GIANT RESIDENTIAL BLOCK FOR
KOWLOON
Architect & Engineer:
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Peter P. Sze, D.L.U., M.R.S H., A.M.I.C.E., A M.I. Struct. E.
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HHA MARK NIK
NE of the largest residential buildings in Kowloon will shortly be constructed on a key To Kwa Wan site. The building to be known as I- Feng Mansion will be bounded by two major roads, To Kwa Wan Road and Chikiang Street. five minutes by bus
It will be about from Kowloon
City pier or Hung Hom pier and about 10 minutes from the Star Ferry pier.
A 15 story structure, it will cover an area of 62,314 square feet and is expected to cost about $15 million. It will be completed in 1966.
It will consist of five blocks con- taining 870 flats ranging from 306 to 1225 square feet served by fifteen lifts.
The outside appearance will be a pleasant and invigorating one, with most of the external walls covered in shanghai plaster. The building being so broad, yellow ochre and opaque red mosaic blocks will be inlaid alternately on the external walls to avoid the feeling of monotony and supplementing that of building height.
Sheer load-bearing wall structure was chosen because of the great saving in structural costs, especially in steel reinforcement and concrete. Increased rigidity and extra also result from this system of con- struction.
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Penetration tests and bore-holes were made on the site several months ago. They revealed soft grey silty and sandy clay on the top 20 to 30 then loose grey silty clayey sand for the next 20 feet followed by firm C.M.F. grey silty and sandy clay with fine gravel. More than 1,000 in-situ piles 60 to 70 feet will be required.
A seawater supply system will be installed in addition to the normal water supply. P.V.C. pipelines and all-plastic cisterns will be adopted for anti-corrosion purposes.
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