Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga by K11 Musea

Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga by K11 Musea is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo lweNdawo yangaPhakathi kunye noMboniso Competition Category.

IsilivereIngaphakathi· 2020

Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga

by K11 Musea

Client: New World Development Company Limited

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Ingaphakathi Category

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The Design

About Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga

Book Text: I-Muse Edition yindawo engaphakathi kweziko lokuthenga elikwiTsim Sha Tsui, eHong Kong. Ingaphakathi ligubungela malunga ne-3,000 yeemitha ezazingqingqwa ngaphakathi kwetheminali yoqoqosho yakudala eyaqala ngo-1910. Izinto zesakhiwo ezinembali ziyagcinwa zishiywe zibonakalisiwe, kubandakanya isilingi somphandle sekhonkrithi elula. Isilingi sesibaliso siphahliwe nge-273 yeepaneli ze-LED, ezicwangciswe ukufana nokukhanya kwelanga neenkanyamba elwandle. Izibane zesilingi zenziwe ngeglasi ephefumlwe ngesandla eyilwe njengelensi yesibane sasesibhakabhakeni. Umgangatho wokungena usebenzisa iibhloko zomthi wepayini ezikhumbuza umgangatho wenqanawa. Ikhonkrithi, ibhrasi kunye nentsimbi engagqwalisiyo zizinto eziphambili.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Muse Edition Primary Function: Ngaphakathi Kweziko Lokuthenga yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The site was a historical godown terminal called Holt's Wharf in Tsim Sha Tsui from 1910 until 1971. Decades ago, it was situated on top of the harbour as being a dockyard. Since the significance of the architecture character is simply too historic to be neglected, K11 positions the project with the concept of architectural monument, to retain the her structural elements. By embracing the beauty of its architectural features.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior area of Muse Edition is about 3,000 sq.m.
Tags: K11, Victoria Dockside, Holt's Wharf, Tsim Sha Tsui, Muse Edition
Production Technology: Main materials used are concrete, brass and stainless steel; a sense of industrial and rust are exquisitely drawn from the original architecture. Entrance flooring of 100 thousand pine wood blocks gives a feeling of stepping on ship-decks, leaving a spacious atrium. The atrium waffle grid ceiling, also known as waffle slab. The redesign is now embedded with 273 LED panels, programmed to resemble the outdoor weather of sunshine and tempest during navigation on sea.
Design Challenge: As a reinterpretation of the place, the biggest challenge is to retain the architectural features: decide what to be included, how much to be retouched. The proportion of old meets new is to be handled in a comfortable balance. Due to the site location which is next to the harbor, the shore wind and the relatively high humidity will cause the site facing a greater risk of corrosion.
Research: The team envisions the site can help recall the sense of belongingness especially to the new generation. Through the presentation of the building methodology and embracing the relevant historical elements: natural materials are selected; the retained historical structure are delicately combined with modern design in the place to remind audience the preciousness of the hundred-year heritage.
Inspiration: Inspired by the sailing and dockyard, featured ceiling crystal lightings are purposely redesigned. The use of hand-blowing glass retains an exact shape of the fresnel lens from the lighthouse beacon, casting soft shadows on the floor.
The place is transformed into a retail arcade with historical structural elements retained and exposed. For example, the open ceiling without dressed up is exposed to allow a seeing-through concrete waffle ceiling.
Project Duration: The project started in 2016 and finished in August 2019 in Hong Kong.
Operation Flow: Since the Dockside location marks one of the most iconic symbol of the city development, the project aims at preserving the piece of the memory that marks the city's success as a mobility hub and renovating the place to a young fashion shopping arcade targeting the millennials.
Team Members: MasterMind: Adrian Cheng (Founder of K11 Group and Executive Vice-Chairman of New World Development)

Interior Design Consultant: 1:1 design
Image Credits: Edmon Leong