HKSC project

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HKICC (Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity) is an art high school in Hong Kong. Unlike conventional high school, it is an art and cultural based educational institution of which its tutors are mainly designers, artists and creatives. In addition to general school facilities, the space also contains programs such as a cinema, a theatre, recording rooms, galleries and a workshop studio. Art and Design related events are often held in the school after class and on weekends.

We were approached to update the existing building built in 90s by local archicect, Rocco Yim,
according to the recent required updates to the school such as a main gate, green areas, gallery and some rejuvination of the more temopral spaces. Following the tradition of educational pedagogy, we have brought students and tutors together during design and construction processes

In the inital phase, starting from a corridor, we ran a photo collage workshop with students to which students were asked to capture their personal memory of the corridor spaces throughout the school and using these images to inform a design strategy. The artistic process helped to give a alternative respone to how the corridor could be activated.

In the inital phase, starting from a corridor, we ran a photo collage workshop with students to which students were asked to capture their personal memory of the corridor spaces throughout the school and using these images to inform a design strategy. The artistic process helped to give a alternative respone to how the corridor could be activated.
The second phase was the design of an exhibition, “Practice in dialogue 対話之練習”, which was an introduction of the new blend architectural practice and educational workshops. We were planned to design our first prototype, a cottage, which we thought could insert a primitive village social life into the 90’s concrete school. Residing in Hong Kong for one and half month, we worked alongside students and artists to build the cottage prototype as a new space for working and gathering in the school. During the making process, we collected and recycled materials from different locations in close proximity. Collaborating with local carpenters, “Coutou Woodworking Studio 草途木研社”, we produced the timber cladding from trees felled during to a strong typhoon that year. For the roof shingles, we created from recycled plastic bottle caps with another artist group, “Gauu1up”. Unlike the classic design and build project, the architectural project became and educational system in which we were able to gather many people from different locations and cultural backgrounds through an primitive way of working. Working and inspiring collaboration with students, artists, tutors, cleaners, or even friends from different countries, it has provided an new methodology for undertaking architectural intervetions inspired by primitive working social lifes. Now we are moving on the third phase which is a new entrance contains guardhouse and gates.