{"id":103,"date":"2005-04-15T18:25:16","date_gmt":"2005-04-15T10:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/?p=103"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T12:15:30","slug":"former-central-police-station-and-victoria-prison-compound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sepiadesign.com\/newsepiasite\/former-central-police-station-and-victoria-prison-compound\/","title":{"rendered":"Sepia Design Wins Design Competition for reuse of HK’s Historic Central Police Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Schmidt’s 2005 winning entry for the adaptive reuse of Hong Kong’s historic Central Police Station, which planted the seed for the Tai Kwun redevelopment over a decade later<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong, 15 April 2005<\/strong> ————– <\/strong>Sepia Design Consultants Limited<\/strong><\/a> was awarded top prize in the 2005 “Central Police Station Idea Competition”<\/strong> from among 34 competing entries.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solely sponsored by Towngas <\/em>and jointly organized by the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA),<\/em> Central & Western District Council<\/em>, and The Conservancy Association,<\/em> the competition sought to solicit ideas for the redevelopment of the former Central Police Station site on Hollywood Road for action by the Hong Kong Government.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas Schmidt’s winning entry depicted an adaptive reuse of the existing historic complex by featuring a balanced mix of commercial and community facilities within a lushly landscaped pedestrian environment, with a focus on art and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sepia Design Managing Director, Thomas Schmidt, AIA<\/strong> proposed that the site become a showcase of local history, culture, art and style accessed via a pedestrian garden experience devoid of vehicles. The experience would include a \u201cHeritage Path\u201d throughout the complex to promote community and tourist awareness of the site\u2019s history and Colonial background.\u00a0 This walking tour, linked by commemorative plaques and informative signage featuring historic photos, would allow visitors to stroll across the site in a sequential fashion and gain a true understanding of the importance of preserving this precious asset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hong Kong, 15 April 2005 ————– Sepia Design Consultants Limited was awarded top prize in the 2005 “Central Police Station Idea Competition” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,61],"tags":[37,109,56,108,19],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-sustainability","tag-central-police-station","tag-hong-kong-adaptive-reuse","tag-sepia-design-consultants-limited","tag-tai-kwun","tag-thomas-schmidt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t