Recycled Architecture: A Participatory Cultural Market

The project promotes the pop culture and art movements by providing a short-term incubator and social space for up-and-coming artists and designers. Recycled containers are repurposes as architectural canvases for graffiti, poetry, and other styles of creative expression.

27 containers form an open and participatory market designed to enhance interactions between individual artists as well as engage the public. A system of organic open spaces was meticulously crafted to produce a seemingly casual nomadic village within a three story scale.

An unconventional circulation pattern ensures that visitors are guided not only through the container rooms but also throughout different floors. This path fuses the realms of private and public and encourages intimate encounters between visitors and designers.

A human-scaled transparent section was created for visitors. The short visual distances between the container workshops purposefully establishe a cozy and familiar environment.

awards:

2002 Hong Kong Young Architect Award, HKIA
2003 Hong Kong Young Architect Award, Asia Cultural Council
2004 20 Architects for the 21st Century, HKIA
2009 Best Paper Award (Design Category), HKIA Journal
2010 President's Prize, HKIA
2012 President's Prize, HKIA
2013 Merit Award, HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Symposium & Awards


Affiliation:
2000 Registered Architect, HKARB
2000 Full Member, HKIA
2005 Full Member, HK Designers Association
2007 LEED, U.S. Green Building Council



Frankie Lui and Anita Lo founded Atelier Global Limited in 2007.

2017
Most Valuable Services Awards in Hong Kong 2017, Hong Kong Most Valuable Companies - Best Renowned Architectural Design Company in Hong Kong

SHENZHEN LONGHUA BOOK MALL
Tender Winner - Architecture and Interior Design

CHANGSHA DIN DIN CREATIVITY CENTRE, CHINA
HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards, Silver
A’ Design Award, Silver

SHENYANG VANKE SALES OFFICE, CHINA
A’ Design Award – Interior Design, Silver

VANKE HONGSHUWAN SHOW FLAT, CHINA
A’ Design Award – Interior Design, Bronze
International Design Award – Interior Design, Bronze
Asia Pacific Interior Design Awards for Elite - Model House, Award

GEMDALE PLAZA, CHINA
HKIA Cross-Strait Architectural Design Awards – Interior Design, Nominated Award
a&d Trophy Awards 2017 – Commercial, Retail or Office, Certificate of Excellence

2016
CHANGSHA DIN DIN CREATIVITY CENTRE, CHINA
A&D Trophy Awards Asia-Pacific Award
International Design Awards, Gold Winner
Best Commercial Building of the Year, Kinpan Award

GEMDALE PLAZA, CHINA
Best Commercial Building of the Year – Interior Design, Kinpan Award China