Ancient houses
cause difficult
and dangerous
piling problem
▲ A view from the penthouse balcony
on Wong House
one of the tal-
test buildings in Western District, Hong Kong Island.
for new Wong
House building
ARCHITECTS: Wong, Ng, Ouyang
and Associates.
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IL 169
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TL 169
DES
VOEUX
QUEEN
ST.
ROAD
STREET
QUEEN
WEST
BLOCK PLAN
SCALE
50
100
150 FT
BANGKOK BANK LIMITED
A front view of the lower front facade showing the Bangkok Bank on the ground and first floors and the entrance to the rest of the building on the right.
DILING for the high and narrow P
Wong House building in Des Voeux Road West was carried out in difficult and dangerous condi tions seldom met in the Colony.
The site. located in one of the oldest sections of Hong Kong Island. is surrounded by ancient houses in an extremely dilapidated condition. These houses have no foundations worth mentioning and Franki Piling and Engineering (H.K.) Ltd. who carried out the piling contract. found that it was mainly the support they gained from each other that kept them erect.
To make room for the new build- ing. three of these old buildings had to be demolished. Consequent- ly. the adjoining houses. now un- supported. showed immediate signs of weakness. The one on the right hand side was a particularly bad case and extensive shoring had be carried out to prevent the front side from collapsing into the street. Between the adjoining buildings. fly shores were put up across the site of Wong House.
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Shoring also had to be carried out in other houses in the vicinity. In fact it was found necessary to consolidate a total of 16 of these old
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