NUST Institutions Library Catalogue

Includes bibliographical refrences and index

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: the-- struggle 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-- 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 .............