The proposed vision of the new Innovation Tower presents a unique
opportunity to re-examine and address a creative, multidisciplinary
environment. Zaha Hadid
concept collects the variety of programmes of the school. Having
undergone a strict process of examination of the multiple relationships
amongst their unique identities they have been arranged in accordance to
their ‘collateral flexibilities’. Priority lies in the drawing in of
the campus staff, students and public into a welcoming new space that
acts as both the building’s entrance and organiser for the existing
complex.
The first architectural gesture is to raise the landscape of the
existing football field and tennis grounds, so as to place the main
pedestrian entrance of the new school building on a level open to it’s
immediate context at podium level. The free ground below becomes
accessible from the established main campus route (Yuk Choi Road) to
proposed workshops, parking and access to future development on ‘Phase
8’. The new Innovation Tower on podium level is established as an open
public foyer that channels deep into the building through a column-free,
open showcase forum. The long integrated path from Suen Chi Sun
Memorial Square guides the visitor to the main entrance and from here, a
generous and welcoming space openly leads its visitors access to
supporting public facilities (shop, cafeteria, museum) through a
generous open exhibition ‘showcase’ spanning over two levels between
podium and ground level.
Источник: http://www.evolo.us/architecture/innovation-tower-zaha-hadid-architects/ |