{"id":77577,"date":"2025-11-25T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/?p=77577"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T20:35:56","slug":"newkirk-creative-transforms-hkri-taikoo-huis-sky-lobby-into-a-leed-well-platinum-tenant-clubhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/2025\/11\/newkirk-creative-transforms-hkri-taikoo-huis-sky-lobby-into-a-leed-well-platinum-tenant-clubhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Newkirk Creative Transforms HKRI Taikoo Hui\u2019s Sky Lobby into a LEED &#038; WELL Platinum Tenant Clubhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"48\" data-end=\"283\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkri.com\/en\/Our-Businesses\/Mainland-China\/HKRI-Taikoo-Hui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HKRI Taikoo Hui<\/a> in Shanghai, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/newkirk-creative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newkirk Creative Studio<\/a> transformed an overlooked floor into an exclusive tenant lounge and event hub\u2014proving workplace design can be both a real estate strategy and a hospitality experience.<\/h2>\n<div style=\"width: 325px; padding: 10px; margin: 5px 10px 5px 0px; float: left; border-top-width: 4px; border-right-width: 4px; border-bottom-width: 4px; border-left: 4px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Project Snapshot:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Design Firm: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/newkirk-creative\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newkirk Creative Studio<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Client: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkri.com\/en\/Our-Businesses\/Mainland-China\/HKRI-Taikoo-Hui\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HKRI Taikoo Hui <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Completion Date: May 2025<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Location: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shanghai, China<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Size: <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,000m2<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certifications:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LEED Platinum, WELL Platinum.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overview<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This landmark project redefined what a shared workplace amenity could be \u2013 transforming an overlooked transfer floor into an <em>exclusive, multifunctional destination<\/em> that seamlessly blends hospitality, business utility, and premium service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What began as an open question \u2013 <em>how to better utilize a vacant public floor<\/em> \u2013 evolved into a new model for <strong>tenant-focused business amenities<\/strong> across HKRI Taikoo Hui\u2019 commercial portfolio. Through stakeholder engagement, workshops across Hong Kong and Shanghai, and immersive tenant interviews, we helped craft a strategic response to a complex brief: <em>to create a new paradigm of shared space, built around tenant experience, operational viability, and brand alignment.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF8651-\u62f7\u8d1d-copy-e1763408412814.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With no initial design brief, led by Founder\/Design Director, Doug Newkirk (Newkirk Creative), a reverse brief was created to define the opportunity for this underutilized floor to serve as a <em>vibrant business lounge, event space, and social hub.<\/em> We saw this as more than just an opportunity to design a beautiful space, but to also solve a real estate problem for the landlord \u2013 how to keep their current tenants when they need to grow. The solution was to offer <em>a business amenity space in the building,<\/em> only for the tenants, that would allow them to reduce certain shared spaces \u2013 like large pantries, boardrooms, or training rooms \u2013 to make way for their own potential expansion. Tenants would have access to a shared business center \u2013 an idea that evolved into a form of <em>tenant <\/em><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clubhouse<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This became a commercial <strong>\u201cthird space\u201d<\/strong> specifically designed and curated for the tenants of HKRI Taikoo Hui.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Project Details &amp; Challenges<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The space needed to meet diverse goals. For the landlord, it was about creating <em>long-term value<\/em> while enhancing the overall tenant experience. For the space operator, it served as a <em>premium extension<\/em> of their executive offering, reinforcing their brand presence within the building. For the F&amp;B partner, the design had to support a carefully calibrated footprint to ensure commercial viability. By placing these needs at the center of the design process, the space was conceived not just to function, but to <em>thrive.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF8475-\u62f7\u8d1d-copy-e1763408465328.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To create a successful brief and space program, we began with interviewing selected tenant representatives and <em>asking questions<\/em> around how their business functions, meeting behavior, work culture, and what workplace amenities they lack at Taikoo Hui that could greatly improve their operational needs. This includes a tenant mix of companies across diverse industries \u2013 from cosmetics, real estate, gaming, tech, fashion, science, business consulting, and the landlord. The data was compiled and presented back as the outline and metrics for <em>design and success of the project.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Vision: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An elegantly modern, sustainably designed platform for connecting business and community.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What the tenants and stakeholders desired was an <em>upscale multifunctional area<\/em> that combines features of an airport first class business lounge with and event space.\u00a0 Additionally, a requirement from the landlord is to make this a prototype for sustainable design \u2013 achieving both <em>LEED <\/em>and<em> WELL Platinum level.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In defining the essence of the project, we drew inspiration, not from workplace design, but from <em>private members\u2019 clubs and hospitality.<\/em> The space, on the 38<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> floor of one of the most premium multi-tenant office buildings in Shanghai, has the opportunity to act as an exclusive access shared services space, like a members\u2019 club. We looked at the SOHO houses from around the world and other similar premier clubs. We knew the space should be designed around experience. Tenants and visitors would be able to enjoy light food &amp; beverage from morning to evening, a co-working style lounge, modern meeting rooms that boast the ultimate acoustic privacy and hi-tech video conferencing capabilities, and a multi-functional event and learning space for presentations, panel discussions, or celebrations, and by contrast, a quiet respite room that promotes health and wellbeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LEE3095-HDR-e1763408486923.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Key Products<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We partnered with<strong> Steelcase<\/strong> to tap into their partnerships of high end product brands such as: <em>Wendelbo, Viccarbe,<\/em> and <em>Coalesse<\/em> to bring the premium aesthetic into the space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Fixed<\/em> and <em>operable partitions<\/em> where fabricated and installed by <strong>JEB Group,<\/strong> where we customized their product to provide <em>double-layer fluted glass<\/em> to provide visual privacy with elegance, and acoustic performance. We also customized the color with an anodized champagne color on the metal frames.