Hong Kong Polytechnic University Community College / Wang Weijen Architecture+Architecture Design and Research Group+AGC Design

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Kowloon, China
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Text description provided by the architects. As part of a series of design exploration by the architect on re-inventing the courtyard typology for high-density urban context, the architecture of this 20 stories-high urban campus seeks for innovative ways to develop podium and tower typology. While the tower design explores alternative approaches to typical lift-dominated model of vertical buildings, the podium is also articulated into levels of terraces cascading along the main pedestrian path.

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With four strategic voids created vertically and each became activity centres for four-levels of classrooms, the design organizes the program into several four-storied cubical massing as planning module. Through offsetting these cubical modules, a series of inter-connected greenery sky gardens are developed into an alternative pedestrian system all the way up as semi-outdoor campus spaces.

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To minimize the use of mechanical lifts, the library is arranged at the mid-point of the tower as the new datum centre for redistributing the movement patterns. The façade articulation of the tower also reflects the pattern of the four-level module and solid-void rhythm.

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Address:Hung Hom, Hong Kong, China

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Cite: "Hong Kong Polytechnic University Community College / Wang Weijen Architecture+Architecture Design and Research Group+AGC Design" 26 Feb 2013. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/335438/hong-kong-polytechnic-university-wang-weijen-architecture> ISSN 0719-8884

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香港理工大学社区学院 / 王维仁建筑设计研究室+AGC Design

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