HALL OF FAME

AWARD: WINNER, RIBA SHOP! 2014 COMPETITION - PACIFIC PLACE 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 
CLIENT: SWIRE PROPERTIES & RIBA (ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS) 
LOCATION: PACIFIC PLACE SHOPPING MALL, ADMIRALTY, HK
STATUS: BUILT
COLLABORATORS: GARY LAW, KYLIE CHAN, CHARIS MOK
PHOTO SOURCE: PACIFIC PLACE HONG KONG, ROGER WU
PHOTOGRAPHER:  EDMON LEONG, JOSH TAM

CONCEPT: 
BAMBOO STRIPS ARE ANCIENT WAYS TO RECORD TEXTS IN CHINA. 
TEXTS ARE WRITTEN OR EVEN DELICATELY SCULPTED ON THIN STRIPS OF BAMBOO WHICH 
GIVES A HIGH SENSE OF PRECIOUSNESS AND TACTILE QUALITY IRREPLACEABLE BY DIGITAL MEDIA. 

WE PROPOSE TO USE RAW BAMBOO, A RECOGNIZED SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL, 
TO CREATE A CONTINUOUS SILK-LIKE SCULPTURE WHICH DEFINES A HALL OF FAME UNDERNEATH.  
IT HOUSES 25 HUGE BIRTHDAY CARDS BY RENOWNED BRANDS BLESSING THE MALL'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

CONSTRUCTION: 
TO MINIMIZE BLOCKAGE TO THE MALL'S CIRCULATION AND SHOPFRONT, 
ALL BAMBOOS ARE HUNG FROM  A  STEEL FRAMEWORK WHICH IN TURN 
IS SUSPENDED FROM THE CEILING WITH WIRES. 

THE BAMBOOS ARE CONNECTED TO THE METAL FRAME WITH PIN JOINTS.
THIS RESOLVES THE CONNECTION AT VARIOUS ANGLES AND ALLOWS THE BAMBOO TO BE INSTALLED IN VERTICAL MANNER EASILY AND THEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE CURVACEOUS FORM SIMPLY
BY ERECTING ONE BEAM AT EACH SIDE.