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F i g u r e4 :Re n o v a t i o nP a r t3 .
Wi t hmi n i ma lr e n o v a t i o n ,mo s to ft h eo r i g i n a lf e a t u r e so ft h eb u i l d i n gh a v eb e e nwe l lp r e s e r v e d .T o d a y ,t h eb u i l d i n gi si nar e l a t i v e l yg o o dc o n d i t i o nwi t hs o med e f e c t s . Vi n t a g ewa l l a n df l o o rmo s a i c su s h e rv i s i t o r su paf l i g h t o fs t a i r st ot h eo f f i c ea r e a , c h a r a c t e r i z e db yau n i q u ec h i c k e n wi r ewo o d e nd o o ra n das p i r a l , t r i a n g u l a r s t a i r c a s et h a tl e a d so n et ot h eb r e e z yr o o f t o p .T h eY a n gKe n gc o mmi t t e eh a v eb e e nma k i n gd o n a t i o n sg e n e r o u s l yt os c h o o l s ,g i l d sa n dh o s p i t a l s ,c o n t r i b u t e db yt h e me mb e r so rr a i s e dt h r o u g hc h a r i t ys h o wsh e r ea n da b r o a d .T h et r a d i t i o nl i v e so nu n t i lt o d a y . T h ea s s o c i a t i o ni sn o t a c t i v ea sb e f o r e . Y a nKe n gd i ds o mei n t e r i o rr e n o v a t i o n st or e n t o u t t h eg r o u n df l o o ro ft h eb u i l d i n gi no r d e rt os u s t a i nt h eb u i l d i n gd u et of i n a n c i a li s s u e .T h eg r o u n df l o o ri sr e n t e do u tt oat a i l o rs h o pf o r3 0y e a r sa n daC h i n e s et e as h o pf o r3y e a r s . T h eKwo n gF o o kWi n gT a i l o rS h o pwa sav e r yf a mo u ss h o pf o rt h ep a s t3 0y e a r s .I th a dr e c e i v e dl o t so ft e s t i mo n i a l sf r o mt h ef o u r t hY a n gDi P e r t u a nAg u n g , T u a n k uI s ma i lNa s i r u d d i nS h a h ,f o r me rF i n a n c eMi n i s t e rT u nT a nS i e wS i n ,f o r e i g ne n v o y sa n de v e nt h e1 2 t hPr i meMi n i s t e ro fAu s t r a l i aS i rRo b e r tGo r d o n Me n z i e s . Kwo n gF o o kWi n gT a i l o rS h o pwa sf o u n d e di nt h ey e a r1 9 1 5a n dt h eb u s i n e s sh a db e e np a s s e dd o wnt h r o u g hg e n e r a t i o n s .T h ec u r r e n to wn e r ,Kwo n gKa m L u ni st h et h i r dg e n e r a t i o n .Hei n s i s t st oma k ee v e r ys u i tb yu s i n gh i sh a n dj u s tl i k et h ep r e v i o u sg e n e r a t i o n s . F o rt h et e a s h o p , i t h a dr e c e n t l ymo v e si n3y e a r sa g o , r e p l a c i n gt h eo l db o o ks t o r es h o p . T h et e as h o ph a sar e dt h e mec o l o u r , t h u sa f t e rmo v i n gi n t ot h eb u i l d i n g ,t h e yr e q u e s tt or e p a i n tt h ef a รง a d eo ft h es h o pr e d .Wi t ht h ea p p r o v a lo ft h eY a n gKe n gAs s o c c i a t i o nt h ef a c a d en o wc o n t a i n3c o l o u rr e d ,y e l l o wa n d wh i t e . F i g u r e7 :T h es h o ph o u s e sa tg r o u n df l o o r .
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P a s twa t e rd a ma g ei st h ema i nd e f e c to nt h ef r o n tf a c a d e .Af t e rl o n gp e r i o de x p o s e dt ot h ewe a t h e r ,t h ed e c o r a t i v ee l e me n t sb e c a med e t e r i o r a t e d .T h et i mb e rwi n d o wf r a me sa n da wi n gs t a r t e dt od e c a ya n dl o s ti t ss h a p ed u et oe x c e s s i v eh u mi d i t y .At t h ee n dt h e yf e l lf r o mt h e i ro r i g i n a lp o s i t i o n s .
