Project
Gree Xiangzhou Port /
珠海市香洲港區域綜合整治工程
Client
Gree Real Estate / 格力地產
Location
Xiangzhou Port , Zhuhai, China/
中國 . 珠海市香洲港區
Team
Michael Kwok, Cher Lui, Ranzel
About
The Zhuhai Xiangzhou Port area is envisioned to be a green destination for residents and visitors alike. Combining with the theme for shopping, exhibition, marina, and wedding facilities., the park would be destined to be the ‘ PEARL ’ attraction for the area.
Project
Zhuhai Gree Coast Marina / 珠海格力海岸遊艇碼頭
Client
Gree Real Estate / 格力地產
Location
Zhuhai, China /
中國 . 珠海市
Year
2013
Project
Zhuhai Gongbei Marina Development /
珠海拱北灣遊艇碼頭
Client
珠海市政府 / Zhuhai Government
Location
Zhuhai, China / 中國 . 珠海
Year
2015
Project
Kwun Tong Link／連繫新觀塘—行人連接系純
Location
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong / 香港．觀塘
Year
2011
About
We believe the cable stayed structure provides an opportunity for an exciting landmark.
The solution is to provide cable-stayed bridges to provide for the pedestrian links required in the brief. The towers needed to hold up the cable stayed elements are sculpturally distinctive and we believe they would function well as memorable district landmarks, and provide an elegant, sculptural, minimalist, modern and structurally responsive solution. The bridge’s design stems from the idea for a ‘laundry peg’ which suggests a domestic connotation (appropriate for a residential area. The idea of a ‘peg’ is also very appropriate in suggesting a ‘connection’ or ‘tie’ to provide linkages, which is exactly what the pedestrian links represent both symbolically and functionally.
我們相信斜拉橋結構為社區提供了一個激動人心的地標。
該解決方案是以斜拉橋方式，構建出行人通道。橋塔的設計像雕刻般的獨特，我們相信她們會成為地區標誌性的建築，並提供一個優雅，雕塑性，簡約，現代和結構反應的方案。這座橋的設計構思源於一個'衣夾'，這表明家庭的意義（適合社區。'衣夾'是非常適當的建議，因其象徵'連接'或'領帶'，提供聯繫，而這正是代表的行人通道的象徵意義和功能。
Project
Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Link／將軍澳跨灣連接路
Location
Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong / 香港．將軍澳
Year
2009
About
At the outset, we envisioned an iconic landmark for the TKO link, a bridge that would be visually striking and visible from the TKO bay. The scale and vantage point of the bridge tower from the TKO downtown area presents an opportunity for a sculpturally distinct response.
Particular attention has been paid to the structural response for the pylon holding up the ‘Cabled Stayed’ portion of the bridge. Inspired by the shape of archery bow or a harp in ‘stressed’ position, the shape takes on a contorted/leaning form, providing the structure needed to achieve the required span clearance over the channel. Its form, starts from the bottom as a split along the central section, rejoins at two-thirds up its height (at its thinnest point viewed from the side section, providing the needed mass to maintain structural integrity), briefly forming into a ‘single’ column, before splitting into two again at the top. The overall form plays on the ‘duality’ characteristic, which is also related to the configuration of the bridge into ‘two carriage way, and a pair of paths for bikes and pedestrian’. Metal cladding braces the sides of the tower, further emphasizing the pylon’s form as a ‘pairing’ of two towers, giving it a ‘metal reflective sheen’ to mark its presence at the bay.
The leaning pylon/tower combines structure and sculpture, and the end result is a visually striking response for the TKO waterfront. The bridge apart from serving as a connection link, will also serve as a landmark serving the opportunity for stop over visits in the middle section, reinforcing the importance of the bridge as a destination.
