Airside (Renew); The Most Sustainable Building in Hong Kong

Revealed in 2020 and completed this year as a LEED Platinum-certified mixed-use landmark. Airside weaves generous public spaces and gardens through exterior plazas and rooftop landscapes suited for urban farming, restaurants, events, and recreation. With views over Victoria Harbour and the Kai Tak River, the 177,670-square-meter project merges a 213-meter-tall tower with a second tower and its base in a continuous form.  The development officially opened in September 2023. 

 

 

 

 

 

With views over Victoria Harbour and the Kai Tak River, the 177,670-square-metre project merges a 213-metre-tall tower with a second tower and its base in a continuous form. The building mass comprises five interconnected volumes that gradually step up from the Kai Tak River, lending the 213-meter-tall tower an inviting presence at ground level. The building’s sculpted forms shape a series of ground-level human-scale urban spaces, and rooftop gardens with commanding views of Victoria Harbour and Kai Tak.

 

 

 

 

 

At the heart of the building, is a 60,000 square-meter multi-story retail atrium filled with natural light, creating a spacious community gathering and social space. Rising above the elevated garden is a tower containing 110,000 square meters of grade-A office space. Together with nearby cultural and leisure facilities currently under construction, the building will become an anchor and public landmark for the area, helping attract start-ups, creative enterprises, and established businesses alike.

 

 

 

 

 

AIRSIDE is designed to the highest sustainability standards and is the first private development in Hong Kong to be awarded five of the highest green building certifications. The roof and podium levels host over 1,350 square meters of photovoltaic (PV) farms with walkable PV panels—the largest PV farm of any commercial building in Hong Kong. Other sustainable aspects include automated waste sorting and storage systems, design moves that promote natural ventilation and daylighting, solar radiation protection, and rainwater harvesting.

 

 

 

 

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