Leigh & Orange is the project architect for the new Phase 2 Food Catering Building at Chek Lap Kok Airport Area for Cathay Pacific Catering Services (CPCS). Upon the operation of this Phase 2 Building as the major expansion of the existing flight catering facilities, the catering services by CPCS will be targeting to provide combined flight meal production of 140,000 meals with more than 300 flights of daily flight handling capacity. In conjunction with the engineering team and the food catering specialist, L&O is responsible for a design that not only performed the necessary functional requirements from an operational perspective, but also sought a building with contemporary external outlook, dynamic and flexible internal production space, tailor-made to fulfill logistic requirements from CPCS as one of the world class leadership in the food catering industry.
Design Concept The concept places significant emphasis on efficiency of operation allowing the client to expand their operation whilst working with their existing functional strategy. To meet the demanding requirements, production floors are designed with a through flow concept from inbound arrivals uploading to preparation of food to delivery to departing flights. The proposal has been designed to be physically connected to the existing building via link bridges and as such the through flow concept has been enhanced such that the new facility operates holistically with the existing building. The external appearance of the building has been designed to visually contrast with the existing. Given the nature of the building bulk, vertical elements were introduced to break up the mass. A concept using barcode tags was employed to provide vertically over the length of the horizontal mass and to create a striking appearance between solid and glazed elements using contrasting colour.
Sustainability The design has used a combination of energy saving methods, environmental measures and green design features in order to achieve Gold rating under the BEAM Plus assessment, this is an industry standard for good quality buildings and represents a clear commitment to sustainable design. The following are targeted to meet these requirements:
• Achieve 10% reduction in annual CO2 emissions or energy consumption • Electrical appliance to be certified energy efficient • Water saving devices to achieve 20% reduction in sanitary water consumption • Increased levels of ventilation to support wellbeing of occupants • Recycle at least 30% of construction waste • Manage the construction process to mitigate pollution and noise • Reduction of contribution to the heat island effect • Reduction of municipal drainage load for flushing water
