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Tectonics: a Building for Earth Sciences at Oxford (Paperback)
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Tectonics: a Building for Earth Sciences at Oxford (Paperback)
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Tectonics: A Building for Earth Sciences at Oxford documents the
design and building of an ambitious architectural project for the
Department of Earth Sciences at Oxford University, by a team
including Wilkinson Eyre Architects, Pell Frischmann, Hoare Lea,
Laing O'Rourke and EC Harris. The book brings together both design
and client teams to explain the story of the project, its context
and commission, describing in detail the architectural minutiae of
the building. The book charts the building's progress from a time
when the Department's hub was accommodated in an inappropriate
mixture of buildings that, despite being unsuitable for their
purpose of housing modern scientific research, created a strong
collaborative ethos and spirit amongst its affiliated academics; it
was this spirit and sense of belonging, as well as the need for a
ground-breaking research and teaching facility, which became
central to the design of the project. Located in the University's
Science Area--sitting in a confined site in close proximity to
numerous listed buildings-- the project was intended not only to
meet its functional and academic remit, but also to signal to the
wider public the work, interests and concerns of its patrons and
users. Tectonics highlights the building's most interesting
features, including the 'narrative wall'--acting as the public face
for the department--and the atrium 'hinge' which conjoins the
laboratory and office wings. Tectonics: A Building for Earth
Sciences at Oxford features numerous contextual essays by
individuals involved in the project, as well as critical texts on
the building's architecture. Contributors also provide personal
'artefacts' which they feel were central to their approach in the
process of designing the building, and the structure's users
provide anecdotes and narratives to convey the personality of the
Department.
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