HOUSE AT WONG NEI CHONG GAP
Architect's sketch of the new building.
Architectural problems in Hong not be planned to fit in with the
lacks the feeling of cohesion and
integrity and results in a design of separated units which do not blend together.
connection with site immediate surroundings. formation work usually resolve The architect in Hong Kong has themselves into the basic question no easy job. When he is presented
Problems of structural design, "to cut or not to cut," and unfor- with a steep sloping hillside site tunately the answer is only too and is asked to set a house on it particularly in connection with the often "to cut." There are many which will be convenient of access roofs, is another important factor beautiful buildings in Hong Kong and so planned as to be easy to which very often veers the archi- which have been sited and design- live in, and is given a fixed budget tect's decision in favour of build- ed to fit into the landscape and within which to work, the solution ing on one level. present a picture of balance and he usually chooses is that of cut-
In designing the building which proportion that is a delight to the ting a level space and setting the is now being erected on the hill- beholder and a pride to the ar- building squarely on it. To design side above the junction of Wong chitect and the owner. On the a building which has varying levels Nei Chong Gap Road and Black other hand, too many buildings so as to conform to the slope of Links the architect did not permit fail to come up to a reasonable the lot is not always an economical these difficulties to influence his aesthetic standard simply because proposition, and too often when planning but, on the contrary, the site formation was not or could this is attempted the building utilised the formation to produce
Architect's sketch of the entrance hall, showing the approaches to the different levels,
a design which is original in con- ception, convenient of arrange- ment, and will be interesting to live in.
The site of the building is on a lot approximately 110'0" in width which rises from the 710'0" level to the 750'0" level within that dis- tance. The design of the house provides for the entrance porch at the 727'0" level leading from the driveway. This porch is practical- ly at the centre of the north eleva- tion of the building, and divides the bedroom areas from the living
room areas.
The living room floor is set at the 720.5 level and is reached from
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