Former Pasteur Institute

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Designed by Vann Molyvann, the Pasteur Institute was constructed in 1965-67 as a medical research facility. The Pasteur Institute was one of hundreds of medical buildings constructed during the post-Independence era. The Pasteur Institute was built in reinforced concrete, and is rectilinear in form. It consists of three floors elevated on tapered square columns, with an adjoining section of two floors. A flat concrete rooftop on this smaller building provided space for recreation, complemented by a swimming pool to one side, also of simple rectangular shape. Internal staircases doubled as light-wells, their sculptural railings typical of Vann Molyvann’s ornamental treatment of functional features. Externally facing windows were set in from the building’s outermost concrete façade, and shielded from weather by horizontal shades set in parallel lines. A central corridor runs the length of the buildings, opening to rooms on each side. Vann MolyVann ( 1926 - 2017 )