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Curtain Wall Green Roof
Operable vents On 4/F, 7/F, 16/F, R/F
Light shelf Rainwater harvesting system
Solar shading Reduce Heat Island Effect
Drapery system
Low-E double glazing Free Cooling
Outside fresh air used
Building Materials for direct space cooling
FSC certified wood
High recycled content Urban Window
Regional products On 4/F, 7/F, 10/F
Low VOC content Improve district air quality
Sky Garden Hybrid Cooling
On 4/F Combined stack and
wind effect
Street Setback
Improve street environment
and tennis courts, as well as its swimming shops, restaurants, offices and homes. It be seen as a cutting-edge building, design
pool, bred many generations of local athletes.
Its greenery and leisure facilities also never lost its character as a prosperous yet and function-wise, in the 2010s, but also 50
provided a laid-back oasis in the middle of
the city for many nearby residents. Again, relaxed enclave in bustling Causeway Bay. or 60 years into the future. Together with
the sustainable mindset of the Lee Garden
owners helped make all of this happen. its integrated team of well-known project
The now flattened Lee Garden saw the The modern Lee Gardens is not the partners, including Kohn Pedersen Fox, Dennis
construction of a number of residential
projects in the 1950s and 1960s, including end-product of a master-planned Lau and Ng Chun Man, Benoy, Ove Arup
Empire Court, once Hong Kong’s tallest
residential building with 17 floors, Embassy development. Rather, it formed gradually and Parsons Brinckerhoff, among others, a
Court and The Caroline Building. Even better
known was the Lee Gardens Hotel, which through a series of organic growth spurts, design that looks like three rectangular boxes
added an ‘s’ to the area’s name, as well as
900 hotel rooms to cater to the tourist boom. but its look and feel are certainly impacted stacked upon each other was eventually
Hysan Development, the listed company
which has owned many of the Lee family’s by the actions of Lee Hysan, his successors, agreed upon.
original Lee Gardens portfolio buildings
since the 1980s, also caught the wave of and the present guardian of the area, Hysan
popular Japanese department stores and
made its Hennessy Centre the home of Development. While there has always been
Mitsukoshi, which was well-liked by local
shoppers. It should be noted, though, that the wish to pursue successful business Roof
the redevelopment of the Lee Gardens area
also created wide tree-lined avenues, and ventures in Lee Gardens, Hysan Development,
eventually attracted an eclectic variety of
as the biggest landlord in the area, always
took into consideration the needs of the
wider community and its stakeholders. This
particular mindset was made even more clear
with the development of Hysan Place, the 16/F
planning of which began in the late 2000s.
Hysan Place is a mixed-use commercial 7/F
building featuring a remarkable 17 levels of 4/F
retail shops, and 15 levels of offices. The site
was previously occupied by a commercial
building that had been deemed obsolete.
Hysan vowed to ensure its successor was a
sustainable structure, which would not only
Location of green roof and sky garden
HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014 155
Operable vents On 4/F, 7/F, 16/F, R/F
Light shelf Rainwater harvesting system
Solar shading Reduce Heat Island Effect
Drapery system
Low-E double glazing Free Cooling
Outside fresh air used
Building Materials for direct space cooling
FSC certified wood
High recycled content Urban Window
Regional products On 4/F, 7/F, 10/F
Low VOC content Improve district air quality
Sky Garden Hybrid Cooling
On 4/F Combined stack and
wind effect
Street Setback
Improve street environment
and tennis courts, as well as its swimming shops, restaurants, offices and homes. It be seen as a cutting-edge building, design
pool, bred many generations of local athletes.
Its greenery and leisure facilities also never lost its character as a prosperous yet and function-wise, in the 2010s, but also 50
provided a laid-back oasis in the middle of
the city for many nearby residents. Again, relaxed enclave in bustling Causeway Bay. or 60 years into the future. Together with
the sustainable mindset of the Lee Garden
owners helped make all of this happen. its integrated team of well-known project
The now flattened Lee Garden saw the The modern Lee Gardens is not the partners, including Kohn Pedersen Fox, Dennis
construction of a number of residential
projects in the 1950s and 1960s, including end-product of a master-planned Lau and Ng Chun Man, Benoy, Ove Arup
Empire Court, once Hong Kong’s tallest
residential building with 17 floors, Embassy development. Rather, it formed gradually and Parsons Brinckerhoff, among others, a
Court and The Caroline Building. Even better
known was the Lee Gardens Hotel, which through a series of organic growth spurts, design that looks like three rectangular boxes
added an ‘s’ to the area’s name, as well as
900 hotel rooms to cater to the tourist boom. but its look and feel are certainly impacted stacked upon each other was eventually
Hysan Development, the listed company
which has owned many of the Lee family’s by the actions of Lee Hysan, his successors, agreed upon.
original Lee Gardens portfolio buildings
since the 1980s, also caught the wave of and the present guardian of the area, Hysan
popular Japanese department stores and
made its Hennessy Centre the home of Development. While there has always been
Mitsukoshi, which was well-liked by local
shoppers. It should be noted, though, that the wish to pursue successful business Roof
the redevelopment of the Lee Gardens area
also created wide tree-lined avenues, and ventures in Lee Gardens, Hysan Development,
eventually attracted an eclectic variety of
as the biggest landlord in the area, always
took into consideration the needs of the
wider community and its stakeholders. This
particular mindset was made even more clear
with the development of Hysan Place, the 16/F
planning of which began in the late 2000s.
Hysan Place is a mixed-use commercial 7/F
building featuring a remarkable 17 levels of 4/F
retail shops, and 15 levels of offices. The site
was previously occupied by a commercial
building that had been deemed obsolete.
Hysan vowed to ensure its successor was a
sustainable structure, which would not only
Location of green roof and sky garden
HONG KONG REPORT ON THE STATE OF SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 2014 155
