Past Projects

Gewu Building - 格物廔

Following completion of the Mingde Building in 2005, Professor Nicolas Yeung and his wife raised another funding for the construction of a dormitory building for a vocational training school in Guangxi. The dormitory building was planned to provide accommodation for 600 students who otherwise would need to travel long distances from far away villages every day. This was on a considerably larger scale than the first project.

bannerThe site was situated at the "County of Minority Miao" in Guangxi

  
bannerDesign of the new dormitory building in 2006

  
bannerThe project team came up with different design schemes for consideration

  
bannerAnother group of student volunteers prepared the construction drawings and attended the
foundation stone laying ceremony in 2007

  
bannerConstruction work on site in the summer of 2007

  
bannerFinal inspection of the new building

  
bannerThe completed dormitory

  

The six-storey building was completed in July 2008 and named “Gewu Building”, after the second part of HKU’s motto, which means "pursuit of knowledge".
  

Quote from a student:
"When I first came for the foundation stone laying ceremony, it was a piece of flat land here. Based on the design detailed in the drawings, a new building is now standing on this piece of land. This sense of satisfaction can only belong to an engineer."

By Iris Tse, 2009 BEng(Civ-EnvE) Graduate

  

Summary of the project:

  • Donor
:

Professor Nicolas S.Y. Yeung and his wife,
Mrs. Lorene Yeung
柳州市教育局
融水苗族自治縣人民政府

  • Sponsor
    (for travelling and lodging
    expenses of the project team)
:

Mr. Alan Wong Wai Kai, Chairman, Cheerine Group
(International) Ltd. 王惠棋先生
Mr. James Chiu, OBE, JP 趙雅各先生太平紳士

  • Building
:

A six-storey dormitory

  • Size of site
:

2977 m2

  • Construction cost
:

RMB 1.98 million

  • Start date of construction
:

July 2007

  • End date of construction
:

July 2008

  • Total number of site visits
:

9

  • Total number of students involved
:

41

  • The publication
:

Gewu Building

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