No_4_May_-_June__1958 — Page 52

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a) Accessibility of space for fre quent cleaning and disinfection. This led to all laboratory wail benches being supported from brackets and island benches by tubular steel legs with flanged covers at floor level; in addition, all fixed cupboards and drawers under benches were suspended from the bench-tops clear of the c) floor. Movable laboratory furni- ture supplied under the contract is mounted on castors. b) Good Ventilation. Although it is possible to include a disinfecting process in a central air-condition- ing system, it has yet to be proved successful in this type of building. Hence unit air-condi- tioners are used in all rooms where essential for the protection

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sub-division of existing

rooms

into smaller units, as the func tions of the building multiply or are divided.

The building is essentially utili- tarian in character. The structure

is expressed, and finishes were chosen, for hard wear and mini mum maintenance. An attempt is made to obtain a contrast with the white and near-white of the other buildings of the Queen Mary Hospital group, particularly as seen from Mount Davis Road. Colour has been

extensively used for this

for this purpose

which was another consideration in the choice of finishing materials.

The building is reinforced concrete framed on concrete pier foundations. The north and south wings of 40 ft. and 30 ft. span respectively (where the large rooms are placed) are rigid framed on all floors, to provide floor of delicate instruments, and in space clear of columns. Brick is used the Lecture Theatre which is for in-filling and partitions. frequently blacked-out for the The walls and ceilings are plaster- showing of slides. Otherwise ed internally and externally. Floors cross-ventilation with maximum generally are in thermoplastic tiles, window area is provided. The but in lavatories they are in mosaic, spread of germs has to be care- and in the Students Laboratory in fully guarded against in buildings clay tiles. All exposed wood work is for Pathological purposes. Flexibility and Extensibility. The building is designed to carry two additional floors. a precaution worth taking in the provisions of buildings for an expanding or- ganisation. There are already in- dications that the extra modation could well be used.

accoin-

in teak.

A bed-size lift is installed to enable patients to be carried into the photo- graphic section and in anticipation of different uses of the building.

All electric services are in conceal- ed conduit and ring main circuits have been used for power supply.

The structure is based on a 5 All plumbing is in either fully ac- ft. module enabling the erection cessible ducts or on the surface en- of partitions at these intervals abling easy maintenance, which is an throughout the building, for the important factor in this building.

LECTURE

HALL

PREP. ROOM

ÇARETAKER'S ROOM

PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION

LAV

DREALING

LAV

CORRIDOR

LIBRARY

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TELEPHONE

MUSEUM

(Above) Laboratory and Lecture Room.

(Below) Ground floor plan showing the spacious Lecture Theatre, Museum, and Library.