The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for keeping the city running, overseeing the running of trains, elevators and escalators, enforcing electrical, mechanical and gas safety ordinances, and operation and maintenance of all government building services. As part of their campaign to increase public awareness and provide public education, EMSD commissioned new exhibition areas featuring a wide range of interactive and multimedia exhibits.
As Project Director for Hypsos (Hong Kong), Tim Large was responsible for overseeing the development of the design, interior fit out, exhibit casework fabrication, multimedia production, AV hardware installation and graphics. The strong team of local subcontractors included Union Way Far East, Umagine Engineering, PAV Technologies and yUco [lab].
The most popular exhibit proved to be a wall mounted interactive video mapping projection. A cartoon style silkscreen graphic depicted the many infrastructure works that EMSD is responsible for. Visitors could gesture and activate hot spots in the video projection to bring up animated details about trains, cable cars and trams, among many others.