New Office Address

Our Hong Kong office has moved. We are now located in Sai Ying Pun, a strategic move to be closer to the University of Hong Kong as well:

14/F Siu On Building
243-245 Des Voeux Road West
Sai Ying Pun
Tel: +852 2857 7102
Fax: +852 2857 7609
email: office@icehk.com
website: www.icehk.com

Construction Log March: SZXC - Completed

With more than a year delayed due to us unknown circumstances...

...finally one construction site less.

Concept Model for Lighting Concept

Planning Concept

Lift Lobby

Main Corridor

Reception

Reception Counter

Lobby Lounge

Lobby Lounge

Floor Plan

Company Logo

Conference Room

Conference Table

CEO Reception

CEO Office

CEO Table

CEO Table Detail

Female Toilet

Male Toilet Washbasin

Male Toilet Washbasin with Mirror

Male Toilet Cubicles

Manager Room

Meeting Room

Corridor

Second Reception

The design is an office interior for a commodities and finance trading company, based in Shenzhen and Hong Kong. For their corporate headquarter in Shenzhen, we were asked to design the project for a cellular office organization within a high-profile building in a prime area of the city.

Located in a central core office, the floor is separated in units for lease and a main office which houses two sub companies of the corporate holding. With two entrances on the other side of the core and 20 over office and meeting rooms, the orientation within the space is rather confusing. 

We designed the project by putting the main focus on ceiling and floorplan as an enhancement and representation of the circulation system. The ceiling is guided by light troughs which lead to publicly accessible rooms. The floor is a direct reflection of the ceiling with rough and glossy surfaces. 

To differentiate the two entrances to the office, the character of the finishes transforms from metallic to organic, from corian, aluminium and glass to wood and leather.

Team: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Louise Low, Claudia Wigger, Matteo Biasiolo, Celine Clivaz, Jorge Gil Suarez, Juliana Kei, Sandy Lee, Olgierd Nitka, Sevan Spiess, Lien Thanh Gruetzmacher, Jacky Yp

© 2013, ice - ideas for contemporary environments

Construction Log February: SZXC

It has been a haunting project for the office. We tendered the detail design on and a half years ago to contractors. Due to the economic crisis as well as other issues, the project is about to finish now only. Being 1650 sqm it is rather complex for an interior project and not really our ground of expertise, yet it stretches beyond the usual period of construction. Finally it is getting there and we look forward to the completion of the project after Chinese New Year.

The project has been a challenge as the client's brief was suggesting a compartmentalized office with small cubicles for different departments. We took this as an opportunity to express the complexity of the circulation in ceiling and in floor only, creating a visual and spatial guiding system throughout the office public corridors.

The client added plants to the construction site at this point. It is a funny way to occupy and own the space. In the end it shows that architect's obsession and client's obsession might not align that naturally...

Team: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Claudia Wigger, Louise Low, Matteo Biasolo, Esteban Becerril Pellon, Jorge Gil, Juliana Kei, Sandy Lee, Olgierd Nitka, Lien Thanh Gruetzmacher, Jackey Yp

© 2013, ice - ideas for contemporary environments

Construction Log April: SZXC

Most of the walls are constructed by now. HVAC and Sprinklers are confirmed. Hopefully the site will move faster from now on.

Team: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Claudia Wigger, Louise Low, Matteo Biasolo, Esteban Becerril Pellon, Juliana Kei, Sandy Lee, Olgierd Nitka, Lien Thanh Gruetzmacher, Jackey Yp

© 2012, ice - ideas for contemporary environments

Lobby +

Early this year we won a competition for the fit out of a 25 story office tower in the new IT district of Shenzhen (right next to QQ headquarter - the Facebook of China).

Our concept that won over others is proposing a Lobby+: A multi functional space. Instead of an empty decorated large space, we reduced the circulation space to a minimum in order to give way to introduce additional functions like a bank, business center, business lounge, cafe lounge, event space. The design uses the different functions to create very distinct identities to the specific zones.

As the building is suppose to fully handover in July this year, we handed over the design development last week.

Team: Ulrich Kirchhoff, Louise Low, Claudia Wigger, Esteban Becerril Pellon, Olgierd Nitka, Lien Thanh Gruetzmacher

© 2012, ice - ideas for contemporary environments