INTERESTING
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Architect:- Henry T. K. Wong
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Interesting treatment, on a small- scale, of the problem of congestion in flat blocks is to be found in the design for a four-storey apartment now under construction for the Orion
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The object of having separate land-
Court Cooperative Building Society the two front wings about 5 ft. lower Ltd., in Ede Road, Kowloon Tong than the other two.
The entrance ings is to "stagger" the amount of The apartment will comprise 16 flats, housed in four blocks, with each stairway is designed so as to give, in traffic in and out of the block onto block diverging sharply, as a distinct- the first place, onto a landing for two two levels. The open spaces separat- ly separate wing, from a central of the four flats, on the ground floor. ing each of the four wings will also From there another flight of stairs much more privacy than a more con- unifying entrance stairway.
give the occupants of each block
ventional design would afford, and
Partly to meet the problem posed by leads up to a landing for the remain a sloping site, the architect has located ing two flats.
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isolate them from noise. Yet another off-shoot advantage of the unusual planning is that there will be windows. on three sides of the building. Lawns and garden areas between the wings are a further attraction. There are to be sixteen car parking spaces.
The apartment block is another of the projects made possible by Govern- ment home-building loans to civil servants. The construction is due to be completed about Christmas.
Estimated cost is just under $400,- 000. The site area is 20,000 sq.ft., and the roof over area 5,175 sq.ft. Each flat will consist of approximate.
ly 1,250 sq.ft.
General contractor: Tung Shan & Co.
PEKIL. 3047
WARNICK ROAD.
N.K.LL
4084
FUTURE
EXTENSION
EDE
ROAD
GARDEN
Ground floor plan.
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