The Hong Kong Design Institute was envisioned to centralise existing design programmes offered at various other Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education campuses in Tiu Keng Leng, Sha Tin, Kwai Chung, Kwun Tong, and Tsing Yi.[1]
In April 2006, the VTC opened an international architecture competition to design a new campus able to accommodate 4,000 students. The competition was judged by a panel of noted architects including Richard Meier and Rocco Yim.[1] The winning design, which beat out 162 other submissions, was produced by the French architecture firm Coldefy & Associés.[2]
Administration
Academic oversight of the Hong Kong Design Institute is provided by the Academic Director (Design Discipline) of the Vocational Training Council who is concurrently the campus Principal. The Hong Kong Design Institute and Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) combined campus at Tiu Keng Leng is managed by the campus Principal and Vice-Principals. The Design programmes are offered mainly at the Tiu Keung Leng site with some programmes located at the IVE (Kwun Tong) and IVE (Morison Hill) campuses.
Academic departments and programmes
Department of Architecture, Interior and Product Design
Higher Diploma in Architecture, Interior and Landscape Design (Subject Group)
Architectural Design
Interior Design
Landscape Architecture
Design for Event, Exhibition and Performance (Subject Group)
Event and Exhibition Design
Stage and Set Design
Product, Furniture and Jewellery Design (Subject Group)
Product Design
Furniture and Lifestyle Product Design
Jewellery Design and Technology
Department of Communication Design
Advertising Design
Illustration
Visual Arts and Culture
Visual Communication
Department of Digital Media
Animation and Visual Effects
Creative Media
Digital Music and Media
Film, Television and Photography
Transmedia
Department of Fashion and Image Design
Costume Design for Performance
Fashion Branding and Buying
Fashion Design
Fashion Design Menswear
Fashion Image Design
Fashion Media Design
Knowledge Centres
Centre for Communication Design
Centre of Innovative Material and Technology
Centre of Design Services and Solutions
DESIS Lab (Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability)
Fashion Archive
Media Lab
Campus
The HKDI campus, located in Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O New Town, opened in the fall of 2010. The building comprises a massive rectangular volume suspended seven storeys above street level on four towers supported by a steel lattice exoskeleton. The podium houses four auditoriums and lecture theaters, a cafe, and gallery and exhibition space. Sports facilities include an indoor games hall, outdoor basketball courts, and a swimming pool.[2]
The HKDI is located beside the new Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) Lee Wai Lee campus, which relocated from Kowloon Tong before the 2010-11 school year. The two buildings are linked together by footbridges.
