ABSTRACT
The typical campus contains special buildings which have evolved to serve students from across the university. The university campus plan should therefore seek to exploit the compositional opportunities offered by physical recreation. University sports halls differ from civic ones in the higher degree of flexibility required of academic recreation provision. The amount of lecture theatre provision depends upon the nature and traditions of a university, for example, in France formal lecturing is more common than in the UK, and there is a different balance between central and faculty provision. Different sports can be accommodated to a degree by different line markings but many sports, such as squash, require physical enclosure. Hence walls cannot be eliminated even when planning flexibility is paramount. Most universities contain a centralised block of lecture theatres often with direct links to large examination halls or student catering facilities. Hospitals and their associated medical schools require well-managed systems for dealing with toxic and virological wastes.
