CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ARCHITECT:- MR. S. K. LOONG
Two views of the new School taken from the model.
(Left) As it will appear from the Botanic Gardens and (Right) Seen from Glenealy.
The progressive policy with regard to educational institutions pursued by the Government of Hong Kong, and the very valuable assistance afforded by the Depart. ment of Education in planning and financ- ing the very large number of schools which
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are being erected all over the Colony at the problems confronting the architect. the present time, is one of the most en- due to the difficulty of the terrain, can couraging features of the Colony's progress. well be imagined. The rate at which all types of schools are being erected, schools which range from the lowest primary classes to those cater ing to higher education with facilities for the teaching of Science and Technology, will soon make Hong Kong one of the most important seats of learning in the Fa
East.
will be 15 storeys and it will, of course. The total overall height of the building be necessary to install lifts to provide the vertical circulation within the build- ing. Modern, high speed passenger lifts. however, are expensive and the cost of installation far beyond the budget planned in the cost of construction. Modern lifts tainly not suitable for schools catering to are also complicated mechanisms, and cer-
youngsters ranging in age from six to four- planned the sensible alternative of using The architect, therefore, has teen years.
large slow speed goods lifts with doors opening to alternate floors. This, it is felt. will suit the purpose admirably and keep the cost within reason.
The multiplication of schools, however, in this Colony so short of suitable sites. is complicating the problems confronting the architects entrusted with the designing and planning of the necessary buildings.
This is particularly manifest in the case of the new Catholic School which is being erected on Robinson Road at the corner of Glenealy, on a very steep site above
The three schools will be one on top the Cathedral. The difference in level be of the other, and in the planning provision tween Robinson Road, at the west bound
has been made for separate administration ary of the proposed school, and Glenealy units for the secondary Anglo-Chinese Path, the south-east boundary, is over 88 School and for the primary schools below. feet, a difference which is confined to such Each school will also have its own separate a narrow strip of ground as to constitute covered playground with changing rooms practically a sheer drop. Since the total for the boys, which will be incorporated as arca of the site is only approximately part of the building plan. There will also 6,000 sq. ft., and it is proposed to include be special teaching rooms for the primaries in the project three schools. a lower pri- and a Chemistry Laboratory, a Physics mary, an upper primary and a secondary Laboratory and Library for the upper school, each with its own administration, school.
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