A Pattern Language, Christopher Alexander’s book that set out an alternative approach to architecture and planning, contains a series of patterns that deal specifically with education and learning. 18 Network of Learning This pattern advocates for decentralised learning that can become “congruent with the urban structure itself.” (Alexander 101) Criticism of the current model draws …
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"There is also in the student role a sense of preparation, of separation, indeed of isolation from action and decision-making, while the period of learning, of adjustment to a new self takes place. This isolation, now being so rigorously challenged by the militant, collectivized university student is embodied in the very architecture and setting of …
University buildings in Paris circa 1600 Location of barricades in Paris, 1795-1871 Location of new suburban campuses after the reorganization of the late 60s and early 70s University of Paris VIII, Vincennes / Saint-Denis
The 1960s was a time of student unrest in Canada. Students at York University participated in the growing movement against university administrators. Primarily opposition to academics at York had to do with the hierarchy of administration, student input in their education, and the dominant capitalist ideology of the university as an institution (Saywell 120). Students …
Overview: University of Manitoba as a corporate model has expanded the research into many practical areas. Has a long history of leading the innovative research in agriculture, medicine and engineering, the university receives funding from various sources include Federal, Provincial government and state corporations, as well as companies and manufactures. Smart Park provide expandable spaces for research …
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Overview: "There was little direct government involvement in higher education until the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when disputes between and within denominational groups, the influence of United Empire Loyalists, and a fear of American republicanism began to politicize Canadian higher education." (Jones, 6) "The increasing government interest in and support of higher education raised the question …
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The University Type: Suburban Campus Site Planning and Development: The university was housed in temporary facilities on the Lethbridge Junior College campus until the early1970s. Planning for a new campus started in July 1967, with UPACE (University Planning, Architecture and Consulting Engineering—a joint venture of three Toronto architectural firms) as the consultants. They were engaged …
The University “The new university was envisioned as a very urban complex set on a natural mountaintop - an Acropolis for our time” Erickson Massey Architects (EMA, 1963) Type: Urban Campus Design Competition: 1963 Planing: Mega-Structure Architect: Erickson Massey Architects (EMA) Established: 1965 Location: Burnaby, Surrey, Downtown Vancouver Students 1965: 2,000 Students 2013: 35,204 Undergraduates: 29,697 …
The University Type: Suburban Campus University of Manitoba is a public university of the province of Manitoba. It is the largest institution in Manitoba and offers undergraduate and research based graduate study. The current Campus of University of Manitoba consists of three locations: the main Fort Gary campus, the Bannatyne Campus (houses medical and dental department beside the …
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The University Type: Suburban Campus The site chosen for York University’s Keele Campus was located on agricultural land outside of Toronto’s urban core. The area was under agricultural use from the early 1800s to when York acquired the land in 1962 (Cultural Heritage Assessment 1). This piece of land was chosen because it was one …
Mary Louise Lobsinger 