wood blends with the pastel-coloured walls and ceiling. The catafalque hoist hearing the coffin lowers into the central cremation room which lies beneath the chapel.
500-
CHAPEL
490
INDIAN PAVILION
PAVILION
ENT. PORCH
480
470
Also on the upper level are a waiting room, vestry and a recorded music room.
VIEWING RM.
460-
450
& COLUMBARIAN
440
430- room,
The central cremation which is reached by a combination of hoists and transfers, is at present fitted with six specially modified cremators supplied by an English firm which specialises in this field. There is provision for a further double unit, which when installed will with the cremator in the India pavilion, make the crematorium one of the largest in the world.
GARDEN OF REMENBRANCE
CHINESE PAVILION
SECTION THR. CHAPEL & COLUMBARIUM
CHAPEL
500-
CHINESE PAVILION
490
480
The furnaces, together with the injector and exhaust fans, catafal- ques. hoists and oil furnace ap- paratus, were installed by the Taikoo Dockyard and Engineering Co. of Hong Kong Ltd., under the supervi sion of the Electrical and Mechanical Office of the Public Works Depart
470
460
FURNACE RM.
450
440
INDIAN PAVILION
430
SECTION THR. INDIAN PAVILION
ment.
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To comply with the requirement that the flue stack should be concealed as much as possible the exhaust duct from the central
cremation room has been cut for a distance of 100 feet away into the hillside above the crematorium and vents through an unobtrusive pipe just above ground level.
Construction of the crematorium as a whole is in reinforced concrete. Exterior walls are finished in Shanghai plaster and glass or terazzo mosaic. Interior walls are painted in emulsion paint, which has proved very successful as the plas ter was allowed to dry for six weeks before the paint was applied.
Treatment of the windows, with the necessity for excluding as much of the sun's heat as possible, has been a combination of grilles and glass louvres. All windows in all pavilions are basically glass louvres set in teakwood frames and so ad- justable as to
meet all conditions,
whether keeping out sun or rain. But though louvres are functionally suit- able they not necessarily in keeping with the atmosphere of a crema- torium.
FURNACE RM.
CHAPEL
BACK OF COLUMBARIUM
500
490
-480
470
LAWN
-460
-450
VIEWING RM.
CHINESE FAREWELL
PAVILION
440
F430
ROAD TRANSFER LOBBY
SECTION THR. CHINESE PAVILION & FURNACE RM.
Outside, each window is covered by an openwork grille in Italian fired clay and inside by an aluminium grille in different designs for the different pavilions. These grilles
break the entering light to provide a suitiable setting for the ceremonies.
The crematorium also contains a columbarium fitted with 367 niches for cinerary urns, while on the hill above the building is a four acre garden of remembrance.
Just outside the boundary of the Garden of Remembrance is a block of thirteen individual flats for the staff. They are set against a hillside
THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER — VOLUME 17, NUMBER 6
in attractive fashion with bridges across from the hillside at the rear to give access to the different levels.
The whole scheme was carried out by the Public Works Department. The architect was Mr. C. Bramwell, A.R.I.B.A., the structural engineer was Mr. Ku Jen Chieh, the electrical engineer was Mr. W. K. Lee, and the mechanical engineer was Mr. David Lee. Quantity surveyors were Messrs. Langdon and Every (Far East) Ltd. Main contractor for the building and site formation was Tung Shan and Co. Other contractors and suppliers included:
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