For those who are international students or interested in reading English, we provide translated version about school policy of WINGS--High Fly Post 21.1.
Human Beings Always Make the Same Mistake – Lee Shau Kee Business Building
Perhaps because during designing the costly Business Building the University overemphasized the materials and the beauty of its design for an impression of the excellent quality with a reasonable price, its utility is not taken into thorough consideration. The Building, constructed on the hillside at South Gate, is located beside the former home of Shaw Studio and the vacated TV City. One needs to pass through two escalators to arrive at the main entrance. The designers considered that the outdoor escalators may not be able to withstand the winds, rain and sunlight in the long term, so added a semi-transparent glass cover caringly. In view of the urgency of repair of the escalator with two consecutive days because of heavy rain, it could be said that though such act is not effective, it is based on foresight.
However, the stairs next to the escalator do not benefitfrom such foresight as well . On the same day, it was observed that the escalator was out of order to make it necessary for students holding up their umbrellas to walk through the stairs wide enough for only two persons to pass simultaneously. Within only ten minutes, the stairs needed to accommodate the flow of people to and for the Building simultaneously. The situation was like how it is at the “extremely narrow” stairs to South Gate outside Lifts 31-32. Also, as no cover was built above the stairs and raindrops were accumulated on the ground, accidents were easy to happen. Obviously it was due to the careless consideration during planning. It was also probably due to the sacrifice of utility for beauty and even a lack of consultation and of transparency of the plan. Therefore the design of the Business Building could not meet students’ needs.
