UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, KUALA LUMPUR
ARCHITECTS :- MESSRS. PALMER & TURNER; PWD.
An impression of the Arts Building
The University of Malaya was playing fields. A staff and students' same accommodation, but because of formally constituted in 1949 and early social centre are included in the differences in site the three main plans were drawn up for a single budget for the first phase, although University at Johore Bahru. Compre- plans for these buildings have not yet hensive plans were made for this been commenced.
blocks have been connected different- ly. The contract price for this build- ing is slightly more. Its completion date is next month.
The Engineering Faculty building was a challenge to the architects and
contractors. The time allotted to have
the site prepared and the building erected and ready for occupation was three months. P.W.D., although general opinion was against them, undertook to complete the work in the specified time.
scheme by the internationally-known Until May 1958, there were neither firm of British architects, Eastern roads, services nor any buildings on & Robertson, but it was subsequently the site, which was covered by old decided to build two separate divisions rubber trees. Many of these had of the University -one in Kuala been damaged or destroyed by Com- Lumpur and the other in Singapore. munist terrorists, whose activities were
The site chosen for the University extensive in this area. in Kuala Lumpur is about five miles The first residential college was to the south on
the main road begun in May 1958 and was com- to Petaling Jaya, the first
first large pleted in time for the opening of satellite town built in Malaya, and courses in May of this year. The The faculty was to include a three- covers 700 acres. At present only hostel has accommodation for 257 storey teaching block, a materials and the southern half of some 350 acres students in single and double rooms, structure laboratory, a heat engines is being developed.
as well as kitchens and dining rooms laboratory, an electrical laboratory, to serve the whole resident student and work shops. body at one sitting.
As no time was body at one sitting.
available to design an entirely new
The building plans for the first phase for 1958-61 include those of the faculty of engineering, arts and The cost of the building, including structure, the drawings prepared for administration building with lecture site formation, road services and a teaching block in Penang and the theatres, science faculty, faculty of landscaping was approximately Technical College in Kuala Lumpur were adapted to suit the requirements. While tenders were being completed P.W.D. moved their equipment onto
agriculture, library first phase, two $1,000,000 Malayan. residential colleges, an ornamental The second residential college is lake of some 10 acres, and several basically of the same design, with the
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