West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Design Development Drawings – Site plan
2 2) Location plan & site plan with building volume, gardens, terrace, new access road & parking area

01/04/1994

Architectural Design, Design Development, Site Plan

Two drawing sheets of the site plan and location plan.

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West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center 1994 to 1996

Near Chichester, West Sussex, U.K.

Civic, Realized , Construction completed in Nov. 1995

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 ...

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Drawings 8 Items

West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Design Development Drawings - Plans 2 2) Floor plan with explanatory notes on finishes, material specification, fire rating, etc 01/05/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Design Development, Floor Plan, Foundation Plan

Two drawing sheets of the foundation and floor plans.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Design Development Drawings - Elevations 2 2) South & West elevations 01/05/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Design Development, Elevation

Two drawing sheets of the four elevations of the building with table of finishes.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Design Development Drawings - Sections 4 4) Section at the shop adjacent to the lobby, and section at the restrooms 01/07/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Design Development, Section

Four drawing sheets of the five sections through the volumes of the building.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Design Development Drawings - Site Utilities 01/05/1994

Mechanical Design, Project, Design Development, Site Plan

Drawing sheet of the site plan showing external utilities; it includes manhole schedule and notes.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - Site plan 01/01/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Site Plan

Site plan depicting the proposed visitors’ center layout of the building, its terrace and gardens.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - Site plan 01/02/1994

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Site Plan

Drawing with some basic site and building information in the form of outlines; CAD produced.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - Entrance elevations 05/01/1995

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Elevation

Five comparative versions of elevations focused on the total height of the entrance, the arch height, the base height, and the cornice thickness.
West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - Entrance elevations 01/01/1995

Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Elevation

Five pages with designs of various entrance ideas focused on material layouts. The first page indicates Christopher Alexander’s January ’95 idea, with the rest being referred to as “some other ideas”.

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West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Design Development Drawings – Site plan 2 2) Location plan & site plan with building volume, gardens, terrace, new access road & parking area

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West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Design Development Drawings – Site plan
2 2) Location plan & site plan with building volume, gardens, terrace, new access road & parking area