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This complex has been conceived on traditional principles with the campus extending from the main headquarters buildings: i.e. outward growth from a firmly established and strongly individual centre. To achieve unified scheme a monastic layout of courts has been adopted, and the buildings should, in the main, have an air of permanence, which although necessarily monumental, must new in plan and detail.
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The main University Square, sited in a prominent position off the Tai Po Highway, will be the heart of the University, the "market place" where the central facilities are located. A group comprising the Great Hall, the Central Library, Students' Centre and Administration Block forms the four sides of the square where all students can meet, rub shoulders, and exchange ideas.
A further court contains the School of Education and across the main avenue on the north side of the plat- form lies the group of Science Build- ings.
Although the courtyard layout re- sults in a cohesive scheme in plan form, to achieve a unified architec- tural treatment befitting the important nature of the buildings, consistency of design over the whole complex is essential. Materials and details can then be limited to maintain the dig-
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nity and identity of each building. with a common theme linking the units into an integral part of the whole.
It is not proposed to describe in detail the planning of each building. as all the units sited on the western half of the Headquarters area appear in this report in sketch plan form. and serious consideration has been
given everyone within the limited time available for the preparation of this report. However, a few brief notes on the major considerations are necessary to clarify the planning processes.
Students Centre
This special non-instructional build- ing is extremely important to the academic life of the University, and necessitates a central location of pro- minence. It is here that chemists sit next to fine arts students and inevit- ably they talk and listen. The results are both stimulating and productive.
Great Hall
This building commands attention because of its fairly large proportions and for comparison in size the Hong- kong City Hall concert hall has a similar number of seats in the audi- torium. It is essentially an air- conditioned building requiring very little in the way of windows to pre- serve its sound insulation, and has consequently been sited with its longer sides facing east and west. The plan has side access outside the auditorium proper, to allow easy assembly of
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students for ceremonial purposes. such as the receiving of degrees.
Library
The Library has two storeys over the ground floor which are split into a mezzanine on each level giving economical book shelving and yet maintaining an interesting flow of space with consequent high ceilings, giving an air of spaciousness to this centre of learning.
Administration Block
This is basically a simple plan form with a central corridor but it is hoped to keep the ground floor area fairly clear on columns to allow a clear view of the surrounding countryside from within, and also to permit a free flow of ventilation across the square.
Science and Education Schools
These buildings will face the main. approach avenue and are similar in plan form, i.e. of the corridor type with generous meeting points to facilitate the movement of students through the buildings. Their character need not be so monumental as the buildings around the square although they must clearly state that they are part of an important group.
COLLEGE BUILDINGS
Preliminary studies have been made to determine site coverage for each college. However, as the specific sites have not been settled the grouping of the teaching buildings has been aver- aged out to form a mean between the
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