Universitas : a study of spatial development of Western universities, exploring their emergence as distinctive space, building and planning types

The thesis traces the development of universities, identifies their characteristics in terms of space, building and planning structures and explores the social background which gave rise to these features. The core chapters explore the emergence of university spatial development, first in the medieval colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, then in the renaissance and neoclassical European universities. These are followed by the exploration of the campus plans in the United States and finally, the postwar universities.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics

Year dc:date.issued

2004

Author dc:creator

• Elliott, Julian Arnold

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Dewar, David

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5608

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5608