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HONG KONG EAST COMMUNITY GREEN STATION | Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong, SAR | 2015

HONG KONG EAST COMMUNITY GREEN STATION | Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong, SAR | 2015

Architects: Architectural Services Department, Hong Kong
Design Team: Alice Yeung, Thomas Wan and Edward Wong
Client: Environmental Protection Department, Hong Kong
Contractor: Shui On Building Contractors Limited


The Community Green Station, located in Hong Kong East, is a pilot project for promoting green living and collection of recyclables at the community level. 

We do not want the Station to be a rubbish collection point, but a positive asset to the local area. Completed in May 2015, we turned an under-utilized carpark under a flyover into a public gathering place to bridge the old and new neighborhood within the existing dense residential area. The concept is to create a Street through the site to connect the surrounding communities. Greenery of the nearby Park are extended to the old district through this urban intercourse. Through the use of green wall, bamboo trellis and courtyard garden, it embodies a sense of community and a touch of oasis within the city. The Station is divided into separate blocks along our Street that hold exhibitions and educational programmes, as well as recycling facilities that allows recyclable collections. We reused the modular containers as the bases of our buildings yet modified to suit the need of different functions. 

The flyover above contributes to the passive cooling of the venues thus reducing solar heat gain. The provision of large overhanging roof and vertical greening can shelter the interior from the sun. Natural daylight is brought into the multi-purpose room by large Low-E glazing. 

The Street, together with the garden embodies variety of gathering places, creates multiple layer of space from public to private, from open space, semi-open space to enclosed area, as an interpretation of pavilions in Chinese Garden. The Station is a place where public life can be nurtured and this mediates with our sense of belonging with our permanent cultural value. 


HONG KONG EAST COMMUNITY GREEN STATION
HONG KONG EAST COMMUNITY GREEN STATION
HONG KONG EAST COMMUNITY GREEN STATION

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