Zaha Hadid Architects

Jockey Club Innovation Tower

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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JOCKEY CLUB INNOVATION TOWER

Zaha Hadid Architects

ARCHITECTS
Zaha Hadid Architects

CATEGORY
University, Research Centre

LOCATION
Hong Kong

AREA
15000.0 m²

YEAR
2014

PHOTOGRAPHS
Virgile Simon Bertrand, Doublespace , Iwan Baan

DESIGN
Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher

PROJECT TEAM
Hinki kong, jinqi huang, bianca cheung, charles kwan, juan liu, junkai jian, zhenjiang guo, uli blum, long jiang, yang jingwen, bessie tam, koren sin, xu hui, tian zhong

COMPETITION TEAM
Hinki kwong, melodie leung, long jiang, zhenjiang guo, yang jingwen, miron mutyaba, pavlos xanthopoulus, margarita yordanova valova

LOCAL ARCHITECTS
AGC Design Ltd (Hong Kong) AD+RG (Competion Stage),

ACOUSTICS
Westwood Hong & Associates Ltd

GENERAL CONTRACTOR
Shui On Construction Com- pany Ltd., Hong Kong

FACADE CONTRACTOR
YKK AP Facade Hong Kong LTD / Beijing Jangho Curtain Wall Co. Ltd.

Text description provided by architect.

The Jockey Club Innovation Tower (JCIT) is home to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) School of Design, and the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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The 15-storey, 15,000 sq. m. tower accommodates more than 1,800 students and staff, with facilities for design education and innovation that include: design studios, labs and workshops, exhibition areas, multi-functional classrooms, lecture theatre and communal lounge.

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University campus has developed its urban fabric over the last 50 years with the university’s many faculties housed in visually coherent, yet very different buildings.

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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The JCIT creates a new urban space that enriches the diversity of university life and expresses the dynamism of an institution looking to the future.

Located on a narrow, irregular site at the northeastern tip of the university campus (bordered by the university’s football ground to the south, and the Chatham Road/ Kowloon Corridor motorway interchange to the north), the JCIT is connected to the heart of the campus; encouraging the university’s various faculties and schools to develop multidisciplinary initiatives and engagement with the community, government, industry, NGO’s and academia.

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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The JCIT design dissolves the typical typology of the tower/podium into a more fluid composition.

Interior and exterior courtyards create informal spaces to meet and interact, complementing the large exhibition forums, studios, theatre and recreational facilities.

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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The tower’s design promotes a multidisciplinary environment by connecting the variety of programs within the School of Design; establishing a collective research culture where many contributions and innovations can feed off each other.

Students, staff and visitors move through 15 levels of studios, workshops, labs, exhibition and event areas within the school.

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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Interior glazing and voids bring transparency and connectivity, while circulation routes and communal spaces have been arranged to encourage interaction between the many learning clusters and design disciplines.

Jockey Club Innovation Tower
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With its contribution of HK$249 million towards the construction of JCIT, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust also funds the Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation.

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