No_6_1955 — Page 50

I

KEY TO DEPARTMENTS

CHILDRENS' WING

2 MEDICAL WARDS

3. SURGICAL WARDS

4 MAIN ENTRANCE

5 OPERATING THEATRES

6 PRIVATE PATIENTS

7 LABORATORIES.CHILDRENS'

OPERATING THEATRES

8 CHILDRENS' ADMISSION

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

& PHYSIOTHERAPY

OBSTRETICS & GYNAECOLOGY

TO CASUALTY

11 RADIOLOGY

12 LIFTS AND STAIRS

13 SERVICE ENTRANCE

14 KITCHENS

9

15 ANIMAL HOUSE

16 CAR PARKS

(8

DOCO

be-

de-

as to provide the easiest and most direct communication tween them, and all units or partments in the hospital to which they must have ready access for consultation, treatment or supplies, and also to permit the greatest flexibility in use to meet the con- stantly changing emphases medicine.

in

its

(b) The prominence of the site selected for the new hospital has naturally exercised a considerable influence in the design of the building. By normal standards the building will be large, and therefore every effort has been made to ensure that masses should not be overwhelming in scale, or its outline elaborate. Placed as it is, on an elevated plateau, it will be seen from prac- tically all the vantage points' in the Colony and from many different angles. A rigid symmetry could not fulfil practical requirements:

(8)

DIAGRAMMATICAL VIEWS OF

HOSPITAL BUILDING

VIEW FROM THE

SOUTH WEST

(6)

(12)

VIEW FROM THE

NORTH EAST

an

fallen into places: others have not been so easy to solve; but in gen- eral the adoption of structural modules varying between 10' and

an

and blocks of a nominal width of 45'0". provide the basis of an economic frame structure and economical sub-division of the in- ternal spaces into the separate rooms, Likewise, the division of the structural frame to take up the normal expansion and contraction, and at the same time the provision of lateral bracing walls to with- stand typhoon conditions have been achieved without any serious im- position on the functional planning of any of the units. The studies of ways in which it is intended provide coolness in the hot months. and warmth in the cool periols have also been carefully considered. Generally speaking, in place of working on a pre-conceived idea of what a hospital should look like, the architects have used as motifs in the surface treatment of the

to

building those devices for shading and protection etc. which seem best suited to the special character of the climate of Hong Kong.

DISPOSITION OF THE MAIN UNITS

The main units of the hospital have been arranged as follows:

The main Ward Units in two groups- the medical and associated units on the west side, and the surgical and associated units on the east side, occupying the first to ninth floors; the Children's Ward Units grouped with but separated from the Medical Wards on the west side and situated on the first to eighth floors.

Patients'

The Private

accommodation or the ninth, tenth and eleventh floors.

The suites of Operating Theatres adja- cent to the Surgical Ward Units in the north-east wing.

These diagrammatical views give

The Radiological Department on the impression of 'the comparative size and ground and first floors in the south-east distribution of the masses.

wing.

the

the grouping which the planning Physiotherapy and Admission to considerations have imposed has Children's Hospital in the south-west wing. produced an asymmetrical scheme

The Administration, Kitchen, Canteen, Laundries, Services and Supply grouped circulations ground

Hoor levels.

whose various parts will fit na- The Laboratories on the first floor of turaliy into the landscape and the north-west wing. whose aspect will be interesting when seen from any point of the compass. With regard to the tech- nical considerations of aspect both about the two main vertical in relation to shading against the

at the first. ground and lower tropical sun and the desire to pro- vide the best outlook, it is fortun- APPROACHES AND ACCESS ate that these desiderata are simply achieved by the orientating of the

The hospital will be approached by a main hospital block on an east-to- dual carriage roadway from the junction west axis. Arising from this, all

between Gascoigne Road and Jordan Road the main ward blocks in the hos- south of the site, and in view of the traffic load to the hospital. pital will enjoy splendid views both anticipated of the harbour and of the Kowloon especially during peak visiting hours, it is considered desirable that a roundabout should be constructed at this point to en- (c) The other purely technical considera- sure a minimum of interruption in the tions of structure and mechanical flows of traffic. It will also assist in

Hills.

services have also played their part providing quick access into the hospital in determining the plan. Certain for emergency cases from any of the main of the elements have automatically approaches to the hospital site.

48

Page 50Page 51