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541: 37: 295: 319: 331: 283: 307: 639: 246:'s firm won the competition to design the building in 2007. The competition brief called for "a beacon structure symbolising and driving the development of Hong Kong as a design hub in Asia." She and her team took as their guiding principle the "collateral flexibility" between the departments to be housed in the building. Their solution was to "dissolve ... the classic typography of tower and 404: 253:
Athletic fields surrounding the building were razed to create a new surrounding landscape. The main pedestrian entrance was placed at podium level, as with the other buildings on campus. A long pathway from nearby Suen Chi Sun Memorial Square to an open
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The tower is located at the northwestern tip of the university campus. Upon completion, the tower provided some 12,000 square metres (130,000 sq ft) of net operational floor area and is able to accommodate about 1,800 staff and students.
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The tower houses the School of Design (SD) and supports the development of its specialisations, namely Environmental Design, Industrial and Product Design, Visual Communication, Advertising as well as Digital Design.
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to create a seamlessly fluid new structure ... creat a building which is inherently organised and understood to visitors from the point of entry."
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creates a focal point, where the building space opens to shops, a cafeteria, museum, and exhibition area.
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approved funding of HK$ 249 million for the Innovation Tower. The tower was therefore renamed
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Jockey Club Charities Trust helps needy with record HK$ 1.62 billion donations
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Jockey Club Innovation Tower at Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Topping-out
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PolyU appoints Ms Zaha Hadid as Architect of "Innovation Tower"
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Innovation Tower
A white multi-level building, rising to a point at its right side, seen from a plaza. In the foreground are some short trees with pink flowers. On either side are portions of darker brick buildings. To the right in the background is another mostly brick rectilinear building
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom
Hung Hom
Kowloon
Hong Kong
Coordinates
22°18′20″N 114°10′45″E / 22.30556°N 114.17917°E / 22.30556; 114.17917
Zaha Hadid
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chatham Road
Hung Hom
Pritzker-prize
Zaha Hadid
Hong Kong
Zaha Hadid
podium
foyer
Entrance Atrium
Exhibition Gallery on Podium Floor
Stairs inside the tower
Common area
Outdoor Podium
Hong Kong Jockey Club




"Jockey Club Innovation Tower, Hong Kong"

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