SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1992
1
TSUEN WAN CENTRAL LIBRARY IN SERVICE BY YEAR END
ANOTHER REGIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY CUM
THIS YEAR, WILL BE IN SERVICE BY THE END OF DISTRICT WITH A POPULATION OF 270,000.
GOVERNMENT
SERVING
TSUEN
OFFICE TOWER WAN, A
MR PAUL FOR THE
OFFICIATING AT THE TOPPING-OUT CEREMONY OF THE BUILDING THIS
SERVICES, (SATURDAY) MORNING, THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL CORSER, SAID THE PROJECT WOULD ENHANCE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES PUBLIC IN THE AREA.
НЕ ESTIMATED BUILDING EVERYDAY.
THAT SOME 8,000 PEOPLE WOULD FREQUENT THE
"BOTH FIRST AND ENDURING IMPRESSIONS ABOUT A SOCIETY ARE GIVEN
WHICH VISITORS JUDGE BY ITS BUILDINGS; THEY ARE THE MEASURE BY
ITS
SOPHISTICATION,
"IN THIS CASE, THE PEOPLE OF TSUEN WAN WILL RIGHTLY FEEL PROUD
THIS OF THIS NEW LANDMARK WHEN, BY THE END OF
YEAR, ᎥᎢ STARTS ITS OPERATIONAL LIFE," MR CORSER SAID.
A FOUR-STOREY LIBRARY
THE $363-MILLION DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES BLOCK AND A 26-STOREY OFFICE TOWER SHARING A COMMON FOUR-STOREY PODIUM.
ROAD AND CASTLE PEAK LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF SAI LAU KOK
SPACE FOR THE ROAD, THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 3,700 SQUARE METRES OF LIBRARY AND SOME 16,000 SQUARE METRES FOR GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
THE THE
THE PODIUM FLOORS WILL BE OCCUPIED BY HIGHLY PATRONISED GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS POST OFFICE AND MUSIC OFFICE WHILE OFFICE TOWER WILL HOUSE VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING BUILDINGS AND LANDS, SOCIAL WELFARE, ENVIRONMENTAL DEPARTMENTS AND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
PROTECTION
CONSTRAINTS OF THE PROJECT, AS A
ΤΟ ITS PROXIMITY
RESIDENTIAL TOUCH IN THE ARCHITECTURAL
PLANNING THE DESIGN AND
SITE AND RESULT OF THE ODDLY-SHAPED BUILDINGS, WERE MASTERED BY THE SPECIAL DESIGN.
OF
THE CENTRE LINE THE OFFICE TOWER, WHICH IS POSITIONED AT TWO ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS, HAS ITS SIZE REDUCED PROGRESSIVELY AS ITS HEIGHT INCREASES IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE EFFECTS OF MINIMISING THE VISUAL IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBOURING OCCUPANTS.
PLAN
A SIMILAR
WAS ADOPTED FOR THE CONSISTENCY IN DESIGN CONCEPT.
LIBRARY BLOCK
FOR
THE USE OF WINDOW OPENINGS OF VARIOUS SIZES A RHYTHM ON THE ELEVATION.
HAS
ALSO CREATED
/TO FACILITATE