Project description by OMA
The KUBE, designed by OMA / David Gianotten and Rem Koolhaas and commissioned by K11 Group founder Adrian Cheng, opens in Hong Kong. Comprised of a golden cube and a giant floating balloon, the distinctive installation located in front of K11 MUSEA—a unique place in the city for retail and culture—enlivens the iconic Victoria Harbour with diverse happenings.
The KUBE is at once a kiosk, an outdoor seating area and an event space, distinguished from the retail and commercial spaces at the waterfront. The golden cube houses the artisan coffee brewer %ARABICA. Its anodised aluminium finish changes colours when light of different qualities reflects from it, offering visitors unique scenes at different times of the day. The golden cube is accompanied with a set of stone cubes that serve as outdoor chairs and tables, configured in such a way to encourage serendipitous conversations between visitors. The setting creates possibilities for different events—such as outdoor performances with a harbourview—to inject cultural programmes into K11 MUSEA and Victoria Dockside, the city’s latest art and design neighbourhood.
For special events, a giant red balloon, visible from across the Victoria Harbour, is installed as a “city canopy” to gather all participants under the same roof, and as an “urban pin” to mark the KUBE as a place in the city for inspiring encounters.
K11 MUSEA is a collective effort of 100 architects, artists, designers and other creative talents. Dubbed “Hong Kong’s Silicon Valley of Culture,” K11 MUSEA has the mission to connect people and propagate culture, opening up dialogues between the local community, shoppers, and travellers. Its unique cultural offerings include a specially curated art collection of over forty contemporary artworks and weekly cultural performances.
On Hong Kong's waterfront and amid a myriad of skyscrapers and luxurious retail spaces at K11 MUSEA, rise a golden installationthe, the KUBE designed by OMA / David Gianotten and Rem Koolhaas and commissioned by K11 Group founder Adrian Cheng.
“The KUBE is a multi-functional installation to connect people visiting K11 MUSEA and passers-by, who share a moment to be fully present to experience the city, and possibilities of encounters.”
David Gianotten, OMA Managing Partner – ArchitecT.
A golden cube and a giant floating balloon, the distinctive installation located in front of K11 MUSEA —a ten-storey retail space designed to blend cultural experiences and commerce, and designed as a compact, multi-functional installation: at once a kiosk, an outdoor seating area and an event space.
“In creating K11 MUSEA, we have worked with 100 creative talents to propagate culture and inject inspiring content into the new consumer’s daily life. What David Gianotten and Rem Koolhaas’ KUBE adds to K11 MUSEA is therefore more than an iconic OMA feature, but a symbolic space that explores Hong Kong’s waterfront culture, coffee culture and a new way to become part of a larger community.”
Adrian Cheng, K11 Group Founder.
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