SUGAR HK
On Museum Archives day we are proud to announce the CLP Pulse Museum was officially opened to the community of Hong Kong.
We won this project, back in 2019 in an international pitch , as Lead design consultant and have been working hard for the last 3 and a half years.
Carrying out a project like this throughout the pandemic has been no easy task and I personally want to thank my whole team, here at Sugar, Paul Chan and John Wong at Wong & Ouyan Building Services, SteensenVarming and Fergus from Choi Comer Asia for a great project.
We developed over 2000 sqm of space from a bare shell, working on Winkle Pickers (Dr Chris White) Interpretative plan. We challenged the norm and introduced an energy saving (up to 50% which is huge considering the amount of energy the split unit types use here in Hong Kong) Radiant chilled ceiling panel system in all areas (except the museum archive strong room) and reached the achievement of LEED Platinum.
We strived for every gallery to have its own identity, harmoniously blended through the content, diversification across the AV Hardware and bringing a 5th Generation Peak Tram to the Garden area - an amazing feat of intricacy from DB Shenker to crane it into place in the dead of night from Kadoorie Avenue. An Immersive area and fully 3D printed models all brought the content to life and a beautiful redesign of the boardroom inside the clocktower itself topped the roof floor. It has been an amazing journey with many stories...lots will follow.
It has been challenging, in this regenerated beautiful 1930’s iconic building which captures so many memories for the people here in Hong Kong and the client team worked tirelessly to support us and we them.
We wish it well for the future…