JASPER VAN DER LINGENDIRECTOR SHEPPARD & ROUT ARCHITECTS

Landscape Architecture BuildingLincoln University, opened 2009

Lincoln University •Founded in 1878 as the Agricultural College of the University of Canterbury•New Zealand’s third oldest university

Landscape Architecture•Began at Lincoln in 1969•First programme in New Zealand

Located first in Pre-fabs, then the 7th floor of Burns Building, and finally 4 floors of the Forbes Building

Floor plan – service core dominates and limits common space

Vertical separation of students in year groups restricts interaction and a shared culture

Educational Trends

Enlightenment thinking 19th/20th Centuries – the rise of Science

• SEPARATION of disciplines

• SPECIALISATION

21st Century thinking – the rise of the Internet and connectivity

• CONNECTION between disciplines

• COLLABORATION

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