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…
This History Wall celebrates the bank’s history in its refurbished offices in Shanghai, China. We carried out 2 designs for the shanghai office, one history wall on the 32nd floor and one on the 22nd floor. The 32 floor was the main Global story nand the 22nd floor was a more china centric focused story featuring the dragon from the façade of the main HSBC building in HK.
Sugar was appointed as the lead design team working with Singapore based STE and CEC in Singapore acting as management and cost control.
Hong Kong News-Expo is a museum dedicated to the history and significance of the news media in Hong Kong. It is housed inside the former Bridges Street Market at No. 2, Bridges Street in Central District, Hong Kong Island. The heritage building was among the first batch of public markets built after the end of World War II and was opened in 1953. The building sits partly on the former site of the American Congregational Mission Preaching Hall, where Dr Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China, was baptised in 1884. In 2013, under Batch III of the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme, the Journalism Education Foundation Hong Kong Limited was granted the right to revitalise the property into Asia’s first education facility with news as the main theme.
The market’s main staircase, poultry scalding room and several market stores of historical significance have been preserved. A new lift has been built to provide barrier-free access to the adjacent streets. The playground on the first floor of the market was remodeled into an exhibition and multi-purpose area.
The museum was officially opened by Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief executive of HKSAR.
We are proud to continue to assist and help the museum.
HKNE opening ceremony
www.hkne.org.hk
This History Wall celebrates the bank’s history in its refurbished offices in Seoul, Korea. Taking local cultural and intertwining it with the global story, culminating with the Lotte Tower.
As a pioneer in artificial intelligence innovation, YITU integrates state-of-the-art AI technologies with industrial applications for a safer, healthier and faster world.
Sugar, working alongside its Shanghai Partner, Fantex, were appointed to create a small visitor experience in their Shanghai HQ to reinforce their growing presence and as a visitor experience to demonstrate the companies developing advanced technologies and to demonstrate their engagement in fundamental research of artificial intelligence to find comprehensive solutions for machine vision, listening, and comprehension.
They strive to make breakthroughs in computer vision, natural language understanding, voice recognition, knowledge reasoning, and robotics.
We worked closely with their team and created some very innovative and thought challenging work across several sites and spaces.
This History Wall celebrates the bank’s history in its refurbished offices in Shanghai, China. We carried out 2 designs for the shanghai office, one history wall on the 32nd floor and one on the 22nd floor. The 32 floor was the main Global story nand the 22nd floor was a more china centric focused story featuring the dragon from the façade of the main HSBC building in HK.
Sugar were appointed to carry out the design of the 33rd floor of the Far East centre in Central Hong Kong for Horoy, one of Shenzhen’s premium developers.
The design was developed hand in hand with the senior design director to ensure the entire final footprint would resonate with the upper management vision.
This History Wall celebrates the bank’s history in its refurbished offices in Taipei, Taiwan.
Working with our Shanghai partner (Fantex) we recently completed this auspicious showsuite experience centre for J18 for their upcoming 1,100,000 sqm mixed-use development midway between Zhengzhou and Kaifeng.
The provincial government’s plan is to bond these two cities together and form a new district in between: the LvBo New District.
The development features new and innovative architectural concepts by Amata and Nendo amongst others and our model makers OMB from Hong Kong rose to the challenge of producing some beautiful creations for the experience.
This flexible, modular display system was designed from a system in the UK and deployed in the HSBC Archive gallery. It is also set to be re configured across many various locations. With magnetic graphics, bespoke display chambers and protected sealed display methods for objects on temporary display the modular, re-useable and very sustainable approach to pop up exhibitions is a future proofing direction to be encouraged.
Working with our Interpretative planning partner, Winkle-Picker we were asked to create a Heritage Wall in their newly refurbished HQ space in Tokyo, Japan.
This was the first wall created in a series of ongoing Heritage walls we are completing for HSBC on a global platform.
北京木甸音
Sugar has been working for a client in Beijing developing a new concept store for sustainable solid wood - this experience is a unique design and is set to open in mid 2015. Sugar is designing everything from floors and walls, furniture and bespoke tea tables to name a few of the items.