Mo i s t u r ea c c u mu l a t i o nh a sc a u s e dp e e l i n go fp a i n t .T h ep r e s e n c eo fc o a t i n gwi t hl i mi t e dv a p o rp e r me a b i l i t yl e a d st ot h es e p a r a t i o no fp a i n to rs t u c c ol a y e r .Hi g hh u mi d i t yh a sp r o mo t e dc o r r o s i o no nme t a lg u t t e r .I n s u f f i c i e n tt h i c k n e s so ft h ec o v e r i n g l a y e ra l s oe n a b l ec o r r o s i o nt ot a k ep l a c e .Mo r e o v e r ,t h ep r e s e n c eo fs a l t si nt h ed a mpc a u s e sami c r o s c o p i ca t t a c ko nt h ema s o n r yma t e r i a l s .T h es a l t sc r y s t a l l i s ea st h emo i s t u r ee v a p o r a t e s .
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Mo i s tt h a tt r a p p e dwi t h i nt h ep a i n tl a y e rc a u s e dd e t e r i o r a t i o no fp a i n t .S p a l l i n go fc o n c r e t ea l s oc a nd ei d e n t i f i e da ts o mep a r to fc o l u mnd u et ot h eh o ta n dh u mi dwe a t h e r .C r u mb l eo fc o n c r e t ef e l lo f ff r o mt h ewa l l .
De mo l i t i o no ft h ea d j a c e n tb u i l d i n gc a u s e dc r a c k so nt h ewa l l .T h ec r a c ki st h e nr e n d e r e dwi t hc e me n to rmo r t a r .Gr o wt ho fv e g e t a t i o no nt h eb u i l d i n gc a u s e df u r t h e rc r a c k i n go ft h ed e f e c t sd u et oh i g h e ra c c u mu l a t i o no fmo i s t u r e .F u r t h e r mo r e ,f i r ea l s o c o n t r i b u t et op e e l i n go fp a i n ta n ds t u c c ol a y e r .F i r ea l s oc h a n g et h ec o l o u ro ft h ewa l lp e r ma n e n t l y .
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T h e r ma lc r a c kc a nb es e e no nt h ewa l ld u et ot h eh e a t i n ga n dc o o l i n ge f f e c t .Re p a i r a t i o nc a nb es e e no nt h ec o l u mnd u et ot h ed e mo l i t i o no fe x i s t i n gb u i l d i n gy e tt h e r ei sa ne v i d e n c eo fc r a c k i n go nt h er e n d e r e dc e me n td u et op o o rc r a f t ma n s h i p .T h e r o o fs t r u c t u r es e e mt ob et o r na p a r td u et od e mo l i t i o nc a u s i n gf u r t h e rd e t e r i o r a t i o na si twa se x p o s e dt ot h ewe a t h e r .
S e t t l e me n tc r a c kc a nb ef o u n do nt h ep a v e me n tg r o u n d ,p o s s i b i l i t ya f f e c t i o nd u et op r e v i o u sd e mo l i s h me n t .E l e c t r i c a ls wi t c hwa sl e f te x p o s e dma yp r o mp ts h o r tc i r c u i twh i c hc o u l de n d a n g e rl i v e s .C o l u mns p a l l i n gc a nb eo b e r s e r v e d ,i n e rs t r u c t u r eo f t h ec o n c r e t ewa sp a r t l yc h i p p e do f f .
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Du et ot h es e v e r ed e mo l i s h me n to ft h ee x i s i t i n gb u i l d i n g ,t h es t a i r a s ewa sr e p l a s t e r e dt omi n i mi s e df u r t h e rd e f e c t sb u td u et ot h ep o o rq u a l i t yc o n t r o l ,t h er e a rf a c a d eo ft h eb u i l d i n gd i s p l a ya k wa r dc o l o u r a t i o na st h ef a c a d ewa sn o tr e p a i n t e d .Di s t r i b u t i o nb o a r da n de l e c t r i cme t e rwa sl e f te x p o s e dwh i c hmi g h tc r e a t ed a n g e rt op a s s e r b y .Pi p ewa t e rn o th i d d e nwi t h i nt h ewa l l swh e nd e mo l i s h me n to ft h eb u i l d i n g .
