WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1988
PREPARATION OF THE DETAILED DESIGN AND WORKING
DRAWINGS FOR
THE NEW BLOCKS ARE NOW ACTIVELY IN HAND WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION BRANCH OF THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE THREE BASIC DESIGNS OF THE NEW BLOCKS EACH IN A DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION TO SUIT DIFFERENT SITES.
THE NEW DESIGNS WIEL FIRST BE USED IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF WANG TAU HOM ESTATE.
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UNDER THE WANG TAU HOM PROJECT, A TOTAL OF FOUR HARMONY-3 BLOCKS, INCLUDING TWO 17-STOREY AND TWO 18-STOREY BLOCKS, WILL RE BUILT TO PROVIDE 1 150 FLATS FOR 5 000 PEOPLE.
WORK ON THE PROJECT WILL START IN SEPTEMBER 1989 AND THE BLOCKS ARE LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST TO APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED AT THE END OF 1991.
THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF ARCHITECT IN CHARGE OF THE TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEW BLOCK DESIGNS, MR TIM NUTT, SAID DESIGNING PUBLIC RENTAL HOUSING IS AN ON GOING PROCESS.
"IT RESPONDS TO THE SOCIAL NEEDS OF ITS TIME AND RECOGNISES THE ASPIRATION OF THE PEOPLE BEING HOUSED, HE SAID.
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THE TRIDENT AND LINEAR STANDARD RENTAL BLOCKS CURRENTLY BEING BUILT AND OCCUPIED WERE DESIGNED FIVE YEARS AGO IN ANSWER THE TO THEN PROJECTED DEMAND BASED ON THE FERDBACK AND STATISTICS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME, MR NUTT SAIDA
"NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 1990s, THE DESIGN PARAMETERS ARE CHANGING,' HE ADDED.
"FAMILIES ARE GETTING SMALLER, STANDARDS ARE IMPROVING AND THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE TENANTS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY MORE DEMANDING.
"THE CURRENT STANDARD
RENTAL BLOCKS, ALTHOUGH EXCELLENT SOLUTIONS FOR TODAY, DO NOT COMPLETELY ANSWER THE DEMANDS WE NOW KNOW ABOUT FOR TOMORROW," MR NUTT SAID.
"THE NEW 'HARMONY' SERIES FOR RENTAL BLOCKS IS THE FIRST STEP IN FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR HOUSING IN THE 1990s," HE SAID.
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IN INITIATING NEW DESIGNS, THE OPPORTUNITY IS TAKEN SPACK STANDARDS IMPROVE SERVICES AND GENERALLY LPGRADE THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE BLOCK.
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DESIGN
THE NEW
"HARMONY" SERIES IS NO EXCEPTION, MR NUTT ADDED.
INSTEAD OF CLASSIFYING THE FLATS AS ONE-PERSON, TWO-PERSON OR THREE-PERSON UNITS AS IS THE CURRENT PRACTICE, THEY WILL BE CALLED ONE-BEDROOM, TWO-BEDROOM AND THREE-BEDROOM FLATS.
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