Twin Tower ( Chinese : 雙塔型 ) is a 1970s Hong Kong public housing residential block design. In plan, the blocks look like two hollow squares joined at one corner of each square. Each block comprises two "towers" of different heights, although their shapes are the same. The high tower ranges from 24 to 28 stories while the low tower is 21 stories. The size of a typical flat is 36 to 46 m. It cannot support more than 5 people in a typical flat.
4-542: The units in Twin Tower blocks are self-contained flats, each with a kitchen, toilet, and balcony. The first Twin Tower blocks appeared at Wah Fu Estate . They were suited to the steeply sloping site, as one of the two "towers" within each block is offset by three storeys from the other, providing ground level entrances at multiple points along the slope. The two central atria in each block measure 50 by 50 feet. Reportedly,
8-502: The Twin Tower design appeared at Oi Man Estate and then many other public estates across Hong Kong in the 1970s. Wah Fu Estate Wah Fu Estate ( Chinese : 華富邨 ) is a public housing estate located next to Waterfall Bay , Pok Fu Lam in Hong Kong's Southern District . It was built on a new town concept in 1967 and was renovated in 2003. Divided into Wah Fu (I) Estate ( 華富(一)邨 ) and Wah Fu (II) Estate ( 華富(二)邨 ),
12-414: The square shape of the twin tower design provided the structural stability necessary to build more floors than the earlier, narrower slab blocks. The Twin Tower blocks at Wah Fu make use of load-bearing partition walls which make construction faster through standardisation, obviate the need for interior columns within flats, and improve structural wind resistance. After their introduction at Wah Fu Estate,
16-422: The whole estate has a total of 18 residential blocks completed between 1967 and 1978. There are several primary and secondary schools in the estate, including Pui Ying Secondary School , SKH Lui Ming Choi Secondary School and Caritas Chong Yut Ming Secondary School . They provide education to children in the estate and the surrounding areas. Fortuna Theatre is the only cinema on the estate. Announced in
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