to the design it may fairly be questioned whether this advantage compensates for the very considerable addition to the cost and for the risk of failure which would result from any error of judgment in the construction of a retaining wall at the foot of a steep slope of unconsolidated rock exposed to heavy rainfall.
A certain amount of waste in adapting the buildings to a site such as this is unavoidable.
It is considered also that the object of a designer working upon a steep slope such as this site should be to help his ward blocks, at all events, as much towards the upper part of the slope as possible, especially when, as in this case, the prevailing summer wind blows from the higher ground: the lower the wards are placed, the more the high ground behind them acts as an obstruction to the prevailing wind, and in this instance, the proximity of the Lai Chi Kok Hospital (the building shown in grey in the Site Plan) is an additional reason for observing, as far as possible, this rule.
2. The Relation of the different parts of the Hospital to each other.
The observations which the Plans make under this heading may be...
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