CBRE (Pacific Place)

As one of the most influential commercial real estate services companies in the world, CBRE has adopted different designs in their global offices reflecting local culture and stories. Their Hong Kong office exemplifies the ‘City and Parks’ concept, with design elements derived from the contrast between Hong Kong’s skyscrapers with its country parks, nature reserves and urban gardens.

Highlights:

1. ‘City & Parks’ weaving together in two sections: ‘City’ sections are the workspace, utility and locker areas. ‘Parks’ are communal areas such as breakout zones, the reception, meeting rooms, pantry, collaboration areas.

2. Several green walls adorn the office space. On the Rise Café green wall, special kinetic lighting was mounted to create an illusion of plants gently moving in a light breeze.

3. Local sculptor Parry Ling took felled Ficus trees collected during typhoons and crafted them into the reception desk, Rise Cafe’s bar table, meeting room wall mural and meeting room door handles.

4. Town hall meetings between CBRE’s two Hong Kong offices taking place in Rise Café employ a camera positioned to live stream the other office and appear to double the room’s size.