dictated the strength of structural expression the building must have. These elements together with basic space requirements, circulation, con- trol and climate defined the principles of its design.
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The hospital building will replace a delapidated structure which houses workshops, isolation cells and emergency power plant. These units will be accommodated in the new building and a workshop complex has been designed for the garden area behind a small beach below the hospital.
Saving Space
The hospital is sited close to the edge of the compound in order to conserve space and provide windward protection for its outdoor activities. A supervised access link is needed between the compound level and an existing garden terrace 10 ft. below and this is contained in the utilities end of the building which includes a generator and plant room, laundry and drying room, incinerator, two isolation suites (for wayward inter- nees), police rooms and toilets, a stair to the lower level, male and female toilets, x-ray room, cleaner's facilities, a suite for two resident nurses and the water tower.
The tower group, of load bearing reinforced concrete walls, assists in wind bracing the main framed struc- ture and affords a visual buttress relating the two yard levels.
Sub-strata below the compound is shelved rock to which reinforced concrete column bases will extend. The main structure is in three units separated by continuous expansion joints between dovetailed columns and beams. Column bays are 17 ft. x 20 ft. with transverse beams can-
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ROOF PLAN
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
tilevered 6 ft, each side on the first floor and 8 ft. each side to support the canopy roof.
The roof slab is 5 in. thick and will be surfaced with locally made 12 in. x 12 in. x 1 in. clay tiles over a bituminous membrane and light- weight concrete grading. The roof topping will be graded to concrete sumps recessed over three vertical pipe ducts.
Transverse beams to the roof slab are 8 in. wide x 2 ft. deep below the slab and are cantilevered centrally
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through columns to meet 3 ft. 4 in. deep x 3 in. wide edge beams, turned down from the slab in two planes (45° and 90°) to form the dropped edge of the canopy.
The canopy edge beams and the transverse beams align with the top of 16 in. x 8 in. longitudinal tie beams between columns which serve as a transome head at 7 ft. 4 in. above first floor, to doors and win- dows and a sill for typhoon shutters to the roof ventilation space overhead. All spacial dimensions are based
Hospital and compound showing ground floor clinics. first floor wards and roof solarium
Far East Architect & Builder January, 1965
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