Platino Interior · 2020

K11 Musea Centro comercial

by K11 Musea

A' Design Award de Platino 2020 in Interior
CLIENT: New World Development Company Limited
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About K11 Musea Centro comercial

K11 Musea es el interior de un centro comercial situado en el paseo marítimo de Tsim Sha Tsui, en Hong Kong. El complejo comercial y artístico de diez plantas abarca una superficie total de 1,1 millones de pies cuadrados. En su centro se encuentra un atrio de 35 metros de altura denominado Opera Theatre, en cuyo techo se integran 1.800 focos programables que evocan una galaxia de estrellas. Una escultura situada sobre las escaleras mecánicas recuerda las raíces aéreas de los banianos locales. Las superficies están revestidas de bronce trabajado artesanalmente y acabados de pintura rústica. El agua de lluvia se recoge para el riego, y un sistema de aire acondicionado sin aceite, refrigerado con agua de mar, reduce el consumo energético.

About the A' Design Award de Platino

K11 Musea Centro comercial ha ganado el A' Design Award de Platino, un reconocimiento sumamente prestigioso concedido a diseños verdaderamente excepcionales, elegantes y magníficos. Los ganadores de Platino son maravillas de la creación, testimonios de los límites de la creatividad intelectual, y demuestran el profesionalismo y el genio inigualables de sus diseñadores. Se espera que estos diseños sean las obras más renombradas, que definen la estética de una época, contribuyen al bienestar de la sociedad y amplían las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. K11 Musea Centro comercial exhibe un nivel trascendente de excelencia y, sin lugar a dudas, hace del mundo un lugar mejor con sus características ventajosas y valiosas. K11 Musea Centro comercial es una obra ganadora del A' Design Award de Platino que despierta deseos, inspira, entusiasma, deleita y provoca una gran alegría.

Press Kit

Unique Properties: K11 reinvigorate the mall together with 100 creative powers hailing from different disciplines and cultures, to make K11 MUSEA the Silicon Valley of Culture and inject art, architecture, design, sustainability and all forms of culture into the new consumer’s daily life.

At the core is a 35m high atrium dubbed Opera Theatre, which features hundreds of 1,800 programmable spotlights to resemble a galaxy, evoking curiosity and creativity, taking the form of a galaxy and mysterious body of stars.
Dimensions & Packaging: Total floor area is 1.1m sqft
Tags: K11, Art, K11 Musea, A galaxy of creativity, Victoria Dockside, 100 creative powers, Adrian Cheng
Production Technology: In order to create the sparkling galaxy in the Opera Theatre, we identify each light and adjusting their illumination one by one through a diverse range of lighting intensities.

The interior is cladded in handcrafted palettes of rich bronze and rustic paintwork by local artist.

The project gained LEED Gold and BEAM Plus Gold Standard. Rainwater harvesting provides full of irrigation water, while seawater cooled, oil free heating, ventilation and air con. system reduces energy consumption.
Design Challenge: The main challenge is to have everyone buy in on the new concept of cultural retail, and that they are building a manor house not a mall. Every artist, designer and architect has their own creative vision and way of working, so the curation was not exactly easy. Also, we had to bring all of them together to form one cohesive and seamless ecosystem that is more than K11 MUSEA, but also the wider Victoria Dockside.
Research: Conceived as a Silicon Valley of Culture, the design team was assembled by K11 founder Adrian Cheng and forms part of the 100 creative powers involved in shaping the dialogue in the district and sets to defy traditional concepts of retail design. K11 MUSEA is the result of an international cultural exchange, where cross discipline and cross border practices in art, craft, culture, architecture, interior design, technology gastronomy and sustainability worked in tandem.
Inspiration: Much more than just a place to shop, it celebrates culture, art and design. The inspiration was for it to be A Muse by the Sea. Meticulously positioned lights line the ceiling of the Opera Theatre, creating a galaxy of creativity. The Ball feature serves as a focal point for the viewer, whilst furthering the illusion of looking up into space. Meanwhile, the sprawling sculpture stretching over the escalator is reminiscent of the famous buttress roots from Hong Kong banyan trees.
Project Duration: K11 has spent ten years from 2009 to 2019 considering almost every detail of his bold new ten-storey retail-and-art complex, designed to appeal to brand-savvy millennial. K11 Musea is the last segment of the ambitious US2.6b Victoria Dockside cultural district on a 28 hectare site on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.
Operation Flow: K11 founder Adrian Cheng reinvigorate the district together with 100 creative powers hailing from different disciplines and cultures, to make K11 Musea the Silicon Valley of Culture and inject art, architecture, design, sustainability and all forms of cultures into the new consumer daily life. People come here to be inspired and to learn.
Image Credits: Edmon Leong