No_6_1954 — Page 64

STAGE

ASSEMBLY

CHAIR STORE

HALL

EU

TROPHY

BATH

ROOM

DINING

ROOM

SCOUT SHOP

Cross sections through assembly hall, main block and gymnasium.

GYMNASIUM

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first floor level to facilitate the an apartment comprising a living tween the two floors are finished manipulation of scenery and lighting room. two bedrooms, a bathroom. with facing tiles. equipment. With such excellent kitchen and servant's room. facilities quite ambitious theatrical productions can be staged, and the Association confidently expects to be able to substantially augment its income by renting these fine ameni- tles to outside organizations.

To one side of the stage a staircase descends to a basement which ac- commodates two dressing or green rooms, chair and other storage space and toilets, in addition to the kit- chen and pantry previously men- tioned.

The assembly hall is distinguished The first floor contains an apart by its large external columns and a living room. beams, the latter being slightly ment consisting of dining room, study, five bedrooms, curved in elevation. The projection three bathrooms, kitchen, pantry.

at the eastern end of this block, box room, utility room. two servant housing the lobby and staircase, has rooms, servant kitchen and bath- vertical concrete louvres on the out- room. The living room and dining side forming an interesting pattern room are not separated by a parti- of light and shade. tion wall, the former has a balcony at the front of the building and a staircase leading down to the en- trance in the north-east corner of the site. All bedrooms have large closets. The dining room and two of the bedrooms share a large bal- cony on the north-west side of the building.

The main feature of the north wing is a fine modern gymnasium at the basement level and extending up through the ground floor. Also in this basement are locker rooms. One of the bathrooms is complete changing rooms, showers and toilets with bath, wash-basin and water for both boys and girls, and a large closet; of the other two, one has a closet for equipment. The gym- shower. wash-basin and water closet, nasium may be entered by a stair- and the other a bath and basin. A case from the central block or from serving hatch is located between the a separate entrance in the north-east kitchen and pantry. corner of the site.

The rest of the north wing is oc- cupied by quarters. On the ground floor there is a lobby with a desk and having a separate outside entrance, Off this lobby opens a staircase lead. ing down to the basement and up to the quarters on the first floor, and

Construction is of reinforced con- crete framing with brick panel and partition walls. and ribbed and hol- low tile floors. There is five-ply as- phalt waterproofing to the basement. The roof is finished with one course of cement tiles covered with five-ply asphalt roofing.

The building is finished externally mainly with cement plaster and "Snowcem": parts of the external walls are covered with facing tiles.

Floors are mainly of teak parquet or asphalt tiles with service rooms. toilets, balconies, stairs and corri- dors finished in mosaic tiles or quarry tiles.

The building is distinctly divided up externally into its three main elements. The central section has its two floors of windows framed by a reinforced concrete lintel. sill and deep vertical fins. which serve as protection against the strong morn- General Contractors: Messrs. Win- ing and mid-day sun: the panels be- some Company

Architect: Mr. G.D. Su

The assembly hall looking towards the gallery.

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The assembly hall looking towards the stage.