「糖」香港一直为北京的一名客户开发一个新的可持续实木家居概念店，这个设计独特的体验馆将于2015年年中开业。我们负责全部设计，从地板和墙身以至家具和定制茶几等等。
Working with our Interpretative planning partner, Winkle-Picker we were asked to create a Heritage Wall in their newly refurbished HQ space in Istanbul, Turkey.
In the heart of Ho Chi Minh’s district 1 just off the famous ‘Walking street’, Sugar’s Saigon Garden project defines huge revitalisation and growth. The economic optimism of the region is captured in this experience and projects the future of Vietnam. AKR’s show suite harmonises exciting, dynamic and unique technology to distil the client’s vision. This series of 5 spaces interlinked with public areas was challenging but the final execution was qualitative and impressive.
The vibrancy and energy of this project revolutionises the space. We invite users to explore and engage, challenging them with interactive innovative media on the outer skin to bold audio-visual statements and distinct and richly layered graphics underpin the narrative. We are currently developing other projects in Vietnam.
Between the public area and first area we worked with NEXNOVO TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD, the inventor and manufacturer of the world’s leading transparent LED displays with a sliding door component to create an active interactive for the public to engage with to allow them to be part of the Alpha King Community.
HSBC’s second Wealth Management Centre at Hysan Place, Causeway Bay, provides high-net-worth clients with a series of leading and digital wealth management solutions.
A major feature of the space is a unique digital experience entitled ‘Threads of Life’ evocatively embodying the values of HSBC’s Wealth Centre’s service inspired by the magnificent silk tapestry held by the HSBC Archives presented to Sir Thomas Jackson by Chinese merchants in 1902. The digital animation fully utilises the two screens within the Hysan Place Wealth Centre, sometimes in concert, sometimes independently. Another part of this experience is the Heritage Corridor, almost like a mini museum, that exhibits a collection of old banknotes, photos and documents of great historic value, a testament to the long history of HSBC in Hong Kong.
This recently completed heritage Wall in Düsseldorf celebrates the bank’s German history with a timeline and montage graphic wall.
杭州嘉里中心
Sugar have completed a very complex project in China for Kerry Properties Hangzhou. Kerry Central is a mixed-use property bordering Xihu (West Lake) and is situated at the busy junction of Yan’an Road and Qingchun Road in Hangzhou. Located at the interchange station of Metro Line 1 and 2, this mixed-use property with a GFA of approximately 340,000 sqm. Kerry Central is set to become the landmark of the great city of Hangzhou.
We created a large dynamic 17 screen surface show telling their story which is also complimented by large, unique, UV (Ultra violet) backdrop envelope as well as external façade design and other experience areas and bespoke etched illuminated glass panels.
「糖」香港为嘉里置业（杭州）有限公司完成了一个非常复杂的项目。杭州嘉里中心是一个多用途综合物业，毗邻西湖，坐落于杭州市中心区最繁盛的延安路和庆春路交汇处，靠近地铁一、二号线交换站，总建筑面积约34万平方米。杭州嘉里中心势将成为杭州市的新地标。
我们创建了一个由17个屏幕组成的大型屏幕，展述客户的故事，背景配备大型独特的紫外光灯箱，以及外部立面设计和定制照明蚀刻玻璃面板。
HSBC HERITAGE WALL
HSBC’s new headquarters in Birmingham spans 10 floors and contains the bank’s first ever digital-only branch.
More than 2,000 employees can benefit from a gymnasium, dance studio and training centre dubbed the ‘university’.
Continuing the Heritage work Globally for HSBC, we recently completed a new wall for the main HQ in Birmingham, UK where we tell the story of the banks milestones through to the midland bank merger and to the current day. The mixed media display sits centrally on the University floor and forms a backdrop for the entire space and the Innovation Lab.
HSBC ARCHIVES GALLERY
Working with our Interpretative planning partner the Archives Gallery takes visitors on a journey through HSBC’s 150-year history, from the founding of the bank in 1865 to the present. Objects on display from the Archives (in which it is located) include the founding documents of the bank, paintings by the renowned China Trade artist George Chinnery, original and rare bank notes and printing plates issued throughout the bank’s history and spheres of influence, even silver ingots from Imperial China and a 3,000-year old “knife coin”. These are all mounted and displayed with museum-grade techniques, materials and cases within an environment that uses innovative multi-touch screen technology and QR code capability.
