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Head of Capital MarketsAsia Pacific+65 8309 4985 neil.brookes@asia.knightfrank.com

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+86 21 6032 1708nick.cao@cn.knightfrank.com

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Executive Director, Head of Capital MarketsHong KongChina+852 2846 9568 henry.lam@hk.knightfrank.com

Global Capital Markets

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Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP) worked with the Vocational Training Council (VTC) to create a new campus in Hong Kong for the Technological and Higher Education

Institute (THEi). Instead of adopting a traditional building form, the community-oriented,

sustainable campus used creative twin tower design, bringing it the Grand Award at the

Green Building Awards 2014, in the New Building Category Building Projects under

Design, prevailing over 90 entries from Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific.

Targeted for completion in 2016, the design focuses on integrating the school with

the neighbourhood. The lower floors of the campus are home to shared campus and

neighbourhood amenities, while the upper floors of the tower blocks are used exclusively

by the institute. The architectural built forms reflect these distinct uses the shared

facilities have a benign organic form, while a simple rectilinear form was chosen for the

tower blocks.

This twin-block design rarely seen in Hong Kong schools opens the campus to an

adjacent public park and the prevailing summer wind, embracing the outdoor public green

space and extending it vertically through sky-rise greening via various terraces and pocket

spaces located on multiple levels.

MK Leung, RLPs Director of Sustainable Design, said, We made wise use of resources

through the whole building process by adopting sustainable design. By adding humane, soft

touches to the spaces between the blocks, the campus enjoys a high permeability of natural

light and air, enhancing liveability and improving the environment of neighbourhood.

Green sustainable design features include a north-south building orientation, high building

permeability, external shading and light shelves and a bioclimatic faade. The institute will

also improve the biodiversity of the neighbourhood, thanks to the introduction of over

30,000 trees. The project has also won the Cityscape Awards for Emerging Markets 2014

and attained a BEAM Plus Provisional Platinum Rating.

Besides, two RLPs projects have also been awarded with merit in this competition. Kai

Tak Flat-for-Flat Development at New Kowloon Inland is a pilot proposal for the Urban

Renewal Authority HKSARG which focuses on building community and sustainability.

Whilst the Consultancy on the Design and Construction Requirements for Residential

Buildings for Energy Efficiency in Hong Kong will help bring positive change and eventually

help create a more energy-efficient built environment for Hong Kong.

Hong Kongs THEi Green Campus Wins Green Building Grand Award THEi

VTCTHEi2014

THEi

THEi 2014

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Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP) worked with the Vocational Training Council (VTC) to create a new campus in Hong Kong for the Technological and Higher Education

Institute (THEi). Instead of adopting a traditional building form, the community-oriented,

sustainable campus used creative twin tower design, bringing it the Grand Award at the

Green Building Awards 2014, in the New Building Category Building Projects under

Design, prevailing over 90 entries from Hong Kong and Asia-Pacific.

Targeted for completion in 2016, the design focuses on integrating the school with

the neighbourhood. The lower floors of the campus are home to shared campus and

neighbourhood amenities, while the upper floors of the tower blocks are used exclusively

by the institute. The architectural built forms reflect these distinct uses the shared

facilities have a benign organic form, while a simple rectilinear form was chosen for the

tower blocks.

This twin-block design rarely seen in Hong Kong schools opens the campus to an

adjacent public park and the prevailing summer wind, embracing the outdoor public green

space and extending it vertically through sky-rise greening via various terraces and pocket

spaces located on multiple levels.

MK Leung, RLPs Director of Sustainable Design, said, We made wise use of resources

through the whole building process by adopting sustainable design. By adding humane, soft

touches to the spaces between the blocks, the campus enjoys a high permeability of natural

light and air, enhancing liveability and improving the environment of neighbourhood.

Green sustainable design features include a north-south building orientation, high building

permeability, external shading and light shelves and a bioclimatic faade. The institute will

also improve the biodiversity of the neighbourhood, thanks to the introduction of over

30,000 trees. The project has also won the Cityscape Awards for Emerging Markets 2014

and attained a BEAM Plus Provisional Platinum Rating.

Besides, two RLPs projects have also been awarded with merit in this competition. Kai

Tak Flat-for-Flat Development at New Kowloon Inland is a pilot proposal for the Urban

Renewal Authority HKSARG which focuses on building community and sustainability.

Whilst the Consultancy on the Design and Construction Requirements for Residential

Buildings for Energy Efficiency in Hong Kong will help bring positive change and eventually

help create a more energy-efficient built environment for Hong Kong.

Hong Kongs THEi Green Campus Wins Green Building Grand Award THEi

VTCTHEi2014

THEi

THEi 2014

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