Leica Hong Kong
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
2019

Blending lifestyle into a camera shop

©Otto Ng

Located in the trendy and hip neighborhood of Causeway Bay, Leica Hong Kong is the first Leica shop to integrate a Leica camera boutique with a café, an accessories shop, and a photography gallery.

Leica Hong Kong tells its own cultural story by carefully fusing camera elements with local visual language and transforming them into a unique spatial experience. The pleated metal façade is inspired by the texture of the camera lens; the mosaic tiles on the floor assemble a pixelated image that is also a traditional floor feature found in Hong Kong.  

©Catherine Cheng

Elegantly standing at the shopfront, Café Leitz sells more than just a cup of coffee.  The architecture of Café Leitz is inspired by the vernacular of local market stalls. When it opens, the glass panel allows natural light to shine through during the day, offering bright and open experiences that resemble the Leica factory in Germany.

©Catherine Cheng

On the other side of the café is an intimate gallery space that exhibits photography arts on a regular basis. Behind the café counter is a space dedicated to photography accessories, where Leica brand accessories are for sale. Several mobile display units separate the gallery from the café and accessories space.  These mobile display units can be easily moved around to reorganize the space for seminars and workshops. At the back of the store is a Leica camera boutique that showcases different models of Leica cameras, from the latest to the antiques.  A “shutter door” brings the VIPs to an exclusive room.

Leica Store Hong Kong is also close to F11 Foto Museum and f22 foto space, two cultural spaces in Hong Kong dedicated to photography arts. You can visit the three spaces in one tram ride and enjoy a photography journey in one day.

 

©Catherine Cheng
©Catherine Cheng
©Otto Ng

Facade and Interior Design, Contracting

2019

2,500 sqft

Leica Camera

Otto Ng, Kevin Chau, Venus Lung,  Ming Ho, Michelle Yiu, Daisy Lam, Catherine Cheng, Yip Chun Hang