NEW PEAK
PEAK APARTMENTS
Architect: Mr. G. D. Su, B. Sc. (Arch.).
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Architect's perspective view of the project showing car ports on the ground floor.
I. L. 646 R.P.
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Site plan.
ticle concerns itself with the one on the smaller area, for which Mr. G. D. Su is the architect.
lease restriction with respect to Queen's Gardens. Consequently, it was found that a six storey height was the maximum that could be planned for in the new project.
In order to modify restrictions in the original building covenant with respect to the type of buildings to be As a result of the planning that erected, and to permit multi-storey had to go into the site formation, construction, negotiations with Gov- and the terrific amount of work it ernment was carried on, and in entailed, the cost of this part of the addition to the extra premium which project alone will exceed $400,000. had to be paid, restrictions as to height was imposed in the renewal of the lease.
In order to avoid any possibility of crowding Albany Apartments, the architect has positioned the buildings This was necessary, as the site is to the rear of the site immediately situated in front of Queen's Gardens, in front of the retaining walls con- the Government block of flats on May taining Queen's Gardens, leaving as 600FT Road, and it ensures that the height forecourt to the new blocks of flats, of the new buildings will not inter- a large open area as playground, fere with the outlook from the Gov- promenade and car park with ample ernment flats.
space to manoeuvre cars around.
The site itself in pre-war days In order to build to a maximum While the blocks will be six storeys contained over 100,000 sq. ft. of height, and yet not interfere with in height, the ground floor will be ground, and a Villa type of house, the outlook from Queen's Gardens, reserved entirely for car ports. This very sumptuous in style in accordance the site formation work entailed not is а very necessary and valuable with old time ideas, formerly occu- only the removal of a good deal of pied this area. During the war, the Japanese took over this and a good deal of the surrounding area with the intention of making a shrine. and extensive retaining walls and filling work had been done during the occupation in connection with this project.
the retaining walls built by the Japanese as part of their projected shrine, but the overall level of the area had to be cut down about twenty feet.
feature of tenancy in these buildings. as it will keep all cars off the steep Peak Road, and form a convenient approach to the entrance halls of all apartments.
This will leave five floors of apart- Since the frontage runs along ments which will be set out in six Robinson Road behind another block attached double blocks, i.e. ten apart- of Government flats, the Albany ments sharing a common lift and This area, now comprising ap- Apartments, the problem was to keep stairhall. Since, as already stated, the proximately 140,000 sq.ft., has been the site level high enough so that entrances to all the stairhalls will be divided into two sections. of which the ground floor outlook of the new through the ground floor car ports, one will be about 50,000 sq.ft. and the buildings would be clear of the latter, it makes possible the placing of the other about 90,000 sq.ft. A big apart- and at the same time allow for suf- entrances in the centre rear of each ment block project is being planned ficient height to build a multi-storey block and that most ideal arrange- for each of these areas, but this ar- block that would still satisfy the ment of all, the main rooms in front
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