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U - SH APED PLANES

Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, c. 1544, Michelangelo

Ground Level Plan
Florey Building, Queen's College, Oxford, 1966–71, James Stirling

Sacred Precinct of Athena,Pergamon, Asia Minor, 4th century B.C.

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U-shaped configurations of building forms can serve to define an urban
space and terminate an axial condition. They can also focus on an important
or significant element within their fields. When an element is placed along
the open end of its field, it gives the field a point of focus as well as a
greater sense of closure.