University architecture / Brian Edwards.
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- unmediated
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- 9781138986534 (pbk.)
- 727.3 EDW 23 008578
- NA6600 .E34 2000
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727.0954 COD 007993 Code of practice for day lighting of educational buildings / | 727.3 COU 008602 University planning and architecture : | 727.3 EDW 008578 University architecture / | 727.3 EDW 023459 University architecture / | 727.3 KOL 023386 University campus design : a new campus for Middle East Technical University in the TRNC ; educational program and campus design issues / | 727.3 KRA 023485 Colleges & universities : educational spaces / | 727.3 NEU 008408 Building type basics for college and university facilities / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 159) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Colour illustrations appear between pages 104 and 105 --
Acknowledgements vi --
Introduction vii --
Part One: The campus --
1 Academic mission and campus planning 2 --
Defining a university: the challenge of design 2 --
Types of masterplan 7 --
The effect of time 13 --
Notes 21 --
2 Masterplans or development frameworks 22 --
3 Picturesque enclosure verus rational planning. 34 --
The British campus in the twentieth century: thestruggle for identity 37 --
Notes 40 --
4 Practical problems 41 --
Circulation 41 --
Defining the centre 46 --
Skyline 47 --
Defining the edge 50 --
Establishing the footprint of key buildings 51 --
Computing on campus 53 --
Landscape design 54 --
Environmentalism on the campus 57 --
The problem of the inner-city campus 58 --
Funding and implementation 60 --
Note 62 --
5 Sustainable development and the campus 63 --
The economic impact of universities 65 --
Notes 68 --
6 Crime, politics and the university campus 69 --
Crime on campus 69 --
Managing crime prevention 71 --
Birmingham University: a case study of crime prevention 72 --
The campus as political protest 74 --
Notes 75 --
Part Two: Buildings --
7 Libraries and learning resource centres 78 --
The components of the library 80 --
Growth and change 82 --
Space standards 83 --
Technical factors 85 --
Notes 94 --
8 Laboratories and research buildings 95 --
Detailed design of laboratories 101 --
Notes 108 --
9 Special functions: special forms 109 --
Sports halls and physical recreation 109 --
Lecture theatres 112 --
Medical schools 116 --
Note 118 --
10 Art, design and music departments 119 --
Notes 124 --
11 General teaching space 125 --
Flexibility through building design 125 --
Notes 132 --
12 Student housing 133 --
Housing types 136 --
Funding and flexibility 139 --
Detail design 141 --
Notes 147 --
Part Three: Conclusions --
13 Why does the unversity campus matter? 150 --
Design ideals and innovative technologies 150 --
The campus as a work of art 151 --
The evolution of building types 152 --
Experiments in sustainable design 152 --
Building bridges with the community 154 --
New growth, fresh paradigm 154 --
The campus of the Future 156 --
Bibliography 159 --
Illustration acknowledgements 160 --
Index 161.
The mission of universities is frequently reflected in cutting edge buildings, novel approaches to urban design and new forms of social arrangement. This book highlights the importance of university architecture.
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