No_5_1956 — Page 61

MARYKNOLL FATHERS' SCHOOL

Architect:— G. D. Su

There is now in course of erection classrooms on cach floor, a large a school building for the Maryknoll teachers' rest room, and a large Fathers which will include a wing for storage area with, of course, ample primary classes and a wing for provision for washrooms and lava- secondary grades connected by a cen- tories for pupils and teachers. tral portion in which will be located the combination auditorium and

On the ground floor the auditorium- covered playground, the roof of which of columns, will be 80'-0" by 50'-0" cum-covered playground area, clear will be used as an open air playground. with a stage at one end, 25'-0" wide The building will be situated on Tai

Changing rooms

Hang Tung Road, contiguous to the by 22'-0" deep. large resettlement area, from which containing showers and lockers are most of the pupils will be drawn.

placed at both ends of the auditorium,

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Block plan of the school.

providing ample washing

ample washing facilities each in their wing of the building. The primary school section will for a very large number of pupils, The former will also have a very large consist of the ground floor and three but there will be a special changing store room, and the latter a large upper floors,

while the secondary room adjacent to the stage for the handicrafts room. school will have an additional floor convenience of the players or others The classrooms are of standardised on which will be located the chemis- using the stage.

dimensions, 26'-0" by 21'-6", except try laboratory, the physics and biolo-

On the ground floor too, there will on the third floor where two extra gy laboratory, a large preparation be an office and private sanctum for large classrooms, 38'-0" by 21'-6", the headmaster of the primary school, are provided in each school, but in The planning of the two wings will and a separate office and sanctum for the case of the secondary school one school headmistress, of these rooms will be used as а be practically identical, with four the secondary

room and an extra classroom,

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Section showing the covered playground looking towards the stage.

library. All rooms are designed to provide maximum light and air in ac- cordance with most modern standards.

Two large staircases in each wing connected by a large central hall gives ample circulation for the large number of pupils, and from this hall access is provided to all the class-

rooms.

The schools will cost over a million dollars to build, and will provide instructions in English and Chinese.

The architect is Mr. G. D. Su. General Contractors: Techoy Con-

struction Co.

Plumbing: Wah Tung Co.

Electrical Installation: Engineering

Service

Piling The Vibro Piling Co., Ltd.

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