1940 EXHIBITION

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 116, 2 June 1937, Page 6

1940 EXHIBITION

-Own Correapondent.)

Lay-Out Restricts Height of Buildings PRELIMINARY PLANS

(By Teleeranh-

WELLINGTON, This Day. An Idca of the lay-ont of the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition of 1939-40 may be best conveyed by giving a survey of the ground plans which have already been prepared, -for the most part in connection with " the diacussion as to the restriction in the height of the exhibition buildings between the directors of the company and the aerodrome 1 authorities, who, of course, desire to saf eguard pilots using the Rongotai Aedrodrome and those entrusted to ^their care. ■ Account has been taken of tbe fact that aviation in New Zealand may ha ve developed considerably by the* end of 1939, when it is possible that there will be many more planes, and larger^ ones, using the aerodroine daily than is the case now. This was foreseen when the point was raised about the height of tbe exhibition structures on tbe area of grounJ adjc'ning the aerodrome, and a workablo arrapgement had now been arrived at that is satisfactory to both partiws. Oonsequently, the archlteets, Messrs Ldnmnd Anscombe and Associatcs, may now procced to build upon thc skotck plufis already prepared. - •_ ■ _ From preliminary sketches it is gathcitd that tho main • exhibition building wili l'un cust and west, with the main cntiance off Kingsford Smith . streot, and possibly another from tbe western slde. Frobably the best idea of the layout of the exhibition can be suggested hy the lines drawn in connection with tle building heights agreed upon. . Fot Ihe purpose of- determining- . tbo3«> heiglits, practically the entire area was bned in the form of a triangle, with one point touching Kingsford^ Smith sireet and the other two, forming thR base of tho triangle, at' the south-w'est-ci'ly and ndrth-westerly extremities. Cut the , tip off the eastern point of the triangle and it presents a frontage of 4U0ft. centrally,' and the side ! l'ines, ' of course, continue to extend ba'ckward from Kingsford . Smitlx street. dver a certain aiea it" has been agreed that the height of structures shall not be sraorc than one foot in every 20 feet. Tluii: restriction is really not" so drastic as it may scem, as it will permit *>1 a height of 27 feet above the main entrance off Kingsford Smith street and, at a distance of 236 feet back from Kingsford Smith strbet, the buildings nttiy bo oi feet iu * hoight, which. appcais to be quilc suflkicnl for all prae> lical purposcs. Building height may cou'Unue Lo rise, if it bo'found necessa>y, as the buiidiiig in exteuded towards tho western boundary oi' the blct'k. ' Tlie general ground lay-out-^a great maui «aSt-west " corridot, with courts branching off on either side— has been approved subjeet to some sligbt amendmcnts, .but the "details have s'till to be [jjamied. Owuig to the potential danger in o\ erhead wircs, it has been declded that it would be inadvisable to allow. electric tramways to traverse Kingsford Smith street, as this street foriiis the western boundary of the aerodrome.