The Integrated Rehabilitation Services Complex is built as part of a special initiative to increase residential care places in Hong Kong for persons with severe to moderate mental and/or physical disabilities or chronic mental illnesses. The complex redefines the idea of a care home – by taking a human-centric design approach throughout and prioritising residents’ dignity and well-being. It provides 1,700 places for one-stop services with 2 types of day training/vocational rehabilitation services and 5 different residential care services.
Built on land made available after relocation of the ex-Siu Lam Hospital, the complex adapts to existing topography via a low block and a high block design. This minimizes site formation works, reduces massing and visual impacts onto the surroundings while maximizing natural light and greenery for the users. The large building footprints minimise traveling within the complex, allowing more time to provide for services and activities catering to their specific needs.
Year
2022/23
Prize
HKIA Merit Award of Hong Kong - Institutional Building
Architect(s)
Ronald Lu & Partners