Working with our long-term interpretative planner partner, Winkle Picker we created a flexible graphics system which could hold artefacts and integrated it within the current Archives gallery.
滙丰银行歷史檔案展覽館 – 香港2015
在這个項目中，我們為滙丰银行歷史檔案部帶來一个面目一新的体驗。
與我們的展覽規划伙伴合作，歷史檔案展覽館向参觀者展示滙丰银行150年的歷史，从银行于1865年成立到現在的歷程。展出的展品包括银行的創辦文件、著名中国貿易艺術家喬治．錢納利的画作，以及银行歷來发行的罕有紙幣真品和印版，以至中国古代的银元宝和一个已有3000年歷史的刀幣。這些展品都使用了博物館的技術、材料和展柜装置和展示，并采用創新的多点触控屏技術和QR碼功能。我们与长期合作伙伴Winkle Picker建造了一套灵活的装置，将文物跟图像资讯合二为一，装置现正安装于历史档案室。
In March 1865, HSBC opened its doors for business in Hong Kong, helping to finance trade between Europe and Asia. A local bank in Hong Kong subsequently grew into a global financial institution. Leveraging the heritage of the global company with local historical references, this next in a long line of our bespokely designed series of History Walls incorporating graphics, objects and audiovisual has just opened in Dubai’s Emaar square, downtown location creating a rich backdrop for the level 5 floor.
Sugar was appointed by Unionsun to create a dynamic showsuite experience for their KPF designed Hospitality, Mixed-Use, Office, Residential, Retail 512,900 m2 / 5,520,000 ft2
site in Chengdu.
Sited on the main axis road of South Renmin Nan Lu and the river the archictiure is based around Chinese Laquerware and the cylinder forms which we reflected in the flowing lines of the integrated sales experience centre.
A large centrally placed model by OMB, an innovative interactive projection mapped retail wall and a 10 projector multi screen main show and digital interactive tables create a singular space allowing guests to explore and navigate.
Working with our Shanghai partner and AV specialist Fantex, we carried this project out as a design and build project.
Thanks to Yuco Lab for the filming in Guangzhou (all pictures taken by Sugar’s creative director) and 上海晰然文化传播有限公司 for their amazing fly-through.
上海外滩金融中心(BFC)
In 2013 Sugar HK was directly commissioned to carry out the design for the auspicious upcoming 420,000 sqm mixed–use development on the Bund in Shanghai by renowned architect Sir Norman Foster and Thomas Heatherwick.
We created a reflection of the culture and spirit of this grand project in the space, where classicism and modernity sit hand in hand and where spaces transform echoing the developments permeability and aesthetic strengths.
2013年，「糖」香港获业主直接委托为这个在上海外滩42万平方米综用发展项目的展示厅进行设计，项目由著名建筑大师诺曼‧福斯特爵士和托马斯·赫斯维克操刀设计。
展示厅的空间展现了这个宏伟工程的文化和精神，在这里古典与现代携手并进，空间的变换呼应了发展项目的穿透性和审美优势。
We’re proud to announce the opening of our latest exhibition for HSBC on currency issued by the bank.
Working with our long-term interpretative planner partner, Winkle Picker we created a flexible graphics system which could hold artefacts and integrated it within the current Archives gallery.
This project was given a whole back of coverage in the South China Morning Post (Wednesday, January 23, 2019). The exhibition features beautifully displayed bank notes from the 19th century to the present day including a HK$500 note from 1877.
The project was fast track and we only had three weeks to fully design, build and install.
Working with our long term partner CEC in Singapore, Sugar worked on the design for the most recent URA Gallery Upgrade with CEC delivering on the site supervision.
From a new Maps room which traces Singapore's evolution over 100 years through 40 maps and plans displayed in this permanent exhibition. Interactivity both passive and active to uncover the earliest roads, the first steam tram, the nation's first public aquarium, and more.
