TEACHING
Theatrical Studio
Health Product
Applied Soc. Sc.
Computer Lab
Learning Commons
LIBRARY / LEARNING COMMONS
Library
COLLEGE HALL / LEATURE THEATRES
College Hall
Lecture Theatres
ENTRANCE / REGISTRATION
Registration
Main Lobby/Carport
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THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONCEPT
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• 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
SITE
LEIGHTON ROAD 6.86mPD
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• 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
SITE
THE LINK
LEIGHTON ROAD 6.86mPD
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• 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.

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

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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
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The Architects Impression
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The Architects Impression The Deliverable
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THE CONCEPT
FEATURE ELEMENTS
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THE MAIN ENTRANCE
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THE LANTERN
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THE LINK
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THE VISUAL LINK WITH THE COMMUNITY
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THE FACADE
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THE SECONDARY ENTRANCE
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THE CONCEPT
THEME SPACES THE INTERNAL STREETS
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THE Vertical STREET
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THE SKY LOUNGE
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THE Horizontal STREET
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THE CONCEPT
THEME SPACES FLOOR BY FLOOR
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G / THE ENTRANCE HALL
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2 / THE Twin THEATRES
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THE LECTURE THEATRES
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3 / THE COLLEGE HALL
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Lift lobby
Storage
Library
Outdoor Courtyard
Multi-media centre
4 / THE LIBRARY
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Lift lobby
SMALL CLASSROOM
Lift lobby
SMALL CLASSROOM
SMALL CLASSROOM
SMALL CLASSROOM
SMALL CLASSROOM
LARGE CLASSROOM
6 15 / TYPICAL CLASSROOM FLOOR
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18 / THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
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