Architectural Services Department

Architectural Services Department

建築署
Agency overview
Formed	11 April 1986; 38 years ago (1986-04-11)
Preceding agency	Architectural Office, Public Works Department
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong
Headquarters	Queensway Government Offices
Motto	Driving Development, Preserving Heritage
Employees	1,789 (March 2013)[1]
Agency executive	Mr. Tse Cheong Wo, Edward, Director of Architectural Services
Parent agency	Development Bureau
Website	www.archsd.gov.hk

Architectural Services Department
Traditional Chinese	建築署
Simplified Chinese	建筑署
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiànzhùshǔ Wade–Giles Chien^4 Chu^4 Shu^3 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Gin jūk chyúh Jyutping Gin^3 zuk^1 cyu^5

Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1969

The Architectural Services Department is a department of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for the design and construction of many public facilities throughout the territory. It is subordinate to the Works Branch of the Development Bureau and the current director is Mr. Tse Cheong Wo, Edward.

History

The origins of the Architectural Services Department lie in the Architectural Office, one of the sub-departments of the former Public Works Department (PWD). The PWD was founded in 1891, but the structure of the department at that time is reportedly unclear.^[2] The Architectural Office existed by 1939, and following the disruption in operations during the Japanese occupation, the unit was kept busy in the postwar years by rebuilding work. The 1948 annual report of the Public Works Department reported that 274 government buildings were repaired that year.^[2] During the 1960s the Architectural Office was heavily involved in the resettlement housing programmes, but these duties were divested to the Hong Kong Housing Authority upon its 1973 establishment.^[3]

The modern Architectural Services Department (abbreviated ASD or ArchSD) was founded in 1986, reporting directly to the Secretary of Lands and Works.^[3] Some of the most prolific clients of the department have been the Urban Council and Regional Council, and their successors the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.^{[citation needed]}

Significant projects (as architect)

• Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier (1957)
• Central Government Offices (1954–1959)^[4]
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital (1963)^[5]
• Murray Building (1969)
• Hong Kong Space Museum (1980)^[6]
• Prince Philip Dental Hospital (1981)^[7]
• Hong Kong Coliseum (1983)^[8]
• Supreme Court Building (1984)^[9]
• Kowloon Central Library (1985)^[10]
• Wanchai Tower (1985)
• Queensway Government Offices (1986)^[11][12]
• Hong Kong Railway Museum (1986)^[12]
• Sha Tin Town Hall complex (1987)
• Tuen Mun Town Hall complex (1987)^[13]
• Hong Kong Cultural Centre (1989)^[14][15]
• Immigration Tower (1990)
• Revenue Tower (1990)
• Hong Kong Museum of Art (1991)^[16]
• Tai A Chau refugee detention centre (1991)^[8]
• Regional Council chambers and Regional Services Department headquarters (1991)
• Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (1992)
• Hong Kong Stadium (1994)^[17] with HOK Sport
• Kowloon Walled City Park (1995)^[15]
• Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground (1996)^[18]
• Hong Kong Institute of Education (1997) with P&T Architects^[19]
• Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices (1999)
• Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse (1999)
• Kwai Tsing Theatre (1999)
• Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence (2000)^[20]
• Hong Kong Central Library (2001)^[21][22]
• Stanley Municipal Services Building (2005)^[23]
• Hong Kong Wetland Park Visitor Centre (2006)
• Tuen Mun Hospital Rehabilitation Block (2007)^[23]

Directors

• José Lei, 1986-1991
• Paul Jeremy Corser, 1991-1993
• Kenneth Chan, September 1993–April 1997
• Pau Shiu-hung (鮑紹雄), October 1997–2 November 2002
• Yue Chi-hang (余熾鏗), 3 November 2002 – 4 July 2009^[24]
• Marigold Lau Lai Siu-wan (劉賴筱韞), 5 July 2009 – 16 October 2011^[25]
• Leung Koon-kee (梁冠基), 17 October 2011 – 9 December 2017^[26]
• Mrs Sylvia Lam Yu Ka-wai (林余家慧), from 10 December 2017^[27]
• Ms Winnie Ho Wing-yin (何永賢), from 18 December 2020^[28]

Notes

1. "About Us". Architectural Services Department. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
2. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 22.
3. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 23.
4. Roskam, Cole. "Central Government Offices". Docomomo International. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
5. Kirk-Greene, Anthony (2001). Glimpses of Empire: A Corona Anthology. London: I.B. Tauris and Co. p. 159.
6. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 164.
7. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 154–55.
8. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 35.
9. Chung Wah Nan 1989, pp. 158.
10. Growing with Hong Kong: The University and Its Graduates : the First 90 Years. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. 2002. p. 154.
11. "Queensway Government Office Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
12. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 100.
13. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 105.
14. "The Hong Kong Cultural Centre". J. Roger Preston Limited. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
15. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 109.
16. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 102.
17. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 103.
18. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 111.
19. ArchSD Review (97) 1997, pp. 69.
20. ArchSD Review (99) 1999, pp. 139.
21. "Central resource". building.hk. Building Journal. July 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
22. ArchSD Review (99) 1999, pp. 133–35.
23. "ArchSD Projects" (PDF). building.hk. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
24. 高層官員任命，新聞公報，2002年11月2日。
25. 高層官員任命，新聞公報，2009年6月25日。
26. 高層官員任命，新聞公報，2011年9月27日。
27. 高層官員任命，新聞公報，2017年11月16日。
28. 高層官員任命，新聞公報，2020年12月16日。

References

• Chung Wah Nan (1989). Contemporary Architecture in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Joint Publishing (H.K.) Co. Ltd.
• ArchSD Review (97) (1997). Architectural Services Department. Hong Kong: China Trend Building Press.
• ArchSD Review (99) (1999). Architectural Services Department: The New Millennium. Hong Kong: China Trend Building Press.

External links

• Architectural Services Department