Collected This page has been added to your collection.
Subscribe to our RSS feeds

Clicking on subscribe will add an RSS feed into your default RSS reader.

Pages you have collected
4
Downloading your document Please provide us with your details before downloading your PDF.
*

* We promise not to pass your details on to anyone for any reason. For more details, please reaad our privacy policy.

Thank you.

Your document should download automatically.
If it doesn’t appear in your download queue, please click here.

Close
Share this page More...
Search
University of Lancaster

The out-of-town campus of Lancaster University has a beautiful setting on top of a hill with rambling views to the surrounding landscape. The original 1963 masterplan took its reference from Italian hilltop villages and proposed a compact arrangement of connected buildings. However, the original design changed throughout its implementation and recent pressure for expansion and replacement has created an unstructured campus.

Read more >
JMP’s masterplan aims to reconstitute the original structure by establishing clear building groups accessed by landscaped roads, decluttered by the selective demolition of small annex buildings. The improvement of the public realm and the connectivity of the perimeter road with the central pedestrian spine are the first significant steps on the path to a renewed campus.
 
This strengthening of the spine is designed to be anchored by a number of key interventions: a new campus reception
building of “gateway” quality, better landscaping, improved access roads and enhanced public spaces.

This spatial strategy will have the effect of “unbuttoning” the campus, creating a convivial place in which to study and live. A space management study identified areas of over- and under-capacity, informing the reorganisation of the university’s principal facilities.
 
This masterplan is one of a series of projects undertaken for Lancaster University, including a “learning zone”, a post-graduate statistics centre and a building for the university’s management school.
  • Type

    Masterplans

  • Sector

    -

  • Location

    Lancaster, UK

  • Description

    -

  • Client

    Lancaster University

  • Size

    74,000 sqm

  • Cost

    -

  • Team

    John McAslan + Partners, Masterplanner
    Theobald and Gardner, Quantity Surveyor

  • Status

    2006 – onwards

Related Links