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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24. 1989

HK CULTURAL CENTRE: A WORLD CLASS PRODUCT

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FOLLOWING

HONG KONG CAN NOW CLAIM TO POSSESS A WORLD CLASS VENUE FOR

OF PERFORMING

THE RECENT OPENING ARTS CULTURAL CENTRE.

THE

HONG

THE

KONG

JOSE LEI. TOLD A THE DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES. MR

LUNCHEON TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT ROTARY CLUB OF ADMIRALTY

THE CENTRE PERFORMANCE VENUES FOR HONG KONG WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR PEOPLE..

HE CITED SOME OF THE INTERESTING FEATURES IN THE DESIGN OF CULTURAL CENTRE.

THE

MR LEI STRUCTURE. STRUCTURE WAS

SAID NEITHER

CONTRARY PRE-

ΤΟ

NOR

ROOF FIRST. THE CABLE

THE ROOF POST-TENSIONED AND ONCE STRUNG WAS AN EXTREMELY RIGID STRUCTURE.

COMMON

DELIEF.

"THIS IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE TO LARGE SPAN. STRUCTURE." HE SAID.

H

FREE FORM SKIN

"THE ROOF IS THE LARGEST UNINTERRUPTED SURFACE IN

HE ADDED.

MR LEI ADDED THAT THE CULTURAL CENTRE OF CABLES AND THE LONGEST WAS 85 METRES.

HONG KONG.

"

UTILISED 11.041 METRES

THE COLOUR,

SHAPE AND

ON THE TILE CLADING. MR LEI SAID

AS ARRANGEMENT OF THE TILING GAVE PEOPLE A SUBTLE FEELING OF SURPRISE

INTENSITY OF LIGHT. THE THE SHADE AND PATTERN CHANGED ACCORDING TO

LIGHT AND THE TIME OF THE DAY AND THEREFORE THE DIFFERENT ANGLES OF DISTANCE AND DIRECTION OF THE VIEW POINT.

THE TILED AREA IS ABOUT 5.000 SQUARE METRES.

BE

THE THIRD INTERESTING FEATURE IS THE CONCERT HALL WHICH CAN

FOR DIFFERENT ACOUSTIC REQUIREMENTS

ΤΟ

ADJUSTED PERFORMANCES.

AMENITY.

SUIT DIFFERENT

MR LEI SAID THE CULTURAL CENTRE WAS ALSO DESIGNED AS

A PUBLIC

THE LANDSCAPE BETWEEN WHEN THE MUSEUM OF ART. THE PIAZZA AND

THE

BUILDING AUDITORIA

ARE THE KOWLOON PUBLIC PIER AND

COMPLETED. THE WATERFRONT FROM JORDAN ROAD PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO WALK ALONG

HUNG HOM AND THE CULTURAL FERRY PIER TO THE HONG KONG COLISEUM IN

WILL BECOME ONE OF THE MOST CENTRE. WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE AREA. POPULAR SPOTS FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE.

OF MANY YEARS AND OUTSIDE

BOTH WITHIN

MR LEI SAID THE CULTURAL CENTRE WAS THE RESULT OF HARD WORK BY A NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS. THE GOVERNMENT.

THERE HAD