No_4_1959 — Page 54

PROBLEMS OF

SITE: BONHAM

RD. BUILDING

Architect: Ng Yook-Man, B. Arch.

To save costs on a site which has a 40 ft. difference in levels, stepped construction is being employed for a new apartment block at the junction of Bonham Road and High Street, Hong Kong.

An 11-storey building, it is to be built for Yue Wan Estates. Construc- tion will occupy about 18 months. Mr. Ng Yook-Man is the architect.

Minor cutting has been made to form the site into four steps.

FLAT

DOMESTIC

LIFT KACHNIE MATER

TANK

SECTION A-A

BONHAM ROAD

B

H

URDD E

Architect's perspective

This will afford full utilisation of the land at minimum cost, by obviat- ing the need for extensive cutting.

The four steps will form base- ments, three of them housing smaller flats than those on the main storeys. The fourth will be the garage.

Planned for high class accommoda- tion, the block will consist of 10 domestic storeys, and the garage. The site is approached by two roads, Bonham Road on the upper level, and Hospital Road on the lower one. Because of traffic objections, there

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PLAYGROUND

SCALE

25

100 125FT.

HIGH STREET

HOSPITAL

ROAD

BONHAM

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Block plan.

THE HONG KONG & FAR EAST BUILDER

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