There were also upgrades to the majority of the spaces we originally designed on the last design over 5 years ago.
Located in its new HQ in Cairo on the River Nile, the Heritage wall celebrates the global and local story fusing images, text and milestones.
新加坡城市規劃展覽館
Singapore Government – URA - Singapore City Gallery refurbishment project – over 1200 sqm and $4.4 million SGD - Sugar were appointed as lead design consultant after an international pitch back in 2009 working in an international consortium. The project was completed in March 2011. The project has recieved two design awards at the 2012 SDA awards.
新加坡政府市区重建局新加坡城市规划展览馆翻新工程。占地超过1200平方米及投资4.4百万新加坡币的项目。作为行内具领导设计地位的顾问，「糖」继2009年后，再次被委任参与国际拓展计划。这项工程已于2011年3月竣工，并在2012年的新加坡设计大奖中获两个设计奖项。
After creating the world’s first global heritage wall for HSBC in their Tokyo HQ building over 6 years ago we were again asked to look at how to repurpose the separate elements into one singular wall working with their design team.
太古匯
香港
太古地產有限公司
Strategic environment showing both the current development and the future companies strategies for the mainland.
中国策略发展展示厅展示集团目前在国内的发展项目及未来的策略。
We were asked by HSBC to look at how we could utilise the Archive to create a special moment for visitors to this high net wealth floor. Our response was to take the beautiful tapestry, which was given to Sir Thomas Jackson in 1902 and to separate and layer the key features and moments of the work into a bespoke piece of art. This unfortunately never went ahead.
太古汇 广州
A bespoke designed showsuite environment for Hong Kong based, Swire Properties ltd. Sugar was directly commissioned to design both this main flagship showsuite and a strategic environment based in Hong Kong. From rich layered graphics, innovative control and an inspirational 9 screen projected media show with media from Stanley Wong. We commissioned leading UK led lighting specialist Jason Bruges with an intriguing light sculpture in the show-suite entrance, his first in the mainland.
为香港太古地产公司定制展示空间。 「糖」荣幸地受太古地产公司直接委托设计他们位于香港的主要旗舰展销场及策略性环境。由STANLEY WONG执导设计丰富的层叠图案及科技创新的立体影像。我们委托英国首席灯光设计师JASON BRUGES展示他首个在中国影展入口所展出的灯饰雕塑。
Many years ago, 15 to be precise, we created this study for ICT for the Manhal project in Abu Dhabi. We referenced the word Manhal which means water or stream, to drive the narrative and form into this dynamic marketing tool for the project.
HSBC’s Wealth Centre K11 is the first of its kind that combines wealth management, insurance and medical check-up services into a one-stop shop, as part of its broader effort to capture more ultra-wealthy customers in Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (GBA). We conceived the concept of the beautiful Tapestry gifted to Sir Thomas Jackson by Chinese Merchants in 1902 coming to life with all the beautiful stitching and thread colours telling the story in a stunning animation with interactivity for all the guests to experience as well as a small heritage wall corridor. The focus here was the crane and the links to water.
Sugar was commissioned by the Lan Kwai Fong Group to develop a showsuite to promote their cultural and entertainment project in Wuxi located in the new Wuxi Taihu Cultural District.
LKF Group created the Lan Kwai Fong dining & entertainment district in Hong Kong, offering over 100 restaurants, bars, clubs and shops. The LKF experience has successfully expanded into Mainland China, with LKF Chengdu and upcoming Mission Hills LKF Haikou and LKF Wuxi projects.
The success of the LKF Group lies in the stunning architecture coupled with an intimate understanding of the local market to deliver a trade mix and events that bring an all new lifestyle experience to the city. Every project is tailored to local tastes while introducing that unique Lan Kwai Fong twist.
Sugar was recently commissioned by Hypsos Middle East to take up the design for the most auspicious museum by Jean Nouvel on Sadiyat Island. The architectural tour is housed in a test facility for the ‘rain of light’ roof - Sugar also created the fly-through video.
