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On the ground floor there will the two staircases. There will also diately beneath it, again with the also be four of the nine classrooms, be doors at the west end of the exception of the finish of the floor. a handiwork room and cloakrooms hall which will lead onto the tar-

and lavatories for boys and girls. mac car-park at the south-west Construction Each of the general classrooms corner of the site. will be 26'0" by 22'0", and will

The building will be of rein- The assembly hall has been de- forced concrete frame construc- have large windows stretching the entire length of the south wall, signed to double as a gymnasium tion with reinforced concrete floors except for the structural columns. and for this purpose a number of and roofs, asphalt felt roofing Although it would appear that the ring bolts will be set into the ceil- with fibre glass insulation. Out- best aspect for the classrooms ing beams for the suspension of side walls will generally be brick would be south-westerly in order physical training apparatus. The panelled, and in the case of the to take advantage of the magnifi- stage at the east end of the hall stairwells of stone-faced concrete. cent view, it was decided to site should be more than adequate for Internal partitions will be either them all with a southern aspect its purpose, and it has the addi- of brickwork or of hollow concrete facing the hill, to avoid the setting tional advantage of being conver- blocks. The roof of the covered facing the hill, to avoid the setting sun shining directly into the class-tible into a music room, this will playground will be supported by Cross-ventilation will be be effected by the closing of slid- 4" diameter steel columns, along provided by clerestory windows in ing doors at the proscenium open- its east side. the north wall. Along the west ing, thus completely separating it

rooms.

wall will be a blackboard, cup-

from the auditorium. A rest room Finishes boards and shelves for the teacher, adjoining the stage, and having while shelves for the pupils will access to it, may be used as a be built around the south and east changing room during theatrical

performances walls. On the north and east walls will be large boards for the exhibition of pictures, notices and pupils' work. A sink with run- ning water will also be fitted in each classroom.

Floors will be mostly of asphalt tiles, the wide use of which was chosen to allow the introduction of colour into the floors. Ceramic Other accommodation that will mosaic floors will be used on the be provided on the lower ground- staircases and in the

the changing floor are an instructor's room, rooms, the biology room, lava- girls' and boys' changing rooms, tories, and entrance hall. The as- all with shower baths, and various sembly hall will have a spring stores and service rooms. The floor of teak strips, while the stage The handiwork room will be changing rooms may be used by will also have a wooden floor of entered through its own small children using the gymnasium or Oregon Pine strips. Teak parquet foyer, and off this foyer will be

the playing field, as quick access flooring will be used in the stage store for materials, which will be may be had to the outside, where rest room, the P.T. instructor's protected from the damp by the there are steps leading to the up- room, the headmistress's room and installation of a dehumidifier. The per levels. A few steps up from the handiwork room. handiwork room itself will be this floor, and standing quite in-

26'0" by 37'6", and will have

will have dependent from the main building, Services similar fittings to the other class will be the quarters for the care- rooms. The room will be lit by taker, which include two living oil filled electric heating units, All classrooms will be heated by windows which take up almost rooms, kitchen, lavatory and the entire south wall and half of shower. the east wall.

after normal school

while other rooms will be heated, where necessary, by portable elec- tric fires. Cupboards will be kept dry by the use of tubular heaters.

Mr. P.Y.Y. Lam of the Architec-

Though not a requirement of The cloakrooms and lavatories the plan, it will be possible to use will open directly off the corridor, the assembly hall and stage quite opposite the classrooms, and so independently of the rest of the will be fairly centrally located on school, which may be shut off, thus tural Office of the Public Works the ground floor. The cloakrooms allowing organisations unconnect- Department was responsible for will be open to the corridors to ed with the school to use these this interesting design and the allow for maximum circulation at facilities

Clerk of Works is Mr. E. Spencer. the peak periods of their use. Two hours.

The Quantity Surveyor was Mr. entrances will lead to the play-

A. W. S. Smith, A.R.I.C.S. Το ground area, one from each of the The accommodation provided on date the foundations have been cloakrooms. An additional

the first floor will consist of the completed, and construction is ex- trance near the east end of the remaining five classrooms, a bio- pected to be finished by the 18th building will open onto a paved logy room. with its own small September, 1953,

small September, 1953, exactly seven area from which steps rise to the foyer and store,

store, two separate months from its commencement, playing field at the upper level. stores, and cloakrooms and lava- in readiness for the beginning of tories for boys and girls. The the new school term. The estimat- The main element on the lower classrooms on this floor will be ed cost of the school is $835,000.00 ground floor will be the assembly similar in all respects to those on and construction is in the hands hall; this is a large well-propor- the ground floor, except in the of Lam Woo & Company, the tioned room 34'0" by 61'0", lit from floor insulation. The biology room General Contractors. Damp-proof- the south and entered by doors lead- will be similar in layout and size ing of the basement is by William *ing to a corridor which connects to the handiwork Toom imme- Jacks & Co., Ltd.

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