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Broadclyst Village Devon, England 1965 This low-rise, compact cluster of 300 dwellings is located in open undulating landscape, close to the ancient village of Broadclyst in East Devon. The development is based on segregated vehicular and pedestrian movement. The split-section units are entered at ground level, where residents’ cars are parked, while the first-floor living spaces have access to elevated communal decks and generous private balconies.
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1 Scheme model; housing units are arranged in a series of clusters along a protected route 2, 3 Upper and lower floor plans of a typical split-level house 4 The pedestrian system at first floor level forms a communal street 5, 6 Typical cross-sections: pedestrian and vehicular routes are segregated vertically, and the houses open out on to a common green 7–9 Model studies of a typical house: large bedrooms and two car parking bays are a result of the diagonal cross walls 10 Site plan: the scheme forms a link between the village and a small hamlet to the south
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Camden Square London, England 1966 Designed for a studio co-ownership housing association, this compact urban infill cluster provides 33 houses and flats overlooking a Victorian garden square and mews, in Camden Town, north London. The split section allows the complex interlocking of single and double-height spaces, and the scheme creates its own internal urban realm, with units banked on both sides of a central pedestrian ‘street’.
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5 2 1 Scheme model; the scheme incorporates a variety of studios and flats, either accessed directly from the mews or from a central circulation spine – a ‘street’ 2 Location plan; the site borders the western side of Camden Square, in north London, and bridges between the square and the mews behind 3 Third floor plan 4 Second floor plan 5 First floor plan 6 Ground floor plan 7 Cross-section; flats are split level and double-height studios are top-lit
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Antrim Civic Centre Ballymena, Northern Ireland 1967 This competition entry, for an administrative centre and meeting place for the town of Ballymena, in Northern Ireland, provides offices, an auditorium, and other amenities, arranged around an open courtyard. Located on the edge of the town, in open countryside, the building spreads out to embrace the landscape and create its own protected enclosure. It is intended as a place where people can work, meet, relax and enjoy nature.
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1 The vaulted reading room, with galleried upper floor; the space is arranged to create an intimate atmosphere for reading among the books, while the section allows natural light to permeate down through the heart of the building 2 Cross-section through the library and Library Court 3 Looking back down the central staircase from first floor level 4 Arrival at the top of the stairs is marked by an Antony Gormley figure, part of Jesus College’s permanent collection of contemporary sculpture 2
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Library Court and Students’ Residence, Jesus College Cambridge, England 1998–2000 The students’ residence building stands next to the Quincentenary Library and lines the third side of the new Library Court. Its accommodation is designed around a sequence of traditional collegiate staircases, with 60 private rooms arranged on three floors. As with the library, the commission involved the design of all furniture and fittings. The external palette echoes the older college buildings, being predominantly brick dressed with stone.
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1 Axonometric drawing of Jesus College, with the students’ residences shown centre left; the new building follows the existing college geometry, which has the effect of creating a long triangular garden along the boundary with Jesus Lane 2 Elevation to Jesus Lane, with the Quincentenary Library seen left 3 The building seen from Jesus Lane, with the spire of George Frederick Bodley’s All Saints Church in the background 2
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