Build Sustainable Awards 2016

Build 2016 Sustainable Building Awards 30 30 Company: Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP) Address: 33rd Floor Wu Chung House, 213 Queen’s Road East Wanchai, Hong Kong Email: [email protected] Web Address: www.rlphk.com/eng Telephone: (852) 2891 2212 LP has been established for 40 years, setting a progressive model for architectural practice in Hong Kong and within the region. The firm is currently housing over 600 professionals across China and Hong Kong. Staff at RLP share the common vision that the built environment should be regenerative in social, economic and ecological terms. RLP aims is to move from “doing less harm” to “doing more good”. To reinforce this pioneering efforts and thought leadership in terms of sustainable design, RLP continues to explore new ground and new ideas through their research and design work. “At RLP, we believe that architecture is an act of change that can inspire humanity and create a better living environment for future generations.” Bryant Lu, Vice - Chairman of RLP. A green milestone for Hong Kong One of RLP designed projects, ZCB Zero Carbon Building is the first zero carbon building designed to be energy-positive from a life cycle perspective in the tropics. It is a milestone for Hong Kong, in terms of its visions, design innovations, execution and implementation from the integrated process to the continual optimisation of the building performances in the operational phase since its opening in 2012. Besides serving as the test bed for state-of-the-art zero carbon design and technologies to the building industry, it is aspired to regenerate the ecological for the neighbourhood, and a place to drive paradigm integrated design process in less than 15 months. RLP placed its first priority on energy conservation by passive design and the use of highly energy-efficient active system. Development of a sustainable city RLP is convinced that a rail plus development model – High-Density Transit Oriented Development (HDTOD) provides a highly viable solution for the development of a sustainable city. The marriage of urban transit with HDTODs nurtures a sustainable lifestyle that reduces the carbon footprint, cuts energy consumption and halts urban sprawl, ultimately bringing benefits to society at large. TODTOWN is one of the numerous examples of RLP designed development. It resolves a complex range of needs and challenges and creates a well- connected, mixed-use “mini city” in Shanghai, China. Located above a local transport interchange, TODTOWN connects existing communities and transportation links with an expanded rail infrastructure and new retail, office, hotel and residential developments over the 20+ hectare site. A retail mall forms the centerpiece of the design, conceived as two linking hands, and spans the site to join residential districts to the north and south of the existing subway station. The mall is made up of five interlinked retail floors above the transport interchange. New pedestrian routes run from ground level through the mall which, coupled with a new support road running through the site, seamlessly links all of the development’s constituent parts together. RLP look beyond for a brighter sustainable future. Best Sustainable Architecture Firm 2016 – Asia & Best Energy Efficient Building Project (Hong Kong): Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP) commits to using their professional knowledge to improve built environment and lifestyle experience along with maintaining the integrity and quality of the natural and cultural landscapes in which we operate. R AR160001 Ronald Lu & Partners (RLP) SK Yee Healthy Life Centre, Hong Kong