Located in the densest of Hong Kong’s neighborhoods
on a site defined by two very different urban contexts, Hysan Place provides a
vibrant mix of retail and office spaces that are designed to provide long-term
planning flexibility and a synergy between the uses in a form that opens itself
to the environment.
The massing of the project is developed as a series
of shifting forms, each designed to optimize the internal planning of the use
housed within. These forms are configured to generate vertical gardens over the
height of the building, providing multi-story rooftop oases for users and
openings for prevailing breezes to pass through the building. Porosity for wind
enhances pedestrian comfort at grade and betters the surrounding environment of
Causeway Bay beyond the boundary of the site itself.
Sustainable design is fundamental to both the brief
and the scheme, resulting in the region’s first LEED Platinum certified
commercial project.
The retail podium accommodates a mix of planning
models, with public gathering spaces serving to unify the shopping experience
while providing unique places for activity. Between these two uses sit five
semi-retail floors that are configured with internal planning flexibility in
mind to allow long term re-use between retail and office uses.