Swire Hall at the period of time, accommodated the largest number of students. The effectiveness of establishing a sense of unity was doubted. Also, Swire Hall is the first generation of HKU residential hall built as a multi-storey building, which divided hallmates into separate floors and provided them with a relatively small common area instead of assembly halls. Building a sense of unity was further hindered by the floor-base concerpt. And there was a lack of reference to preceding experience in Hall development, while experience from other halls was irrelevant to this brand new architecture.