Sai Yee Street master plan wins at 2025 Green Building Awards

A mixed-use development in Hong Kong that uses the retention of existing trees as an opportunity for design, rather than an obstacle, has been recognised at the Green Building Awards 2025.

Existing ancient Ficus trees form the foundation of the SHKP Sai Yee Street master plan. Their protection zones were used as the backbone of an overall organising framework, defining hardscape limits, circulation, and activity spaces. Rather than treating the trees as constraints, the design shapes the space around them, ensuring their long-term health while anchoring the project in a strong and authentic sense of place.

From this logic emerges a cascading landscape that extends from street to sky. Public ground level spaces rise into an elevated urban eco park above Mong Kok East Station, transition into community gardens, and culminate in a publicly accessible observation deck at the top of the tower.

The Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) and The Professional Green Building Council (PGBC) jointly organise the Green Building Awards, which aim to recognize outstanding contributions to sustainable development and environmental building. The project has won s merit award in the New Buildings—Projects Under Construction and Design (Commercial) categories