McKenzie Street Aged Services Centre

M+ opened in November 2021, one of the cornerstones of the grand vision of the West Kowloon Cultural District. Despite opening during a difficult period of COVID restrictions and global economic uncertainty, it was nonetheless an unmitigated success, with M+ recently welcoming our 1 millionth visitor.

Located at the heart of Central, “Shuffle” is a playing-card-inspired executive lounge and club – offering a whole new night life entertainment experience in a modernised way, yet with a human touch. Inspired by the world of playing cards, the four symbols (Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds) and signature icons (King, Queen, Jack, Joker) were used as the language of design throughout the whole place to give a sense of completeness.

Located at the harbour front of the West Kowloon Cultural District, the Hong Kong Palace Museum is designed as a distinctive treasure house for Chinese art, culture and history, exhibiting selected art pieces from the Palace Museum and other fine objects from across the globe. The seven-storey building features an exhibition space of 7,800m² across nine galleries. It also houses the Auditorium, Activity Rooms and other ancillary facilities, offering spaces for a rich variety of public programmes to foster visitors’ interest in arts and culture. In collaboration with Rocco Design Architects Associates Ltd, Arup provided total engineering consultancy services, including geotechnical, structural, building services, façade, fire, sustainability, security, acoustics, lighting, audio-visual, landscape design and transport consulting. Arup also acted as the building information modelling (BIM) manager for this project – BIM was fully implemented in the design process, with all design coordination being carried out in the 3D environment.