MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1988
CONSTRUCTION OF HK'S FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT MUSBUM STARTS NEXT MONTH
WORK WILL START NEXT MONTH ON THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST
THE DIRECTOR KONG,
MUSEUM PURPOSE-BUILT
OF ART IN HONG ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR JOSE LEI, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
OF
THR MAIN CONTRACT MR LEI'S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER HE SIGNED
TOTAL OF $176 MILLION AND TAKE FOR THE PROJECT WHICH WILL COST A ABOUT 20 MONTHS T COMPLETA.
LOCATED NEX'
CENTRE, ТКЕ NO THE SPACE MUSEUM AND THE CULTURAL
OF THE MUSEUM OF ART IS THE THIRD AND FINAL PHASE IN THE DEVELOPMENT
REPLACE THE EXISTING MUSBUM TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURAL CENTRE. IT WILL
IT 19 COMPLETED IN LOCATED AT THE HIGH BLOCK OF THE CITY HALL WHEN JANUARY 1990.
THE
THE DESIGN WAS TO ACHIEVÉ A MR LEI SAID "THE BASIC AIM OF DISTINGUISHED BUILDING THAT WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM TALL RECTANGULAR BULDINGS SO TYPICAL OF HONG KONG."
THE MUSEUM CONSISTS OF FIVE STOREYS AND A ONE-LEVEL BASEMENT.
17,000 SQUARE METRES, DIVIDED IT HAS A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF
ABOVE A PODIUM. INTO THREE ELEMENTS OF LARGELY WINDOWLESS GALLERIES
ATRIUM SPACES THAT DIVIDE THE THREb elementS ARE SEPARATED BY TWO THE BUILDING FROM PODIUM TO ROOF.
CONTAINS THE ORIENTATION THE CENTRAL ELEMENT OF THE BUILDING
CONTAINS THE HONG AND HISTORICAL PICTURES GALLERIES. THE WEST BLOCK
ART GALLERY AND KONG CONTEMPORARY
THE ADMINISTRATIVE/CURATORICAL CONTAINS
EXHIBITION, BLOCK
THE TEMPORARY OFFICES. THE EAST CHINESE ANTIQUITIES GALLERIES AND CHINESE FINE ART GALLERIES.
THE
THERE IS A TOTAL OF SIX GALLERIES WITH A TOTAL 5,000 SQUARE METRES.
FLOOR ARRA OF
AT PODIUM
LEVEL
WITH
A
PLACED THE MAIN PUBLIC ENTRANCE IS GRAND STAIR AND AN ESCALATOR TAKING VISITORS UP FROM GROUND LEVEL.
ESCALATORS WILL FURTHER LINK UP THE ENTRANCE WITH ESCALATORS ALLOW THE AROUND UPPER GALLERIES, LOUNGES ENJOY MAGNIFICENT VIEWS ACROSS THE HARBOUR,
THE VARIOUS VISITORS
ΤΟ
FOR STAFF AND THE MUSEUM SHOP AND
SEPARATE ENTRANCES ARE ALLOWED AT GROUND LEVEL HANDICAPPED VISITORS. THIS PODIUM ALSO HOUSES ORIENTATION ROOMS FOR LARGE GROUPS. AND SCHOOLS.
WHILE THE
THE SPACE MUSRUM WAS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT AUDITORIA, RESTAURANTS AND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING FORMED PHASE II.
PHASE CONSTRUCTING
I
III AND WILL
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THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF ABOUT $680 MILLION. THE PROJECT IS FUNDED BY GOVERNMENT MANAGED BY THE URBAN COUNCIL.
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