CO129-172 - Public Offices & Others - 1875 — Page 544

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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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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... Page 533 appears to be delineated by original scanning metadata, and is kept as is. However, upon closer inspection, it seems that the original text was broken into multiple lines and paragraphs. I've re-organized the text to form coherent paragraphs while maintaining the original content and adhering to the given rules.
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to the design it may faily be questiscect whether this altage ther compensates for the very considerable addition to the

cost and for the risk of failure which would result from any inn

from any error of judgme

in the construction of a retaining wall

to

at the foot of a steep slope of un abombeut. rock Exposed Other Lerfical ramifull of Kary Kary. – A certain accorch of

waste Mavoury in adapting the buildings to a site such anthro : the problem is how to redirect to a winine and the solution of that froblem is in no way facilitated by the introduction of such "fectures as this retaining wall.

is Jaduit, unavoidable.

It is becobrewed also that the obfect of a designer working upon a stref

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slofe such as this site should be to help his ward blacks, at all Events, as much towards the repper fact of the slope as possible, expecially when as in this case, the prevailing sommer wied blows from

the higher promed :

the lower the wards are

placed the cure the high fround behind them auts as an obstuction to the prevailing

and in this instance, the firxcinity

loved.

of the Lack Hospital (the build of colored

grey

in the Site (Ian) is an additional rearm

for obsewing, as faces possible, this rulin 2. The Relation of the different parts of the Hospital to rachother..

luz

The observations which the Plans

be :th under this heading may

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