LWK & Partners (HK) Limited

LWK + PARTNERS is a leading architecture and design practice rooted in Hong Kong, with 1,100+ creative minds collaborating across a strong global network of 12 offices to deliver world-class solutions to the built environment. Since its establishment in 1985, the diverse design team at LWK + PARTNERS shares expertise to provide a wide range of services including architecture, planning & urban design, interiors, landscape, heritage conservation, building information modelling (BIM), brand experience and lighting design. LWK + PARTNERS believes that great design has infinite possibilities and directs positive impact to people’s lives. The practice is a member of C Cheng Holdings Limited. 

Signature Projects

Courtesy of Paul Y. – iMax

Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre Temporary Quarantine Facilities

Sai Kung, Hong Kong

Client: Paul Y. – iMax
Project Role: AP, Project Architect
No. of MiC Modules: 99
No. of Floors: 3
No. of Units: 99
Main Contract Period: February - April 2020
MiC Part: 80% of exterior decoration and 90% of interior decoration were finished in the Malaysia factory including furniture and other fittings. 
Other Project features:
  • One of Hong Kong's pilot cases for MiC, built to assist Hong Kong government's COVID-19 response
  • Three blocks of three storey temporary quarantine facilities, providing a total of 99 units
  • Every building consists of 33 temporary units, all with their own toilets and connected through steel staircases and open-air corridors
  • Modular units prefabricated in factory; steel staircase and semi-open corridors built on site
  • To contain virus spread, a single corridor design is adopted: circulation corridors at the front of buildings and bathroom vents at the back. Buildings arranged front-to-front or back-to-back to ensure a clear divide of ‘clean’ and ‘dirty’ air
  • Flexibility incorporated in unit design to allow potential reuse in future transitional housing 

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Last Updated: 28.05.2021 17:02:21

Adopting MiC to Build Light Public Housing (LPH) to Expedite Housing Supply

The Policy Address 2022 announced the construction of LPH. The LPH Scheme is led by the Architectural Services Department with the adoption of MiC. The Housing Bureau has selected eight sites in Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Ma On Shan, Kai Tak, Ngau Tau Kok and Chai Wai, providing around 30,000 LPH units. The construction period takes only one to two years. Each units equipped with self-contained toilet and basic facilities such as water heater and air-con. The first batch of around 2,100 units will be completed in 2024-25 and the remaining units will be completed by phases in 2025-26 and 2026-27, so as to shorten the waiting time of public housing.

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