One Space was engaged by HKUST Business School to design this two-storey Student Mentoring Centre.

Made possible through partial funding by one of the School’s donors, the facility has been designed to support multiple modes of learning, from small group sessions to 1-2-1 mentoring. The site enjoys beautiful views across the wooded site and to the South China Sea, so we decided to exploit the pre-existing double-height lightwell adjoining the external glazed wall to build a new, open-riser, glass/timber/steel staircase to join the two floors into one use.

The operational brief highlighted that this Business School is as much part of the professional world as of the academic world. For example, seed-fund and venture capital investors will meet with MBA students here to cross-fertilise between the academic and business realms.

Courtesy of HKUST