West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Sketches
3 3) Sketching the furniture arrangement in the end alcove on the raised platform of the dining hall

The West Dean Center is a simple one-story masonry building with a large red-tiled roof and intricate brickwork for its thick walls. The building is surrounded by gardens, and its south facing wall has large arched windows overlooking the garden ...

Two drawing sheets of the foundation and floor plans.

Drawing of the floor plan with some overall dimentions .

Two sketches of the building depicting its transformation from a plain rectangle with long walls pierced with windows, into a structured space by introducing four massive cross-walls, integrated with the functional arrangement of the building. As the design unfolded, ...