Fact Sheet
Design Team and Arts Advisor
The Central Police Revitalisation Project retains a design team comprising internationally renowned architectural firms. Herzog & de Meuron, Purcell Miller Tritton and Rocco Design Architects Limited have worked closely together and examined many different options and alternatives to establish the best design for adaptive re-use.
Internationally renowned contemporary art expert and curator David Elliott has been retained as Arts Advisor to help develop arts programming for the CPS.
Herzog & de Meuron
Internationally recognised as one of the world's leading architectural firms, Herzog & de Meuron is responsible for designing significant landmarks such as the ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. In 2001, the firm's founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were awarded the Pritzker Prize, considered to be architecture's highest honour.
One of the firm's best known works is the Tate Modern in London, Britain's national museum of international modern art. Herzog & de Meuron famously converted the former Bankside Power Station for the museum, a celebrated example of adaptive re-use, and the firm's vision for the Tate Modern’s latest extension will help redefine the museum for the 21st century.
Ascan Mergenthaler is Senior Partner in charge of the CPS project and has been with the firm since 1998. Among the projects he has led are the TPT Tower in Beijing, the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg and the de Young Museum in San Francisco.
Purcell Miller Tritton
A recognised leading firm of conservation architects and historic building consultants, Purcell Miller Tritton (PMT) has conducted a thorough study of CPS and prepared a Conservation Management Plan, which provides a detailed history of the site and proposes appropriate future use for its buildings based on their existing features and characteristics.
Guided by the principles of beneficial use and reversibility, the firm uses a sensitive and creative approach to heritage conservation. Founded in 1947, PMT is known for design excellence in the firm's many conservation works on historic buildings. Its impressive portfolio includes the National Gallery in London, Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral, for which it was awarded the National Winner of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) Project of the Year for its master planning.
Michael Morrison is the Chairman of PMT and one of the most respected conservation architects in Britain today. Over the past 30 years he has been responsible for a wide range of major projects on behalf of the National Trust, English Heritage and many public and private clients.
Rocco Design Architects Limited
Award-winning architectural firm Rocco Design Architects Limited (RDA), led by Rocco Yim, provides invaluable insight for the CPS from their expertise on a multitude of both international cultural and public projects.
As one of Hong Kong's most prolific architectural firms, RDA has attracted international recognition for projects such as the Bamboo Pavilion in Berlin, the recently opened Guangdong Museum and the soon to be completed HKSAR Government Headquarters at Tamar. The firm’s work is guided by a disciplined approach which includes persistent attention to the quality of the total environment, an acute awareness to local culture and sensitivity to contexts.
Bernard Hui serves as the Executive Director of RDA. He is the authorised person for a majority of local projects and heads the construction and project administration for the firm. Also, he has served the Hong Kong Institute of Architects as council member, Honorary Secretary and Vice President.
David Elliott
David Elliott is the arts advisor for the CPS Revitalisation Project. His responsibilities include local arts community engagement and arts management development. Currently, Mr Elliott is working with local arts communities to design arts programming for CPS with local, regional and international appeal.
As one of the world's leading museum directors, curators and cultural historians in the field of modern and contemporary art, David Elliott was Artistic Director of the 17th Biennale of Sydney. Since 1976, he has occupied a number of influential directorships in major international art museums, including the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford (UK), the Moderna Museet (The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art) in Stockholm, the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo and the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art. He was also President of CIMAM (International Committee of ICOM for Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art) for six years.
11/10/2010