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West Dean College Gardens Visitor’s Center: Sketches

01/01/1994
Architectural Design, Sketches, Elevation

Three sketches of the south wall elevation.

Drawing:

  • 1) Outline sketch of the south wall studying the configuration and detailing of openings and the pillars formed betwwen them
  • 2) Another similar outline sketch with different detailing of the pillars
  • 3) Outline sketch of the alternating repetition between openings and pillars
Content of
  • 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 ...
References
  • West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Design Development Drawings - Elevations 01/05/1994
    Architectural Design, Project, Design Development, Elevation
    Digitized
    Two drawing sheets of the four elevations of the building with table of finishes.
  • West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - Elevations 01/01/1994
    Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Elevation
    Two drawings depicting studies of the four main elevations. The East elevation also includes the general overall heights of the main building and the roof.
  • West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - South elevations 01/01/1994
    Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Elevation
    Five drawings illustrating the development of the southern facade designs. They focus on the dimensions of the roof cornice, the bay-window and building roof shape and the thickness of the poured concrete elements between the windows.
  • West Dean College Gardens Visitor's Center: Preliminary Design Drawings - South elevations 01/01/1994
    Architectural Design, Project, Preliminary Design, Elevation
    Large scale print of a study of the wall materials, windows and a completed roof with its tiles.
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