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Healthcare

HKUMed
Main Lobby


Client

The University of Hong Kong

Total Area

5000sqft

Location

Hong Kong, China

Photography

Edmon Leong

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

A Gathering Space

When we first visited HKUMed, we noticed a lack of social spaces on campus and saw an opportunity to bring people together on campus and to encourage new ways of relating to the environment, inside and out.

At the heart of the lobby, we introduced a wooden seating platform to slow down movement in this high-traffic space that also encourages social interactions. 

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

A White Space for Medicine

To create a space unique to the faculty, we were drawn to a white finish for the interior for white's association with the medical profession.

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

Metal Panels Shaped by Gravity

The ceiling design is composed of one to three layers of suspended 0.8mm perforated aluminum white powder-coated panels where the drooping curvatures are defined by gravity. 

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

Like a Cloud

We wanted to catch the light with a ceiling design that fills the space and that engages with the human scale. As light permeates into the cloud, the metal volumes appear both white and solid, and both dark and transparent, drawing attention to the changes over the course of the day. 

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

Warm Circulation Spaces

The choice of reddish Nordic Beech wood for the walls, steps and handrails together with stepped lighting adds warmth to the below ground circulation spaces. 

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

The Right Lighting for the Right Time

As the sun sets, the LED lights glow more warmly, gradually intensifying and ultimately filling the space.

HKUMed Lobby - Healthcare

The New Face of HKUMed

The dramatic and playful architecture offers a new landmark that embodies the school's values and becomes the new gathering space for it's community. 

Learn more about the design
process behind this project.

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