Brian Lewis Master Plan 1948

Sketch of the Master Plan
Redmond Barry was one of the buildings that were built as per the conceptual master plan by Brian Lewis.

Title

Brian Lewis Master Plan 1948

Description

Professor of Architecture, Brian Lewis proposed a master plan in 1948. He proposed that all tall buildings should act as the perimeter of the campus site to keep the traditional centre of the University open.
Another radical move in his plan was that no faculty would have their own building, instead each department would be allocated a floor space in one of these tall, almost continuous slab blocks. Today, the Redmond Barry building is the only remaining remnant of this strategy.

Date

1948

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Citation

“Brian Lewis Master Plan 1948,” Constructing Change: the evolving Parkville campus , accessed November 26, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/constructing-change/items/show/30.

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