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Avoid Obvious Architects

New York, NY | Kowloon, Hong Kong

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The Artist House with Aqua Farm

The Artist House with Aqua Farm is a multipurpose space to explore craft beers through co-creation and experiences. By exploring the five senses, people get to touch, see, hear, smell and taste the process of beer making. The Artist House also has the first farm-to-glass concept in Hong Kong. The in-house aqua farm provides most of the ingredients for their food and drinks. It helps to lower the carbon footprint by lowering the traffic distance, reducing water and fertilizer consumption by 90%. The farm allows customers to co-create their own food and drink.

The design of The Artist House is cultural, sustainable and flexible. The form of the Artist House comes from the Belgian barn where the craft beer is made. Rather than replicating the farm, we slice them into thinner portals to fit into a challenging setting in Hong Kong. Each portal represents one sense that The Artist co-creates with their partners. The space majorly used reclaimed materials on wall and furniture to reduce its carbon footprint. The mechanical equipment is carefully positioned to reduce operational cost and energy consumption. The use of movable furniture, customized storage, and creative lighting helps to increase the flexibility of the space. Co-creators can transform its semi open space to fit up to 100 people.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Hong Kong, HK
Firm Role: Architect
Additional Credits: Avoid Obvious Architects (Design):

Vicky Chan

Emily Manasc

TheeAe Architects (Design and Build):

Woohyun Cho

Studio 9527 (Branding)

Andrew Kwong

The Artist (Client):

Benjamin Cox

Olivier Gilson

Scentique (Scent)

Jonathan Fok

Farmacy HK (Aqua Farm)

Sanford Liu

Raymond Mak

Luke Wu

Lucia Sohn

Woody Chen

Nicholas Cheng

Calvin Nip

Veronica Huang

Artwork (Manneken Pis):

Patrick Gerola

 
Farm
Farm
Inside the Farm
Inside the Farm
Team
Team
Entrance
Entrance
Office
Office
Hidden Doors
Hidden Doors
Meeting Space
Meeting Space
Storage
Storage
Smell
Smell
Event Space
Event Space
Hidden Door
Hidden Door
Artwork
Artwork
Brewery
Brewery
Barn
Barn
Plan
Plan
Barn Portals
Barn Portals
Flow
Flow
Concept
Concept
Carbon Footprint
Carbon Footprint
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