that each face panel is allowed free movement for shrinkage and expansion due to temperature change.
Blocks H and J (four-storey) and block A (17-storey)
forced concrete, also cast in the fac- tory, are supported by concrete brac- kets on the load-bearing walls in the four-storey blocks and by the gallery parapet walls in the 17-storey blocks.
The facade elements are lowered in place along the building face until they rest on brackets on the outer edges of the structural cross walls. The facade joints are not grouted so
Seventeen-storey block under construction
Far East BUILDER, January 1969.
Vertical facade joints are sealed by pressing a neoprene strip in from the outer side. At every floor level the strip is pushed back so that the one above overlaps it. Vertical grooves are mould- ed in the panels to accommodate this strip and are designed so that at the
point of overlapping the space behind the neoprene strip is ventilated. In this way equal atmospheric pressure is ob- tained in front of and behind the strip to prevent syphoning of rainwater.
Accommodation
Of the 3,009 flat units in the Jalan Pekililing scheme, 2,521 are standard one-bedroom flats of 394 sq. ft. net floor area. There are 448 larger flats with two bedrooms and 40 ground floor shops. The total floor area is 1,568,500 sq. ft.
Each of the smaller flats, which form 84 per cent of the project, has a bedroom, a living room with balcony, kitchen and a small bathroom.
A 17-storey block measures 252 ft. long by 59 ft. deep. It has three lifts and a staircase in a central core, with additional staircases at each end, and contains 24 flats per floor. Two inner courts serve both as light shafts and open access galleries to the apartments.
The cost of the superstructures is approximately M$13.2 million which, added to the cost of land, site develop- ment, piling and capitalisation of inter- est, brings the total cost of the scheme to about M$24.5 million.
As stated, the cost per square foot on the project is put at M$8.5. It is an interesting side fact that in Denmark housing with essentially the same struc- tural standards, but a higher degree of finish, presently averages M$30 per square foot.
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