"We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.

" -Winston Churchill

ART SCHOOL: Educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts especially, illustration painting, photography sculpture graphic design

The term applies to institutions with elementary, secondary, postsecondary or undergraduate, or graduate or postgraduate programs in these areas. cole des Beaux-Arts,is the first model of arts school that has such organize instructions of graduate and undergraduate programs. Architect: Flix Duban,French architect. PURPOSE OF AN ARTS SCHOOL: Students should be encouraged to explore the visual, functional and compositional possibilities TYPES OF ARTS SCHOOL: Four Year Art-Focused School Undergraduate Programs 1. Graduate Programs Vocational Schools and Technical Schools 1. Associates of Arts degree 2. Associates of Science degree Community College Art Academies and Art Workshops

CAMPUS PLANNING: Critical important topics to be studied 1. Campus planning. 2. Campus Architecture. 3. Landscape. Why it is Important? Because it creates the setting, that supports the mission of the institution. They create the identity. Helps to sustain a particular status among its peers. ORIGIN OF CAMPUS: Derived from the Greek word green or open landscaped area. Later from the Roman word camp of well planned order. Greeks have viewed as a setting to spur and create the ideas Romans saw it in terms of civilization.

CONCEPT: The main concept of the Campus is to create a space of freedom and creativity. Sense of Place.

PROGRAM AREAS: Two core program areas: 1. Academic program. 2. Administrative program. Every institution small or large, must provide some form of housing

 On-campus accomadations, traditional dormitories, houses for faculty and staff. 1. Academic 2. Administrative 3. Housing 4. Recreation 5. Student services 6. Infrastructure INFRASTRUCTURE: A very important element in designing a campus. Its a fundamental program of its own with its own detailed planning. it ranges the following that hold a campus, both physically and figuratively. Central Plants Computer centers Parking structures Underground services

LEVELS: Urban design level,Campus plan. Neighborhood level,District plan. Individual facility level,Site plan. These cannot be replaced by the one Master plan. CAMPUS PLAN: Two dimensional adjacencies viewed as plan. Three dimensional topography, Landscape and building form and masses.