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Graham’s first sketches.
A. Road network showing peripheral vehic-
ular circulation and an internal pedestrian
spine (shown in dotted lines). Also shows
two connections back to the main access
road.
B. The idea of a multi-centred campus. The
centres are at the intersections of the access
roads from the main road and the pedestrian
spine.

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The assymetrical north-south condition
- prospect to the south and refuge in the
north. The site extends in an East-west
orientation and so the main development
stretches this way but all propect is to the
south setting up a general organizational
principle.

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A. The seven faculty buildings are seen as
courtyard buildings. These sketches show
initial studies with a block having a courtyard
the same size as the ones in Nalanda en-
closed by a singly loaded corridor with offices
and classrooms.
B. Building typologies from the central
pedestrian spine out to the south, opening
to the mountains. Courtyards, ‘U’ shapes
buildings and linear buildings.

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A. Early sketch of the nature of building
types.

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Typical College (1)

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2 Residential units set in from the spine

(possibly separated by landscape, water etc.)

3 Through views to landscape and moun-

tains beyond.
These landscape corridors could also contain
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channels and collection pools for the storm
water run-off from the mountains.

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2 Campus Square
3 Dining/Student Centre
4 Auditorium/Museum
5 Pool

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The plan diagram.
A network of roads serves every building.
Two parallel east-west roads to both the
north and south of the site are linked to
provide a continuous circuit. At the heart of
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The plan distorted.
The reality of the site geometry and topog-
raphy distorts the diagram. The two entrance
routes become cross routes - one arriving to
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The urban diagram.
A series of urban blocks are defined by the
street pattern. Spaces begin to emerge
which suggest the ends of the pedestrian
spine. A distinction emerges between the in-
ner larger, taller blocks and the outer smaller
and lower structures.

Spatial significance.
The diagram develops to show the major
university buildings that are located at either
end of the pedestrian spine. These buildings
become associated with larger public spaces
made possible by the simple omission of a
block within the grid.

Urban clarity.
The distinction between inner and outer
block is further clarified. The integral street
pattern is set within a flexible grid that allows
change and development to occur.

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Character.
The diagram develops to the point where
subtle spatial relationships emerge. The
grain of the buildings are located, the hier-
archy of the street pattern clarified and the
pedestrian spine is defined.
The character of the place is set.

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The masterplan.
The master plan is the simplification of an
anticipated urban plan. Here the buildings
have been removed as they are essentially
flexible. What remains is the space between
buildings and the definitions of the signifi-
cant sites.

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