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wood flooring in the lounge, by <strong>Imondi Flooring,<\/strong> was created with a custom radial shape for a more dynamic aesthetic. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Tech Solutions<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Digital LED screens<\/em> in the lounge, meeting rooms and multifunctional event spaces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Integrated sound masking system<\/em> throughout and localized sound\/music systems for each room<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Air &amp; Energy monitoring system<\/em> and digital dashboard by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reset.build\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RESET<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (based in Shanghai)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Overall Project Results<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To provide a fully realized transformation of the space, we <em>refinished and redesigned<\/em> the entire floor, including the lift lobby walls, flooring, and ceiling around the core. The core is wrapped with a cream color fluted stone and bronze metallic trim to produce a warm, softer, more hospitality-centered aesthetic. <em>Digital directories<\/em> were added to offer community information and enhance the user experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF8938-\u62f7\u8d1d-copy-e1763408504238.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anchored by an <em>all-day F&amp;B offering,<\/em> the bar and lounge area serves as the social heart of the space, ideal for casual business conversations, client hosting, or breakout moments between meetings and events. The <em>aesthetic<\/em> evokes the comfort and exclusivity of a private members\u2019 club. The seating, provided by <em>Steelcase\u2019s<\/em> partners, is diverse, premium, and practice for multiple discussion or work settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six uniquely themed meeting rooms combine advanced technology with rich storytelling. Drawing initial inspiration from the five Chinese elements, each room evolved into a symbolic character drawn from Greek mythology:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>AURA<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Air) \u2013 The secluded room with circular table offers clear, open corner views to the city skyline that gives a light, open feeling to a quiet 6-person setting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>NAIAD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Water) \u2013 An immersive room with curved digital LED screen across 2 walls, a reflective water-like ceiling, and blue color accents. The room offers a fluid and flexible meeting style.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>METIS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Wood) \u2013 Inspired by a home library design, with wood shelves, wood flooring, and a bamboo-inspired ceramic tile on the bar counter. The room is flexible as a meeting or dining setup.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EOS <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Metal) \u2013 Designed as a more conventional boardroom, with front AV wall, and long elegant marble table, the room boasts metallic finishes and trim, with a warm, but light, neutral color scheme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GAIA <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Earth)\u00a0 &#8212; A smaller, yet conventional meeting room (10 pax) that has a more insular feeling, with no windows to the outside, and a richer, earthy material palette.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HELIOS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Fire) \u2013 Created as an active workshop-style meeting room, furniture is flexible with both low lounge sectionals and high bar stool and tables. The audio-visual is a larger, touchscreen for both standing or seating presentation<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each room offers a distinctive <em>spatial and digital experience<\/em> tailored to different types of interaction, from strategy sessions to client presentations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF8758-space-copy-e1763408532606.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A highly adaptable event zone comprising three rooms with operable acoustic partitions. When opened, the space becomes a fully scalable venue for training sessions, presentations, or brand events. The <em>sculptural ceiling,<\/em> featuring clean, scalloped forms, required precise integration of services within minimal technical zones.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A modern interpretation of the <em>workplace wellness room<\/em> integrates hyperbaric oxygen capsules and programmable water-pressure massage beds, sourced from a local specialist provider. Reinforced STC 55-rated walls insulate the space acoustically, providing true refuge in a highly activated environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is more than a space, it\u2019s a <em>strategic asset<\/em> that elevates the office tower\u2019s value, supports tenant wellbeing, and reflects a shift in how we think about shared amenity in the workplace. Through immersive design, stakeholder alignment, and creative problem-solving, the <em>sky lobby<\/em> has become a signature offering that sets a new standard for premium commercial developments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.workdesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/DSCF8439-\u62f7\u8d1d-copy-e1763408554955.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"617\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Main Contributors:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Newkirk Creative<\/em> \u2013 Lead Strategy &amp; Interior Design<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>WSP<\/em> \u2013 MEP Engineering<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/studio-illumine.space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Studio Illumine<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Lighting Design<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jckacousticsgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JCK Acoustics<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Acoustic Engineer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlariscreates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">David Laris Creates<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 F&amp;B consultant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pts.com.sg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>PTS<\/em><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Audio-Visual Consultant<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>CBRE<\/em> \u2013 Project Management \/ Sustainability<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.executivecentre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Executive Center<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TEC) \u2013 Operations<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelcase.com\/asia-en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steelcase<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Furniture supplier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/jebgroup.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JEB<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Partition supplier<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reset.build\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RESET<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Air Quality\/Energy Consumption monitoring system<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Meet the Design Team<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Doug Newkirk<\/em> \u2013 Lead Designer &amp; 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