Du et ot h ea v a i l a b i l i t yo fmo i s t u r e ,h a r mf u lg r o wt ho fv e g e t a t i o nwi l ls t a r tt oc r a wlo n t ot h eb u i l d i n gs u c ha st h ea l g a ewh i c hc a nb e es e e no nt h ef o o t i n go ft h eb u i l d i n g .T h eh a r mf u lg r o wt hc a u s e sf u r t h e rc r a c k so nt h ei n t e r n a lwa l ls t r u c t u r e . S p a l l i n gi so b s e r v e da tt h et o po fc o l u mne x p o s i n gt h eb r i c k wo r ko ft h ewa l l ,t h er e a s o nwa sd u et ot h ed e mo l i t i o no ft h ee x i s t i n gb u i l d i n g .
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T h e r ma lc r a c kc a nb es e e no nt h es t a i r sd u et ot h eh e a t i n ga n dc o o l i n ge f f e c t .T h ee l e c t r i c a lwi r e sa r ep r o t e c t e dwi t hr u b b e rb u tl e a v ee x p o s e dt ot h ee n v i r o n me n t ,wh i c ha p p e a r st ob ev e r yd a n g e r o u st ot h eb u i l d i n ga n dp e d e s t r i a n .T h er e dp a i n t i n go n t h eg r o u n dl e v e ld e t e r i o t e sd u et op o o rq u a l i t yo fp a i n ta n de x p o s i n gt ot h ewe a t h e r .T h ewa l lt i l e sa r ed a ma g e dd u et ot h ei mp a c tc a u s e db yp e o p l emo v i n ge q u i p me n t su pa n dd o wnt h es t a i r s .
Du et ot h ea v a i l a b i l i t yo fmo i s t u r e ,t h ewa l le x p e r i e n c e sd a mpwh i c hd a ma g e st h ewa l lf i n i s h e s ,t h er e i n f o r c e db a r si n s i d et h ec o n c r e t ewa l lma yb ec o r r o d e da n dd a ma g e d .T h ep a i n t so nt h ec e i l i n gp e e lo f fd u et omo i s t u r ea n da l s op o o rq u a l i t yo f p a i n t .T h ec o n c r e t ef l o o re x p e r i e n c e ss p a l l i n gb e c a u s eo ft h ei n s t a l l a t i o no ft h ewo o d e np l a n k .T h ep a i n t so nt h ewa l la l s oe x p e r i e n c e sp e e l i n gd u et ot h eu s i n go fp o o rq u a l i t yp a i n t .
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T h ewa l le x p e r i e n c ec r a c kd u et ot h ed e mo l i t i o no ft h ea d j a c e n tb u i l d i n g .T h ec r a c kc a u s e swa t e rl e a k a g ei n t ot h eh a l lr o o m.T h ep e e l i n gp a i n ti sc a u s e db ymo i s t u r ea n da l s ot h eu s i n go fp o o rq u a l i t yp a i n t .T h ec e i l i n gp a n e l se x p e r i e n c emo i s t u r e ,t h u s s t a r t i n gt od e c a y .Ha r mf u la l g a eg r o wt hc a nb es e e no nt h ec e i l i n ga r o u n dt h es t a g e ,i n d i c a t i n gt h a tt h e r ea r ewa t e rl e a k i n gi t h r o u g ht h er o o fo n t ot h ec e i l i n gp a n e l s .
T h ec o r n e ro ft h eb u i l d i n gh a sal o to fp o tp l a n t s ,wh i c hc o n t r i b u t et ot h ei n c r e a s eo fh i mi d i t yd u et ot h et r a n s p i r a t i o no fp l a n t ,t h u sc a u s i n gs e v e r ed a ma g et ot h ep l a s t e ro nt h ewa l l .T h ef l o o rh a dal o ro fa l g a eg r o wt hd u et op o o rwa t e rd r a i n a g e s y s t e m.T h ewa l le x p e r i e n c ec r a c kd u et ot h emo i s t u r ei nt h ea i r .T h e r ea r ea l g a ea n df u n g u sg r o wt ha r o u n dt h eb a s i na r e ad u et owa t e rl e a k a g ef r o mt h ep i p e s .T h ep a i n to nt h ewa l lp e e l so f fd u et ot h emo i s t u r ef r o mt h ea t mo s h p e r ea n d a l s op o o rq u a l i t yo fp a i n t .
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