Main Campus, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (1960s)
香港中文大學校園
1960, Institutional 機構建築
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
新界沙田 香港中文大學
Architect Firm: 司徒惠建築工程師事務所
Constructed on the hill facing Tolo Harbour with a fine view of Pat Sin Leng at a distance, the main campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong offers students a stunning scenery and serenity for studies. The original campus site in Ma Liu Shui was a granite quarry for the main dam of Plover Cove Reservoir. Master development plan of the Main Campus was designed by Szeto, Wai & Partners. The campus’ main structures were appropriately placed on several platforms built against the landscape. Despite his engineering background, Szeto Wai was an art lover and a photography enthusiast, who flexed his artistic touch on the University Administration Building, Institute of Chinese Studies, the library, the Science Center, the campus of New Asia College and United College. The design of Szeto Wai is simple yet compelling, with a strong emphasis on proportions and details. The scale of architectural concrete used intensified the impact of architectural space and structures, a unique manifestation of the late modernist architecture.
中大校園依山而建，面向吐露港，遠眺八仙嶺，青山绿水，詩意宜人。馬料水原址為船灣淡水湖大壩所用花岡岩採石場。大學校園布局由司徒惠建築工程師事務所規劃，按山勢把主體建築分布在數個大台階上。司徒惠雖是工程師，但好藝術，攝影。中大校內的大學行政樓、中國文化研究所、圖書館、科學館、新亞書院及聯合書院校園等都是其創作。司徒惠的設計簡樸雄渾，重比例和細節，清水混凝土的體量強烈顯現建築紋理和空間，秉承了現代主義後期之風。
文：吳啟聰 (香港註冊建築師)
攝影：香港建築中心
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