- Project Type: Interactive Show Suite
- Role: Pitch Development / Technical Director
- Company: Squint/Opera
- Client: Swire Properties
- Completed: 2016
Taikoo Place is hub of 9 interconnected office towers in Hong Kong. In 2014, Swire Properties hired MET Studio to design The Taikoo Brand Experience Centre, a high-end interactive show suite to present their new development. Squint/Opera was brought on board to create films, animations, and interactive content for the space including:
- Swire Brand Film – A 4k CGI animation played on an 8-screen video wall.
- Taikoo Place Interactive – A Unity 3d interactive presentation on the same 8-screen video wall
- Taikoo Place Film – An 8k film on a curved 220-degree 48-screen video wall.
- Immersive Office Scene – A CGI view from inside an empty floorplate presented on the same 48-screen video wall.
- Virtual Window – A simulated augmented reality window.
- Swire Portfolio Interactive – A portfolio presentation app running on an iPad controlling a presentation screen.
- Mobile Presentation App – An app to control all of the content as well as the lighting, audio and doors in the show suite.
The result was a series of unique narrative or interactive experiences, telling a story of Taikoo Place and Swire Properties that’s being curated by a presenter on the fly.
As one of the company directors and CTO at Squint/Opera, I worked on the pitch and then as the technical director for this project. For the interactive elements I led the UX design and creative direction. I also helped manage the on-site installation.