Jao Tsung-I Academy is a cultural heritage revitalisation project in Hong Kong that transformed the former Lai Chi Kok Hospital, a Grade III historic building, into a cultural complex. Completed in phases between 2009 and 2013, the development was created to promote cultural activities and exchange programmes for local and overseas visitors.
Commissioned by The Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture and designed by P&T Architects and Engineers Ltd, the project involved the adaptive reuse and revitalisation of the former Lai Chi Kok Hospital site. The development converted the historic building into a multi-purpose cultural complex that supports cultural engagement, learning and exchange activities.
The facilities include landscaped gardens, galleries, exhibition halls, a theatre with approximately 200 seats, 19 classrooms and workshops, restaurant and food and beverage outlets, an 85-room hostel, and information and resource centres with reading rooms. The revitalisation works were delivered in phases and completed in 2013.
WT was engaged in 2009 to provide full quantity surveying and cost management services for the Jao Tsung-I Academy project. We supported the phased revitalisation of the Grade III historic building and the delivery of its diverse cultural, educational, hospitality and community facilities through to project completion in 2013.