Taikoo Place

Hong Kong | 2015-2024

Taikoo Place, one of the city’s largest privately owned business districts, will create an inclusive open space with lush native vegetation and sculptural water features as part of a major transformation project. This project involves the redevelopment of three older industrial buildings into two high specification, modern office towers with more open spaces and improved amenities which will significantly enhance the public realm and overall experience for the office workers and the wider community.  

The 1.56ha (168,555 sqft) landscape is comprised of a sequence of gardens and plazas ranging from small intimate places around water to gather with friends and colleagues, to active street promenades suitable for events such as jazz concerts and outdoor markets. The design for the largest green space, Taikoo Square, creates the impression of a series of terraces and is typified by two large longitudinal pools connected by a cascade and a small water table.

Dense and lush native planting are arranged in different heights: The placing of light canopy trees and columnar palms open up the site. To promote biodiversity and raise public awareness of Hong Kong’s heritage of Fung Shui woodlands, 53 of the 70 trees at Taikoo Place are native species, grown specifically for the project.