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Hkhs Exhibition Centre Design by Oval Design Limited

Hkhs Exhibition Centre Design

Bronze A' Design Award Winner 2025

A contemporary exhibition space unfolds before you, centered around a striking sculptural element rising from a brilliant chartreuse yellow circular carpet, this central installation constructed from pale laminated wood ribs, possibly birch or light maple in tone, arranged in concentric crescents that tier upward like topographic contours or the growth rings of a tree viewed in cross-section, each curved layer offset slightly from the one below creating a rhythmic stepping pattern that climbs approximately two to two and a half meters in height before being crowned by a white elliptical suspended element, smooth and clean-edged, bearing organizational branding in muted gray and rose tones. Moving your attention upward, the ceiling plane reads as deep matte black, a void-like surface from which float multiple circular discs of varying diameters, the smallest perhaps one meter across while the largest spans three meters or more, each disc rendered in translucent material backlit to glow with gradients of yellow-green ranging from sharp acidic chartreuse through fresh spring green to softer sage and seafoam tones, these suspended elements evoking organic forms like leaves against sky, cellular structures magnified to architectural scale, or abstract botanical canopies, their gentle luminosity suggesting the quality of natural light filtered through green growing things, warm and inviting. Surrounding the central wooden sculpture on the chartreuse carpet circle, you would encounter several white interactive kiosks, their forms cleanly geometric with rounded rectangular casings standing approximately waist to chest height, each presenting an angled top surface that would feel smooth and slightly cool under your hand, these surfaces integrating digital touchscreens displaying colorful graphics with lime green accents echoing the overhead palette, the stations inviting hands-on exploration and participatory engagement. The floor beneath your feet transitions from the vibrant chartreuse circular zones to neutral medium gray carpet in the circulation areas, this surface reading as soft and slightly yielding, absorbing sound and providing comfortable walking texture, the color warm enough to avoid institutional coldness while remaining visually recessive to allow the chromatic accents above and below to command attention. Scanning the middle distance, curved partition walls in off-white or warm cream tones define the perimeter, their surfaces smooth and matte, punctuated by generous rounded portal openings perhaps two meters wide and slightly taller, these apertures framed in the signature chartreuse yellow and revealing glimpses of secondary exhibition zones beyond, where additional display panels in white with lime green headers present text and imagery, the portal geometry creating soft transitions between spaces that encourage continued exploration. A figure visible in the middle ground, dressed in dark clothing and white footwear, provides essential human scale reference, their presence confirming the generous ceiling height of three to four meters and the accessible, comfortable proportions of the interactive elements, this person captured mid-stride suggesting natural movement through the space, the slight motion blur conveying active visitor engagement rather than static observation. The lighting throughout reads as layered and carefully calibrated, combining ambient illumination from ceiling-mounted sources within the black overhead plane with the integral glow of the suspended circular canopies and task lighting integrated into the interactive kiosks, the overall effect neither harsh nor dim but comfortably bright, the color temperature feeling neutral to slightly cool like an overcast sky, around 4000 to 5000 Kelvin in technical terms but experientially reading as clear and contemporary without coldness, while the yellow-green backlit elements introduce warmer tonal suggestions that evoke springtime growth and natural vitality, the combined lighting creating an environment that feels energetic yet welcoming, technologically current yet organically grounded, institutional in its clarity and organization yet approachable and human-scaled in its formal vocabulary and chromatic warmth.

The refurbished Exhibition Centre instils public confidence by underscoring Hong Kong Housing Society’s 70 year legacy serving Hong Kong. Innovative exhibits such as immersive VR and digital twin engage visitors. Visitors irrigate the centerpiece tree, symbolizing bridging citizens and housing policy and representing its people focus commitment and efforts. The old video with VR goggles is turned into a LED dome with VR. The challenge is how to configure the dome into an acute angled space. All in all, the Centre inspires trust and longing for better homes, vital for Hkhs’s progress.