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and is scheduled to be finished in eighteen months. Preliminary earth- works and site formation are now going on.
In designing the estate, considera- tion has been made of the fact that Holland Road, which is one bound- ary of the estate, is an exclusive Iesidential area where each house or bungalow has a minimum ground and garden area of 20.000 square feet.
In order to maintain this style of of residence the architect has created a buffer zone on the Holland Road frontage of Chipbee Gardens with a row of bungalows facing Holland Road similar in style to those already in existence in the immediate area. Behind these will be a second buffer zone of semi-detached bungalows.
After these two zones of bungalows the terrace houses, currently the most sought after form of domestic accom- modation sought after in Singapore, will be built.
The seven-storey flats will rise on an island plateau near the centre of
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This architect's drawing shows clearly how the seven-storey flats achieve maximum privacy by dif- fering levels &eccentric spacing.
the estate and will be surrounded by the terrace houses at a slightly lower level.
These tower flat blocks are design- ed to give maximum privacy to each flat. Each block will consist of a central access tower from which spring three eccentrically placed wings with each floor at a different level from the flats in neighbouring wings. This method of giving more
Semi-detached bungalows too have their own gardens and form a good part of an estate which ▼ mingles serveral type of housing.
privacy is believed to be adopted here for the first time in Singapore. In order to preserve the external appearance of the flats, and for maintenance in future.
years, the architect has decided to use Shang- hai plaster as external cladding material, as he is convinced this wears better in the local climate than cement paints.
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