Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio by Dennis Wong

Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio by Dennis Wong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum in Designatio Interior Competition Category.

AesInterior· 2025

Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio

by Dennis Wong

Client: Hong Kong Housing Society

Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum Winner in Interior Category

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The Design

About Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio

Centrum Exhibitionis renovatum fiduciam publicam instillat, hereditatem septuaginta annorum Societatis Domiciliorum Hong Kong servientis confirmans. Exhibitiones innovativae, ut VR immersiva et gemellus digitalis, visitatores capiunt. Visitatores arborem centralem irrigant, quae cives et consilium domiciliorum coniungere symbolizat obligationemque et conatus in populum conversos repraesentat. Vetus video cum perspicillis VR in tholum LED cum VR transformatur. Provocatio est quomodo tholum in spatium anguli acuti configurare. Denique, Centrum fiduciam et desiderium domuum meliorum inspirat, quae progressui Hkhs vitalia sunt.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum

Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio victor est Praemii A' Design Award Aeneum, honoris multum aestimati formis egregiis, creandi ingenio, sollertia et acumine insignibus dati. Victores Aenei opera perita et mire creandi sunt, quae experientiam, imaginationem et solertiam auctorum suorum confirmant. Exspectatur Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio rem multum aestimatam, admiratam et carissimam, notabiliter professionalem et novam fore. Haec forma Aeneo victa optimas consuetudines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae amplectitur et in cura minutiarum excellit. Hkhs Exhibition Centre Designatio necessitates egregie explet, cupiditates tangit, sensus capit et curiositatem allicit.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Re-opened in March 2024, the refurbished Exhibition Centre of the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS) is a small place tasked to achieve a big goal. It is a key HKHS avenue to instil public confidence through underpinning a laudable message: HKHS has been a reliable and dedicated housing provider for Hong Kong in the past 70 years. They are committed to play the same role going forward and will continue to be an unwavering housing partner of Hong Kong families in the long run.
Dimensions & Packaging: Area 200 sqm, ceiling height 3m, ceiling clearance 2.5m
Tags: exhibition, interactive, multimedia, community, sustainability, people-oriented
Production Technology: Interactive kiosk controlled by old telephone, LED dome with 360 VR, 3D naked-eye animation, digital twin, instant polling with real time visualisation
Design Challenge: Challenges have pushed OVAL to escalate to a higher level of design acumen and craftsmanship. 20% of the total floor area is laid out in acute-angled configuration whilst low ceiling clearance at 2.5m aggravated the spacing issue. The solution of putting the 270-degree VR projection on dome-shaped screen in the triangle was a no-turning-back option due to post-Covid reluctance to use goggles. Lastly, OVAL must surf through voluminous content simultaneously for proposing on touch point anchors.
Research: Research was done in three different directions. User research revealed that less text and more humanised features were preferred. Communication strategy research whereby HKHS management repositioned the new Centre as an avenue for instilling public trust. Technical research calibrating the combination of 270-degree VR projection on a dome-shaped screen with content rotation triggered by motion sensing technology for accommodating visitors of different body sizes and heights.
Inspiration: In Hong Kong, there are families who wait for 5 years for a shelter in a public rental estate. The message disseminated by the Centre carries weight among them. OVAL’s effort is to enable visitors to take home a special experience that makes them feel connected with the message and cast their trust with HKHS. Content-wise, there is a lot to say. As for tone and manner, the visitor should be warmed by the ambience and the features that he touches and maneuvers during the visit.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2023 and finished in March 2024 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow: Curated contents are displayed in three zones for sight by visitors who mostly come in as guided-tour participants. Each zone is filled up by exhibition items attired in multiple formats: physical boards, digital screens with physical levers for access to information and interactive games on computers and physical platforms. They lined up in a circular flow to echo with three themes: ‘Creating Homes for the Community’; ‘The Housing Ladder’ and ‘Creating Homes for Sustainable Living’.
Patents: OVAL Design Limited
Team Members: Vic Chan, Kong Hui, Kaitlyn Leung, Karina Li, Adrianne Chong, Eva Leung
Image Credits: OVAL Design Limited