Hong Kong Central Police Station

24 March 2009

dUCKS joins the design team of Herzog & de Meuron for the development of the Central Police Station complex in Hong Kong. The complex that once housed the central police station, a court and a prison, is being revitalized by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.

The team of dUCKS scéno is assisting the HKJC in the revitalization project by studying feasibility of re-use of the buildings for a cultural program, and by developing an outline program and concept design of the cultural spaces in the new building.

Owner/client: Hong Kong Jockey Club

Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, Rocco Design Architects

Conservation architect: Purcell Miller Tritton

Scenographer: dUCKS scéno

Links: Central Police Station project website

News archive 2009

20 Dec 2009 — finalists renovation Elisabethzaal, Antwerp with Caruso St John Architects

18 Dec 2009 — Mikou Design Studio laurate for theater “Bateau Feu” in Dunkerque

1 Dec 2009 — laureate design competition for a new multifunction space in Calvi (Corsica), with Perraudin Architectes

1 Sep 2009 — start of the design phases for the Taipei Performing Arts Center with the OMA team in Hong Kong

8 Aug 2009 — dUCKS joins OMA for the development of a conceptual plan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong

20 Mar 2009 — opening Pôle culturel Ev@sion at Ambares (architect: King Kong)

24 Mar 2009 — dUCKS scéno joins the design team of Herzog & de Meuron for Hong Kong’s Central Police Station project

21 Jan 2009 — dUCKS contributes to ABTT tour of Curve, Leicester