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Design Approach The architectural response took into account the effect the new adapted building would have on the Upper Campus . Selected elements that adhere to the Modernist tradition on Upper Campus are ad-hoc , with the exception of University Avenue . Recovering the intention of these elements and adhering to the university ’ s conservation principles was a key design informant . Contrasting of new with old is a seasoned method to approaching heritage within the built environment . Examples
of this approach include Neri and Hu ’ s Shanghai Offices that transform an ex-industrial building into a new office block and Hertzog and de Meuron ’ s Caixa Forum in Madrid , where radical adaptation of the existing building retains the elements of worth and unreservedly forges a new architecture .
The first design objective was to create a student / social amenity towards the northern end of the Upper Campus , along University Avenue , making use of the intermediate space adjacent to the building as well as creating new
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