Dear Members,
We are pleased to share that the project “Mi-Play Unit” initiated by HKILA and the Construction Industry Council (CIC) is having its soft opening on 19 November 2022 at Zero Carbon Park (ZCP) as part of the CIC’s 築月2022 festival. This project originated from HKILA’s Transitional Housing Workgroup initiative last year to creating low cost and easily assembled/ dismantled landscape element for the residents.
The project received support from the following industry partners on pro-bono basis:
- 2 Square Metres – designer
- Play Concept – play equipment advice and the main body of the piece
- GreenWalls – vertical greening and nano-coating elements
- Tony Ip Green Architects – AP advisory service
The whole piece has been completed in only 1.5 month from design to completion, attach with some photos from yesterday, the team has been working hard getting the piece ready.
Even though our transitional housing initiative last year has been published in the press and journals, it is always better to have an actual piece built and installed for people to see, touch, and in this case play with it. Temporary Places of Public Entertainment (TPPE) licence for the piece is now being applied and once approval is obtained it will be opened to the public. Tentatively the piece will stay at ZCP for 3 months, we are currently liaising with relevant NGOs for the piece to station at different transitional housing site for the residents’ enjoyment.
We encourage members to pay a visit, can bring along your friends and family!
Regards,
Paul Chan
President, HKILA
