Manulife Place
Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
2022–2023
A complete envelope. A renewed architectural presence.
OSAN / Overview
A complete envelope. A renewed architectural presence.
OSAN undertook renewal of the entire exterior facade of Manulife Place, including design, execution and project management of the facade scope. The OSAN completion period is 2022–2023, with an OSAN scope budget of USD 197 million.
This is an appointment at the scale of the full building envelope. Its design, physical implementation and project management are brought together within the same defined facade-renewal responsibility.
Budget refers to the work attributed to OSAN and is separate from the overall project investment.
Scope & responsibility
Our scope
ENGINEERING IN FOCUS
The envelope, resolved.
Envelope geometry
The facade is a three-dimensional boundary. Module size, depth, corners and openings establish its architectural rhythm. Understanding the elevation together with its returns and junctions connects the building’s public expression to the geometry of its parts.
Envelope geometry
The facade is a three-dimensional boundary. Module size, depth, corners and openings establish its architectural rhythm. Understanding the elevation together with its returns and junctions connects the building’s public expression to the geometry of its parts.
Movement and continuity
The envelope meets structural movement, environmental exposure and adjoining construction. Interfaces must be considered as connected conditions: support, weather protection and the continuity of the external surface influence how the complete assembly is understood.
Assembly and access
A facade package is built through a sequence of supports, modules and closing details. Installation access, interfaces with internal work and the relationship of repeated units to special corners are central questions within an envelope appointment.
The project in context
At a glance
At 348 Kwun Tong Road, the building was previously known as International Trade Tower. WONG TUNG describes the original office development as a collaboration with ingenhoven architects. Manulife announced the Manulife Place name in December 2021; that renaming is separate from OSAN’s completion period.
Commercial offices
WONG TUNG / ingenhoven architects
2018 building / 2021 renaming
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