REPULSE BAY

Can architecture and design blend?

Repulse Bay, 2002-2003
Mixed materials and media
Unique works
Various dimensions
© Mark Humphrey

CLIENT
Grosvenor Estate
Asia Standard

COLLABORATORS
PDP Architects
Aston Martin

AWARD
MIPIM Award
Architect Design Merit Award
Bentley Award

LOCATION
Grosvenor Place, Repulse Bay, Hong Kong

“REPULSE BAY IS A NEW LUXURY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG, DESIGNED BY PDP ARCHITECTS, WITH THE ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN DEVELOPED HAND IN HAND WITH STUDIO HUMPHREY. FOR THE PENTHOUSES AND APARTMENTS, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER INTERIOR DESIGN AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN TO CREATE A UNIFIED ENVIRONMENT – EXTENDING FROM THE BUILDING AND ITS SPACES TO FURNITURE, LIGHTING, TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES.

THE PROJECT BRINGS A DISTINCTLY LONDON SENSIBILITY TO HONG KONG, COMBINING BRITISH CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH ADVANCED MANUFACTURING. UK CABINET MAKERS AND SPECIALIST CRAFTSMEN WORKED ALONGSIDE HIGH-LEVEL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS, USING TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS INCLUDING CARBON FIBRE TO CREATE BESPOKE ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE INTERIORS.

RATHER THAN TREATING ARCHITECTURE, INTERIORS AND OBJECTS AS SEPARATE DISCIPLINES, THE PROJECT WAS CONCEIVED AS A CONTINUOUS CREATIVE LANGUAGE. FURNITURE BECOMES PART OF THE ARCHITECTURE; LIGHTING BECOMES PART OF THE FURNITURE; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES BECOME PART OF HANDCRAFTED JOINERY. EVERY ELEMENT IS CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THE WHOLE.

THE BUILDING BECOMES THE INTERIOR. THE INTERIOR BECOMES THE FURNITURE. THE FURNITURE BECOMES THE DETAIL. EVERYTHING BELONGS TO THE SAME IDEA.”

Mark Humphrey

“MARK IS THE HOLY GRAIL OF CREATIVITY.”

Jonathan Wyatt
Grosvenor Estate

“GURU BY DESIGN – UK’S HOTTEST DESIGNER.”

Financial Times

“WON THE EQUIVALENT OF ‘AN OSCAR’ AT THE MIPIM.”

Architecture
Architectural journal, Hong Kong