Local studio New Office Works has stretched a wavy canopy across the Cheung Sha Wan promenade in Hong Kong.
Located on a harbour on the west side of the Kowloon Peninsula, the waterside Cheung Sha Wan Pier Canopy was designed to echo the arrangement of boats across the waterfront and comprises a series of undulating roofs that rest on poles set at staggered heights.
The Cheung Sha Wan Pier Canopy features roofs positioned at different heights
"The core concept of the design was driven by two elements integral to the site context ? the boats and the water," studio co-founder Evelyn Ting told Dezeen.
The canopy, which stretches over a pier that extends from the main promenade, is also intended to reference the historical use of the waterside area. The canopy roof sits atop poles
"Historically, the disused pier had been used for offloading cargo, with the docking of the boats appearing like an extension of the pier itself," Ting continued.
"The design of the pier canopy makes reference to this informal pattern of aggregation, while also breaking up the mass of the roof."
As well as drawing from the harbour's past, the design references its on-land surroundings. Its curved roof modules mirror the distinctive barrel roof profile of a modernist, 1960s vegetable market that previously occupied the waterfront before being moved inland.
It was designed to reference the arrangement of boats on the harbour
Adding to a wider waterside redevelopment plan, N...