H Queen’s
H QUEEN'S
CL3 Architects
ARCHITECTS
CL3 Architects
CATEGORY
Commercial Architecture
SITE AREA
461m²
CLIENT
Henderson Real Estate Agency Limited
PROJECT YEAR
2017
LOCATION
80 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
AREA
6921.0 m2
PHOTOGRAPHY
Nirut Benjabanpot, Henderson Real Estate Agency Limited
Text description provided by architect.
H Queen’s is a commercial building that mixes 2 distinct components:
Art galleries and F&B to form a unique lifestyle building.
At 125 meters tall, the building is clad in Low-E glass achieving LEED gold status.
Of the 24 floors, 2/3 are designed for art galleries with 4.65 meters high floor to floor.
The exterior is triple glazed with zero UV penetration.
The bottom floors and the top are F&B floors with staggered terraces for al fresco dining, resulting in interlocking sculptural form.
Alongside the historic Pottinger Street, and the 2 lanes wide Stanley Street, a series of terrace setbacks was created to allow openness and daylight penetrating onto Stanley Street.
The main problem in loading large artworks into the building is solved by mounting a crane on the roof.
Artworks are hoisted from Stanley Street, through a 3-meter x 4.5-meter openable curtain wall panel directly into the building, lifting a weight up to 1.25 ton.
The building’s openable façade allows passive energy use and flexibility for tenants who want natural ventilation.
