Oct. 4th to Dec. 3rd 1937
Royal Academy
School of Architecture
A Customs Hall & Cargo Shed
To be erected upon a jetty inside a Dock. The cargo shed is to
be upon the ground floor with the Customs Hall over the same, and
the approach to the Customs Hall will be by level gangway from the ship.
The general disposition and main dimensions to be followed are
shown on the accompanying sketch plan & section.
Apart from the Hall accommodation
must be provided for:-
An Office & Small Waiting Room
for Chief Inspector with Lavatory
attached.
A Waiting Room that can be used
as a Canteen for other Inspectors
with Lavatories.
Search Rooms for the sexes.
Two small lock-ups for confiscated
goods.
A General Waiting Room for the
public with Lavatories for the sexes.
Good staircases must be provided
from this level to the roadway. A
secondary stair would also be advisable
from the Customs Hall to the shed
with a hoist for large pieces of
baggage.
The design is to be as simple
as possible, relying upon scale
and proportion for its effect.
Drawings required:
to 1/16" scale. Plans, Elevations & Sections
(with inset block plan of dock to
any convenient small scale.
to 1/8" scale. A Cross Section, the principle End Elevation, and at least
two bays of the side elevation both inside and out, all with
plans relating thereto.
Subject by:-
Sir Edwin Cooper, R.A.