「糖」最近获 Hypsos 中东办事处委托，承接由建筑师 Jean Nouvel 担纲设计位于沙迪维岛的博物馆的设计工作。工作包括建造一座建筑物用来测试天花的结构以及阳光从天花像下雨般透射入室内的效果。 「糖」还制作了一套动画特效影片。
Working for Orient unlimited here in Hong Kong, we were tasked with creating a pop up exhibition at IFC which promoted the Nat Geo series ‘BREAKTHROUGH’ which provided a thought-provoking and imaginative perspective on scientific discovery as it unfolds. The core belief of the series, reflected in every story, is that unleashing the creative potential of talented people can result in revolutionary change.
When humans put their imagination to work, anything is possible. While the world faces many challenges, modern science and technology can and will meet those challenges – and in the process, reveal the deepest workings of the universe.
This innovative environment for the UAE’s largest developer, showing a global brand face and specific projects presented on flexible and changeable parts. Media came from Boston and Dubai, architectural models from China, UK lighting design and programming and graphics from Hong Kong - a truly global effort.
靜安嘉里中心
A clean, simple yet beautiful brand and marketing space that allowed Kerry to sell the vision of the newest development in Jing’an, Shanghai. Clever projection mapping creating a landscape, immersive graphics and a rich undertone created a feeling that complimented the company and its vision. The project was completed in June 2011.
「糖」為嘉里在上海靜安區設計了一個簡約、時尚的營銷中心，以推廣嘉里的品牌形象及最新 的綜合發展項目。利用投影景觀及豐富多彩的圖片製造出一種氣氛以帶出公司的形象和理念。
項目已於2011年6月竣工。
天津嘉里中心
As a new, refreshing way of displaying retail strategy and moving away from the ubiquitous approaches we have in 2013 completed a small, but bespoke, personal show suite for a developer.
以全新的零售策略，擺脫常用的手法，我們於2013年為一家發展商完成了一個小型、定制、令人耳目一新的展示廳。
An example of a modern brand experience, our show suite for Mosaic in Xi’an which was completed last year. With an immaculately crafted site model, the space dynamically captures the energy, culture and future of the project. Our in house graphic approach is bold in this design and compliments the contemporary model and integrated technology.
传统
In its formative years Sugar’s Creative Director also designed and executed many heritage based projects across Scotland and Europe, from the Royal Scot’s Dragoon Guards Museum in Edinburgh Castle to The Scottish Crown Jewels Exhibition - All of these relied upon thorough research and engaging ways to design them without the reliance on technology, this all allowed a huge amount of knowledge to be gained which is still used today with treatments and different ways of looking at projects.
公司成立初期，Sugar的创作总监曾在苏格兰及欧洲设计及执行不少文化遗产相关项目，包括爱丁堡城堡的皇家苏格兰骑兵卫队博物馆以至苏格兰王室珠宝展。这些项目都需要作出深入研究和利用引人入胜的方式来设计而不依赖科技；从中获取大量知识，至今仍大派用场，以不同的方式去处理各个项目。
A project from our archives: An exhibition on the artist L. S. Lowry. Capturing the conditions of working-class Victorian Britain, Lowry’s ‘Matchstick Men’ celebrate a generation and industrious landscape which is fast disappearing.
Following on from our successful Seria Energy Lab project working with Hypsos Leisure Asia, we were asked to pitch for a project for The Oil & Gas Experience in the Old Custom’s House, in Bandar Seri Begawan for a world class visitor destination for local and international tourists. It told the compelling story of Brunei’s treasury of natural resources and how these have been carefully and innovatively explored and harnessed to build a nation.
With its prime location on the Brunei River with commanding views of the stilted houses of Kampong Ayer, this new museum was planned to become a must-see cultural highlight and a benchmark of quality for the strategic development of educational venues in Brunei. It will be particularly important in instilling a sense of wonder and pride in the young generation of Bruneians to prepare them for the challenges of the country’s future development.
Our USA Adventure……over the years Sugar has been asked to create some pretty crazy things from Christmas Markets, to Tattoo exhibitions and other amazing events from Las Vegas to Boston and Dayton Ohio…
It has allowed us to experiment with experiential graphics and immersive design ideas…
As David Bowie once said ‘I dont know where I’m going but I promise it won’t be boring’…..
