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1ST FLOOR

Corridor of classroom block showing fair-faced columns, beams and blocks, which were cast on site

School is fair-faced inside and out

H

DE LA SALLE BROS.

owners

WONG NG OUYANG & ASSOCIATES

TECHNIC INVESTMENT &

CONSTRUCTION

architects

main contractors

OVER the past few years fair-faced concrete has become a popular form of non-finish for institutional buildings in Hong Kong. Its unadorned, textured surface has been used with particular effect in school construction.

Its austere and sculptural form, it seems, makes it appropriate for educa- tional buildings and, now that a few contractors are familiar with the tech- niques of off-form finish, it is an eco- nomical design method that needs no further attention, unless a colourless silicone is applied to preserve cleanli-

ness.

In grant-in-aid school building which must be accomplished within a strictly controlled budget this ecomy of finish is a major consideration.

The new Chan Sui Ki College at

Chemistry laboratory concrete beams, Formica tops

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Far East BUILDER, June 1970

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