NG HEONG YUEN & GROUNDNUT FACTORY
THREE-ACRE SITE FOR
SITE FOR GROUNDNUT FACTORY
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Architect: Wong Soon Lee,
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Dip. Arch., (N. P. London), A. R. I. B. A.
SM100,000 factory for the treat- ment and packaging of ground- nuts, the most popular variety of which is grown only in the Ipoh area, is now under construction.
The factory, put up by Mr. Ng Heong Yuen and named after him, has been designed by Mr. Wong
OFFICE
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
STORE
WASHING
ST.
VENS:
LAV. LAV.
KIT
OFFICE
PACKING DEPARTMENT
GROUNDNUT SORTING DEPT.
STORE
STORE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SHOWROOM
LOUNGE
PORCH
SCALE
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32
48 FT.
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Soon Lee, Dip. Arch., (N.P. London) A.R.I.B.A., of Associated Architects. It is one of the projects that are now being constructed in the Tasek Indus- trial Centre in Ipoh.
Sprawling over a three-acre site. the factory will be the only one of its kind in the country, specially designed to facilitate movement of the raw groundnuts from the time of arrival, through various stages of preparation until final packaging.
One of the special attractive
features of the factory which will total 14,000 square feet, is an abstract sculpture in concrete of a spray of groundnuts, rising over a small mosaic tiled reflecting pool, 20 feet by ten feet by two feet, in front of the main entrance.
The entire front facade of the factory building will be of rainproof- ed precast concrete grills in six panels, each panel 20 feet by 10 feet.
From the centre of this facade will stretch out the shell-shaped, cantile- vered reinforced concrete porch, pro- viding the main entrance to the factory.
A section of the front portion of the factory will have an additional floo: to provide 800 square feet of air-conditioned office space.
A balcony at the rear of the office gives an excellent view of the factory proper and the various sections through which the groundnuts pass before being readied for sale.
The staircase to the office is another special feature giving a touch of elegance to the entire structure. It (Continued on page 140)
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