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Stage II was completed in March 1965. It provides quarters for officers under training, each offi- cer having a study-bedroom, a mess building with minor staff quarters and laundry area, a block of 24 classrooms including mock court and report rooms, a combined assembly hall and gymnasium, a covered area for drill- ing squads during inclement weather, a practice building for the police band and a carbine range of 100 yd.

The final and third stage, on which work is due to commence in August 1966. comprises quarters for married staff officers, including the command- ant and his deputy, a combined ad- ministrative and clinic building with central stores and guardroom, bar- rack accommodation for women police and a quarter for the staff woman police officer. To complete the scheme this stage will also include im- provements to the existing revolver ranges. main entrance gates, sentry box and street furniture.

During the construction of stage II a new scheme for policing the Colony's waters to combat illegal im- migrants was introduced, known as

Operation Hazelmere'.

This scheme required the decentralisation of oper- ational marine police and in the case of Aberdeen necessitated the building of rank and file quarters.

In the interests of economy and availability of sites it was decided to combine the marine police require- ments with those of the Police Train- ing School which were to have been included in stage III. and build one rank and file complex within the school boundary. A standard type quarters plan was adopted and the L-shaped building of 11 storeys was completed in 1965.

Enviromental Planning

Broadly, in physical terms. a de- velopment project can be analysed in one of two ways: individual units or the total site as part of a larger plan- ning environment. In this scheme the design of the individual units has not presented a complex architectural problem as they are comparatively are comparatively small and simple. It is primarily an exercise in enviromental, planning and architectural treatment.

Therefore, the development of the total site has been strongly emphasiz- ed and as can be seen the architects have taken very much into account such factors as spaciousness, site characteristics, visual appearance of the buildings and the environment of the project.

The space around and between buildings has been planned for both. functional and aesthetic reasons. The units are spaced adequately to accom- modate the various active and passive pursuits of the recruits, but are not so far apart as to affect the appear- ance of the site. These spaces have been designed with unity and focus even though open space is in abun- dance.

The grouping of the buildings is partly judged by the treatment of the open areas and how they, in turn, relate to the buildings themselves. It is refreshing to find a complex of buildings which are directly related to the spaces between them and to the views beyond. The redevelopment of the Police Training School, in this respect, strongly contrasts with the fully developed site and with others

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1 guard

room

7 gas store

3 patrol fung

a administration

3 classroom

Biation

6 aşşembly hall / gymnasium

1 dining / kitchen

mess

quartera

10 lavatory

| woman police quarters

12, type 1 & 2

quarters

13 type 4 quarter

14 15 type 3 Quarter

16 caretakers quarters

17 18 19 barracks

20 laundry 4 manial staff

21 canis en

22 band

practice

✡ dril shad

25 target BORD

20 cũnk · NE Quarter

27 water tower

2 Carbine range

29 30 31 revolver rangs

scale

100

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