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Main entrance with student centre оп the right and medical library on the left.

cum-seminar room with a fine view over Telegraph Bay.

The canteen is designed to seat 150 students at one sitting, and the kitchen facilities are capable of producing 300 hot meals of a variety of dishes over a lunch-time period. Access from the canteen is given to a lawn, where meals may be taken "al fresco”.

The accommodation is generally more tightly planned than is desirable. but the architect's instructions were to provide the maximum facilities for the funds available: this condition also limited the choice of finishes to those of a utilitarian nature. How- ever, to reduce maintenance costs, a large part of the exterior surfaces are covered with "Shanghai" type plaster. laid in panels.

Normal services are provided, with the kitchen equipped with gas-operat- ed equipment. Economy was exercis- ed in the provision of air-conditioning which is limited to the library, where the minimum requirements for com- fort and the preservation of books are allowed, to the faculty room and to certain offices. The main units are air-cooled.

Particular attention is given to the artificial lighting and sound control in the library reading room. The arti- ficial lighting is designed to give an illumination at table height of 30 lumens per sq. ft. and is obtained by

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semi-direct flourescent fittings posi- tioned in relation to the reading tables.

The ceilings are suspended and consist of perforated light steel chan- nels lined with rock wool and black tissue paper, giving a reduction in reverberant sound level of approxi- mately 6 decibels, which is the maxi- mum that can be obtained econo- mically. The reverberation time assessed on the design criteria at 500 cycles per second is 0.9 secs.

These

two figures are for a 50 per cent. room occupancy.

The site was granted to the Uni- versity by Government and is shared with the Li Shu Fan Building. The part used for this building is mostly flat, and gave no particularly difficult foundation problems.

Bridge Link

The two groups of buildings are so arranged on the site that they may be linked together by a bridge when the additional floors are added to the library wing. Maximum space is thus available for car-parking. When Sassoon Road is widened and lowered. better access to the site will be obtain- ed than is at present possible.

The total cost of the works, includ- ing site formation, external works.

South elevation of the student cen- tre. The projection above the ground floor canteen is a faculty seminar room

services and all fees is approximately HK$1.304.000.

Architect for the project was Pro- fessor W. G. Gregory, B Arch.. ARIBA, who was assisted during the supervision stage by Mr. C. H. Wong, MCD, B Arch, ARIBA, both from the Department of Architecture. University of Hong Kong.

The consultant engineer was Pro- fessor S. Mackey, ME, BSc, PhD. AMICE, MI Struct E. of the Department of Civil Engineering. University of Hong Kong, and the quantity surveyors were Langdon & Every (Far East).

The general contractor was Yick Lee & Co. Ltd., who had the services of the following nominated sub-con- tractors: British General Electric Co. Ltd. (electrical installation): Shun Shing (plumbing installation); Haden Gilman Ltd. (air-conditioning); and The Hong Kong and China Gas Co. Ltd. (gas installation, cooking equip ment and water heaters).

The library shelving was imported from Sankey Sheldon Ltd. in the United Kingdom through The Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd. and the Dampa ceilings for sound control were imported from Denmark through The East Asiatic Co. Ltd. Library reading desks and chairs made locally by The Hong Kong Furniture Co. Ltd.

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