Treaty room first floor
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Cross section
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Another view of the treaty room showing ceiling be- neath the hyperbolic para- boloid roof
Housed on the top floor is the Min- ister's suite, with a conference room and auxilliary offices. The other offices are on the first and second floors, while the registry, kitchen and canteen, which opens on to a court- yard with a pool and fountain, are on the ground floor.
The roof, of folded concrete slab, projects over the wall face and has the end of each fold tapering outwards towards the apex with a diamond- shaped protective slab, also folded, hanging down from it.
This protective slab keeps out driv- ing rain from the triangular vents in the wall behind it. The vents give through ventilation to the roof space and keep out solar heat, an important factor in this area.
The site is on high ground and water supply from the public main has to be pumped up to a storage tank at roof level and then distribut- ed.
Treaty Room
The treaty room, already the scene of the signing of Malaysia's first treaty with Russia, is of a more free design. It is 64 ft. square on plan, with a basement, a mezzanine and first floor.
The first floor accommodates a 48 ft, diameter circular hall which is the actual treaty room. Parquet flooring, of local timber, is employed and the walls are panelled with local cane, split in half and fixed vertically. The ceiling is sprayed with vermiculite for heat insulation and sound absorption.
Thrusts from the hyperbolic para- boloid roof are resisted by the four main columns, assisted by tension bars in the first floor slab tying dia- gonally to the opposite columns. The roof is finished with a waterproofing membrane and its slab is clear of the walls and mullions below, the space between being infilled with a jointing material.
Far East Architect & Builder February, 1968
Covered bridge linking the main block with the treaty room
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